I haven't reported often on these awards, but they are an example of the literary world's faith in the value of awards, as any of you who remember their history will know. They are an interesting set of awards because they combine specific state awards and awards for which all Australian writers are eligible. And … Continue reading Queensland Literary Awards 2021 shortlist announced
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Monday musings on Australian literature: Miles Franklin Award, the fourth decade (1988-1997)
Miles Franklin, c. 1940s (Presume Public Domain, via Wikipedia) This is my fourth post in a little sub-series looking at the Miles Franklin Award by decade. As with the first three, written back in 2016, I don't plan to list all the decade's winners, as you can find them on the Award's official site. Instead, I'll share some interesting snippets, inspired … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Miles Franklin Award, the fourth decade (1988-1997)
The Age Book of the Year 2021 shortlist announced
A few weeks ago, I wrote a Monday Musings on the revival of The Age Book of the Year award. Back then, there was no information about when the shortlist would be announced. Suddenly, however, with no fanfare, it was announced yesterday afternoon - at least that's when the announcement I saw was posted. The … Continue reading The Age Book of the Year 2021 shortlist announced
Monday musings on Australian Literature: Stilettos and Sponsors
Has that got your attention? If it has, I'm sorry if you think I'm going to talk about high society fund-raising parties. I'm afraid it's a bit more mundane than that ... but interesting I hope. The Stilettos I have in fact written about the Stilettos before, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards to be exact. To … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian Literature: Stilettos and Sponsors
Miles Franklin Award 2021 winner announced
Nothwithstanding this week's Monday Musings posts on literary awards, I still like the Miles Franklin - partly because of its significance in the Australian literary firmament - and so I am sharing today's announcement of this year's winner which I watched via You Tube. You may remember that this years shortlist was: Aravind Adiga's Amnesty … Continue reading Miles Franklin Award 2021 winner announced
Monday musings on Australian literature: Talking literary awards
This Thursday will see the announcement of the winner of this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award. It's one of the more important days on the Australian literary calendar, but it has inspired another of those articles about the value of literary awards. Now, we have discussed awards here before. Back in 2012, I wrote about … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Talking literary awards
Colin Roderick Award longlist 2021
I wrote about this award in a Monday Musings back in 2012, but haven't mentioned it much since. Roderick, as I explained in that post, is a somewhat controversial character in Australian literature. However, the award is worth $20,000 and encompasses a wide range of forms and genres, both fiction and nonfiction, so, I thought … Continue reading Colin Roderick Award longlist 2021
Miles Franklin Award 2021 shortlist
I haven't posted on the Miles Franklin Award since 2019, and I didn't post this year's longlist when it came out last month, but, despite my woeful record - I've yet to read any on the longlist - I felt it was about time I returned to Australia's best known literary award. Unfortunately, I was … Continue reading Miles Franklin Award 2021 shortlist
Monday musings on Australian literature: Return of The Age Book of the Year
Early in my retirement, I spent quite a bit of time creating and editing articles on Australian literature in Wikipedia. I focused on a couple of subject areas in particular, Australian women writers and Australian literary awards. One of the awards I worked on was the well-regarded The Age Book of the Year Awards. They … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Return of The Age Book of the Year
Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (3)
I've posted twice on The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists, last year, and back in 2013. Bill, in fact, chose that 2013 post in his Bill Curates series on this blog. The award was established in 1997 by the newspaper's then literary editor, Susan Wyndham, making this year its 25th year. An emerging … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (3)
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