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2009 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2009. Events *HarperCollins takes over ABC Books – the publishing arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. *Caro Llewellyn, resigns as director of the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas (now called the Wheeler Centre) in Melbourne before taking up the role. Chrissy Sharp, the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, is appointed to take her place. *The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, is suspended. Major publications Literary fiction * Steven Amsterdam – ''Things We Didn't See Coming'' * Peter Carey – ''Parrot and Olivier in America'' * Steven Carroll – ''The Lost life'' * Brian Castro – ''The Bath Fugues'' * Nick Cave – ''The Death of Bunny Munro'' * Tracy Crisp – ''Black Dust Dancing'' * Deborah Forster – ''The Book of Emmett'' * Andrea Goldsmith – ''Reunion'' * Marion Halligan – ''Valley o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caro Llewellyn
Caro Llewellyn (born 1965) is an Australian business executive, artistic director, festival manager and nonfiction writer. As of 2020, she is chief executive officer of the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Career Llewellyn is the daughter of Richard Llewellyn and poet Kate Llewellyn. She grew up in Adelaide. Early in her career Llewellyn had a job booking bands for venues. She entered the literary world and became product manager for Random House. From 2002 to 2006 Llewellyn was director of the Sydney Writers' Festival. In 2006 she moved to New York where she was employed by Salman Rushdie to manage the PEN World Voices Festival from 2007. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009 and found she was no longer able to read. At this time she had been appointed the inaugural director of what later became the Wheeler Centre but resigned before she began in the role. After about three years she discovered that her sight had improved and she was able to read novels again. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The People's Train
''The People's Train'' is a 2009 novel by Australian novelist Tom Keneally. Plot summary The novel is a fictionalised account of the Australian life of Fyodor Sergeyev, given in the book as Artem Samsurov, a Russian émigré to Australia who would later play a significant role in Lenin's government. Reviews * ''The Guardian'' * ''The Telegraph'' Awards and nominations * 2010 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers' Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best Book * 2010 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–19 ... References External links * The author discussed the novel on Random Book Tal''Random Book Talk'' {{DEFAULTSORT:People's Train, The 2009 Australian novels Novels by Thomas Keneally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Jennings (Australian Author)
Paul Jennings AM (born 1943), is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist. Many of his stories were adapted for the cult classic children's television series ''Round the Twist''. Jennings collaborated with Morris Gleitzman on the book series ''Wicked!'', which was adapted into an animated TV series in 2000. Early life and education Paul Jennings was born on 30 April 1943 in Heston, Middlesex (now part of Hounslow in London). In 1949 his family emigrated to Australia. He first attended Bentleigh West Primary School in Bentleigh, a suburb of Melbourne, and then Caulfield Grammar School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Education Studies from Frankston Teachers College at Monash University in 1978 and taught at Frankston State School, Kangaroo Flat State School, the Turana Youth Training Centre and the Royal Children's Hospital State School in Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goblin And The Empty Chair
''The Goblin and the Empty Chair'' is a 2009 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It is a modern fairy tale, and is about a hermit goblin who observes a farming family that is so aggrieved (possibly due to the loss of a child) that they cannot carry out their daily tasks; for 3 days the goblin secretly does their work not realising that he has been seen, eventually the goblin is invited to partake in breakfast with them. Publication history * 2009, USA, Beach Lane Books * 2009, Australia, Viking Australia Reception Reviews of ''The Goblin and the Empty Chair'' have been favourable with ''Publishers Weekly'' writing: "Acceptance and healing are less common picture book themes; Fox ('' Time for Bed'') handles them with particular grace". ''Kirkus Reviews'' called it a perfect combination of words and images. ''The Goblin and the Empty Chair'' has also been reviewed by ''Booklist'', ''School Library Journal'', '' Horn Book Guides'', ''Libra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello, Baby!
''Hello, Baby!'' is a 2009 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Steve Jenkins. In this book the narrator asks the reader whether they are various animals. Reception A review in ''Kirkus Reviews'' of ''Hello, Baby!'' wrote: "This picture book brims with fascinating animals, brilliant words and engaging artwork; it begs for cozy nightly readings". ''Booklist'', comparing it to a previous Fox title, wrote: "As in her best-selling title '' Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes'' (2008), a Booklist Editors' Choice selection, Fox creates an affectionate, singsong picture book directed straight at small children". ''Hello, Baby!'' has also been reviewed by ''Publishers Weekly'', ''School Library Journal ''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with ...'', '' Horn Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Fox
Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still gives seminars and lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Career In 1981, while working in drama, Fox decided to retrain in literacy studies. She said: "Literacy has become the great focus of my life – it's my passion, my battle and my mission and my exhaustion." She has published books on literacy aimed at children, their parents, teachers and educators. She held the position of Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, in the School of Education at Flinders University until her retirement in 1996. Since her retirement from teaching, Fox travels around the world visiting many countries and doing presentations and speaking on children's books and literacy issues. Following an interrogation by US immigration officials on a trip in February 2017 to deliver a key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Clarke
Judith Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and young adults. Life Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 and raised in Sydney. She worked as a teacher, lecturer and librarian. She graduated from the University of New South Wales, and Australian National University. Clarke died on 14 May 2020 in Melbourne. Awards * Young People's Talking Book of the Year Award (1991) from the Variety Club Variety, the Children's Charity is a charitable organization founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1927. History On October 10, 1927, a group of eleven men involved in show business set up a social club which they named the "Variety Club". On ... * Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book in Fiction and Poetry, for ''Kalpana's Dream'' * Children's Books of the Year Awards Winner-Children's Book Council of Australia, for ''Wolf on the Fold'' * Children's Books of the Year Awards Honor, Older Readers, for ''Night Train'' (Holt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Brugman
Alyssa Brugman (born May 1974) is an Australian author of fiction for young adults. She was born in Rathmines, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, Australia and attended five public schools before completing a Marketing Degree at the University of Newcastle. She resides in the Hunter Region. Career Brugman has worked as an after-school tutor for Aboriginal children. She taught management, accounting and marketing at a business college, worked for a home improvements company and then worked in Public Relations before becoming a full-time writer. She submitted her first text, ''Finding Grace'', to The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1998. While the novel did not receive an award, it was considered for publication. ''Finding Grace'' was short listed for the 2002 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards (Ethel Turner Prize), the 2002 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2002 CBCA Book of the Year (Older Readers), the 2002 Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year, and the Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Baillie
Allan Baillie (born 28 January 1943) is an Australian writer. He was born in Scotland, but moved with his family to Australia when he was seven. His first job was working as a Cadet Journalist then he began to work as a journalist working on papers such as the'' Melbourne Sun'', ''The Telegraph'' and ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' having studied journalism at Melbourne University. Turning to literature his books include ''Adrift'', '' Little Brother'' and '' The China Coin''. He lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two children. Pipe incident Allan Baillie was injured on 8 November 2010 when he was sucked down a pipe at a swimming pool near Sydney and discharged onto the beach. He was swimming laps at Bilgola Beach rock pool with his wife when a Pittwater Council worker opened a valve to drain the pool for cleaning. He intends to seek compensation. Bibliography Children's novels *''Adrift'' (1984) *''Little Brother'' (1985) *''Little Monster'' (1991) *''The Bad Guys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Varga
Susan Varga is an Australian writer and philanthropist who was born in Hungary in 1943. Biography Susan Varga is one of the "most accomplished of Australia's second-generation, post-Holocaust autobiographers". Susan Varga is a Holocaust survivor who came to Australia at the age of five with her mother, stepfather and sister in 1948. Her biological father died in a Nazi Labour camp during the German occupation of Hungary in WWII. After the war her mother married a survivor who had lost his wife and two sons at Auschwitz. The family emigrated to Australia in 1949. Varga's stepfather was a successful businessman who started in the clothing business in Sydney. Married and divorced, Varga lived with her partner and writer Anne Coombs in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Anne Coombs died 23 December 2021 Varga has written fiction, non-fiction and articles for newspapers and magazines. Education Varga obtained a MA from the University of Sydney and later a law degree from the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Mills
Jennifer Mills (born 1977) is an Australian novelist, short story writer and poet. Career Mills lived in Alice Springs. She was the winner of the 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers, the Pacific Region of the 2008-9 Commonwealth Short Story Competition, and the 2008 Northern Territory Literary Awards: Best Short Story. She was shortlisted for the 2009 Manchester Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, Island magazine, Overland, Heat, the Griffith Review, The Lifted Brow, Best Australian Stories, and New Australian Stories. In 2012, Mills was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists. Her essay, ''Swimming with Aliens'', was shortlisted for the 2017 Horne Prize. She is the fiction editor at Overland and a Board Director for the Australian Society of Authors. Her 2018 novel, ''Dyschronia'', was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award and the 2019 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Fiction. Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovesong (novel)
''Lovesong'' is a 2009 novel by the Australian author Alex Miller. Awards and nominations *Winner, 2011, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction *Winner, 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, People's Choice Award *Winner, 2010 Age Book of the Year *Winner, 2010 Age Book of the Year (Fiction) *Shortlisted, 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Fiction *Shortlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award 2010 *WC Shortlisted, 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (Fiction) *Shortlisted, 2009 Colin Roderick Award *Longlisted, 2011 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award Reviews Reading Matters accessed 1 July 2013 Review by Geordie Williamson 2009, The Monthly ''The Monthly'' is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer ..., accessed 1 July 2013 *Judith Armstrong, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |