University of Sydney won’t appoint new chair of Australian literature
The University of Sydney won’t appoint a new chair of Australian literature until it can find a sponsor for the position, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. A university spokesperson said...
Wright awarded 2018 Magarey Medal
Alexis Wright has won the biennial Magarey Medal for Biography for Tracker (Giramondo). Wright’s biography of Aboriginal leader, thinker and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth was chosen from a shortlist of five...
Eades wins 2018 Mary Gilmore Award
Quinn Eades has won the 2018 Mary Gilmore Award for his poetry collection Rallying (UWA Publishing). The award was presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) at its...
Magarey Medal 2018 shortlist announced
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) and the Australian Historical Association (AHA) have announced the shortlist for the 2018 Magarey Medal for Biography. The shortlisted titles are:...
‘Drones and Phantoms’ wins ALS Gold Medal
Jennifer Maiden’s poetry collection Drones and Phantoms (Giramondo) has won the 2015 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal. Maiden’s book was chosen from a shortlist of five titles. Announced at the...
Magarey Medal for Biography winner announced
The Magarey Medal for Biography has been awarded to The Lone Protestor: AM Fernando in Australia and Europe by Fiona Paisley (Aboriginal Studies Press). The biennial prize, worth $10,000, is presented to the best biographical...
Mary Gilmore Award winner announced
Even in the Dark by Rose Lucas (UWA Publishing) has won the Mary Gilmore award for poetry.The biennial award, worth $500, recognises a first book of poetry published in the...
ALS Gold Medal 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2014 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: What Was Left (Eleanor Limprecht, Sleepers) An Elegant Young Man (Luke Carman, Giramondo)...
ALS Gold Medal shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Darkness on the Edge of Town (Jessie Cole, Fourth Estate) Questions of Travel (Michelle de...
ALS Gold Medal longlist announced
The longlist for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Lola Bensky (Lily Brett, Hamish Hamilton) Darkness on the Edge of Town (Jessie Cole, Fourth...
‘Knuckled’ wins Mary Gilmore Award
Knuckled by Fiona Wright (Giramondo) has won this year’s Mary Gilmore Award for poetry. Wright was announced as the winner of this year’s award at the Association for the Study...
New website to promote Australian literature
The Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has announced it will soon launch a new website to promote Australian literature. Plans for the Reading Australia project were unveiled last week at the...
Mary Gilmore Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for first books of poetry published in 2010 and 2011, has...