The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award is a somewhat unusual award that I've been receiving notifications about for years, but have never posted specifically on (though Lisa of ANZLitLovers has.) It's unusual for a couple of reasons. One is that its focus is on celebrating "excellence in research and writing in Australia", and the … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Nib Literary Award
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National Biography Award Winners, 2020
I've not posted on many awards this year, but have decided to post on the 2020 National Biography Award, partly because I attended events last year involving each of the winners. This Award was endowed in 1996 by Geoffrey Cains, and supported for many years by Michael Crouch, who died in 2018. It is now … Continue reading National Biography Award Winners, 2020
Monday musings on Australian literature: Indigenous Australian writers and the Miles Franklin Award
This is not going to be a treatise on the Miles Franklin Award and diversity. We all know literary awards have not been as diverse as they could have been (and that they still have a way to go). We know, too, that this is not only due to judging, but also reflects the fact … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Indigenous Australian writers and the Miles Franklin Award
Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (2)
The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists award is announced annually to coincide with the opening of the Sydney Writers Festival. Of course, there is no live festival this year, but awards announcements can still go ahead can't they? I have posted on these awards before, but that was 2013, so I figured I could … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (2)
Stella Prize 2020 Winner announced
Well, a very different announcement "party" for the announcement of the 2020 Stella Prize winner but one that was exciting for those of us not in Melbourne, because we could attend! It was a beautifully conceived and smoothly produced program, with words from each of the shortlisted writers and each of the judges, plus a … Continue reading Stella Prize 2020 Winner announced
Monday musings on Australian literature: Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Hands up if you are familiar with the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and know who won its major categories this year? I may be out of touch, but it seems to me that these awards (about which I've written a couple of times before) are less well-known than some of their other state-based counterparts … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Stella Prize 2020 Shortlist announced
Well, lookee here, the Stella Prize shortlist was announced this morning while I was at Tai Chi so I am just getting to it now. And, I am rather pleased because, although I've only read one of the six, I am currently reading another, and have a third on my reading group schedule, so that's … Continue reading Stella Prize 2020 Shortlist announced
Anna Goldsworthy, Piano lessons (#BookReview)
Ever since Anna Goldsworthy's memoir, Piano lessons, was published, I've hankered to read it, but somehow never got around to acquiring a copy. So, when I was casting around for our next road trip audiobook and this one popped up serendipitously in Borrowbox, I grabbed the opportunity. Now, I have to admit that although I … Continue reading Anna Goldsworthy, Piano lessons (#BookReview)
Stella Prize 2020 Longlist
I don't do well at having read the Stella Prize longlist at the time of its announcement. In 2017 I'd read none; in 2018 it was one, and last year two! Will it be three this year? (BTW by the end of 2019, I had read six of the 12, one more than in 2018! … Continue reading Stella Prize 2020 Longlist
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Winners, 2019, announced
The Winners of the the Prime Minister's Literary Awards for 2019 were announced earlier today, but I was driving to Berrima for my annual "same-time-next-year" catch up with a dear Sydney friend. Below is the shortlist for the three categories I posted on in my shortlist post, with the winners marked in bold. Fiction Rodney … Continue reading Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Winners, 2019, announced
Whispering Gums 