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'Lovesong' wins 2010 Age Book of the Year
The winners of the Age Book of the Year Awards were announced on Friday 27 August at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Alex Miller was the overall winner of the Age Book of the Year award...
MWF joins international festivals to form 'The Word Alliance'
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is one of five international literary festivals that have formed The Word Alliance (TWA). TWA was launched by Edinburgh International Book Festival director ...
Ned Kelly Awards 2010 shortlist announced
The titles shortlisted for the 2010 Ned Kelly awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: True crimeCrooks Like Us (Peter Doyle, Historic Houses Trust)Pitcain: Paradi...
In brief
iPad launches in NZ; 'Hairy Mclary' app at #1Apple has launched its iPad in New Zealand. Since the release of the iPad on Friday 23 July, Penguin Books New Zealand's Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dai...
MWF 2010 program launched
The program for this year's Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 27 August to 5 September 2010, has been launched. The festival's first keynote address will feature eight writers--Barry Dickins...
MWF announces Schools Program
The Melbourne Writers Festival has announced this year's Schools' Program. This year, writers such as Cath Crowley, John Danalis, Shirley Marr, Shaun Tan, Neil Murray and Emily Maguire will be partici...
The Wheeler Centre: Centre for Books Writing and Ideas named after LP founders
The Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, a key component in Melbourne successful bid for UNESCO City of Literature status, is to be named The Wheeler Centre after the founders of Lonely Planet, it was...
Melbourne Writers Festival 2009 wraps up
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) 2009 has ended, with record ticket sales in excess of $581,000 and over 50,000 people attending over 350 events over the 10-day festival, which ran from 21 to 30 Augus...
Australian Centre Literary Awards announced
The five national cultural awards from the University of Melbourne's Australian Centre in the Faculty of Arts were presented to six winners from across Australia, during a gala event at the Melbourne ...
Ned Kelly Awards 2009
The winners of the 2009 Ned Kelly Awards were announced on Friday 28 August, during the Melbourne Writers Festival. Best first fiction went to Nick Gadd for Ghostlines (Scribe). Best fiction was...
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