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Hello busy lady, what have you been up to? Festivals!
Madness, and much excitement. In October I am off to the National Young Writers Festival and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, back to back – seven panels. And the past month has been one of...
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Miles Franklin Award shortlist, 2010
Guten Tag. I’ve a piece in today’s Crikey newsletter: Miles Franklin Award: Alex Miller Puts in the Boot. It begins: ‘Are there too many literary awards in Australia, and is our oldest one “slipping...
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The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2010
I attended the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards last night. I drank a lot of red wine, Casey Bennetto sang, awards were given, people got emotional, Peter Temple was hilarious, there was a dessert...
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Aussies up for largest worldwide literary prize: IMPAC Dublin longlist
The longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is nominated by libraries worldwide, so it’s no surprise that Australian books have been put forward by Australian libraries. Nonetheless,...
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Token Miles Franklin shortlist blog post
The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2012 shortlist has been announced. And I have absolutely nothing controversial to say about it! Despite the amount of Australian fiction I read (more than almost...
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Shortlist for Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards announced
Need a recommendation for more great books by Australian women? Well the shortlists for the Kibble and Dobbie awards have just been announced. The Kibble Literary Award ($30,000) recognises the work of...
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Bits & bobs: support the Queensland Literary Awards, MWF blogging
In response to QLD Premier Campbell Newman’s axing of the Premier’s Literary Awards, a passionate group of people have rallied together to make sure a version of the awards is still going ahead: the...
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Bits & bobs: Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Kibble & Dobbie
As you may have seen, my Melbourne Writers Fest pre-festival blogging is in full swing. I’ll be cross-posting some of the longer posts over here, but do check in on the blog for Steph Convery and Mark...
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