Articles related to "Literary Awards"

Vietnamese-Australian author Nam Le has captured international attention with his best-selling collection of short stories.

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is the highlight of the Australian literary calendar, highlighting novels and plays focusing on Australian culture and lifestyle.

Authors such as Orhan Pamuk, Doris Lessing, Gunter Grass, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Pearl Buck, William Butler Yeats, and Boris Pasternak are recognized.

Nine longlist finalists of Australia's most prestigious literary award have been announced, showcasing the best of contemporary Australian fiction.

Putting together a list of must read books can be a great way to find inspiration to read new authors and genres and reread old favourites.

These two animal books will engage and delight readers and encourage youngsters to learn their alphabet and start to write.

Miller's 2007 Australian novel asks questions about man's connection with history and country.

Wrongly committed to a rural mental institution, Mrs Shoddy must escape into the safety of her memories in order to isolate herself from the suffering around her.

University students Mishka and Leela meet and fall in love. When Mishka's name is linked with a terrorist bombing, Leela must decide who to trust.

Gail Jones' novel explores themes of isolation, family relationships and issues of race in World War II Australia.

Pamela Porter's free verse novel about a young girl living a difficult life in Saskatchewan won the 2005 Governor General's Literary Award.

The Fern Tattoo journeys through 100 years of a complex and intricate family history, leading readers to examine the meaning of family, secrets, love and truth.

A fresh young face has been welcomed to the high society of literature, after White Tiger, one of the two debut novels shortlisted, was awarded the Man Booker Prize 2008.

During her visits of April through December 1996, Erin Noteboom recorded her conversations with Carl Hruska, an American veteran of WWII.

The Man Booker Prize is one of the most significant literary awards available to authors from the British Commonwealth and Republic of Ireland.

Like many young Australian writers, Andrew O'Connor draws on overseas experiences to write his award-winning first novel Tuvalu; it says much about Australia and Japan.

Controversial playwright/filmmaker chats about her award-winning drama, the audience of tomorrow, the issue of increased campus shootings, and Sept 13, 2006.

Full details of the most coveted literary prize for women, including the longlist for 2009, the judges and the history of the award itself.

A touching anthology of short stories about lesbians and their relationships as mothers and daughters who deal with sexuality as well as the vagaries of regular life.

Well-known Australian author Thomas Keneally examines the life of an Australian war hero and his widow in this Miles Franklin Literary Award longlisted novel.

Writers including Hilary Mantel, Penelope Lively, Colm Toibin and Clive James will be hoping that their work will scoop this year's Costa Book of the Year Award.

Hard Love is a novel about trust: telling the truth, telling lies, naming and being named. But most importantly, it's about deciding when to escape and when not to.

A look at the fiction and nonfiction winners of the Governor General Awards, from 2000-2008.

Writing can be a lonely challenge. However, annual awards that offer enticing prizes can help the writer to raise their profile, promote their book and maintain hope.

A Look Back at the Last Nine Years of Canada's Most Prestigious Literature Award, the Governor General Award.

Musical performances and instruments are central to the story of Leela and Mishka in Janette Turner Hospital's Miles Franklin Literary Award longlisted novel Orpheus Lost

The third story in a trilogy, Steven Carroll's The Time We Have Taken describes the events in an unnamed Melbourne suburb during its centenary celebrations in 1970.

Suite101 interviews Professor Scott Rice of San Jose State University, creator of the humorous Bulwer-Lytton Awards.

As gifted kids' reading abilities surpass age-appropriate content, there are options for guiding them toward titles that will appeal to both readers and their parents.

As a national literary prize, the PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually for the best work of fiction by a published American author.

Five excellent books on a wide variety of subjects have made the shortlist for the 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.

With the new film version of Atonement starring Keira Knightley hotly tipped for Oscar glory at next year's awards, now is a great time to read this classic novel.

Locating the right grants, scholarships, and fellowships is an important step in finding good funding for writers. Here are some tips on how to start.

Australian-born author Markus Zusak wrote the best-seller The Book Thief and others with which the young adult world has fallen in love.

Enjoy some weird and wonderful trivia about the making of Overture Films' "Mad Money" starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes as novice bank robbers.

Everyone has read books about the Holocaust, and may feel that everything to be said has been said. John Boyne's book disproves this time and time again with readers.

Michael Healey's award-winning new Canadian classic The Drawer Boy, set in rural Ontario, Canada, continues to enthrall audiences around the world.

The novel describes the odyssey of a young Irish man who leaves his homeland and travels to Dublin, Limerick, and Liverpool before crossing the ocean to reach America.

A review of Jenny Uglow's excellent biography of the extraordinary characters that made up the Lunar Society of Birmingham.

From March to June, a plethora of writing journals have contest deadlines that every writer should know about. Here's a look at what's out there for aspiring writers.

A short feature on the award-winning poet's life and work so far, including his collection "What Narcissism Means to Me."

Book Lovers Mingled with Authors for the 4th Annual Fundraiser for Toronto's Public Libraries.

Usborne Books has a large selection of entertaining, educational and award-winning books for children of all ages.

Ashutosh Gowariker is no stranger when it comes to epic film making. The Director of Lagaan and Jodha Akbar is preparing a film about the Chittagong armoury raid of 1930.

Alice Munro - Women caught between moving and standing still....or images like the earthy smell of summer rain or blood soaked grass worn down...

This delightful story, based on a real-life male penguin couple at the New York City zoo who raise a baby together, teaches kids that there are all kinds of families.

Writer's grants are available from state art commissions for poets and fiction writers in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia.

Author Wayson Choy has been honoured for his work in the literary world.

Between Mom and Jo (Little Brown, 2006) explores the breakup of a lesbian-headed family and the son caught in the middle.

Part thriller, part fable, The Messenger tells the story of a young man finding the meaning in life.