WA prem’s awards: Asia award discontinued, prem’s award to receive additional funding

9 February 2010 Books+Publishing

The West Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award (AALA), the revamped Western Australian Premier's Literary Award that was launched in 2008, has been discontinued. Following a review of the award, the Western Australian Culture and Arts Minister John Day said that the $110,000 prize would be discontinued, while the WA Premier's Book Awards (PBA)...