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Behrouz Boochani Wins the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature  /  Awards & prizes

The winners of the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were announced tonight at a ceremony at MPavilion in Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne.

 
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Mireille Juchau  /  Books, reading & writing

A writer of novels, short fiction and essays, Mireille Juchau has quietly emerged as one of Australia’s most accomplished literary voices. Her first two novels, Machines for Feeling and Burning In, won critical acclaim and appearances on the Vogel’s and Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists. Her third novel, The World Without Us, is very much the book of the moment – winning this year’s prestigious Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and shortlisted for the Stella Prize.

Juchau’s work deals with big personal and political subjects – from grief and abandonment to climate change. The World Without Us centres on a family who has lost a child, and a community adrift after a calamitous fire; it’s the kind of territory that can veer lesser writers into melodrama. But reviews of Juchau’s work, both in Australia and internationally, have stressed the subtlety and restraint of her prose as well as its vivid imagery. The Times Literary Supplement called The World Without Us ‘elegantly poised and controlled’. Independent on Sunday called it ‘understated and calm, and yet thoroughly captivating’.

In conversation with Michael Williams, Juchau discusses writing the intimate, the political and The World Without Us.

Books and Ideas at Montalto series sound design and music: Jon Tjhia.

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Announcing The Next Chapter mentors  /  Awards & prizes

The Wheeler Centre announces the ten mentors who will work with The Next Chapter's first cohort of writers over the next 12 months.

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2018: Introducing the Fellows (round three)  /  Books, reading & writing

Meet the third intake of Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellows, and take a peek at the projects they'll be working on.

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Tale of Colonial Violence Wins Vogel  /  Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

Awards Judges Make Their Comments  /  Books, reading & writing

By Alex Landragin

After announcing the shortlists for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards yesterday, today we’re publishing the judges' comments for each title. Click here to be taken to the VPLA page and click on a title to view the comments.

The judges of three of the categories provided us with summaries of their observations.

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The judges for the Louis Esson Prize for Drama - Richard…

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Two New Australian Book Awards from Readings: $4000 each  /  Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

Tan Joins Australian Oscar Tilt  /  Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan is one of 7 Australians nominated for an Oscar overnight. Tan’s nomination is for the film The Lost Thing in the category of best animated short film. Tan co-directed the short with Andrew Ruhemann. Although he hardly needs an introduction, here’s one anyway.

Others in the list of Australians shortlisted for honours include Jacki Weaver for her portrayal…

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Stella!: Australian Prize for Women’s Literature Launched  /  Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

O'Brien Honoured at Walkleys  /  Awards & prizes

Coming from his final 7:30 Report, Kerry O'Brien has been honoured at last night’s Walkley Awards. O'Brien was awarded the Walkley for journalistic leadership as well as the prize for best interview for confrontations with Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott.

The ABC reported O'Brien appeared to lose his characteristic cool during his acceptance speech: “I’m stunned. I did not expect this. Tonight was…

PM Lit Award Winners Announced  /  Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

Hearty congratulations to the winners of this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, announced this morning. The winners in their respective categories are for fiction: Stephen Daisley, Traitor; non-fiction: Rod Moss, The Hard Light of Day; young adult fiction: Cath Crowley, Graffiti Moon; and for children’s fiction: Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod, Shake a Leg.

The prize in each category…

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Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships 2017: Introducing the Fellows (round three)  /  Books, reading & writing

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Our Reviews: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (Poetry)  /  Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

Thousands of Awards  /  Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

Publishing group The Thousands is running an online program “that recognises and rewards local achievements”. Nominees for the Thousands Awards have been published, and though the nominees for the ‘Read’ category are all worthy of the $1000 prize, readers can vote for their favourite. The nominees are literary journal The Lifted Brow, independent publishers Small House Books and Rainoff Books, spoken word event…

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Friday High Five: Dinosaur erotica, Eleanor Catton and Lego Art  /  Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

 
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The Stella Prize in Conversation  /  Awards & prizes

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Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker Prize - Again!  /  Awards & prizes

By Jo Case

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Working with Words: Vikki Wakefield  /  Creativity

By Jo Case

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US Writers Cop Some Self-Criticism  /  Fiction

By Alex Landragin

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Our Reviews: Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (Non-Fiction)  /  Non-Fiction

By Jo Case

Other Awards & Prizes News  /  Awards & prizes

By Alex Landragin

The Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards were announced last night - the same night as the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Among the many category winners were: Amanda Lohrey, who took out the Fiction Book Award for Reading Madame Bovary; Mark McKenna, whose biography of Manning Clark, An Eye for Eternity, took out the Non-Fiction Book Award (he also won the equivalent prize in…

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