In last week's 1962-themed Monday Musings post, I mentioned that I would post separately on the Dame Mary Gilmore Award. This was because it has an interesting history. Mary Gilmore, 1927 (Public Domain, State Library of QLD, via Wikipedia) First though, a bit on Mary Gilmore, for those who don't know here. She was an … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Dame Mary Gilmore Award
Literary awards
Monday musings on Australian literature: Shortlist for the inaugural 20/40 Prize
Last November, I announced the creation of the new 20/40 Publishing Prize by the wonderful (and local-ish to me), independent, non-profit publisher, Finlay Lloyd. Now, eleven months later, the awarding of the inaugural prize is imminent, with the shortlist being announced last Friday and the winners to be announced on 28 October. But, just to … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Shortlist for the inaugural 20/40 Prize
Monday musings on Australian literature: 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award shortlist
Occasionally, as you know, I use my Monday Musings post to make awards announcements, particularly if the announcement is made on Monday, as this award usually is. And so it happened again today, a Monday, that the shortlist for this award was announced. I have written about it before and so if you are interested … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award shortlist
Monday musings on Australian literature: Miles Franklin Award 2023 Shadow Jury
Some of you have probably heard of "shadow juries". I took part in one a decade ago, for the now defunct Man Asian Literary Prize. It was great, but I haven't taken part in any blogger-inspired shadow juries again because of the time commitment needed. If I was already impressed by the work of literary … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Miles Franklin Award 2023 Shadow Jury
Miles Franklin Award 2023 winner announced
The winner of the 2023 Miles Franklin award was announced this evening, and it's not one I've read, even though this year I've actually read two of the six shortlisted books! A record for me in recent times. The winner is: Shankari Chandran, Chai time at Cinnamon Gardens It's a book I've been toying with … Continue reading Miles Franklin Award 2023 winner announced
Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (5)
Okay, so last week I said that post would be the end of the current little run of awards posts - but then I saw the announcement of this year's Best Young Australian Novelists award, and decided we could cope with just one more. I really will try to offer something new (or, do I … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Best Young Australian Novelists (5)
Miles Franklin Award 2023 longlist
I haven't posted a Miles Franklin longlist for a while, but when I saw today's come through with its intriguing mix of titles, I decided it was time to do one again. The longlist Kgshak Akec, Hopeless kingdom (UWAP) Robbie Arnott, Limberlost (Text) (my review) Jessica Au, Cold enough for snow (Giramondo) (my review) Shankari … Continue reading Miles Franklin Award 2023 longlist
Monday musings on Australian literature: Melbourne Prize for Literature
Having posted on a literary prize last week - the ACT Book of the Year Award - I decided that I may as well do another one, and give us a break from my recent run of historically-focused Monday Musings posts. This week's award is another geographically limited one, the Melbourne Prize for Literature. This … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Melbourne Prize for Literature
Monday musings on Australian literature: the ACT Book of the Year Award
I think it's time I dedicated a post to the Book of the Year Award made in my own jurisdiction. I briefly introduced it back in 2018, and then wrote recently about its 2022 shortlist. But today, I want to document it a bit more thoroughly. (For the record, the 2022 winner has now been … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: the ACT Book of the Year Award
Stella Prize 2023 Winner announced
The 2023 Stella Prize winner was announced tonight and, for the second year in a row, it's a poetry collection ... Sarah Holland-Batt's The jaguar Darn it! I nearly bought it last weekend when I was at the National Library but with my move and having stuff everywhere, I put it back down again and … Continue reading Stella Prize 2023 Winner announced
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