Also look for the Education Review Technology Guide.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Education Review
Also look for the Education Review Technology Guide.
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards honour both new and familiar writers, and the novels, poems, biographies, histories, plays and screenplays that have delighted readers of all ages since 1979.
The winners of the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and Translation Prize are:
Special Award ($20,000)
The Special Award is awarded either to a work not covered by the existing categories, or in recognition of a writer’s achievements. This year the judges nominated Ms Katharine Brisbane AM for her service to Australian literature and theatre.
People's Choice Award for fiction
Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole, Penguin Group (Australia)
2008 Book of the Year Award (additional $10,000)
Nam Le, The Boat, Penguin Group (Australia)
Read the judges' comments here
Christina Stead Prize for fiction ($40,000)
Joan London, The Good Parents, Random House Australia Pty Ltd (Vintage)
Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction ($40,000)
Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man: death and life on Palm Island, Penguin Group (Australia)
Patricia Wrightson Prize for children's literature ($30,000)
Ursula Dubosarsky & Tohby Riddle (illus), The Word Spy, Penguin Group (Australia)
Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature ($30,000)
Michelle Cooper, A Brief History of Montmaray, Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry ($30,000)
L K Holt, Man Wolf Man, John Leonard Press
Script Writing Award ($30,000)
Louis Nowra, Rachel Perkins & Beck Cole, First Australians, Blackfella Films, SBS
Play Award ($30,000)
Daniel Keene, The Serpent’s Teeth, Sydney Theatre Company, Currency Press Pty Ltd
The Biennial NSW Premier’s Translation Prize and PEN Trophy ($30,000)
David Colmer for his translations from the Dutch.
Community Relations Commission Award ($15,000, sponsored by the CRC)
Eric Richards, Destination Australia: migration to Australia since 1901, University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Gleebooks Prize for critical writing ($10,000, sponsored by Gleebooks)
David Love, Unfinished Business: Paul Keating’s interrupted revolution, Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing ($5,000, sponsored by UTS)
Nam Le, The Boat, Penguin Group (Australia)
The winners of the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and Translation Prize are:
Special Award ($20,000)
The Special Award is awarded either to a work not covered by the existing categories, or in recognition of a writer’s achievements. This year the judges nominated Ms Katharine Brisbane AM for her service to Australian literature and theatre.
People's Choice Award for fiction
Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole, Penguin Group (Australia)
2008 Book of the Year Award (additional $10,000)
Nam Le, The Boat, Penguin Group (Australia)
Read the judges' comments here
Christina Stead Prize for fiction ($40,000)
Joan London, The Good Parents, Random House Australia Pty Ltd (Vintage)
Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction ($40,000)
Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man: death and life on Palm Island, Penguin Group (Australia)
Patricia Wrightson Prize for children's literature ($30,000)
Ursula Dubosarsky & Tohby Riddle (illus), The Word Spy, Penguin Group (Australia)
Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature ($30,000)
Michelle Cooper, A Brief History of Montmaray, Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry ($30,000)
L K Holt, Man Wolf Man, John Leonard Press
Script Writing Award ($30,000)
Louis Nowra, Rachel Perkins & Beck Cole, First Australians, Blackfella Films, SBS
Play Award ($30,000)
Daniel Keene, The Serpent’s Teeth, Sydney Theatre Company, Currency Press Pty Ltd
The Biennial NSW Premier’s Translation Prize and PEN Trophy ($30,000)
David Colmer for his translations from the Dutch.
Community Relations Commission Award ($15,000, sponsored by the CRC)
Eric Richards, Destination Australia: migration to Australia since 1901, University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Gleebooks Prize for critical writing ($10,000, sponsored by Gleebooks)
David Love, Unfinished Business: Paul Keating’s interrupted revolution, Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing ($5,000, sponsored by UTS)
Nam Le, The Boat, Penguin Group (Australia)
The Slap wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize
Christos Tsiolkas has won the Overall Best Book Award for The Slap (watch The First Tuesday Book Club on ABC TV review the book here) in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (CWP), announced on Saturday at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. The Best First Book Award went to Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif for A Case of Exploding Mangoes.The Governor-General of New Zealand, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, presented the prizes, worth £10,000 (AU$20,025) and £5,000 (AU$10,012) respectively. Chair of the judging panel the Hon Justice Nicholas Hasluck called The Slap a ‘controversial and daring novel'.
Read more here....
Monday, May 18, 2009
A Case for Books!
I cannot imagine being curled up with a good computer screen.
"Younger generations are now more likely to have seen a movie version of Pride And Prejudice than they are to have read the book. Some people even describe themselves as Jane Austen fans without having opened any of her books. We're in danger of Keira Knightley being responsible for preserving one of the greatest literary legacies."
Read the rest of this thought provoking article at the Sydney Morning Herald site.
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