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MARION Book Awards
The ACT Literary Awards, formerly known as the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, are a suite of Australian literary honours coordinated and presented annually by MARION (formerly the ACT Writers Centre). The awards recognise outstanding literary achievement in Canberra and surrounding regions, with categories spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s literature. The suite also includes in memoriam prizes and funded mentorships that support both emerging and established writers. History The ACT Writers Centre was established in 1994 to support writers in the Australian Capital Territory. The inaugural ACT Writing and Publishing Awards were presented in 2004. In 2022, the organisation was renamed MARION ACT, and the awards became known as the MARION Book Awards. Since then, the awards program has evolved into the ACT Literary Awards, which now encompasses multiple categories across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s literature. The suite also includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Halligan
Marion Mildred Halligan Order of Australia, AM (16 April 1940 – 19 February 2024) was an Australian writer and novelist. She authored twenty-three books, including fiction, short-fiction, and non-fiction. Her novel ''Lovers' Knots'' (1992) won The Age Book of the Year Awards, The Age Book of the Year, The ACT Book of the Year and the inaugural Nita Kibble Literary Awards, Nita B. Kibble Award. ''The Golden Dress'' (1998) was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, The Dublin IMPAC Award and The Age Book of the Year Awards, The Age Book of the Year. Her novels ''The Point'' (2003) and ''Valley of Grace'' (2009) also won The ACT Book of the Year. Halligan Served as Chairperson of the Literature Board of the Australia Council (1992-95) and thAustralian National Word Festival She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, Member of the Order of Australia (AM), General Division, in 2006 'for service to Literature as an author, to the promotion of Australian writers and to su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Byrne (poet)
Michael Patrick Byrne (born 28 April 1978) is an Australian poet, reviewer, anthologist and freelance poetry tutor. He was born in Sydney, spent his early childhood in Tuross Head on the New South Wales South Coast, and came to Canberra in 1987, where he currently lives. Byrne attended high school at Radford College in Canberra, graduating in 1996. In 1998 he undertook an Arts degree from the Australian National University, completing it in 2001. In 2003 he began a Masters in Journalism from the University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong (UOW) is an Australian public university, public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately south of Sydney. , the university had an enrolment of more than 33,000 s ..., completing it in 2004. In 2007, he worked for ''The Word Magazine'' for two months as a journalist, salesman and researcher. In March 2008, he had two poems published in ''Quadrant''. In March 2011, he had ... [...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] |
Culture Of Canberra
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). ''Primitive Culture''. Vol 1. New York: J. P. Putnam's Son Culture often originates from or is attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Page
Geoffrey Donald Page (born 7 July 1940) is an Australian poet, novelist, translator, teacher and jazz enthusiast. He has published 22 collections of poetry, as well as prose and verse novels. Poetry and jazz are his driving interests, and he has also written a biography of the jazz musician Bernie McGann. He organises poetry readings and jazz events in Canberra. Life Geoff Page was born in Grafton, New South Wales, and studied at the University of New England. Sir Earle Page, who was briefly Prime Minister of Australia, was his grandfather. Career Page has held residencies at numerous academic, military and political institutions, including Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, the Australian Defence Force Academy, and the University of Wollongong. From 1974 to 2001 Page was head of the English department at Narrabundah College, a secondary college in Canberra. He retired from teaching in 2001. He has travelled widely, talking on Australian poetry in Switzerland, Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Thwaites
Michael Rayner Thwaites, AO (30 May 1915 – 1 November 2005) was an Australian academic, poet, and intelligence officer. Early life and education Thwaites was born in Brisbane, to Yorkshire immigrant Robert Ernest Thwaites who taught at Brisbane Grammar School and Jessie Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hugh Nelson, a previous premier of Queensland. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School, entering Trinity College at the University of Melbourne from which he graduated in 1937. As a student he came into contact with the Oxford Group (later Moral Rearmament), whose ideas greatly influenced him. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford where he won the Newdigate Prize (1938) for poetry and the King's Gold Medal for Poetry (1940). He was the first Australian to win either of these prizes, and is still the only Australian to have won the Newdigate Prize. Naval and intelligence career Thwaites joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was an offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Matthews (writer)
Stephen Marc Matthews (born July 1, 1953) is an Australian children's author and adult novelist. His books have been published in 9 countries and 5 languages. Matthews was educated in the UK, where he worked in the finance and banking industries. Upon migrating to Australia, he purchased a share in an industrial business in Western Sydney. At age 55 Matthews retired from business to become a writer. Matthews then suffered an unexpected debilitating spinal problem, resulting in a series of operations and procedures. It was not until he reached 61, that Matthews finally commenced his writing career. Matthews' work in children literacy at home and abroad (India and South Africa) has been acknowledged in the Australian State Parliament. Matthews’ first novel for adults, ''The Skinny Girl,'' was released in November 2018, launched by the NSW Police Minister. Dealing with the difficult subject of domestic abuse, the story is based upon true events. Matthews’ second novel fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Metcalf
Tim Metcalf is an Australian poet and doctor, described as one of Australia's most published doctor-poets. He resides in Brogo, New South Wales (NSW), and has specialized in remote area medicine since 1984. He has worked in NSW, Victoria, the Northern Territory, and British Columbia. In 2007, he received the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards The ACT Literary Awards, formerly known as the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, are a suite of Australian literary honours coordinated and presented annually by MARION (formerly the ACT Writers Centre). The awards recognise outstanding litera ... poetry award for his anthology of poems, ''Verbal Medicine'', which is his fourth book. Additionally, he was awarded First Prize in the Annual Australian W. B. Yeats Poetry Prize in 2000 for his entry, ''Stages of Dying''. Bibliography * ''Corvus'', Ginninderra Press Canberra 2001 * ''Cut to the Word'', Ginninderra Press Canberra 2002 * ''Into the No Zone'', Ginninderra Press Canberra 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Steele
Rory Steele is an Australian author and former public servant and diplomat. Born 1943 in Western Australia. Oxford University 1962–66 (BA Hons Modern Languages). Taught Italian in Naples 1964–65. In 1969 he joined the Australian Diplomatic Service and had overseas postings in Ghana, South Korea, Egypt and Switzerland (Geneva). From 1986 to 1988 he was Australian ambassador to Iraq and from 1997 to 2001 was ambassador to Italy. In 2007 he won the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards The ACT Literary Awards, formerly known as the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, are a suite of Australian literary honours coordinated and presented annually by MARION (formerly the ACT Writers Centre). The awards recognise outstanding litera ... fiction category for his book entitled ''Ghosts in the Helmet Trees''.''Canberra Writers Celebrated'' by Gia Metherell, ''Canberra Times'', 14 December 2007 Bibliography * ''Ghosts in the Helmet Trees'', Ginninderra Press, Canberra, 2006, * ''Obve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Vernon (writer)
David Vernon (born 1965 in Canberra, Australia) is an Australian writer and publisher. He has published several books relating to scepticism and childbirth. Biography Vernon is the only son of Michael Vernon and Jeanette Vernon. He established two businesses while at University, ''Whiahwe Waiting Services'' that provided catering to diplomatic missions in Canberra, and ''MangoSoft'', a software development house. He graduated from the Australian National University with qualifications in political science and economics in 1988. He subsequently obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law from University of Canberra and completed a Master of Environmental Science from Griffith University. He was editor of ''Argos'', the Journal of the Canberra Skeptics from 1986 until 1991. He was assistant editor of the '' Australian Sinclair Gazette''. He later became a contributor to the journal of the Australian Skeptics, ''The Skeptic''. He writes occasional science articles for ''The Canberra Times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kel Robertson
Kel Robertson is an Australian novelist who was born in the 1950s on the south coast of New South Wales. His novel ''Smoke & Mirrors'' shared the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel, with ''Deep Water'' by Peter Corris. Robertson lived in Sydney and various New South Wales country towns before entering high school in Bathurst. He has studied at a number of tertiary institutions. He resides in Canberra. He is the author of four novels featuring the Chinese-Australian Federal Police investigator, Brad Chen, two bureaucratic black comedies under the pen name A C Bland, and a futuristic crime novel under the pen name Belle Currer. Novels * ''Dead Set'' (2006)(2024): Brad Chen 1 * ''Smoke and Mirrors'' (2008): Brad Chen 2 * ''Rip Off'' (2011): Brad Chen 3 * '' The Final Trials of Alan Mewling'' (2016): the first Alan Mewling novel * '' The Earlier Trials of Alan Mewling'' (2019): the second Alan Mewling novel * ''Dare to Think'' (2019): a dystopian crime novel featuring the Cornwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
