Category Archives: Award Winners
Stella Prize Winner – 2018
Alexis Wright has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Stella Prize for her biography Tracker. Tracker is a collective memoir of the charismatic Aboriginal leader, political thinker and entrepreneur Tracker Tilmouth. Having known him for many years, Alexis Wright interviewed … Continue reading
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Book Week Art Competition Awards
Last week we held our award ceremony for the winners of the Book Week Art Competition, giving out prizes to the keen young artists. Attended by the winners and their family and friends, it was a wonderful afternoon. Library Manager … Continue reading
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Hensher wins the 2013 Ondaatje Prize
Philip Hensher has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje prize for his novel “Scenes from Early Life”, a fictional account of his husband’s childhood in Bangladesh. Reserve your copy here! “An unostentatious tour de force, combining a tender and richly affectionate … Continue reading
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