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ABC Fiction Award
The ABC Fiction Award was an Australian literary award presented annually to the best, original, unpublished, adult fiction manuscript, written by an Australian resident over the age of 18. It was launched in 2005. The aim of the award was "to encourage emerging writers, contribute to Australian literary culture, and fulfil the ABC's charter by reflecting the diversity of the Australian community and adding to a sense of national identity". The award was supported by ABC Local Radio and ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC TV. The prize was a Australian dollar, A$10,000 advance and publication through ABC Books. The winning book was also broadcast on ABC Local Radio and published as an audio book by ABC Audio. The award had four judges, three of whom changed each year. It comprised ABC Books commissioning editor Jo Mackay, a fiction writer, a local ABC radio broadcaster, and someone involved in literary education or debate such as a newspaper literary editor. Background The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites. Its programming consists of news, current affairs, talkback, entertainment, sport, music and local affairs. They are usually reckoned as the flagship ABC radio stations in their areas. Depending on the time of day and the day of the week, programming can either be purely local (typically on weekday mornings), broadcast from the States and territories of Australia, state or territory capital city ABC station, or simulcast across all ABC Local Radio services across the country (typically overnight, public holidays, in the summer months and on weekends). History Originally, Local Radio was known internally as ABC Radio 1 in metropolitan regions and ABC Radio 3 in regional areas. Radio 1 was a largely local format while Radio 3 was more networked and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in New York City and London and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817 in New York, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scotland, Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819 in Glasgow, was acquired by News Corp in 1987 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain. HarperCollins operates publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Fiction Awards
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Awards Honoring Unpublished Books Or Writers
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed.; see also Homer. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment. It can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literary criticism is one of the oldest academic disciplines, and is concerned with the literary merit or intellectual significance of specific texts. The study of books and other texts as artifacts or traditions is instead encompassed by textual criticism or the history of the book. "Literature", as an art form, is sometimes used synonymously with literary fiction, fiction written with the goal of artistic merit, but can also include works in various non-fiction genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Elliott
Will Elliott (born 1979) is an Australian horror and fantasy writer living in Brisbane, Queensland. He currently tutors at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Profile Elliott dropped out of a law degree at the age of 20 when he developed schizophrenia. His first novel, '' The Pilo Family Circus,'' concerns a young man who struggles with an alter ego who appears when he dons clown face paint; Elliott has said the novel is not autobiographical. ''The Pilo Family Circus'' was published in Australia in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award (sponsored by ABC Books). The novel went on to win the Aurealis Award (co-winner: Best Horror novel, plus the Golden Aurealis Award),Aurealis Awards winners archive Retrieved 16 September 2007. the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pilo Family Circus
''The Pilo Family Circus'' is a 2006 horror novel by Australian author Will Elliott. Premise It follows the story of Jamie, who, after a random incident of nearly hitting a clown with his car, finds himself being stalked by three sadistic clowns. Background ''The Pilo Family Circus'' was first published in Australia in October 2006 by ABC Books in trade paperback format after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award. It has also been released in an audio edition by ABC Audio; in 2007 it was released in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Spain, and Russia, and in 2009 it was released in the United States. In 2011, the Spanish edition won the Nocte Award for Best International Book. A stage play based on the book was performed in 2012 by the Godlight Theater Company. Awards * ABC Fiction Award 2006, winner * Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novel 2006, winner * Golden Aurealis Award for Best Novel 2006, winner * Australian Shadows Award 2006, winner * Ditmar Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006. Events *South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenship *Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down" * Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel '' Theft: A Love Story'' (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled ''Mrs Jekyll'' *the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters' book ''Jonestown'', an unauthorised biography of Alan Jones, a Sydney radio presenter *the Australian Classification Review Board bans two radical Islamic books, prompting calls from the Australian Attorney-General for the Board to provide with even tougher laws *a large treasure trove of missing papers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007. Events *''Surrender'' by Sonya Hartnett, and ''The Book Thief'' by Markus Zusak are named as Honor Books in the 2007 American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. *"The Guardian" newspaper from the UK reports that Borders plans to sell its Australian stores. *The small township of Clunes, about 20 kilometres north of Ballarat in Victoria, decides to try to set up Australia's first dedicated booktown. The first weekend event takes place on 20 May. *AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), the major Australian literature resource for research and teaching housed at the University of Queensland, announces the commencement of "Black Words", a literary website specialising in Australian Indigenous writers and storytellers and their works. *Federal Education minister, Julie Bishop, announces that the Australian Government will allocate fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kain Massin
Kain Massin is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Massin is based in Adelaide, South Australia where he is a high school maths and science teacher. He is also a member of the Blackwood Writers Group. Massin's first work was published in 1998 with his short story "Escape from Stalingrad" which was featured in fourth edition of ''Harbinger''. "Escape from Stalingrad" was nominated for the 1999 Aurealis Award for best horror short story but lost to Sean Williams and Simon Brown's "Atrax". In 2008 Massin's first novel was published by ABC Books, entitled '' God for the Killing'', after he won the 2008 ABC Fiction Award which has a A$10,000 prize and a publication deal for the novel. Awards and nominations Bibliography Anthologies ;As editor *''Tales from the Black Wood'' (2006, co-editor) Novels *'' God for the Killing'' (2008) Short stories *"Escape from Stalingrad" (1998) in ''Harbinger'' #4 *"Wrong Dreaming" (2000) in ''On Spec'' Fall 2000 (ed. Jena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2008. Events *"The Bulletin" magazine publishes its last issue, the first was in 1880 *The Australia Council for the Arts announces Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane as recipients of its 2008 emeritus writers awards *The Australian Federal Government announces funding for a new chair of Australian Literature based at the University of Western Australia *Clunes, Victoria, holds its second Booktown weekend *The first Crime and Justice Festival in held in Melbourne over the weekend of 19–20 July *Australia wins the right to host the 2010 World SF convention in Melbourne *A number of previously unknown Banjo Paterson poems are found in an old cash book dating back to the Boer War *UNESCO names Melbourne as its second City of Literature, after Edinburgh received the first such award in 2004 * Caro Llewellyn, a former director of the Sydney Writers' Festival and PEN World Voices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian
''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right. Mitchell, Chris (9 March 2006)The Media Report. Australian Broadcasting Company. Parent companies ''The Australian'' is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's chairman and founder is Rupert Murdoch. ''The Australian'' integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Corp Australia's international parent News Corp, including ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The Times'' of London. History The first edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Television (Australian TV Network)
ABC Television is the general name for the national television services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Until an organisational restructure in 2017/2018, ABC Television was also the name of a division of the ABC. The name was also used to refer to the first and for many years the only national ABC channel, before it was renamed ABC1 and then again to ABC TV. The Australian public broadcaster's television service was launched in November 1956 from its first television station in Australia, ABN (TV station), ABN Sydney. This was the second one in the country, with the commercial channel TCN having launched two months earlier. An ABC television network covering every Australian states and territories, state and territory was completed by 1971, and in 2000 the television operations joined the ABC Radio and Regional Content, ABC radio and ABC Online, online divisions at the Corporation's Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo headquarters in Sydney in 2000. The ABC pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
