The prize is awarded every two years for ‘the best novel written by an
Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Barbara Jefferis Award Winners 2014 | Australian Society of Authors
Barbara Jefferis Award Winners 2014 | Australian Society of Authors
The prize is awarded every two years for ‘the best novel written by an
Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise
The prize is awarded every two years for ‘the best novel written by an
Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise
Patrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour
Patrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/patrick-white-literary-award-winner-brian-castro-recalls-his-encounter-with-the-grumpy-neighbour-20141107-11i3m7.html#ixzz3IQ8OM3YS
http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/the-garden-book/2005/08/24/1124562912761.html
Brian Castro is a modest man who believes "I kind of fit" the Patrick White Literary Award, which White established with his Nobel Prize money for an Australian writer deserving of greater recognition.
Castro received the $24,000 award in Sydney on Friday for his "outstanding contribution to Australian literature, his continued willingness to take imaginative risks and be 'blackly playful', and his evident potential to produce more significant work".
Castro recalled his long if invisible connection with White. At their first encounter he was a 12-year-old at boarding school, helping at the Castle Hill Show and "playing the fool" with a megaphone.
"A very grumpy man from across the road came over to berate us for the noise, and then someone said he was 'a writer or something', though no one knew his name ... I believe they said he's won a prize for his novel The Roman Chariot."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/patrick-white-literary-award-winner-brian-castro-recalls-his-encounter-with-the-grumpy-neighbour-20141107-11i3m7.html#ixzz3IQ8OM3YS
http://www.theage.com.au/news/reviews/the-garden-book/2005/08/24/1124562912761.html
Thursday, November 6, 2014
First Australian- Brett wins French literary award
Brett wins French literary award
Australian author Lily Brett has become the first Australian to win the French
literary award Prix Medicis Etranger. The award, which is given to the author of
a work that has been translated into French, was presented for Brett’s 2013
novel Lola Bensky (Hamish Hamilton).
Australian author Lily Brett has become the first Australian to win the French
literary award Prix Medicis Etranger. The award, which is given to the author of
a work that has been translated into French, was presented for Brett’s 2013
novel Lola Bensky (Hamish Hamilton).
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