Category Archives: Shortlists

>2011 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Shortlists

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Librarians with Altitude

> The shortlists for the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) Book of the Year awards have been announced. The award will be presented in Darwin on 18 October. The SPA book of the year awards aim to ‘promote literacy and … Continue reading →

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>Man Booker International Prize

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Librarians with Altitude

> The finalists for the Man Booker International Prize was announced in Sydney this morning by chair of the judges Rick Gekoski. The prize, awarded every two years, is worth £60,000 (AUD $93,247.40) to the winner and recognises the winner … Continue reading →

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>Video review of the Man Booker 2010 shortlist

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Librarians with Altitude

> To my annoyance, I can’t get this to go in as embedded video so you’ll have to click on this link to this humorous video review of the Man Booker shortlist by Ron Charles in the Washington Post. See … Continue reading →

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>Man Booker Prize 2010 Shortlist

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Librarians with Altitude

> The shortlist of six titles was announced yesterday at a press conference at Man’s London headquarters. The six books, selected from the Man Booker Prize longlist of 13, are: Peter Carey ~ Parrot and Olivier in America Emma Donoghue … Continue reading →

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>Ned Kelly Awards 2010 shortlist

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Librarians with Altitude

> The titles shortlisted for the 2010 Ned Kelly Awards have been announced. The Ned Kelly Awards celebrate the past year’s best Australian crime writing. The shortlisted titles are: True crime Crooks Like Us by Peter Doyle – takes an … Continue reading →

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>Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2010 Shortlist

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Librarians with Altitude

> Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts has announced the shortlist for the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Mr Garrett said being shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards is a great achievement for authors … Continue reading →

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