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Victorian Prem's awards announced
The winners of the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced at an awards dinner at Melbourne's Federation Square on Monday night, at the end of the successful Melbourne Writers' Festiva...
Melbourne named a UNESCO City of Literature
Melbourne has been named a City of Literature by the United Nations' cultural arm UNESCO. The recognition is the result of an official bid--brought together by a steering committee led by Crikey...
'Age' Book of the Year Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Age Book of the Year awards has been announced. The awards, now in their 35th year, offer three $10,000 prizes, one each for a work of fiction, nonfiction and poetr...
Melbourne Writers' Festival winds up
After 10 days of panels, workshops, conversations and book launches, the 2007 Melbourne Writers' Festival wrapped up on Sunday 2 September. According to organisers, the last year at the festival's tra...
Ned Kelly Award winners announced
The winners of the 2007 Ned Kelly Awards--Australia's premier prizes for crime writing--were announced on 29 August by the Crime Writers' Association of Australia, in conjunction with the Age and the ...
'Colonial Ambition' wins Age Book of the Year
Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy, a book about political developments in 1850s NSW by Peter Cochrane (MUP), has won the $20,000 Age Book of the Year award, announced last Fr...
MWF set to break attendance records
With the 2007 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) due to open this Friday 24 August, running until 2 September, organisers have already sold ‘over 90% of projected box office,' according to MWF publicist...
Melbourne Writers' Festival industry sessions
Sessions at MWF relating to the book industry include: Fun on Grub StreetDave Eggers and his wife Vendela Vida talk about their literature enterprise McSweeney's. Date: 25 August 2007Time: 7pm -...
Books@MIFF given thumbs up
Publishers and literary agents have responded enthusiastically to the inaugural books-to-film networking event, Books at MIFF, held last Thursday in Melbourne. The event, part of the Me...
Clive James, Dave Eggers to open MWF
The Melbourne Writers Festival has announced authors Clive James and Dave Eggers will launch this year's festival on Friday 24 August. James will discuss his latest work Cultural Amnesia (Picado...
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