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Burnside wins TS Eliot Prize
Scottish poet John Burnside has won the 2011 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry for his collection Black Cat Bone (Jonathan Cape). Australian poet John Kinsella was shortlisted for the £15,000 prize (app...
Adamson named first CAL Chair in Australian Poetry at UTS
Robert Adamson has been selected as the inaugural Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Chair in Australian Poetry at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Adamson, who was awarded the 2011 Patrick Whit...
Tredinnick wins inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize
Australian poet Mark Tredinnick was awarded the inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize, worth approximately $48,500, for his poem 'Walking Underwater' in December 2011. &nbs...
Kinsella withdraws from T S Eliot prize
Australian poet John Kinsella has withdrawn from the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry because of ethical concerns about award sponsor Aurum Funds, reports the Bookseller. Kinsella, shortlisted for the ...
Nunn wins 2011 Johnno award
Brisbane poet Graham Nunn is the recipient of the 2011 Johnno award, presented by the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) for outstanding contributions to writing in Queensland. Nunn, who is also a teache...
Changes to 2012 PM's Literary Awards announced
The federal government has announced a number of changes to the Prime Minister's Literary Awards for 2012. In addition to existing awards for adult fiction, nonfiction, young adult fiction and childre...
Gray honoured with 2011 OzCo Emeritus Award
Poet Robert Gray is the recipient of this year's Australia Council for the Arts' Writers' Emeritus Award. Gray, who released his first collection of poetry in 1973, was presented with the $50,000 awar...
Kinsella shortlisted for T S Eliot Prize
Australian poet John Kinsella has been shortlisted for the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry. Kinsella's Armour (Picador) is one of 10 collections shortlisted for the £15,000 (approximately A$23,7...
In Brief
New pop-up stores from Arcade teamDale Campisi and Michael Brady from Arcade Publications have launched a new retail venture and postal service in Melbourne, called Melbournalia. The Melbournalia...
Adamson wins 2011 Patrick White Award
Poet Robert Adamson is the winner of the 2011 Patrick White Award. The award, worth $18,000 and presented annually, was established by author Patrick White with the proceeds of his 1973 Nobel Prize fo...
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