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Nib Literary Award
The Nib Literary Award, established in 2002 at the suggestion of actor and producer Chris Haywood, the Patron of the Friends of Waverley Library, as The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature and since 2017 known as the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, is an Australian literary award for works in any genre, awarded annually at Waverley Library in Sydney. It is also known as 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature. Award Organised and supported by Waverley Council, the award recognises "excellence in literary research", and books in any genre and either non-fiction or fiction are considered for it. There are cash prizes for the winning and shortlisted books, with each of the shortlisted authors also earning the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize. In 2017, the Nib was renamed the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, and three new categories were added: the People's Choice, the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize, and a Military History Prize. In the 2019 Awards, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edenglassie (novel)
''Edenglassie'' is a 2023 novel by the Australian author Melissa Lucashenko. Synopsis The novel is set in Queensland in the short period of time between when the transportation of convicts ended, and Queensland became an independent colony in 1859, and also in the present day. In the 21st century, after she has tripped over a tree root and finds herself in hospital, Granny Eddie talks to a white journalist and tells him that the whitefella-concocted history of the land is wrong, that she has the true story from the Old People. Critical reception Writing in ''Australian Book Review'', critic Jeanine Leane noted that the novel "moves in a great concentric arc with many ripples, like those in the river that is central to the action; and which is an ancient, unbroken vein that pulses life from past to present to future in a continuous cycle." She went on to say that the novel "is an accumulation of all times – a testimony to the continuation of Aboriginal storytelling, value sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Garner
Helen Garner (née Ford, born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's debut novel, first novel, ''Monkey Grip (novel), Monkey Grip'', published in 1977, immediately established her as an original voice on the Australian literature, Australian literary scene—it is now widely considered a classic. She has a reputation for incorporating and adapting her personal experiences in her fiction, something that has brought her widespread attention, particularly with her novels ''Monkey Grip'' and ''The Spare Room'' (2008). Throughout her career, Garner has written both fiction and non-fiction. She attracted controversy with her book ''The First Stone'' (1995) about a Sexual harassment, sexual-harassment scandal in a university college. She has also written for film and theatre, and has consistently won awards for her work, including the Walkley Award for a 1993 ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine report. Adaptations of two of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2012. Events * Clive James is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for "services to literature and the media" in the Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours List. * Five literary figures are named in the Australia Day Honours: Paul Brunton, Stuart Macintyre, Roy Masters, Ros Pesman and Carol Woodrow. * Peter Carey is the recipient of the Bodleian Libraries' 2012 Bodley Medal. The medal is awarded by the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford "to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds in which the Bodleian is active: literature, culture, science, and communication". * Incoming Premier Campbell Newman cancels the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. * In response, a week later, the new Queensland Literary Awards are announced. The awards use a crowd-funding campaign to raise the prize-money for their initial set of awards. * So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delia Falconer
Delia Falconer (born 1966) is an Australian novelist best known for her novel ''The Service of Clouds''. Her works have been nominated for several literary awards. Biography Falconer is the only child of two graphic designers. She studied for her undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney and completed a Ph.D. in English Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of the novels ''The Service of Clouds'' and ''The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers'' (which was republished in Australian paperback as ''The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers and Selected Stories''). She also wrote ''Sydney'', a personal history of her hometown, for the ''Australian Cities'' series. In 2010 she was appointed a senior lecturer in creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2011. Events *Four authors are named in the Queen's Birthday Honours: Peter FitzSimons, Susanne Gervay, Roland Perry, and Chris Wallace-Crabbe *Thomas Keneally donates his personal library to the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts *Australian libraries and library associations join together to make 2012 the National Year of Reading *Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) declares Saturday, 20 August 2011, the inaugural National Bookshop Day * Final issue of the "Australian Literary Review" to be published in October 2011 * Hannie Rayson is the first Australian to be awarded a commission with New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club *Friends and family of biographer Hazel Rowley establish funds to commemorate Rowley’s life and her writing legacy via the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund *Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor are appointed to be Australia’s first Children’s Laureates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Tink
Andrew Arnold Tink AM (born 13 July 1953) is a former Australian politician, having served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party from 1988 to 2007. He was in the shadow cabinet from 1995 until March 2006. He has written two political biographies, a third book on the events and political consequences of a fatal plane crash, a fourth on Australian history, culture and society in the 20th century and a fifth on the involvement of Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in the first Moon landing. Since leaving politics, Tink has been appointed a visiting fellow and adjunct professor at Macquarie University, as a trustee of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (Sydney Living Museums) and president of the Library Council of New South Wales. He is an honorary Doctor of Letters ''honoris causa'' from Macquarie University. Early life and family Tink was educated at Sydney Grammar School. He competed in sailing, for Australia against New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Robert Gray (poet)
Robert William Geoffrey Gray (born 23 February 1945) is an Australian poet, freelance writer, and critic. He has been described as "an Imagist without a rival in the English-speaking world" and "one of the contemporary masters of poetry in English". Biography Gray was born in Port Macquarie, grew up in Coffs Harbour and was educated in a country town on the north coast of New South Wales. He trained there as a journalist, and since then has worked in Sydney after settling in the 1970s as an editor, advertising copywriter, reviewer and buyer for bookshops. His first book of poems, ''Creekwater Journal'', was published in 1973. As a poet Gray is most notable for his keen visual imagery and intensely observed landscapes, known as a very skilful imagist. Les Murray has said about Gray, " ehas an eye, and the verbal felicity which must accompany such an eye. He can use an epithet and image to perfection and catch a whole world of sensory understanding in a word or a phrase." His wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2009. Events *HarperCollins takes over ABC Books – the publishing arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. * Caro Llewellyn, resigns as director of the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas (now called the Wheeler Centre) in Melbourne before taking up the role. Chrissy Sharp, the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, is appointed to take her place. *The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, is suspended. Major publications Literary fiction * Steven Amsterdam – '' Things We Didn't See Coming'' * Peter Carey – '' Parrot and Olivier in America'' * Steven Carroll – ''The Lost Life'' * Brian Castro – '' The Bath Fugues'' * Nick Cave – ''The Death of Bunny Munro'' * Tracy Crisp – ''Black Dust Dancing'' * Deborah Forster – ''The Book of Emmett'' * Andrea Goldsmith – ''Reunion'' * Marion Halligan – ''Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Koch
Christopher John Koch AO (16 July 1932 – 23 September 2013) was an Australian novelist, known for his 1978 novel '' The Year of Living Dangerously'', which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film by the same name for which he co-wrote the screenplay. He twice won the Miles Franklin Award (for '' The Doubleman'' in 1985 and '' Highways to a War'' in 1996). In 1995, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, the University of Tasmania, in 1990. Early life and education Koch was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1932. He was educated at Clemes College, St Virgil's College, and Hobart High School and later attended the University of Tasmania.Koch, Christopher ''AustLit''. Koch's admission to the unive ... [...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] |
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] |
