Colin Roderick Award

	Colin Roderick Award The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". It was first presented in 1967 and has a prize of A$20,000. Starting in 1980, the H. T. Priestley Memorial Medal has also been bestowed upon the award winner. The Award was founded by Colin Roderick, an Australian "writer, editor, academic and educator". Award winners * 2022: Emily Bitto, ''Wild Abandon'' * 2021: Sofie Laguna, ''Infinite Splendours'' 2020: Sally Young, ''Paper Emperors: The rise of Australia’s newspaper empires'' 2019: Robert Drewe, ''The True Colour of the Sea'' * 2018: Jock Serong, ''On the Java Ridge'' * 2016: Josephine Wilson, ''Extinctions'' * 2015: Gail Jones, ''A Guide to Berlin'' * 2014: Michael Wilding, ''Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary'' * 2013: Ashley Hay, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Australian Literature Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, the narrative art of Australian writers has, since 1788, introduced the character of a new continent into literature—exploring such themes as Aboriginality, ''mateship'', egalitarianism, democracy, national identity, migration, Australia's unique location and geography, the complexities of urban living, and " the beauty and the terror" of life in the Australian bush. Overview Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2011 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2011. Events Four authors are named in the Queen's Birthday Honours: Peter FitzSimons, Susanne Gervay, Roland Perry, and Chris Wallace-Crabbe Thomas Keneally donates his personal library to the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Australian libraries and library associations join together to make 2012 the National Year of Reading Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) declares Saturday, 20 August 2011, the inaugural National Bookshop Day * Final issue of the "Australian Literary Review" to be published in October 2011 Hannie Rayson is the first Australian to be awarded a commission with New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club Friends and family of biographer Hazel Rowley establish funds to commemorate Rowley’s life and her writing legacy via the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund * Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor are appointed to be Australia’s first Children’s Laureates T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Careless (novel) ''Careless'' is a 2006 novel by Australian author Deborah Robertson. Dedication "For my brothers, Scott and Tony." Plot summary The novel follows the lives of four protagonists - Pearl, Anna, Sonia and Adam - who have all been touched by grief and despair. Suffering alone they are all drawn together by a tragic event. Awards International Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted Impac 2008 Longlist Commonwealth Writers Prize , South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2007: shortlisted * Miles Franklin Literary Award< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Deborah Robertson Deborah Robertson (1959) is an Australian writer. She was born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, and lives in Melbourne. Awards International Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted for ''Careless'' Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2007: winner for ''Careless'' The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Orange Prize for Fiction (UK), 2007: longlisted for ''Careless'' New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Colin Roderick Award, 2006: winner for ''Careless'' Western Australian Premier's Book Awards The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an annual book awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2006 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006. Events South African-born Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenship Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down" * Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel '' Theft: A Love Story'' (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled ''Mrs Jekyll'' the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters' book ''Jonestown The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, a U.S.–based cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. Jonestown became internationall ...'', an unauthorised biography of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jamaica (novel) ''Jamaica : A Novel'' (2007) is a novel by Australian author Malcolm Knox. It won the Colin Roderick Award in 2007, and was shortlisted for the Fiction category of the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Plot summary A group of six Australian friends - five white, middle-aged males and one female - combine to compete in a marathon relay swim in treacherous waters off Jamaica. But even before the race begins fractures appear in the relationships, with drug-taking, hidden secrets and personal crises coming to dominate. Notes * Dedication: The Jamaica portrayed in these pages, and all those who exist there, are works of fiction. This book is dedicated to the facts who got out of the way of a good story. Reviews * Patrick Ness in ''The Guardian'' found that "Alongside Tim Winton's ''Breath'', this is the second excellent novel in as many months to examine masculinity and male friendship in Australian sport, a subject that might seem of limited intrinsic interest. But it's not t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Malcolm Knox (author) Malcolm Knox (born 1966), is an Australian journalist and author. Life and literary career Malcolm Knox grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland. He has held a number of positions at the Sydney Morning Herald including chief cricket correspondent (1996–99), assistant sport editor (1999–2000) and literary editor (2002–06). As literary editor, he broke the story of the fake Jordanian memoirist, Norma Khouri, which won him a Walkley Award (Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington). He has written nineteen books including five novels. Between 1989 and 1993 he didn’t watch any movies or listen to any music. Bibliography Novels * * '' A Private Man'' (2004) (released in the UK as ''Adult Book'' (2005)) * ''Jamaica'' (2007) * '' The Life'' (2011) * ''The Wonder Lover'' (2015) ''Bluebird'' (2020) Non-fiction ''Taylor And Beyond'' (2000) * ''I Still Call Australia Home: The Qantas Story 1920–2005'' (2005) * ''1788 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2007 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007. Events ''Surrender'' by Sonya Hartnett, and ''The Book Thief'' by Markus Zusak are named as Honor Books in the 2007 American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. "The Guardian" newspaper from the UK reports that Borders plans to sell its Australian stores. The small township of Clunes, about 20 kilometres north of Ballarat in Victoria, decides to try to set up Australia's first dedicated booktown. The first weekend event takes place on 20 May. AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), the major Australian literature resource for research and teaching housed at the University of Queensland, announces the commencement of "Black Words", a literary website specialising in Australian Indigenous writers and storytellers and their works. Federal Education minister, Julie Bishop, announces that the Australian Government will allocate fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Boyce (author) James Boyce is an Australian author and historian based in Tasmania. He has written four major books on Australian history and the history of Western thought. Early life and education Boyce earned a PhD from the University of Tasmania in Geography and Environmental Studies. Career Boyce is an honorary research associate at the University of Tasmania. Gambling industry Following his writing of ''Losing Streak'', Boyce became closely related to efforts to control the poker machine industry in Tasmania and in Australia. This work built on his previous career in social work and social policy research. He has been called before parliamentary committees to give evidence about the harms of the industry as well as the history, as well as working with members of parliament with similar goals. He has also written extensively in the Australian press on the topic, specifically about the deals that allowed Federal Group to gain a monopoly on Tasmania's two casinos and all the state's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Graham Freudenberg Norman Graham Freudenberg (; 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian author and political speechwriter who worked with the Australian Labor Party for over forty years, beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961. Early life Freudenberg was born in Brisbane. His father was a soldier who fought at Gallipoli and, being a patriot, he named his son after a former colonial Governor of Queensland, Field Marshall Sir Henry Norman. Freudenberg was educated at the Church of England Grammar School in Brisbane. He then studied journalism in Melbourne and worked for some years with the ''Melbourne Sun''. Career Freudenberg wrote over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level. Senior Labor Party leaders for whom he prepared speeches included Arthur Calwell, Gough Whitlam, Neville Wran, Bob Hawke, Barrie Unsworth, Bob Carr and Simon Crean. He was "centrally involved" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2008 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2008. Events "The Bulletin" magazine publishes its last issue, the first was in 1880 The Australia Council for the Arts announces Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane as recipients of its 2008 emeritus writers awards The Australian Federal Government announces funding for a new chair of Australian Literature based at the University of Western Australia Clunes, Victoria, holds its second Booktown weekend The first Crime and Justice Festival in held in Melbourne over the weekend of 19–20 July Australia wins the right to host the 2010 World SF convention in Melbourne A number of previously unknown Banjo Paterson poems are found in an old cash book dating back to the Boer War UNESCO names Melbourne as its second City of Literature, after Edinburgh received the first such award in 2004 Caro Llewellyn, a former director of the Sydney Writers' Festival and PEN World Voices Fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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]

	Colin Roderick Award The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". It was first presented in 1967 and has a prize of A$20,000. Starting in 1980, the H. T. Priestley Memorial Medal has also been bestowed upon the award winner. The Award was founded by Colin Roderick, an Australian "writer, editor, academic and educator". Award winners * 2022: Emily Bitto, ''Wild Abandon'' * 2021: Sofie Laguna, ''Infinite Splendours'' 2020: Sally Young, ''Paper Emperors: The rise of Australia’s newspaper empires'' 2019: Robert Drewe, ''The True Colour of the Sea'' * 2018: Jock Serong, ''On the Java Ridge'' * 2016: Josephine Wilson, ''Extinctions'' * 2015: Gail Jones, ''A Guide to Berlin'' * 2014: Michael Wilding, ''Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary'' * 2013: Ashley Hay, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Australian Literature Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, the narrative art of Australian writers has, since 1788, introduced the character of a new continent into literature—exploring such themes as Aboriginality, ''mateship'', egalitarianism, democracy, national identity, migration, Australia's unique location and geography, the complexities of urban living, and " the beauty and the terror" of life in the Australian bush. Overview Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2011 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2011. Events Four authors are named in the Queen's Birthday Honours: Peter FitzSimons, Susanne Gervay, Roland Perry, and Chris Wallace-Crabbe Thomas Keneally donates his personal library to the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Australian libraries and library associations join together to make 2012 the National Year of Reading Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) declares Saturday, 20 August 2011, the inaugural National Bookshop Day * Final issue of the "Australian Literary Review" to be published in October 2011 Hannie Rayson is the first Australian to be awarded a commission with New York’s Manhattan Theatre Club Friends and family of biographer Hazel Rowley establish funds to commemorate Rowley’s life and her writing legacy via the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund * Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor are appointed to be Australia’s first Children’s Laureates T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Careless (novel) ''Careless'' is a 2006 novel by Australian author Deborah Robertson. Dedication "For my brothers, Scott and Tony." Plot summary The novel follows the lives of four protagonists - Pearl, Anna, Sonia and Adam - who have all been touched by grief and despair. Suffering alone they are all drawn together by a tragic event. Awards International Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted Impac 2008 Longlist Commonwealth Writers Prize , South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2007: shortlisted * Miles Franklin Literary Award< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Deborah Robertson Deborah Robertson (1959) is an Australian writer. She was born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, and lives in Melbourne. Awards International Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted for ''Careless'' Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2007: winner for ''Careless'' The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Orange Prize for Fiction (UK), 2007: longlisted for ''Careless'' New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2007: shortlisted for ''Careless'' Colin Roderick Award, 2006: winner for ''Careless'' Western Australian Premier's Book Awards The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an annual book awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2006 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006. Events South African-born Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenship Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down" * Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel '' Theft: A Love Story'' (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled ''Mrs Jekyll'' the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters' book ''Jonestown The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, a U.S.–based cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. Jonestown became internationall ...'', an unauthorised biography of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jamaica (novel) ''Jamaica : A Novel'' (2007) is a novel by Australian author Malcolm Knox. It won the Colin Roderick Award in 2007, and was shortlisted for the Fiction category of the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Plot summary A group of six Australian friends - five white, middle-aged males and one female - combine to compete in a marathon relay swim in treacherous waters off Jamaica. But even before the race begins fractures appear in the relationships, with drug-taking, hidden secrets and personal crises coming to dominate. Notes * Dedication: The Jamaica portrayed in these pages, and all those who exist there, are works of fiction. This book is dedicated to the facts who got out of the way of a good story. Reviews * Patrick Ness in ''The Guardian'' found that "Alongside Tim Winton's ''Breath'', this is the second excellent novel in as many months to examine masculinity and male friendship in Australian sport, a subject that might seem of limited intrinsic interest. But it's not t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Malcolm Knox (author) Malcolm Knox (born 1966), is an Australian journalist and author. Life and literary career Malcolm Knox grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland. He has held a number of positions at the Sydney Morning Herald including chief cricket correspondent (1996–99), assistant sport editor (1999–2000) and literary editor (2002–06). As literary editor, he broke the story of the fake Jordanian memoirist, Norma Khouri, which won him a Walkley Award (Investigative Journalism category) in 2004 (together with Caroline Overington). He has written nineteen books including five novels. Between 1989 and 1993 he didn’t watch any movies or listen to any music. Bibliography Novels * * '' A Private Man'' (2004) (released in the UK as ''Adult Book'' (2005)) * ''Jamaica'' (2007) * '' The Life'' (2011) * ''The Wonder Lover'' (2015) ''Bluebird'' (2020) Non-fiction ''Taylor And Beyond'' (2000) * ''I Still Call Australia Home: The Qantas Story 1920–2005'' (2005) * ''1788 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2007 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007. Events ''Surrender'' by Sonya Hartnett, and ''The Book Thief'' by Markus Zusak are named as Honor Books in the 2007 American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. "The Guardian" newspaper from the UK reports that Borders plans to sell its Australian stores. The small township of Clunes, about 20 kilometres north of Ballarat in Victoria, decides to try to set up Australia's first dedicated booktown. The first weekend event takes place on 20 May. AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), the major Australian literature resource for research and teaching housed at the University of Queensland, announces the commencement of "Black Words", a literary website specialising in Australian Indigenous writers and storytellers and their works. Federal Education minister, Julie Bishop, announces that the Australian Government will allocate fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Boyce (author) James Boyce is an Australian author and historian based in Tasmania. He has written four major books on Australian history and the history of Western thought. Early life and education Boyce earned a PhD from the University of Tasmania in Geography and Environmental Studies. Career Boyce is an honorary research associate at the University of Tasmania. Gambling industry Following his writing of ''Losing Streak'', Boyce became closely related to efforts to control the poker machine industry in Tasmania and in Australia. This work built on his previous career in social work and social policy research. He has been called before parliamentary committees to give evidence about the harms of the industry as well as the history, as well as working with members of parliament with similar goals. He has also written extensively in the Australian press on the topic, specifically about the deals that allowed Federal Group to gain a monopoly on Tasmania's two casinos and all the state's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Graham Freudenberg Norman Graham Freudenberg (; 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian author and political speechwriter who worked with the Australian Labor Party for over forty years, beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calwell's press secretary in June 1961. Early life Freudenberg was born in Brisbane. His father was a soldier who fought at Gallipoli and, being a patriot, he named his son after a former colonial Governor of Queensland, Field Marshall Sir Henry Norman. Freudenberg was educated at the Church of England Grammar School in Brisbane. He then studied journalism in Melbourne and worked for some years with the ''Melbourne Sun''. Career Freudenberg wrote over a thousand speeches for several leaders of the Australian Labor Party at both the New South Wales state and federal level. Senior Labor Party leaders for whom he prepared speeches included Arthur Calwell, Gough Whitlam, Neville Wran, Bob Hawke, Barrie Unsworth, Bob Carr and Simon Crean. He was "centrally involved" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2008 In Australian Literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2008. Events "The Bulletin" magazine publishes its last issue, the first was in 1880 The Australia Council for the Arts announces Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane as recipients of its 2008 emeritus writers awards The Australian Federal Government announces funding for a new chair of Australian Literature based at the University of Western Australia Clunes, Victoria, holds its second Booktown weekend The first Crime and Justice Festival in held in Melbourne over the weekend of 19–20 July Australia wins the right to host the 2010 World SF convention in Melbourne A number of previously unknown Banjo Paterson poems are found in an old cash book dating back to the Boer War UNESCO names Melbourne as its second City of Literature, after Edinburgh received the first such award in 2004 Caro Llewellyn, a former director of the Sydney Writers' Festival and PEN World Voices Fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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]