Knox wins 2013 Ashurst Business Literature Prize
Malcolm Knox has won this year’s Ashurst Business Literature Prize for his book Boom: The Underground History of Australia, from Gold Rush to GFC (Viking). Ashurst vice-chair Mary Padbury presented...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2013 shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Shark’s Paintbrush: Biomimicry and How Nature Is Inspiring Innovation (Jay Harman, Nicholas Brealey) Boom: The...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize opened up to international topics
From 2014, books by Australian authors about international business and financial affairs will be eligible for the Ashurst Business Literature Prize. The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW), which...
Hartcher wins Ashurst Business Literature Prize
Journalist Peter Hartcher has won this year’s Ashurst Business Literature Prize for his book The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck (Black Inc.). Federal MP Malcolm Turnbull presented the $30,000 award...
Lives (Peter Robb, Black Inc)
Lives is a collection of 40-odd loosely biographical pieces—some new, some previously published—from Australian author Peter Robb (Midnight in Sicily, M, Streetfight in Naples), which contains some wonderful writing but...