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Miles Franklin Shortlist 2020
The Miles Franklin shortlist has been announced, and you can find all of these titles at Blue Mountains Library. Learn all about the awards here. The winner will be announced on 16 July 2020. Don’t forget to check BorrowBox for … Continue reading
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Booker Prize Short List 2019
Another year, another change to the Booker Prize name! Man Group has ceased its eighteen year association with the prize, and the new sponsors, Crankstart, have not added their name, leaving us with the much more manageable Booker Prize. The … Continue reading
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2018 Stella Prize – Longlist
The Longlist has been announced, and it is time to get reading! Longlists give us exposure to some excellent books that may otherwise pass us by. Consider some of the following to get your reading year off to a good … Continue reading
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NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
The Christina Stead Prize for Fiction The Christina Stead Prize ($40,000) is offered for a book of fiction – for a novel or a collection of stories. Ghost River by Tony Birch Locust Girl. A Lovesong by Merlinda Bobis Clade by … Continue reading
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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 – the long list
The Miles Franklin Literary Award has been given since 1957 to ‘the Novel for the year which is of the highest literary merit and which must present Australian Life in any of its phases . . .’ Below are the … Continue reading
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The Next Great Hotbed of Crime Writing – the 2014 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2014 Australian Crime Writers Association Ned Kelly Awards was announced at the Bendigo Writers Festival last weekend. The ACWA award prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing with four categories : Best Fiction, Best First Fiction, True Crime and … Continue reading
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Readers in the Mist 