NT Writers’ Festival Wordstorm 2018 wraps up
The 2018 Northern Territory Writers’ Festival was held over four days from 24-27 May in Darwin. With the theme ‘exploring outside the margins’, this year’s program featured more than 40...
Wordstorm 2016 program released
The 2016 Northern Territory writers’ festival Wordstorm program has been launched. Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, author of Beauty is a Wound (Text), will be the international guest at this year’s...
Territory Read Awards, NT Literary Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of this year’s Territory Read Awards and Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced.The winners in the Territory Read Awards are:Chief Minister’s Book of the Year ($5000) One...
Territory Read Awards, NT Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced
The Northern Territory Library has announced the shortlisted titles for this year’s Territory Read Awards and Northern Territory Literary Awards.The shortlisted titles in the Territory Read Awards are:Chief Minister’s Book...
Wordstorm 2014 program released
The program for the Northern Territory writers festival Wordstorm 2014 has been released. Running in Darwin from 29 May to 1 June, the festival will feature 70 writers, including 40...
Newly located Darwin Wordstorm ‘a great success’
This year’s Wordstorm festival, held in Darwin from 10 to 13 May, ‘seems to have been a great success’, according to director Hamish McDonald. McDonald told Bookseller+Publisher that the majority of...
‘Northern Voyagers’ wins NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year award
The winners of this year’s Territory Read awards were announced on 10 May during the Darwin Wordstorm writers festival. The winner of this year’s $5000 Northern Territory Chief Minister’s Book...
Darwin WordStorm 2012 program announced
The program for this year’s WordStorm festival, to be held in conjunction with the National Poetry Festival, has been announced. The festival will run from 10-13 May in Darwin, featuring...
Excuse us while we take a moment…
We’re pretty snowed under here at Bookseller+Publisher headquarters, putting the finishing touches on the July issue after getting out this week’s bumper issue of the Weekly Book Newsletter. Last week,...
Darwin Wordstorm 2010 writers festival wraps up
The 2010 Darwin Wordstorm festival wrapped up on Sunday, having run from 13 May.The biennial festival, which alternates with the ‘Eye of the Storm’ festival, held last year in Alice...
‘An Awkward Truth’ wins NT History Book Award; NT Literary Awards announced
The winner of this year’s Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award is An Awkward Truth by Peter Grose (A&U). The award was announced on Thursday 13 May during the...
On Fancy Goods this week
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: B Owen Baxter reviews Killing Richard Dawson (Robin Baker, Pantera Press); Deborah Crabtree reviews Taller When Prone (Les Murray, Black Inc.); Paula Grunseit...
NT Writers’ Centre announces ‘Book of the Year’ shortlist and Wordstorm guests
The Northern Territory Writers' Centre has announced the shortlist for the 2010 Territory Read NT Book of the Year. The titles shortlisted for the award, which aims to ‘help Northern...