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2010 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2010. Events *26 January – Peter Goldsworthy is awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division in the Australia Day Honours List. *February – The "Australian Book Review" magazine conducted a poll of its readers and announces that ''Cloudstreet'' by Tim Winton is Australia's favourite novel. *22 June – Peter Temple wins the Miles Franklin Award for his novel ''Truth'' becoming the first crime novel to do so. Major publications Literary fiction * Jon Bauer – ''Rocks in the Belly'' * Carmel Bird – ''Child of the Twilight'' * Ashley Hay – ''The Body in the Clouds'' * Anita Heiss – ''Manhattan Dreaming'' * Toni Jordan – ''Fall Girl'' * Amanda Lohrey – '' Reading Madame Bovary'' (short story collection) * Roger McDonald – '' When Colts Ran'' * Fiona McGregor – ''Indelible Ink'' * Monica McInerney – ''At Home with the Templetons'' * D.B.C. Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Goldsworthy
Peter David Goldsworthy (born 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera Libretto, libretti. He is known for his novels ''Honk If You Are Jesus'', and ''Three Dog Night''. His 1989 novel ''Maestro (novel), Maestro'' is being made into an upcoming film. Goldsworthy began his writing life as a poet, as described in his 2013 comic memoir, ''His Stupid Boyhood'', and regards poetic principles as the basis of all his writing. Early life and education Peter David Goldsworthy was born in 1951 in Minlaton, South Australia, and grew up in various Australian country towns. he completed his schooling in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin in the Northern Territory.Goldsworthy, Peter (2003) ''Three Dog Night'', Penguin Books (Brief bio) He graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974. Early career Goldsworthy worked in substance abuse, alcohol and drug rehabilitation for several year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Scott
Kim Scott (born 18 February 1957) is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. He is a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia. Biography Scott was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1957, and is the eldest of four siblings with a white mother and an Aboriginal father. Scott has written five novels and a children's book, and has had poetry and short stories published in a range of anthologies. He began writing shortly after becoming a secondary school teacher of English. His teaching experience included working in urban, rural Australia and in Portugal. He spent some time teaching at an Aboriginal community in the north of Western Australia, where he started to research his family's history. His first novel, ''True Country'', was published in 1993, with an edition published in a French translation in 2005. His second novel, ''Benang'', won the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 1999, the Miles Franklin Award 2000, and the Kate Chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melina Marchetta
Carmelina Marchetta (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, '' Looking for Alibrandi'', '' Saving Francesca'' and '' On the Jellicoe Road''. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For ''Jellicoe Road'' she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognizing the year's best book for young adults. Education and early work Melina Marchetta was born in Sydney on 25 March 1965. She is of Italian descent, a middle child with two sisters. Marchetta attended high school at Rosebank College in the Sydney suburb of Five Dock. She left school at age fifteen as she was not confident in her academic ability. She enrolled in a business school which helped her gain employment with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and later at a travel agency. This gave her confidence to return to study and gain a teaching degree fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug MacLeod (TV Writer)
Doug MacLeod (13 October 1959 – 22 November 2021) was an Australian writer of books, television, and theatre. Television MacLeod was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten's '' The Comedy Company''. He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs '' Fast Forward'' and '' Full Frontal''. He was the script editor of ''Kath & Kim'' while the series aired on the ABC. As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of '' SeaChange'' with Andrew Knight. He co-wrote the animated children's series '' Dogstar'' which won him the inaugural John Hinde Award for science fiction in 2008. He also worked on series two in 2011 with co-writer Philip Dalkin. In 2008 MacLeod won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the AWGIE Awards. Theatre MacLeod was the writer of '' Call Girl the Musical'', with Tracy Harvey which performed two seasons in Melbourne. With John Clarke, he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noni The Pony
''Noni the Pony'' is a 2010 children's picture book by Alison Lester. It is about a day with a friendly, caring pony called Noni and her friends, Dave dog, and Coco the cat. Publication history *2010, Australia, Allen & Unwin *2012, USA, Beach Lane Books Reception ''Booklist'' wrote, in a review of ''Noni the Pony'', "The graphic art, with its soft, round shapes and soothing, textured background colors, will appeal to small children, as will the cheery couplets." and ''Kirkus Reviews'' described Noni as "the perfect pony for preschoolers", and Lester's illustrations as "droll". ''Noni the Pony'' has also been reviewed by ''The New York Times'', ''School Library Journal'', '' Horn Book Guide Reviews'', Books+Publishing, ''Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Lester
Alison Jean Lester (born 17 November 1952) is an Australian author and illustrator who has published over 25 children's picture books and two young adult novels — ''The Quickstand Pony'' and ''The Snow Pony''. In 2005 Lester won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book for her children's book, '' Are We There Yet?: A Journey Around Australia''. Her books have been published worldwide. Early years and education Alison Lester was born in Foster, Victoria, Australia. She grew up on a farm overlooking the sea. She was educated at St Margaret's School in Berwick, Victoria, where she stayed as a boarder.AusLit: Alison Lester accessed: 26-10-2015) She achieved a higher diploma in teaching at the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca James (author)
Rebecca James (born 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian writer of Young Adult fiction. Biography Rebecca spent her early twenties working as a waitress, her late twenties teaching English in Indonesia and Japan, and most of her thirties having babies and working as a kitchen designer. She lives in Australia with her partner and their five children. Novels * ''Beautiful Malice'', published by Bantam Books in 2010. *''Sweet Damage,'' published by Allen & Unwin in 2013. *''Cooper Bartholomew is Dead'', published by Allen & Unwin in 2014. *''The Woman in the Mirror'', published by HarperCollins HQ in 2018. Pre-publication media interest The ''Wall Street Journal'' wrote an article on 23 October 2009 asking whether James could be 'The Next JK Rowling.' It also said, of Beautiful Malice, that it 'isn't merely to be published, but has become a publishing phenomenon that is sparking an aggressive bidding war worldwide.' In April 2010, ''The Bookseller ''The Bookseller' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Zoo
''The Midnight Zoo'' is a 2010 novel by Sonya Hartnett. It was first published on 1 November 2010 in Australia and was then released in the United States a year later. It follows the story of two gypsy boys that find an abandoned zoo after fleeing a traditional celebration. The novella has gained critical praise for its "lyrical" prose and for the illustrations in the United States version, done by artist Andrea Offermann. Plot It is midnight in a destroyed village somewhere in Europe. Through the moonlight, two boys, one with a baby in his backpack, come walking. The realism of the opening paragraphs is disrupted by the personification of Night. Clearly we are in for a fabulist story. The two boys have been on the road for weeks, scrounging an existence in a landscape often devoid of humanity and sustenance. The back-story to the boys’ current situation reveals itself slowly: their family has been slaughtered by soldiers two months previously. They find a pitiful zoo which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Louise Hartnett (born 23 March 1968) is an Australian author of fiction for adults, young adults, and children. She has been called "the finest Australian writer of her generation". For her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" Hartnett won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2008, one of the largest cash prizes in children's literature. She has published books as Sonya Hartnett, S. L. Hartnett, and Cameron S. Redfern. Personal life and education Hartnett was born 23 March 1968, in Melbourne, Australia to Philip Joseph and Virginia Mary Hartnett. In 1988, she received a Bachelor of Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Career Hartnett was thirteen years old when she wrote her first novel and fifteen when it was published for the adult market in Australia, ''Trouble All the Way'' (Adelaide: Rigby Publishers, 1984). For years she has written about one novel annually. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Count Goats!
''Let's Count Goats!'' is a 2010 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Jan Thomas. It is a counting book with the narrator inviting the reader to count goats that appear in the pictures as they engage in humanlike behaviour. Reception In a review of ''Let's Count Goats!'', ''School Library Journal'' wrote "Fox and Thomas draw viewers in through catchy phrases and amusing pictures of goats that appear in a variety of shapes, sizes, and numbers", and called it "a clever counting lesson". ''Let's Count Goats!'' has also been reviewed by ''Kirkus Reviews'', ''Publishers Weekly'', ''Booklist ''Booklist'' is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. ''Booklist''s primary audience consists of libraries, educators, and booksellers. The magazine is ...'', '' Horn Book Guides'', and ''Magpies''. References External links Library holdings of ''Let's Count Goats!'' Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Fox
Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox AM (; born 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still writes and gives seminars. She lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Early life and education Merrion Frances Partridge was born in Melbourne on 5 March 1946 to Nancy and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. In October, her parents left Australia to become teaching missionaries of Hope Fountain Mission in Rhodesia, and Partridge and her two sisters grew up and were educated in Africa. She was the only white child at the mission school. After authorities found out, she was forced to go to an all-white school and was teased for having an African accent. After graduating high school, she did volunteer work in a conference centre of the World Council of Churches near Geneva, Switzerland. Partridge dreamed of pursuing a stage career. Her father reluctantly agreed to send her to an English drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Adornetto
Alexandra Adornetto is an Australian actress and author who writes for children and young adults. Her works include The Strangest Adventures series, the Halo trilogy and The Ghost House Saga. Publications * ''The Shadow Thief'' (2007) * ''The Lampo Circus'' (2008) * ''Von Gobstopper's Arcade'' (2009) * ''Halo'' (2010) * ''Hades'' (2011) * ''Heaven'' (2012) * ''Ghost House'' (2014) The Strangest Adventures This fantasy adventures series has a theme of threat to childhood and innocence. Adornetto commented, "Childhood is just this amazing place and in my books I was trying to express my concern about childhood being eroded." The Shadow Thief The main characters of ''Shadow Thief'' are Millipop Klompet and Ernest Perriclof, who live in Drabville – a town whose residents suffer from having their shadows stolen by Lord Aldor, who wants to use the shadows to become immortal, all-powerful and rule the world. According to Adornetto, "The shadow represents individuality and colour an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
