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The Miles Franklin Literary Award - Australia's Culture Portal

The annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most illustrious events on the Australian literary calendar. The award, now worth $42,000, was bequeathed by the will of Australian novelist, Miles Franklin for a 'published novel or play portraying A...

Australian children's books - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian children's literature rests on the enthusiasm and talents of many individuals, including a great many more Australian writers, illustrators and books than can be listed in this article. The earliest books published for children were mostly ins...

Jacket magazine - Australia's Culture Portal

He has brought to the Internet, Jacket, a website dedicated to Australian literary history, reviews, articles and interviews and everything to do with poetry. Extensive content relating to the Ern Malley affair appears in Jacket 1, including some of Mall...

Australian literary magazines - Australia's Culture Portal

From the Australian Magazine's debut in 1821, Australia's magazine industry developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century through popular titles such as the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch. Alongside these more mainstream publications, a series of small,...

Australian novels - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian novels are an impressive collection of written works, and represent a dynamic body of excellent writers, some with significant international awards to their credit. The Australian poet Alec Hope said that, 'The Bunyip of Australian literature ...

Australian language, letters and literature - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...

Modern Australian poetry - Australia's Culture Portal

Modern Australian poetry seeks to tell Australian stories and truths with a poetic significance so that 'they sear into the soul and can never be untold' (Dorothy Porter). The Jindyworobaks encouraged Australian writers to express themselves in language ...

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Trust Foundation   (more info)

The Trust Foundation administers the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Portia Geach Fund Memorial Award, the Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers, the Martin Bequest Travelling Scholarships, Sir Robert Askin Operatic Travelling Scholarship, the Max

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The Miles Franklin Literary Award - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

The annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most illustrious events on the Australian literary calendar. The award, now worth $42,000, was bequeathed by the will of Australian novelist, Miles Franklin for a 'published novel or play portraying A...

Words Out West: 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist   (website Words out West )

For 2008 a total of 59 books were submitted and yesterday nine novels for the Miles Franklin Literary Award announced (drum roll please) and they are: Landscape of Farewell by Alex Miller (Allen & Unwin); Love without Hope by Rodney Hall (Picador Pan Macm...

Morag Fraser AM joins the judging panel for the Miles Franklin Literary Award - State of the Arts   (website State of the Arts )

Wednesday 2 February, 2005>>In joining the Judging Panel for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2005, Morag Fraser AM joins Ms Eve Abbey, Professor Robert Dixon, Mr Ian Hicks and the State Librarian of NSW, Dagmar Schmidmaier AM. Ms Fraser has also judged...

The 2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner announced - State of the Arts   (website State of the Arts )

Australia s most prestigious and richest single literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has been won by Andrew McGahan for his novel The White Earth published by Allen and Unwin. >>Brian Johns, Chair, Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) said, "CAL c...

Announcing the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award Winner - State of the Arts   (website State of the Arts )

Thursday 17 June, 2004>>Australia s most prestigious and richest single literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award, has been won by SHIRLEY HAZZARD for her novel The Great Fire published by Virago. >>The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2004 is the fi...

2008 National Indigenous Storytellerês Program   (website Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts )

Dr Richard Walley, OAM (Noongar) An Indigenous leader of the Arts in Australia, Dr Richard Walley has been been awarded an OBE for his services to the promotion of Noongar culture. As past Chair of the Australia Councilís Aboriginal & Torres Strait Isla...

No Title   (website Wakefield Press )

com One Magic Square Food plot designs for all seasons in temperate climates LOLO HOUBEIN PB 352 PP 200 x 200 ILLUS 4- COL T/ OUT INDEXED ISBN 9781862547643 AU$ 45.00 NZ$ 49.90 Organic Gardening/ Sustainability Wakefield Press August 2008 One Magic Squar...

Bookseller+Publisher News   (website Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) )

HarperCollins Publishers has announced it will ‘branch out into custom publishing', with the appointment of Suzanne Monks as custom publisher. This week on Bookseller+Publisher's Fancy Goods blog you can find out what Gleebooks bookseller David Gau...

Audio Books Direct - Non-Classifiable - Non-Classifiable   (website Audio Books Direct )

Winner of the 2002 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Winner of the 2002 N.S.W. Premier's Literary Award and the 2001 Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award. Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 200. ...

Audio Books Direct - Non-Classifiable - Non-Classifiable   (website Audio Books Direct )

Winner of the 2002 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Winner of the 2002 N.S.W. Premier's Literary Award and the 2001 Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award. Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 200. ...

European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights: news   (website European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR) )

But today “Carpentaria,” published by the small literary house Giramondo after it was rejected by every major publisher in Australia, has become a literary sensation. In June, the book won the country’s most prestigious prize, the Miles...

European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights: news   (website European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR) )

3 February 2008 - The Telegraph Calcutta - Aboriginal author Alexis Wrighthas spent a lifetime fighting for her people. The Australian novelist Alexis Wright spent some time with students of the Jadavpur University department of English last week. Dark ...