Matthews wins National Biography Award for Manning Clark bio
Manning Clark: A Life (Allen & Unwin) by Brian Matthews has won the $20,000 National Biography Award, Australia's richest prize for biographical writing and memoir, announced today at the State Library...
Biographies of Napoleon and ‘nobodies’ share prize
Biographies of Napoleon and two of ‘history's nobodies' have been named joint winners of this year's National Biography Award. University of Newcastle historian Philip Dwyer received $10,000 for Napoleon, 1769-1799:...
Biography prize shortlist
Six ‘wonderfully diverse' titles have been shortlisted for the $20,000 National Biography Award 2008, the State Library of NSW announced today.The shortlisted books are: Napoleon, 1769-1799: The Path to Power...
‘East of Time’ wins National Biography Award
Jacob Rosenberg has been awarded the National Biography Award for his memoir East of Time (Brandl & Schlesinger). ‘This beautifully crafted book holds extraordinary humanity,' said the judges Morag Fraser,...