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Banjo Awards
The National Book Council Banjo Awards were presented by the National Book Council of Australia from 1974 to 1997 for works of fiction and non-fiction. History The inaugural awards were given in 1974 or 1975. The name commemorates the bush poet Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson. The Council has enjoyed notable leadership, including Justice Michael Kirby (judge), Michael Kirby and Michael Fraser (1991–1998). Many notable Australian writers have been recipients for this award, including Peter Carey (novelist), Peter Carey, Tim Winton, Alan Gould, Liam Davison, Sally Morrison (writer), Sally Morrison, and Roger McDonald. In 1978 Helen Garner was the first woman to win the award for her novel Monkey Grip (novel), Monkey Grip. The current Banjo Paterson Writing Award, established in 1991, is separate from the above awards, although similarly aims to commemorate the work of Banjo Paterson. Winners Winners include: Fiction * 1975 in Australian literature, 1975 William Nagle ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Poet
The bush ballad, bush song, or bush poem is a style of poetry and folk music that depicts the life, character and scenery of the Australian bush. The typical bush ballad employs a straightforward rhyme structure to narrate a story, often one of action and adventure, and uses language that is colourful, colloquial, and idiomatically Australian. Bush ballads range in tone from humorous to melancholic, and many explore themes of Australian folklore, including bushranging, droving, droughts, floods, life on the frontier, and relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The tradition dates back to the beginnings of European settlement when colonists, mostly British and Irish, brought with them the folk music of their homelands. Many early bush poems originated in Australia's convict system, and were transmitted orally rather than in print. It evolved into a unique style over the ensuing decades, attaining widespread popularity in the late 19th and early 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1981. Events * Peter Carey won the 1981 Miles Franklin Award for ''Bliss'' Major publications Literary novels * Peter Carey — ''Bliss'' * Blanche d'Alpuget — '' Turtle Beach'' * David Foster — ''Moonlite'' * Miles Franklin — ''On Dearborn Street'' * David Ireland — ''City of Women'' * Elizabeth Jolley — ''The Newspaper of Claremont Street'' * Colleen McCullough — '' An Indecent Obsession'' * Morris West — '' The Clowns of God'' Crime and mystery * Marshall Browne — ''Dragon Strike'' * Peter Corris — '' White Meat'' Science fiction and fantasy * John Brosnan — ''Skyship'' * David Lake — ''The Man Who Loved Morlocks'' * Keith Taylor — ''Bard'' * George Turner — ''Vaneglory'' Children's and young adult fiction * Jan Ormerod — ''Sunshine'' * Ruth Park — '' The Muddle-Headed Wombat is Very Bad'' * Eleanor Spence – ''The Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenda Adams
Glenda Emilie Adams (née Felton; 30 December 1939 – 11 July 2007) was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for '' Dancing on Coral''. She was a teacher of creative writing, and helped develop writing programs. Adams' work is found in her own books and short story collections, in numerous short story anthologies, and in journals and magazines. Her essays, stories and articles have been published in, among other magazines, ''Meanjin'', ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''Panorama'', '' Quadrant'', '' Southerly'', '' Westerly'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Observer'' and ''The Village Voice''. Life Glenda Emilie Felton was born in Ryde, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, the younger of two children. She attended Fort Street Primary School for two years and Sydney Girls High School before going to the University of Sydney from which she graduated with an honours degree in Indonesian. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991. Events * David Malouf won the Miles Franklin Award for ''The Great World'' Major publications Novels * Peter Carey — '' The Tax Inspector'' * Brian Castro — '' Double-Wolf'' * Bryce Courtenay — '' Tandia'' * Robert Drewe — '' Our Sunshine'' * David Foster — ''Mates of Mars'' * Alan Gould — ''To the Burning City'' * Rodney Hall — '' The Second Bridegroom'' * Thomas Keneally ** '' Chief of Staff'' (as by "William Coyle") ** '' Flying Hero Class'' * Simon Leys — '' The Death of Napoleon'' * Colleen McCullough — '' The Grass Crown'' * Gillian Mears — ''The Mint Lawn'' * Morris West — '' The Ringmaster'' * Tim Winton — '' Cloudstreet'' Short stories * Lily Brett – ''What God Wants'' * Suzanne Edgar — ''Counting Backwards and Other Stories'' Crime and mystery * Jon Cleary — '' Pride's Harvest'' * Peter Corris ** '' Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being '' The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1990. Events * Tom Flood won the Miles Franklin Award for '' Oceana Fine'' Major publications Novels * Glenda Adams — '' Longleg'' * Thea Astley — '' Reaching Tin River'' * Sumner Locke Elliott — ''Fairyland'' * Sonya Hartnett — '' The Glass House'' * Susan Johnson – ''Flying Lessons'' * Elizabeth Jolley — ''Cabin Fever'' * Nigel Krauth – '' JF Was Here'' * David Malouf — '' The Great World'' * Colleen McCullough — '' The First Man in Rome'' * Mandy Sayer — ''Mood Indigo'' * Sam Watson – ''The Kadaitcha Sung'' * Morris West — ''Lazarus'' Crime and mystery * Jon Cleary — '' Murder Song'' * Peter Corris — '' O'Fear'' * Kerry Greenwood — ''Flying Too High'' * Alex Juniper — ''A Very Proper Death'' * Finola Moorhead — '' Still Murder'' * Kel Richards — ''The Case of the Vanishing Corpse'' Science fiction and fantasy * A. Bertra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar And Lucinda
''Oscar and Lucinda'' is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey. It won the 1988 Booker Prize the year it was released, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was shortlisted in 2008 for The Best of the Booker, in celebration of the prize's 40th anniversary. Plot The book tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, an Anglican priest from Devon, England, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress, who are both traveling to Australia by ship. It explores their adventures on the large continent. They meet on a ship to Australia, where Lucinda has bought a glass factory, having long been fascinated by the material. Oscar had grown up as the son of a fundamentalist Brethren of Plymouth minister and naturalist. He has used his observation of nature as a sign from God for something less severe, and believes he has joined a more compassionate church with the Anglicans. The travelers discover that they are both gamblers, one obsessive, the other compulsive. Lucinda bets Oscar that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1989. Events * Peter Carey won the Miles Franklin Award for ''Oscar and Lucinda'' Major publications Novels * Jessica Anderson — '' Taking Shelter'' * Mena Calthorpe — ''The Plain of Ala'' * Bryce Courtenay — '' The Power of One'' * Tom Flood — '' Oceana Fine'' * Peter Goldsworthy — ''Maestro'' * Elizabeth Jolley — '' My Father's Moon'' * Tom Keneally — '' Towards Asmara'' * Alex Miller — '' The Tivington Nott'' * Amy Witting — ''I for Isobel'' Short story anthologies * Liam Davison — ''The Shipwreck Party'' * Brian Matthews — ''Quickening and Other Stories'' Crime and mystery * Kerry Greenwood — '' Cocaine Blues'', the first in the Phryne Fisher series. * Jennifer Rowe — ''Murder by the Book'' Science fiction and fantasy * Judith Clarke — ''The Boy on the Lake : Stories'' * Greg Egan – " The Cutie" * Rosaleen Love — ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in Compact (newspaper), compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, ''The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an Website, online site and Mobile app, app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1988. Events * Peter Carey won the 1988 Booker Prize for ''Oscar and Lucinda'' * The Miles Franklin Award was not awarded this year as the date was changed from year of publication to year of announcement. Major publications Novels * Peter Carey — ''Oscar and Lucinda'' * Liam Davison — ''The Velodrome'' * Rodney Hall — '' Captivity Captive'' * Helen Hodgman — '' Broken Words'' * Dorothy Johnston — ''Maralinga, My Love'' * Thomas Keneally — '' Act of Grace'' * Alex Miller — '' Watching the Climbers on the Mountain'' * Gerald Murnane — '' Inland'' * Morris West — ''Masterclass'' * Tim Winton — '' In the Winter Dark'' Short stories * Rob Hood — '' Daydreaming on Company Time'' * Olga Masters — ''The Rose Fancier'' * Frank Moorhouse — '' Forty-Seventeen'' Children's and young adult fiction * Graeme Base — '' The Eleventh Hour'' * Hes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illywhacker
''Illywhacker'' is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985 to commercial and critical success, winning a number of awards and being short-listed for the Booker Prize. Considered metafiction or magical realism, the novel is narrated by liar, trickster, and confidence man Herbert Badgery, the " illywhacker" of the title, and tells the story of his picaresque life in Australia between 1919 and the 1980s. Plot summary The novel is related in broad chronological order by the main protagonist, Herbert Badgery, but with frequent digressions that relate the circumstances and life history of Badgery himself, and of many of the characters he meets. The story begins in 1919 when the thirty-three-year-old Herbert lands his aeroplane in a field close to the wealthy former bullock-herder Jack McGrath. Herbert befriends Jack and persuades him to invest in the construction of an aeroplane factory. Herbert also becomes the lover of Jack's teenage daughter Phoebe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1985. Events * Christopher Koch won the 1985 Miles Franklin Award for '' The Doubleman'' Major publications Novels * Thea Astley — '' Beachmasters'' * Peter Carey — ''Illywhacker'' * Sumner Locke Elliott — ''About Tilly Beamis'' * David Foster — ''Dog Rock'' * Kate Grenville — ''Lilian's Story'' * Barbara Hanrahan — ''Annie Magdalene'' * Thomas Keneally — '' A Family Madness'' * Christopher Koch — '' The Doubleman'' Short story collections * David Malouf — ''Antipodes'' * Olga Masters — ''A Long Time Dying'' Crime and mystery * Peter Corris ** '' The Big Drop and Other Cliff Hardy Stories'' ** '' Make Me Rich'' ** ''Pokerface'' Children's and young adult fiction * Pamela Allen — '' A Lion in the Night'' * Duncan Ball — '' Selby's Secret'' * Thurley Fowler – ''The Green Wind'' * Robin Klein — '' Halfway Across the Galaxy and Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
