tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17012782449094113392011-12-03T08:38:03.674+11:00Book Award TragicReflections of a Self-Confessed Award Tragic. Reporting on the World of Literary Prizes. All genres. Winners. Shortlists. Longlists. Lists of ListsKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-79943418661280764892011-03-19T14:57:00.000+11:002011-03-19T14:57:30.810+11:002011 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS SHORTLISTS 2011 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS SHORTLISTS - 18th March Very possibly a first cultural duty for Libs leader Barry O' Farrell as the winners of this years awards will be announced on 16th May after the state election.
Let's hope Bazza doesn't go down the same path as his Western Australian counterparts. When they were elected a year or so back they buried the newly born Australia Asia Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-4664425474241922422011-03-05T14:02:00.001+11:002011-03-05T14:05:28.738+11:00Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Regional Winners 2011The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, internationally recognised for promoting ground-breaking works of fiction from across the globe, has announced an eclectic mix of writers from the four regions of the Commonwealth who will be heading to the final stages of the competition at Sydney Writers’ Festival in May.
The 2011 regional prize winners are:Africa:
Best Book: The Memory of Love by Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-8061633503124149962011-02-04T08:17:00.000+11:002011-02-04T08:17:30.711+11:00Minnesota Book Awards FinalistsThe Minnesota Book Awards was created over two decades ago by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library as part of a larger festival of the book.
Books created by writers, illustrators or book artists who are Minnesotans are eligible for Minnesota Book Awards. The Awards are given each year for books published in the previous year. For instance, the winners in 2010 were books publishedKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-53017903711756866732011-02-04T07:18:00.003+11:002011-02-04T07:56:27.806+11:00Amazon Best Translated Book Award LonglistThe Best Translated Book Award prize is an initiative of Three Percent the web blog arm of Open Letter which is book translating press division of the University of Rochester in the USA - think that's right!
Three Percent launched in the summer of 2007 with the lofty goal of becoming a destination for readers, editors, and translators interested in finding out about modern and Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-74125866588894613682011-01-26T11:48:00.002+11:002011-01-26T12:00:55.191+11:00Finalists 2010 National Book Critics Circle Book AwardAmerica's The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC), founded in 1974, consists of nearly 700 active book reviewers. Each year they present awards for the best book in six categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poetry, and criticism. The 36 finalists for the 2010 award have just been announced.Prior to 1997, the award was limited to American citizens, when the eligibilityKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-5321239649859928482011-01-26T10:36:00.005+11:002011-01-26T11:57:54.204+11:00Poetic Justice as Shapcott's 'Of Mutability' Wins CostaYahoo! Tragic got it right having picked Jo Shapcott's delicious, Of Mutability as the most meritorious contender for the £25,000 Costa Book of the Year. The judges agreed and Tragic's average for picking winners from shortlists has risen to a respectable 31% - well, you can't be right all of the time.
Tragic's 'Campaign to Refresh Artistic Poetry Publishing Editorial Design' ( or CRAPPED - Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-168742550618223872011-01-26T09:28:00.003+11:002011-01-26T11:58:44.083+11:00Oxford University Losers as Walcott Wins the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry Derek Walcott, 81, has won the £15,000 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for his 2010 collection White Egrets. Mr. Walcott (left) is a poet that has previously been recognised with no less than the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. At the time Swedish Academy said: "He has both African and European blood in his veins. In him West Indian culture has found its great poet." Mr. W. is based on the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-41830437668461635372011-01-17T11:55:00.001+11:002011-01-17T11:58:43.608+11:00T S Eliot Prize for Poetry Winner Due Next Week. Winners 1993 to presentThe T S Eliot Prize for Poetry was inaugurated in 1993 to celebrate the Poetry Book Society's 40th birthday and honour its founding poet.
Described as ‘the prize most poets want to win' (Andrew Motion, then Poet Laureate) and ‘the world's top poetry award' (Irish Independent), it is awarded to the author of the best new collection of poetry published in the UK and Ireland each year.Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-8661762796475688152011-01-17T11:08:00.000+11:002011-01-17T11:08:58.237+11:00Shortlist Canada's Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fictionAt a news conference at Toronto's Le Meridien King Edward Hotel, Noreen Taylor, prize founder and chair of the Charles Taylor Foundation, announced the 2011 finalists for the Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction. The jury — composed of authors Neil Bissoondath (Québec City), Eva-Marie Kraller (Vancouver), and David Macfarlane (Toronto) — read 153 Canadian-authored books, submitted by 44Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-90456927901320429412011-01-12T11:16:00.000+11:002011-01-12T11:16:48.369+11:00Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners 2011The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. This years a awards have been announced in Los Angeles.
Howard Schwartz and Kristina Swarner, author and illustrator of Gathering Sparks, Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-63125650872193692522011-01-12T09:12:00.001+11:002011-01-12T09:13:13.637+11:00Newbery Medal Winners 1922- 2011The Newbery Medal is awarded to the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. It was first awarded way back in 1922! The very first winner was The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon followed in 1923 by The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Loftin.
With the 2011 winners having just been announced Tragic thought it would be a nice to publish a list ofKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-26152793920283449672011-01-12T07:54:00.001+11:002011-01-12T08:07:27.669+11:002011 Alex Book Award Winners & Nominees: Adult Books Suitable for TeensThe Alex Awards are given annually to the top ten books published during the previous year that were written for adults but which are judged to have "special appeal" for young adults. The first set of awards were presented in 1998.
They are administered by the American Library Association.
It is sponsored by Booklist magazine and by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust from where the awards getKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-12900091566988124712011-01-12T07:29:00.002+11:002011-01-12T08:03:12.234+11:00Cream of the Crop - ALA American Children's Book Award Winners The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in San Diego. The ALA awards are America's most prestigious Children and Young Adult book awards and guarantee the winners a place in every school and municipal library Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-53539309062615877122011-01-07T20:36:00.001+11:002011-01-07T20:38:25.515+11:00UK Costa Book Award Category WinnersThat'll teach Tragic to have a family holiday, completely forgot about the UK Costa book award category winers which were announced on Jan 5th, whoops.
The five winners are now in the running for the main £25,000 prize to be announced on 25th Jan. Smart money is on Edmund de Waal for his admitedly splendid The Hare with Amber Eyes.
Tragic ain't so smart so is going for Jo Shapcott's Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-33206927094702821012011-01-07T19:50:00.003+11:002011-01-08T07:32:29.351+11:00Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards Open After a few years on the scene the The Australian PM's Literary Awards award are starting to find thier feet and are inviting entries between 10 January and Feb 2 for year number three.
Tragic hopes all the publishers are back from their Christmas holidays in the Bahama's, or more likely Batemans Bay, given the challenges the industry is facing, to ensure that entries are in on time.
The Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-66899621571979237242011-01-02T20:18:00.004+11:002011-01-02T20:31:35.834+11:00More to WILLA Award for Women Writing the West than Meets the Eye A genre that Tragic has not had the slightest bit of contact with since he was a spotty youth is the Western, as in cowboys and girls- or whatever the acceptable contemporary politically correct terminology is.
It was with some degree of fascination then that he discovered the WILLA award for Women Writing the West. It is a constant delight how the specific niches of Book Award World honours Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-4690705867336428762011-01-02T18:16:00.005+11:002011-01-02T20:30:34.446+11:00Australian Vogel Award Winners Destined for Literary Obscurity?At $20,000 The Australian Vogel Literary Award is Australia'srichest and allegedly most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of thirty-five. Tragic says allegedly, as it seems in part to be a kiss of death to a young authors chances of literary success - at least in recent times.
Whilst it can lay claim to having helped launched the careers of some of the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-18075874504393491122011-01-02T15:38:00.000+11:002011-01-02T15:38:06.965+11:00Cervantes Prize 2010 Catalan writer Ana Maria MatuteThe Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish: Premio Miguel de Cervantes), established in 1976, is awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. The prize is similar to the Booker Prize, with its candidates from Commonwealth countries, in that it rewards authors from any Spanish-speaking nation. Unlike the Booker Prize, it is awarded only once in Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-88635177072322802642011-01-02T15:25:00.001+11:002011-01-02T15:26:14.768+11:00Man Asia Literary Prize LonglistTragic is playing a bit of catch-up on announcements from the latter part 2010 and missed a prize that is growing in stature, the Man Asian Literary Prize which announced it's longlist in December. The prize was founded in 2007 and is an annual literary award given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendarKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-41384123103782736562011-01-02T14:48:00.002+11:002011-01-02T14:50:14.001+11:00US Poet Wins £30,000 (US$48,000) Dylan Thomas PrizeWell, Tragic picked a poet to win, but got the wrong one! He was spruiking Caroline Bird's, Watering Can to win the 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under 35, but it was not to be.
Whilst Ms. Bird didn't win the £30,000 (US$48,000) on offer (it's only money after all, such a distraction when one can suffer a few years longer in the attic of one's art), the other poetry book in the runningKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-38494646406083952622011-01-02T13:55:00.003+11:002011-01-02T13:59:14.188+11:00New Angle Prize for books inspired by East AngliaInaugurated in 2009, the New Angle Prize of £2000 (£500 for the runner-up) is offered for a recently published book "of literary merit associated with or inspired by East Anglia" (Norfolk, Suffolk or North Essex).Tragic was unaware of this recently inaugurated award so thanks to Hugh Pierce the prize coordinator from the UK's Ipswich Institute for sending details through.
If the quality of Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-32560677660633748222011-01-02T13:01:00.001+11:002011-01-02T13:57:45.517+11:00Stockport Schools’ Book Award Winners: Mad About BooksThe Stockport Schools’ Book Award was launched in 1995 and is one of 15 or 20 local Children's Book Awards that Tragic follows in the UK on Literary Awards UK. The winning books are chosen by participating children and as such are a result of the ultimate local peer review process! Julie Donaldson seems to be particularly popular in the area with two books in thew winners circle for hte most Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-87852772485690242062011-01-02T09:51:00.002+11:002011-01-02T13:58:29.751+11:002010 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award Winner - "Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-1863" by Donald S. FrazierThe A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History is presented each year by the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table. The Award is given for outstanding original research on the Trans-Mississippi sector (including Kansas and Missouri) of the Civil War. To be considered a book must have been published in the last 24 months. A group of members of the Fort Worth CWRT are involved in the Selection Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-88851582204924469482010-12-05T08:40:00.001+11:002010-12-05T08:46:03.611+11:00Hurling Book Wins 2010 William Hill Irish Sports Book of the YearA book detailing the triumphs and tragedies of a Clare hurling club over a year has been named the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year. The Club by Christy O’Connor, which is based around the 2009 season at St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield, won the award ahead of John Giles’ A Football Man and Declan Lynch’s Days of Heaven who took second and third place respectively.
Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-83831308187301940052010-11-27T19:09:00.001+11:002010-11-27T19:14:06.292+11:00Caroline Bird to Win 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize! Tragic's PickThe winner for the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers is due on December 1st. The prize recognises writing by an author under the age of 30.
Tragic's tip is Watering Can by the extremely talented poet Caroline Bird. She was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas in 2008 for Trouble Came to the Turnip.
Simply sublime work for one so young.
If she stays on track she Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-74181896251707332562010-11-24T14:41:00.001+11:002010-11-24T14:42:30.911+11:00Canada's Govenor-General's Literary Award Winners Tragic was remiss in not posting the recently announced winners of Canada's prestigious Govenor-General's Literary Awards. Worth CDN $25,000 each there were 14 winners named in Montreal on November 16th. Details with judges comments below. This year, 962 titles in the English-language categories and 740 titles in the French-language categories were submitted - nearly as many as are on the IMPACKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-59587444764048000112010-11-24T14:18:00.004+11:002010-11-24T17:37:10.306+11:00Andrew Tink's Wentworth Bio Wins $20,000 'Nib'Former NSW Shadow Attorney General and Shadow Leader of the House turned author, Andrew Tink, has won the 2010 AU $20,000 CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature for his meticulously researched biography, William Charles Wentworth: Australia's greatest native son (Allen & Unwin). Mr. Tink won in front of one of the most eclectic Nib shortlists in it's nine year history.
Tragic spent a very Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-40312585767633296202010-11-19T10:44:00.000+11:002010-11-19T10:44:50.388+11:00American National Book Award Winners There were 1,115 total submissions this year for arguably America's leading book awards, the National, The winners are:
Fiction: Lord of Misrule, by Jaimy Gordon
Nonfiction: Just Kids, by Patti Smith
Poetry: Lighthead, by Terrance Hayes
Young people’s literature: Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine
Lifetime achievement award: Tom WolfeKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-87834811541571953432010-11-17T22:17:00.006+11:002010-11-18T08:22:34.419+11:002642 Authors Long Listed for Impala Dublin Intergalactic Book Award"It's just so hard to choose", said the chief judge of the Dublin Intergalactic Book Award committee today from a remote location when a record 2642 authors were announced on the 2011 long list.
"Librarians around the world are such nice people and we really don't wish to offend anyone by refusing their submissions. All the books are so very good you know -quite a lot of them have actually Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-48292244209123151922010-11-17T19:34:00.005+11:002010-11-17T20:24:54.290+11:002010 UK Costa Book Award ShortlistsThe Costa Book Awards is one of the most prestigious and popular literary prizes in the UK and recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and Ireland.
They started life in 1971 as the Whitbread Literary Awards. From 1985 they were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006, when Costa Coffee took over ownership - the year that both Costa and the Book Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-51612267000846511802010-11-16T21:09:00.000+11:002010-11-16T21:09:31.833+11:002010 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Winner Asheville, NC - The 2010 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award goes to Wayne Caldwell’s Requiem by Fire published by Random House. This prize for outstanding literary achievement is presented annually by the Western North Carolina Historical Association and Mrs. Joann L.Edwinn. A Buncombe County native, Caldwell earned a PH.D.from Duke and taught English at the college level for a few yearsKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-20397482032376668382010-11-13T15:39:00.004+11:002010-11-13T15:50:12.957+11:00David Foster Deserved Winner of Australia's Patrick White AwardTragic is delighted that fellow inhabitant of the Southern Highlands of NSW, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist, David Foster, has won the 2010 Patrick White Literary Award. The purpose of the prize is to promote Australian literature and to recognise and encourage creative writers - or , as Foster believes that White intended it, ''as a kind of literary loser's compo'!
A huge Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-51525903594095866542010-11-13T13:11:00.000+11:002010-11-13T13:11:41.065+11:00Tasmania Book Prizes ShortlistsThe Tasmania Book Prizes are a biennial recognition of excellence in writing about Tasmania and a celebration of Tasmanian writers and publishers. The prizes are a partnership between the Tasmanian Government through Arts Tasmania and the University of Tasmania, in association with Ten Days on the Island.
There is AU$35 000 in prize money on offer across three separate categories: best Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-33404036767351572642010-11-12T19:22:00.000+11:002010-11-12T19:22:49.477+11:00Winners America's National Outdoor Book AwardsOne of Tragic's passions is wilderness preservation and long walks in the wild. He always enjoys the books that feature in America's National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) which is the outdoor world's largest and most prestigious book award program and often chucks one in his rucksack to help deepen his mood of revernence for nature.
The prize is a non-profit, educational program, sponsored by the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-84810074028215602982010-11-12T10:47:00.000+11:002010-11-12T10:47:08.536+11:00Britain's National Book Award Winners Press Release:
London, Wednesday 10th November—The winners of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2010, a celebration of the best of British publishing, were tonight revealed at a star-studded awards ceremony at London's prestigious BBC Studios.
Literary veterans Terry Pratchett and Martin Amis took home awards for Outstanding Achievement, in recognition of their unrivalled contribution to the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-79865469292444856842010-11-10T13:55:00.001+11:002010-11-10T14:28:48.795+11:00Australian Food Media Awards - Book award Category Winners The Australian Food Media Awards are presented by the Australian Association of Food Professionals at a gorgeous extravanganza of an evening. Deep sigh. Next year maybe.
The 2010 awards have been handed out to books good enough to eat. The amazing Stephanie Alexander is amongst the winners. Tragic has numerous volumes of Stephanie's recipes as his guiding light in hte kitchin for longer than he Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-31732988558281616522010-11-10T13:45:00.003+11:002010-11-10T14:57:23.683+11:00KOALA Book Award Winners 2010The KOALA's, Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc. are annual awards made by young readers in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) to the Australian books they have most enjoyed reading during that year.
Students are invited to nominate their favourite Australian book; a shortlist of 30 titles (10 picture books, 10 titles for younger readers and 10 titles for older readers) isKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-41017254002029272072010-11-10T13:41:00.002+11:002010-11-10T14:54:34.750+11:00Michael Cathcart Wins Colin Roderick Book AwardThe Colin Roderick Award was founded in 1967 by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University which is Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
The award is presented to 'the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life' and is open to all fields, including fiction, nonfiction and poetry
2009 Winner (awarded 2010)Michael Cathcart has wonKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-52028143991548509042010-11-10T13:33:00.000+11:002010-11-10T13:33:51.281+11:002010 NSW Premier's History Award WinnersThe New South Wales Premier’s History Awards are sponsored by the New South Wales Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation, through Arts NSW.
The awards, conducted in association with the History Council of New South Wales, were first presented in 1997 to honour distinguished achievement in history by Australian citizens and permanent residents of Australia. They assist in Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-14533357265626314002010-11-08T13:56:00.001+11:002010-11-08T13:56:46.893+11:00Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award Winners 2010 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard(right) and Minister for the Arts Simon Crean have announced the four winners of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Australia's richest literary prize.
Eva Hornung, Grace Karskens, Bill Condon and Lorraine Marwood each received $100,000 for their winning books which were selected from a field of over 330 entries.
The Prime Minister congratulated Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-12298321192642615522010-11-07T11:53:00.000+11:002010-11-07T11:53:00.506+11:00Photography Book Now Winners 2010Judith Stenneken, a photographer from Berlin, Germany, has been awarded the $25,000 Grand Prize for her book, Last Call. Ms. Stenneken's work, made at the historically important and famous Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, was chosen as the most creative and finest self-published photography book by an esteemed panel of judges led by Darius Himes, a co-founder of Radius Books.
Editorial Category Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-39388517488767373582010-11-07T11:44:00.003+11:002010-11-10T14:23:06.197+11:00William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year Award Call For Public VotesFootball, Horse Racing, Hurling and practically every sport in between feature in this years long list and no doubt a few will find their way into Dad's Xmas stocking. As a sportshead, Tragic enjoys the William Hill Awards with seperate awards being given in both the UK and Ireland. There is no Sporting Book equivalent in Australia as far as he knows - might just have to get something going!
Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-31631723881976036762010-11-07T10:55:00.000+11:002010-11-07T10:55:21.028+11:002010 Canadian Culinary Book Award WinnersCanadian Culinary Landmarks Hall of Fame
Winners of the second annual Canadian Culinary Landmarks Hall of Fame Award, given to authors who have produced a stellar culinary book or a body of culinary works that taken together have had a lasting impact upon Canadian cuisine, are:
A Century of Canadian Home Cooking: 1900 Through the ’90s , by Carol Ferguson and Margaret Fraser, published by Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-50405098701257449152010-11-07T10:42:00.001+11:002010-11-07T10:44:18.899+11:00Entrie Invited -South Africa's Sunday Times Literary Awards 2011Entries are now open for South Afirca's Sunday Times Literary Awards 2011, and organisers have announced several changes and additions to the rules. To avoid unnecessary costs of having books sent to the Sunday Times and then dismissed for consideration, the Sunday Times is requesting that publishers submit a list of titles which they are considering for entry to the paper by November 15.
Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-83492161685054409782010-11-04T07:57:00.003+11:002010-11-04T20:21:11.137+11:00'The Nib' Australia's CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature ShortlistNow in its ninth year, the CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature, or 'The Nib', as it is more affectionately known, is a AU$20,000 Prize which acknowledges and rewards the role of research in fiction and non-fiction - it also happens to be one of Tragic's favourite book awards.
The 2010 shortlist has just been announced.
The award punches well above it's weight honouring as it does a much Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-67721309977047122582010-10-31T12:07:00.001+11:002010-10-31T12:08:42.061+11:00Florida Writers Royal Palm Literary Awards Competition WinnersThe Royal Palm Literary Awards are a prize that Tragic has only just stumbled across. It is run by the Florida Writers Association. Their aims stated on their website are to:
Connect with other writers to share insights
Raise your writing to higher standards
Flex your leadership, mentoring, and volunteer skills
Open more doors in your writing career
Given some 18 million people Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-82241912489575662802010-10-30T14:49:00.000+11:002010-10-30T14:49:46.534+11:00Guardian First Book Award ShortlistThe shortlisted non-fiction books are Kathryn Schulz's Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error and Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Wool by Alexandra Harris.Three novels and two non-fiction titles have been shortlisted for the UK's 2010 Guardian First Book Award.
Nadifa Mohamed's Black Mamba Boy, Your Presence is Requested at Suvanto by Maile Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-21990747477562357202010-10-30T14:46:00.000+11:002010-10-30T14:46:22.749+11:00Britain's National Book Awards Shortlists48 contenders have been short listed across 8 categories for the 2010 Galaxy National Book Awards.
Wolf Hall by Mantel and Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet are in contention for the prestigious UK author of the year prize in what were formerly known as the Galaxy British Book Awards.
Possibly 'Brand British' was not travelling so well and a mini-rebrand might just re-enage Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-74220326131791619872010-10-26T13:39:00.001+11:002010-10-26T13:41:14.419+11:00Woodford Folk Festival Line-Up Brillliant for 25th Year GatheringA little bit off of Tragic's normal literary beat, but as a big fan of the festival scene he has attended over a dozen Woodford festivals and is a tad shocked to realise that it has been going for 25 years! A bit scary for some of us who attended the festival (Maleney as it then was then) during its first few years! Many happy memories of sloshing around in the mud, but with a pretty Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-11749531314155598362010-10-25T10:42:00.000+11:002010-10-25T10:42:44.269+11:00NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Nominations for 2011 InvitedTragic has a soft spot for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards being his home State n' all.
Nominations for the 2011 prize are now invited. Details via links below.
Please read the guidelines below before submitting your nomination.
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The 2010 winners listed still have a goodly amount of time to enjoy their place on the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-61410400959501535482010-10-22T18:35:00.001+11:002010-10-22T18:35:56.223+11:00Mystery Writers Anthony Award Winners for 2010The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911-1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America.The Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the world of mystery writers and have helped boost the careers of numerous recipients.According Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-37395737983471092552010-10-22T18:09:00.000+11:002010-10-22T18:09:25.728+11:00MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSEntries are now being accepted for the Manitoba Book Awards.
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, December 7, 2010. Please see www.manitobabookawards.com and below, for more information.
Established in 1988, the Manitoba Book Awards celebrate Manitoba writers, publishers and books. There are 13 diverse awards categories this year. Each award will be judged by a jury of 3 writing and/Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-8160941445855752042010-10-22T08:27:00.003+11:002010-10-22T08:38:48.022+11:002010 Walkley Book Award Longlist
The Walkley Book Award celebrates excellence in non-fiction literature and long-form journalism. They are a part of Australia’s most prestigious media accolades across print, radio, television and photography, as well as publishing.
The Walkley Foundation and the Media, Entertainment Arts Alliance have released the long-list finalists for the 2010 award.
The list is intriguing Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-78119519744755278522010-10-21T09:43:00.000+11:002010-10-21T09:43:33.183+11:00New Literary Prize Call for Nominations - Gayatri GaMarsh Memorial Awards For Literary ExcellenceGayatri Memorial Awards have been established by Ananda Mandir (Somerset, NJ) to recognize authors who have demonstrated excellence in writing through their published essays, poems, short stories or plays. The awards have been made possible through a significant contribution from Jerry GaMarsh, husband of late Gayatri GaMarsh. Gayatri was an accomplished author and artist – and a key member Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-56835661712427292932010-10-19T09:50:00.000+11:002010-10-19T09:50:11.723+11:00New Zealand Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary AchievementThe Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement were established in 2003.Every year, New Zealanders are invited to nominate their choice of an outstanding writer who has made a significant contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of non-fiction, poetry and fiction. The nominations are assessed by an expert literary panel and recommendations forwarded to the Creative New New Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-44331384960129114102010-10-17T08:42:00.000+11:002010-10-17T08:42:21.546+11:00Canada - SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDS 2010 SHORTLISTThe Saskatchewan Book Awards were established in 1993 by the joint efforts of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Saskatchewan Publishers Group and Saskatchewan Library Association. Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. was incorporated in 1994.
Their mandate is to recognize and celebrate the achievements of Saskatchewan authors and publishers and help promote their books. Awards have been added or Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-21453742821687922802010-10-16T10:45:00.000+11:002010-10-16T10:45:47.600+11:00Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) Shortlists - Canada The Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) holds an annual juried competition for published books by Quebec authors in six categories:
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
McAuslan First Book Prize
QWF Prize for Children's & Young Adult Literature
QWF Translation Prize (French and English, with target language alternating each
The Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-28853691227125659622010-10-16T09:42:00.000+11:002010-10-16T09:42:38.802+11:00Conservationist Harrison Ford Co-founds PEN Wilson Award for Literary Science WritingPEN American Center has announced that well-known naturalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Edward O. Wilson and actor and conservationist Harrison Ford have joined with PEN to create the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing.
The US$10,000 award which will be awarded to one non-fiction book each year is designed to “acknowledge new and compelling literary writing about Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-12317402369949847462010-10-16T09:33:00.001+11:002010-10-16T09:34:31.941+11:00Tornoto Book Award Winner Mark Sinnett's The Carnivore The Carnivore by Mark Sinnett has won the 2010 Toronto Book Award.
"Sinnett takes what would be a cliché in lesser hands — Hurricane Hazel's devastation of Toronto in 1954 yoked to an affair that silently undermines a young marriage — to produce a novel of adventure and sorrow. Sinnett's taut prose, sense of the era and the city, and ear for the words and silences of a marriage brings the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-57289944447009879732010-10-15T10:16:00.000+11:002010-10-15T10:16:13.442+11:00America's National Book Awards Finalists 2010The Nationals are one the 'big three 'American book awards alongside the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Choice. As per usual they have produced stunning shortlists for the 2010 prize.
The National Book Awards were established in 1950 by a consortium of publishing groups that wanted to bring to the public's attention exceptional books written by Americans, as well as encourage reading Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-88586581252343699352010-10-15T08:28:00.000+11:002010-10-15T08:28:24.314+11:002010 Canada's Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalists The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the names of the 70 finalists for the 2010 Governor General’s Literary Awards. Half of them are finalists for the first time, and they include authors, illustrators and translators from ages 25 to 74.
The English and French awards are in the categories of fiction, non‑fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration) and Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-89811833316679243992010-10-13T12:15:00.002+11:002010-10-20T22:50:56.288+11:00Orange Ditches New Writer's Award After Just a Few YearsThe UK mobile phone company Orange has dropped its award for new writers following a "mutual agreement" with the Arts Council. Sounds like divorce to Tragic.
Orange will instead launch an Orange Book Club and a new books website, which will highlight 'future' Orange Prize for Fiction contenders, including one new writer a month. By that they must mean new women writers of course given the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-50484882623825554102010-10-13T11:48:00.000+11:002010-10-13T11:48:47.615+11:00Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2011 NomineesThe Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which amounts to SEK 5 million (approx. 500 000 EUR), is awarded annually to a single recipient or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and promoters of reading may be rewarded.The list of nominees for the 2011 award have been announced in Frankfurt. Nominated candidatesA&A Book Trust
Promoter of reading, project, IndiaABCXXI (All of Poland Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-49348819635165350862010-10-12T10:46:00.002+11:002010-10-12T10:52:14.620+11:00Entries Invited. National Biography Award and Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize Nominations Closing SoonTwo prestigious literary prizes administered by Australia's State Library of New South Wales are now open for entries.
The annual Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature was established to encourage the highest standards of business and finance writing. The Prize has the additional objective of ensuring that people are better informed about Australia’s commercial life and its participants. Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-66902345556601430552010-10-10T15:09:00.000+11:002010-10-10T15:09:30.715+11:002010 Winner Guardian Children's Fiction PrizeThe Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a prominent award for works of children's literature by British or Commonwealth authors, published in the UK during the preceding year. The award has been given annually since 1967, and is decided by a panel of authors and the review editor for The Guardian's children's books section.
It can be compared with the American Newbery Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-24851551666957677552010-10-03T10:03:00.000+11:002010-10-03T10:03:37.146+11:00Minnesota Book Awards Nominations Now OpenNominations are open for the 23rd annual Minnesota Book Awards, coordinated by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library. A book's author, publisher or agent may nominate an eligible book; categories are children's literature, general nonfiction, genre fiction, memoir/ creative nonfiction, Minnesota, novel/short story, poetry and young people's literature.
Nomination forms and submission Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-37692203419508033222010-10-01T08:23:00.000+10:002010-10-01T08:23:13.070+10:00Calling Writers! Final Call for Benjamin Franklin Prize. Discuss “In politics, what can laws do without morals?"In politics, what can laws do without morals? Benjamin Franklin
The Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize is endowed by Benjamin Franklin House Chairman JohnStudzinski, a leading executive and philanthropist.
Benjamin Franklin is one of history’s great figures. While he made lasting contributions in many fields, his first passion was writing. He believed in the power of the written word to Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-24551791239299386752010-09-30T11:52:00.000+10:002010-09-30T11:52:13.505+10:00Writers' Trust of Canada Book Awards - 2010 FinalistMore note worthy for many of us than the Giller or The governor Generals Literary Award, The Writers' Trust of Canada prizes carry that extra cache inherent in being a peer award.
The Trust has just announced the finalists for the 10th annual Writers' Trust Awards.
Nominees for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize, and the Writers' Trust/McClellandKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-62625312157524442982010-09-30T09:21:00.001+10:002010-09-30T09:22:37.028+10:00Crime Writer Temple's Truth Wins Victorian Premier's Literary AwardFounded by John Cain, the former Premier of Victoria , to mark the centenary of the births of Vance and Nettie Palmer - distinguished writers and critics who made significant contributions to Victorian and Australian literary culture. We guess that this year current Premier John Brumby handed out the accolades.
Miles Franklin winner, Truth by international renowned crime writer Peter Temple hasKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-8617260825811556552010-09-28T10:22:00.001+10:002010-09-28T10:22:37.736+10:00Ottawa Book Awards and the Prix du livre d’OttawaFifteen local writers were named finalists today for the City of Ottawa’s prestigious book awards. Over the past 25 years, the City of Ottawa has honoured its rich literary talent with two awards, the Ottawa Book Awards and the Prix du livre d’Ottawa.
The awards recognize the top English and French books published in the previous year.
The three final winners, to be announced Friday, Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-87726362095555095252010-09-28T10:05:00.000+10:002010-09-28T10:05:29.197+10:00Washington State Book Awards- Full Finalists List The Washington State Book Award (formerly the Governor's Writers Award) is given annually for outstanding books published by Washington authors the previous year.
The Washington Center for the Book administers the awards.
Tragic previously published the main winners but William of Seattle requested a full list of finalists. There you go Will. Talented bunch you Seattle and surround folks....
Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-35274043115519341732010-09-24T10:51:00.001+10:002010-09-24T10:53:13.771+10:00British Medical Association Book Awards 2010The BMA Medical Book Competition has been held annually since 1994 by the BMA's Board of Science and administered by the BMA Library. It aims to encourage and reward excellence in medical publishing and patient information.
784 books were entered into the BMA Medical Book Awards this year, 12% more than in 2009.
Almost one hundred book publishers entered books and digital resources this yearKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-18753675630601913912010-09-23T10:57:00.002+10:002010-09-27T08:52:00.937+10:00Daytona Peace Prize Literary Award WinnersTragic previously reported that Australian Author, Geraldine Brooks has been awarded a Daytona Peace Prize for Lifetime Acheivement. The Daytona Literary Prize Foundation have now realsed the winners of their annual literary awards.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and The Book Of Night Women by Marlon James have been named winners of the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction and fiction, Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-29828259750984968322010-09-23T10:15:00.001+10:002010-09-23T11:45:52.142+10:00Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers ShortlistThe Dylan Thomas Prize established in 2006 as a biennial prize but from 2010 an award will be given every year. Good move Dylanites.
Named after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, it is "awarded to the best published writer in English under the age of 30 from anywhere in the world".
The prize is unique in its broad range of eligible material, covering novels, short story collections, poetry Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-63019242728944310752010-09-21T08:34:00.001+10:002010-09-21T08:35:14.254+10:002010 Canadian Scotiabank Giller Prize LonglistThe longlist for the 2010 Giller Prize, the Canada's most prestigious literary award, was revealed on Monday morning.
Carrying a CDN$50,000 prize, an exclusive black-tie gala, and guaranteed bestseller status for the winner, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, carries weight. It is certainly up there with the US Nationals, the Pulitzer and the Book Critics as far as quality is concerned- the CanadianKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-50112345524301817232010-09-21T08:25:00.000+10:002010-09-21T08:25:24.516+10:002010 Pen USA Literary Award WinnersThe 2010 Pen USA Literary Award Winners have been posted.
Fiction: Victor Lodato Mathilda SavitchPoetry: Amy Catanzano MultiversalCreative Nonfiction: Vicki Forman This Lovely LifeResearch Nonfiction: Minal Hajratwala Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five ContinentsChildren's/Young-Adult Literature: Paul Fleischman The DunderheadsJournalism: Mary Melton Julius Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-30627377601945800382010-09-20T16:51:00.000+10:002010-09-20T16:51:08.819+10:00The British Fantasy Awards. 2010 Winners Posted.The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were first awarded in 1971. The membership of the BFS vote to determine recommendations, short-lists and winners of the awards. The current award categories are Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Small Press, Best Artist, Best Anthology, Best Collection, and the Karl Edward Wagner Award is Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-55555092575255919712010-09-17T12:35:00.001+10:002010-09-17T12:37:15.936+10:00Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize Call for Nominations17 September 2010CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST AWARD FOR BUSINESS LITERATURE -
Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize
Call for nominations – entries close Monday 18 October 2010
The Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize is an annual award established to encourage the highest possible standards of literary commentary on Australian business and financial affairs.Launched in 2004 Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-4035338193845316862010-09-16T11:50:00.000+10:002010-09-16T11:50:03.599+10:002011 NSW Premier’s Literary AwardsThe 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards are now open for nominations. The closing date is 5pm Monday, 18 October 2010 and the eligibility period is for works first published, produced or performed between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010.
Total prize money in 2011, including sponsored awards, is AU$315,000.
In 2011 nominations are sought for the following awards:
The Christina Stead Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-62241436863686359602010-09-14T08:23:00.000+10:002010-09-14T08:23:47.266+10:00Shortlists Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s BooksThe Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s Books were originally set up by the Scottish Arts Council in 1999 and are now run by Scottish Book Trust. The awards recognize excellence in Scottish writing and illustration for children across three categories: Early years (0-7 years), younger readers (8-11 years), older readers (12-16 years). There is also a special Gaelic and Scots Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-42016201327078167012010-09-14T07:49:00.001+10:002010-09-14T07:54:29.908+10:00Winners 2010 Washington State Book AwardsThe Washington State Book Award (formerly the Governor's Writers Award) is given annually for outstanding books published by Washington authors the previous year.
The Washington Center for the Book recently announced winners of the 2010 Washington State Book Awards for books published by Washington authors in 2009.
The authors will be honored in a celebration Oct. 8 at the Seattle Public Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-1620234761006013102010-09-08T12:10:00.001+10:002010-09-08T12:11:07.588+10:002010 Hugo Science Fiction Book Award and SF Personality Winners The Hugo Award is awarded by the current members of the World Science Fiction Convention which recently took place in Melbourne Australia. Fitting then that the super Australian graphic artist and author Shanun Tan (left) was one of those honoured. The excellent radical writer, China Melville also added to his growing collection of book awards.
Tragic was also delighted to see Doctor Who: "TheKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-2233542668168529922010-09-08T11:48:00.000+10:002010-09-08T11:48:04.407+10:002010 Booker Prize Shortlist | | | | |
They left the best on the cutting room floor but we will C who wins it now. Peter Carey right in the running for his third win in the Booker and literary immortality with. Parrot and Olivier in America.
Links to Fishpond Books in Australia.
Peter Carey - Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)
Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury)
Tom McCarthy - C (Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-50416428256637730652010-09-07T14:29:00.000+10:002010-09-07T14:29:00.339+10:002010 Victorian Premiers ShortlistsSuper shortlist for the Vance Palmer with the cream of Australian writers in the running. Excellent selection of work in the sweeping-up the Indigenous Writing Prize shortlist too.
The Prize for Indigenous Writing (AU$15,000) | | * Legacy by Larissa Behrendt
* Ten Hail Marys by Kate Howarth
* Hey Mum, What's a Half-Caste? by Lorraine McGee-Sippel
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The Vance Palmer Prize for Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-29907253409237698112010-09-05T20:37:00.006+10:002010-09-05T20:59:56.093+10:002010 Sisters in Crime Davitt Award WinnersThis year 40 crime books competed for the Davitt Awards which were set up by Sisters in Crime in 2001 to celebrate the achievements of Australian women crime writers. Tartan Noir crime ‘queen’ Val McDermid presented the awards before a crowd of 140 at the Celtic Club in Melbourne, Australia.
Brisbane writer Marianne Delacourt received the Davitt (Adult Fiction) for her debut crime novel for Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-17577548558608214692010-09-05T20:28:00.004+10:002010-09-05T21:00:55.854+10:00Ned Kelly Crime Book Awards - Pitcairn: Paradise Lost by Kathy MarksThe Ned Kelly Awards (named for the famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to reward excellence in the field of crime writing within Australia.
The genre of crime writing has long been popular, but it wasn't Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-12574740613629031352010-09-05T18:25:00.001+10:002010-09-05T18:26:04.267+10:00Politics of Suffering Wins John Button PrizeThe John Button Prize seeks to enhance the quality of political writing and debate in Australia. It will be presented at this year's Melbourne Writers Festival, on the occasion of the inaugural John Button Oration. It is managed by the John Button Literary Foundation, and funded by public donation. The Foundation is still seeking significant donors to ensure that the Prize is presented inKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-24428191167312463502010-09-01T18:27:00.002+10:002010-09-01T18:31:33.032+10:00World Fantasy Award Nominees - Science Fantasy Book Awards
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. Since 1975, when they were first awarded, they have been handed out at the World Fantasy Convention.
The book awards awards are considered among the most prestigious in the speculative fiction genre, and can be awarded to any work falling Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-21403928132388909302010-09-01T17:59:00.002+10:002010-09-01T18:03:48.626+10:002010 New Zealand Post Book Awards Winners & Finalists Formed in 1996, this single set of national awards is the latest manifestation of the Montana, previously Goodman Fielder WattieBook Awards and now in 2010 the New Zealand Book Awards. Morph, morph morph
The principal sponsors of the New Zealand Post Book Awards are the New Zealand Post Group and Creative New Zealand. The awards are managed by Booksellers New Zealand and supported Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-89138648141164863542010-09-01T17:32:00.000+10:002010-09-01T17:32:07.557+10:00New Zealand's Finest Sci-Fi Talent Recognised in Sir Julius Vogel AwardsThe Sir Julius Vogel Awards are fan voted awards for various endeavours in the science fiction, fantasy or horror fields by New Zealanders. Professional nominations can be for novels, short stories, art and others. Fan nominations can be for fanzine, writing, art, services to fandom, services to science fiction and more.
The awards are administered by The Science Fiction and Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-73412358876898028882010-09-01T15:24:00.003+10:002010-09-01T17:21:19.144+10:00Requiem for a Species Wins Queensland Premiers' Book Award
Established in 1999 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards aim to nurture Australia's greatest talent, and to support and encourage the development of up-and-coming authors.
The awards celebrate writing excellence across 14 categories, including those for unpublished writer.
J.M. Coetzee's Summertime, won the fiction prize, it's first major win if memory serves Tragic correctly after being on Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-48445910198651269922010-09-01T10:42:00.000+10:002010-09-01T10:42:31.077+10:00UK Guardian First Book Award 2010 LonglistThe Guardian is one of the UK's slightly more high brow newspapers offering quality journalism plus and a keen sense of the contemporary arts scene. Each year they sponsor a first book award and have just announced the 2010 longlist. 10 debut titles are in the running for the £10,000 award range from dystopian fiction to popular psychology.Tragic has always been a tad uneasy with books from Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-1703388058657704632010-08-25T08:56:00.000+10:002010-08-25T08:56:10.416+10:00Biblical Dialogue with Ecclesiastes Wins New Zealand Book AwardThe Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book and Unpublished Manuscript Awards were established in 2004 in association with the New Zealand Society of Authors to encourage the expansion of the mind, body and spirit literature genre in New Zealand. The focus of the awards is on works that have relationships as its focus, with the main intent being to promote more loving relationships.The prize is Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-25225061212380525182010-08-23T17:48:00.000+10:002010-08-23T17:48:28.833+10:00Australian Romantic Book Award Winners- The RubysThe R*BY Award, affectionately known as The Ruby, is Australia's premier romance genre book award. Voted on by Australian readers, the contest is open each year to any Australian or New Zealand romance author who has published a long or short romance novel.
Tragic loves the prize for the gorgeous titles and will be found at his favourite Southern Highlands Cafe, The Red Tree with a copy of Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-25069454221955152592010-08-21T12:52:00.005+10:002010-08-21T13:02:36.715+10:00Western Australian Book Awards Back from the Mine ShaftingTragic is ambivalent about Western Australia's literary awards given the appalling actions of the newly elected liberal government a year or so back when in an act of political spite they discontinued the new-born Australia -Asia Literary Prize and suspended the state awards. Heathens.
In what could possibly be a latent realisation that not everyone in the gorgeous State of WA gets their Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-16629016065934001782010-08-21T12:09:00.001+10:002010-08-21T12:12:42.648+10:00Children's Book Council Of Australia Book Award WinnersTragic loves this award as with four young children under ten the books that feature in this prize always find their way into the household and the standard is exceptional.
Chosen, as far as Tragic can tell mostly by Australia's women librarian*s, the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Awards, are without doubt the nation's leading children's literary prize. Each year the anointedKevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-53459970053085198162010-08-21T10:12:00.003+10:002010-08-21T11:04:42.243+10:00Australian Geraldine Brooks Wins Daytona Peace PrizeAustralian journalist-turned-novelist Geraldine Brooks has been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
First awarded in 2006, the prize was inspired by achievements of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords to bring the war in Bosnia to an end.
Born and raised in Australia, Geraldine Brooks studied journalism in the U.S. and for a while was the Wall Street Journal's United Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-13334240300930732762010-08-21T09:25:00.006+10:002010-08-21T09:33:03.670+10:00Byatt and Carey Win Britain's Oldest Book Award - James-Tait BlackNovelist A.S. Byatt and critic John Carey, have each received the 2010 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the oldest of Britain's literary prizes having been founded way back in 1919.
The two won in front of a stellar shortlist and have an extra 10,000 pounds or so to buy a new set of quills.
The Children's Book, by A.S. Byatt, the pen-name for Dame Antonia Duffy (left), won the fiction Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-16000952832202082292010-08-18T10:51:00.001+10:002010-08-21T06:40:14.298+10:00New Zealand Librarians Choice - 2010 LIANZA Children’s Book Awards Winners AnnouncedThe Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa launched the start of Library Week by announcing for the winners of the nation's leading children's book awards.
Chosen by NZ librarians comparable overseas book awards include the Printz Award (USA), Caldecott Medal (USA), Carnegie Medal (UK), Kate Greenaway Medal (UK) and the Newbury Medal (USA), CBCA (Australia),Amelia Frances Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701278244909411339.post-76228747555832766992010-08-18T09:02:00.000+10:002010-08-18T09:02:35.983+10:002010 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards shortlist -The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with AU$225 000 in prize money offered across 14 categories.
Tragic loves tha fact that this award honours a number of categories often missing in other multi-category awards elsewhere such as History an Science etc.
"Over the past twelve years, the Kevin Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06217050641577282694noreply@blogger.com0