Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
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Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.
Fiction Book Award
- 2010 Summertime, J.M. Coetzee
- 2009 WantingWanting (novel)-Plot summary:Wanting cuts between two stories based on real historical figures under the central theme of 'wanting', and is set in both nineteenth century Tasmania and Britain...
by Richard FlanaganRichard FlanaganRichard Flanagan is a novelist from Tasmania, Australia.-Early life:Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961, the fifth of six children. He is descended from Irish convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s. His father is a survivor of the Burma Death Railway. One of his three... - 2008 The Spare RoomThe Spare RoomThe Spare Room is a novel by Australian writer Helen Garner, set over the course of three weeks while the narrator, Helen, cares for a friend dying of bowel cancer. The Spare Room was published in 2008.- Plot summary:...
by Helen GarnerHelen GarnerHelen Garner is an award-winning Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist.-Life:Garner was born in Geelong, Victoria, the eldest of six children. She attended Manifold Heights State School, Ocean Grove State School and then The Hermitage in Geelong... - 2007 CarpentariaCarpentaria (novel)Carpentaria is the second novel by the Indigenous Australian author Alexis Wright. It met with widespread critical acclaim when it was published in mid-2006, and went on to win Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award, in mid-2007....
by Alexis WrightAlexis WrightAlexis Wright is an Indigenous Australian writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel Carpentaria.... - 2006 The Garden BookThe Garden Book-Epigraph:Also a used bookstore, plant and gift store and coffeeshop in the city of San Diego, Calif. for at least a ten-year period between 1990 and finally closing in 2003.-Awards:*Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2006: shortlisted...
by Brian CastroBrian CastroBrian Albert Castro is an Australian novelist and essayist.-Biography:Castro was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Australia since 1961. He is of Portuguese, Chinese, and English descent. Currently he is Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide.... - 2005 The TurningThe Turning (stories)The Turning is a collection of short stories by acclaimed Australian author Tim Winton. It was published in April 2005 by Picador. Many of the 17 short stories included interweave in their respective narratives, creating an intriguing and twisting central plot-line that generally centers around...
by Tim WintonTim WintonTimothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany.... - 2004 Elizabeth CostelloElizabeth CostelloElizabeth Costello is a 2003 novel by South African-born Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee.In this novel, Elizabeth Costello, an aging Australian writer, travels around the world and gives lectures on topics including the lives of animals and literary censorship...
by J. M. CoetzeeJohn Maxwell CoetzeeJohn Maxwell Coetzee ; is an author and academic from South Africa. He is now an Australian citizen and lives in Adelaide, South Australia... - 2003 Due Preparations For The Plague by Janette Turner HospitalJanette Turner HospitalJanette Turner Hospital is a novelist and short story writer who has lived for most of her adult life in Canada or the U.S., principally Boston , Kingston and Columbia...
- 2002 The Volcano by Venero ArmannoVenero ArmannoVenero Armanno is an Australian novelist. He was born in Brisbane of Sicilian parents, he received a BA from the University of Queensland, and later an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the Queensland University of Technology....
- 2001 True History of the Kelly GangTrue History of the Kelly GangTrue History of the Kelly Gang is an historical novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Man Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the same year. Despite its title, the book is fiction and...
by Peter Carey - 2000 Drylands by Thea AstleyThea AstleyThea Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin Awards, Australia's major literary award, than any other writer...
- 1999 Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse by Les MurrayLes Murray (poet)Leslie Allan Murray, AO , known as Les Murray, is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spans over forty years, and he has published nearly 30 volumes of poetry, as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings...
Emerging Queensland Author - Manuscript Award
- 2010 RPM, Noel Mengel
- 2009 No Award. The prize was shared between four shortlisted authors: Inga Simpson, Rachel Claire, Chris Somerville and Pamela Douglas. Extracts from the shortlisted works were published in the 09:05 issue of Perilous Adventures: The Writer's Magazine.
- 2008 Omega Park by Amy Vought Barker
- 2007 Life in the Bus Lane by Ian Commins
- 2006 The Anatomy of Wings by Karen FoxleeKaren Foxlee-Life:After training and working as a nurse for most of her adult life, she graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005, in creative writing...
- 2005 The Long Road of the Junkmailer by Patrick HollandPatrick HollandPatrick Holland is an Australian novelist, short story writer and essayist. His novel The Long Road of the Junkmailer won the 2005 Queensland Premier's Award for Best Emerging Author and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book South East Asia/South Pacific...
- 2004 An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang
- 2003 The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Kimberley StarrKimberley StarrKimberley Starr is a novelist who moved to Australia as a young child. She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT , before completing her secondary education at Loreto Normanhurst...
- 2002 The Lambing FlatThe Lambing FlatThe Lambing Flat is a novel written by Australian author Nerida Newton and was first published in 2003. It was Newton's first novel. She has since written a second novel, Death of a Whaler....
by Nerida NewtonNerida NewtonNerida Newton is an Australian novelist who first came to light in 2002 with her first novel, The Lambing Flat, which won the Emerging Author category for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and was shortlisted for the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award... - 2001 Mama Kuma: One Woman, Two Cultures by Deborah Carlyon
- 2000 The Bone Flute by Nike Bourke
- 1999 Shoelaces by Jillian Watkinson
Unpublished Indigenous Writer - The David Unaipon Award
- 2010 Purple Threads, Jeanine Leane
- 2009 The Boundary by Nicole Watson
- 2008 Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara
- 2007 Skin Painting by Elizabeth Eileen Hodgson
- 2006 Me, Antman and Fleabag by Gayle Kennedy
- 2005 Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt
- 2004 Dust on Waterglass by Tara June WinchTara June WinchTara June Winch is an Australian writer of Aboriginal and European descent. Her first book, Swallow the Air, won several major Australian literary awards.-Life:...
- 2003 Whispers of This Wik Woman by Fiona Doyle
- 2002 Home by Larissa BehrendtLarissa BehrendtLarissa Behrendt is an Australian academic and writer of Aboriginal and European descent. She is currently a Professor of Law and Indigenous Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney....
- 2001 The Mish by Robert Lowe
- 2000 Bitin’ Back by Vivienne Cleven
- 1999 Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight by Samuel Wagan WatsonSamuel Wagan WatsonSamuel Wagan Watson is a contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.Samuel Wagan Watson was born in Brisbane, his family is Irish, German, Bundjalung and Birri Gubba...
- 1998 Is That You Ruthie? by Ruth HegartyRuth HegartyRuth Hegarty is an Aboriginal Elder and author.Hegarty is well known for her non-fiction novels that document her personal history as one of the Stolen Generation. Her first book, Is That You Ruthie?, is based on her experiences in the Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission where she lived until the age of...
- 1997 When Darkness Falls by John BodeyJohn BodeyJohn Bodey was an English Roman Catholic academic jurist and theologian. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929.-Life:...
- 1996 Black Angels Red Blood by Steven McCarthy
- 1995 Warrigal's Way by Warrigal Anderson
- 1994 The Sausage Tree by Valda Gee and Rosalie Medcraft
- 1993 Bridge of Triangles by John Muk Muk Burke
- 1992 Sweet Water, Stolen Land by Philip McLaren
- 1991 Broken Dreams by Bill Dodd
- 1990 Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter by Doris Pilkington GarimaraDoris Pilkington GarimaraDoris Pilkington Garimara AM is an Australian author. She is best known for her 1996 book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, a story of three Aboriginal girls, among them Pilkington's mother Molly Craig, who escaped from the Moore River Native Settlement in Western Australia and travelled for nine...
- 1989 Holocaust Island by Graeme Dixon
Non-Fiction Book Award
- 2010 The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir, Mark Tredinnick
- 2009 The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe HooperChloe HooperChloe Hooper is an Australian author. Her first novel, A Child’s Book of True Crime , was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a New York Times Notable Book...
- 2008 Muck by Craig Sherborne
- 2007 Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Professor Tom Griffiths
- 2006 Packer's Lunch by Neil Chenoweth
- 2005 Papunya - A Place Made After the Story by Geoffrey BardonGeoffrey BardonGeoffrey Robert Bardon AM 1940, Sydney – 6 May 2003) was an Australian school teacher who was instrumental in creating the Aboriginal art of the Western Desert movement, and in bringing Australian indigenous art to the attention of the world....
and James Bardon - 2004 A Death in Brazil by Peter RobbPeter RobbPeter Robb is an Australian author.Robb spent his formative years in Australia and New Zealand, and between 1978 and 1992 he spent most of his time in Naples and southern Italy, interspersed with sojourns in Brazil. At the end of 1992 he returned to Sydney.His first book, Midnight in Sicily, was...
- 2003 Meeting of the Waters by Margaret SimonsMargaret SimonsMargaret Simons is an Australian academic, freelance journalist and author. She is currently the media commentator for Crikey and has written ten books.-Career:...
- 2002 The Boyds: A Family Biography by Dr Brenda NiallBrenda NiallDr Brenda Niall AO is an Australian biographer, literary critic and journalist. She is particularly noted for her work on Australia's well-known Boyd family of artists and writers...
- 2001 A Fine and Private Place by Brian MatthewsBrian MatthewsBrian Matthews is an actor, best known for acting in daytime soap operas in the 1980s.Matthews and co-stars Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, and Fisher Stevens all made their film debuts in The Burning . He then played Eric Garrison on the soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1983-1985...
History Book Award - Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
- 2010 Sydney Harbour: A history, Ian Hoskins
- 2009 Stella Miles Franklin by Jill Roe
- 2008 Drawing the Global Colour Line by Professor Marilyn LakeMarilyn LakeMarilyn Lake is an Australian historian known for her work on the effects of the military and war on Australian civil society, the political history of Australian women and Australian racism including the White Australia Policy and the movement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights...
and Professor Henry ReynoldsHenry Reynolds (historian)Henry Reynolds is an eminent Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict between European settlement of Australia and indigenous Australians.-Education and career:... - 2007 Iron Kingdom by Christopher ClarkChristopher ClarkChristopher M. Clark is an Australian historian working in England. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, the University of Sydney and the Freie Universität Berlin.-Life:...
- 2006 Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins by Dr Peter Edwards
- 2005 The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech by Shane WhiteShane WhiteShane White is an American illustrator, comic book writer/artist and author from Massena, New York.-Comics:Shane White's earliest comic work appeared in small-press comics in the mid-80s. His first professional penciling gig was for Silverwolf Comics' Eradicators in 1990...
and Graham WhiteGraham WhiteGraham Ross White OAM was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won a silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.... - 2004 Dancing with Strangers by Inga ClendinnenInga ClendinnenInga Vivienne Clendinnen AO is an Australian author and historian, anthropologist and academic.-Life and career:Born in Geelong, Victoria, Clendinnen graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1955 with a BA...
- 2003 Mussolini by Professor Richard Bosworth
- 2002 Gallipoli by Les CarlyonLes CarlyonLes Carlyon is an Australian writer, who was born in northern Victoria in 1942. He has been editor of Melbourne's journal of record, The Age, as well as editor-in-chief of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, and has twice won the Walkley Award for journalism...
- 2001 The Colonial Earth by Tim Bonyhady
- 2000 John Curtin: A Life by David DayDavid Day (historian)David Day is an Australian historian.David Day graduated with first-class Honours in History and Political Science from the University of Melbourne and was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge...
- 1999 The Sky Travellers by Bill GammageBill GammageWilliam Leonard "Bill" Gammage AM is an Australian academic historian, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre of Australian National University....
Children's Book Award - Mary Ryan's Award
- 2010 Toppling by Sally MurphySally MurphySally Murphy is an Australian children’s author and poet, who has had thirty books published, including verse novels, picture books, and educational titles.-Biography:...
- 2009 Little Blue by Gaye Chapman
- 2008 The Peasant Prince by Li CunxinLi CunxinLi Cunxin is a Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and current stockbroker.-Early life:Li was born into poverty in the Li Commune near the city of Qingdao in the Shandong province of People's Republic of China...
and Anne Spudvilas - 2007 Layla Queen of Hearts by Glenda MillardGlenda MillardGlenda Millard is an Australian writer of children's literature and young-adult fiction.-Biography:Millard was born in Victoria, Australia. Her first work was published in 1999 by Margaret Hamilton Books, entitled Unplugged!...
- 2006 The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley (who can't help flying high and falling in deep) by Martine MurrayMartine MurrayMartine Murray is an Australian author and illustrator, currently residing in Melbourne. She has written many critically acclaimed books, including How to Make a Bird, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult award in 2004, and The Slightly True Story of Cedar B...
- 2005 Camel Rider by Prue Mason
- 2004 Dragonkeeper by Carole WilkinsonCarole WilkinsonCarole Wilkinson is an award-winning Australian writer, best known for Dragonkeeper .-Career:Wilkinson's family emigrated to Australia when she was 12 in 1963. Up to the age of 40 she worked as a laboratory assistant until she decided on a change of career.To help her achieve her goal she studied...
- 2003 Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine BatesonCatherine BatesonCatherine Bateson Brisbane, Australia. She is an Australian writer.Catherine Bateson grew up in a second-hand bookshop in Brisbane. She attained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, with a major in art history....
- 2002 Blat Magic by Michael StephensMichael StephensMichael James Stephens in Auckland. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and the Northern Districts Knights in the 1990s and he also played for Counties-Manukau in the Hawke Cup. Nowdadys he works for St Joseph's School in Pukekohe.-References:...
- 2001 Fox by Margaret WildMargaret WildMargaret Wild is an Australian author. She was born in 1948 in Eschew, a small town in South Africa, and came to Australia in 1972. She now lives in Sydney. Before becoming a fulltime writer, Margaret was a journalist for newspapers and magazines and then she worked for sixteen years as a book...
and Ron Brooks - 2000 The Family Tree by Jane GodwinJane GodwinJane Godwin is an Australian author, and is a publisher at Penguin Books Australia for Children and Young Adult Books....
- 1999 Unseen by Paul JenningsPaul Jennings (Australian author)Paul Jennings AM 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.-Biography:...
Young Adult Book Award
- 2010 Drink the Air by Richard Yaxley
- 2009 A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda MillardGlenda MillardGlenda Millard is an Australian writer of children's literature and young-adult fiction.-Biography:Millard was born in Victoria, Australia. Her first work was published in 1999 by Margaret Hamilton Books, entitled Unplugged!...
- 2008 Requiem for a Beast by Matt Ottley
- 2007 One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith ClarkeJudith ClarkeJudith Holmes Clarke is an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and teenagers.She was born and raised in Sydney. Judith has worked as a teacher, lecturer and librarian....
- 2006 The Red Shoe by Ursula DubosarskyUrsula DubosarskyUrsula Dubosarsky is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has won nine national literary prizes, including five NSW Premier's Literary Awards, more than any other writer in the Awards' 30 year history...
- 2005 Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne HornimanJoanne HornimanJoanne Horniman is an Australian author who has won several awards for her books for children, teenagers and young adults. Her novels often set in country New South Wales, and often deal with such themes as the search for identity, family relationships, growing up in rural communities, and...
- 2004 How to Make a Bird by Martine MurrayMartine MurrayMartine Murray is an Australian author and illustrator, currently residing in Melbourne. She has written many critically acclaimed books, including How to Make a Bird, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult award in 2004, and The Slightly True Story of Cedar B...
- 2003 Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen
- 2002 When Dogs Cry by Markus ZusakMarkus ZusakMarkus Zusak is an Australian author. He is best known for his books The Book Thief and The Messenger , which have been international bestsellers.- Career :...
Science Writers - Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation Award
- 2010 Catching Cancer, Sonya Pemberton
- 2009 Pasteur's Gambit: Louis Pasteur, The Australasian Rabbit Plague and a Ten Million Dollar Prize by Stephen Dando-CollinsStephen Dando-CollinsStephen Dando-Collins is an Australian writer and novelist, with books centred around Antiquity, American history, British history, Australian history, and French history. He worked in advertising in Australia and Britain as a graphic designer, copywriter, creative director, and senior advertising...
- 2008 Why is Uranus Upside Down? (and other Questions about the Universe) by Professor Fred WatsonFred WatsonDr. Fred Watson AM is an astronomer and popular scientist in Australia. In 1995 Watson became astronomer in charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory, but is best known for his work with Science Outreach, for which he has written many books, as well as musical and choral works...
- 2007 Crude by Dr Richard Smith
- 2006 Good Health in the 21st Century by Dr Carole Hungerford
- 2005 Stem Cells by Elizabeth Finkel
- 2004 Genius of Junk by Sonya Pemberton
Poetry Collection - Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award
- 2010 Apocrypha, Peter BoylePeter Boyle (poet)-Biography:Peter Boyle was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1951. He has published nine collections of poetry, including The Blue Cloud of Crying and Coming Home From the World....
- 2009 The Striped World by Emma JonesEmma Jones (poet)Emma Jones is an Australian poet. Her first poetry collection, The Striped World, was published by Faber & Faber in 2009.Jones was raised in Concord, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. Her father was Australian; her British mother had emigrated to Australia...
- 2008 Typewriter Music by David MaloufDavid MaloufDavid George Joseph Malouf is an acclaimed Australian writer. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000, his 1993 novel Remembering Babylon won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008, and he was...
- 2007 The Passenger by Dr Laurie DugganLaurie DugganLaurence "Laurie" James Duggan is an Australian poet, editor, and translator.-Life:Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. Both he and Scott won the Monash Poetry Prize...
- 2006 The New Arcadia by Professor John Kinsella
- 2005 The Ship by Sarah DaySarah DaySarah Day is a U.K. born Australian poet and teacher. She was also the poetry editor of Island Magazine for several years.-Biography:Sarah E Day was born in Lancashire, England, in 1958 and grew up in Hobart, Tasmania.-Bibliography:...
- 2004 Wolf Notes by Judith BeveridgeJudith BeveridgeJudith Beveridge is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic.-Biography:Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration...
Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
- 2010 Little White Slips, Karen HitchcockKaren Hitchcock (author)Karen Hitchcock is an Australian author and medical doctor who published her first book of short stories in 2009. She has published in both medical and literary journals, including publication in the "Best Australian Short Stories" anthologies....
- 2009 The Boat by Nam LeNam Le (writer)Nam Le is a Vietnamese-born Australian writer, who won the Dylan Thomas Prize for his book The Boat, a collection of short stories...
- 2008 Someone Else by John HughesJohn Hughes (writer)John Hughes is a Sydney-based Australian writer and teacher. His first book of autobiographical essays, The Idea Of Home, published by Giramondo in 2004, was widely acclaimed and won both the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for Non-Fiction and the National Biography Award .-The Idea of...
- 2007 Every Move You Make by David MaloufDavid MaloufDavid George Joseph Malouf is an acclaimed Australian writer. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000, his 1993 novel Remembering Babylon won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008, and he was...
- 2006 A Funny thing Happened at 27 000 Feet by Craig CormickCraig CormickCraig Cormick in an Australian science communicator and award-winning author. He was born a twin in Wollongong in 1961, and is known for his creative writing and social research into public attitudes towards new technologies....
- 2005 Vincenzo's Garden by John Clancy
- 2004 Mahjar by Eva SallisEva SallisEva Sallis is an Australian novelist. She has won several awards, including The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and the Nita May Dobbie Literary Award for her first novel Hiam.-Life:...
Literary Work Advancing Public Debate - the Harry Williams Award
- 2010 Requiem for a SpeciesRequiem for a SpeciesRequiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change is a 2010 book by Australian academic Clive Hamilton which explores climate change denial and its implications. It argues that climate change will bring about large-scale, harmful consequences for habitability for life on Earth...
: Why we resist the truth about climate change, Clive HamiltonClive HamiltonClive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA is an Australian public intellectual and Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair in Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University. He is the Founder and former Executive Director of the The... - 2009 Code of Silence by Sarah Ferguson
- 2008 In My Shoes by Quentin McDermott and Steve Taylor
- 2007 Jonestown by Chris MastersChris Masters (writer)Christopher "Chris" Wayne Masters PSM is a multi-Walkley Award winning and Logie Award winning Australian journalist and author.-Life:Chris Masters was born in Grafton, New South Wales...
- 2006 Asbestos House by Gideon HaighGideon HaighGideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh is an English-born Australian journalist, who writes about sport and business. He was born in London of a Yorkshire father and an Australian mother, and was raised in Geelong, Victoria.- Career :Haigh has been writing about sport and business for over...
- 2005 Sickness in the System by Hedley Thomas
- 2004 The History Wars by Stuart MacintyreStuart MacintyreStuart Forbes Macintyre , Australian historian, academic and public intellectual, is a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. He has been voted one of Australia's most influential public intellectuals...
and Anna Clark - 2003 Dark Victory by David MarrDavid Marr (journalist)David Ewan Marr is an Australian journalist, author, and progressive political and social commentator. His areas of expertise include the law, Australian politics, censorship, the media and the arts...
and Marian WilkinsonMarian WilkinsonMarian Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and author. She was born in 1954 and grew up in Brisbane, Queensland where she attended the University of Queensland. She is the environment editor for The Sydney Morning Herald... - 2002 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert ManneRobert ManneRobert Manne is a professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.Born in Melbourne, Manne's earliest political consciousness was formed by the fact that his parents were Jewish refugees from Europe and his grandparents were victims of the Holocaust...
and Reconciliation: A Journey by Michael Gordon - 2001 Borderline: Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers by Peter Mares and Dossier Inside the ABC by David FaganDavid FaganDavid Fagan ONZM is a New Zealand sheep shearer who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times. Setting 10 world records and winning 5 world, 6 world team, 16 national titles makes him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer, and he continues to win nationally...
and Dossier Team - 2000 Why Weren't We Told by Henry ReynoldsHenry Reynolds (historian)Henry Reynolds is an eminent Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict between European settlement of Australia and indigenous Australians.-Education and career:...
- 1999 The Moment the Laughter Died by Tony Koch
Film Script - the Pacific Film and Television Commission Award
- 2010 South SolitarySouth Solitary-Cast:*Miranda Otto ... Meredith Appleton*Marton Csokas ... Jake Fleet*Rohan Nichol ... Harry Stanley*Essie Davis ... Alma Stanley*Barry Otto ... George Wadsworth-Reviews:...
, Shirley BarrettShirley BarrettShirley Barrett is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Her film Love Serenade won the Caméra d'Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Cherith * Love Serenade * Walk the Talk... - 2009 Mary and MaxMary and MaxMary and Max is a 2009 Australian clay-animated black comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. The voice cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore, with narration by Barry Humphries. The film premiered on the...
by Adam ElliotAdam ElliotAdam Elliot is an independent stop-motion animation writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over six-hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Oscar for Harvie Krumpet and the Annecy Cristal for Mary... - 2008 Prime MoverPrime Mover (film)Prime Mover is a 2009 Australian/British comedy-crime love story which stars Michael Dorman, Emily Barclay, Ben Mendelsohn, Gyton Grantley, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes and Andrew S. Gilbert...
by David CaesarDavid CaesarDavid Caesar is an Australian television and film director and writer.He grew up in Turlinjah on the south coast of NSW and attended school in nearby Moruya where he was school captain in his senior year.... - 2007 Lake MungoLake Mungo (film)Lake Mungo is a 2008 Australian psychological horror mockumentary film directed by filmmaker Joel Anderson and stars Talia Zucker.-Plot:Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family...
by Joel Anderson - 2006 Ten CanoesTen CanoesTen Canoes is a 2006 film. It was directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starred Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling across the Arafura Swamp, taken by anthropologist Donald Thomson in...
by Rolf de HeerRolf de HeerRolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and... - 2005 Little FishLittle Fish (film)Little Fish is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield...
by Jacquelin Perske - 2004 Look Both WaysLook Both WaysLook Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best...
by Sarah WattSarah WattSarah Ann Watt was an Australian film director.Born in Sydney, Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television at the Swinburne School of Film and Television, Melbourne in 1990. Her student film "Catch of the Day" was to reflect the style of future work... - 2003 Japanese StoryJapanese StoryJapanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
by Alison Tilson - 2002 The TrackerThe TrackerThe Tracker is an Australian drama film produced in 2002. It was directed and written by Rolf de Heer. It is a set in 1922 in outback Australia where a racist white colonial policeman used the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker to find the murderer of a white woman...
by Rolf de HeerRolf de HeerRolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and... - 2001 Rabbit-Proof FenceRabbit-Proof Fence (film)Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara...
by Christine Olsen - 2000 Praise by Andrew McGahanAndrew McGahanAndrew McGahan is a bestselling Australian novelist, best known for his cult first novel Praise, and for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel The White Earth.-Early life and education:...
- 1999 Two Hands by Gregor JordanGregor JordanGregor Jordan is an Australian film director.Jordan's films include Two Hands , Buffalo Soldiers , and Ned Kelly . He has also directed the concert video These Days: Live in Concert by Australian rock band Powderfinger.His film Two Hands won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction...
Television Script - QUT Creative Industries Award
- 2010 Sisters of War, John Misto
- 2009 False Witness by Peter Gawler
- 2008 UnderbellyUnderbelly (TV series)Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,...
, Episode 7 - Wise Monkeys by Felicity Packard - 2007 Bastard Boys by Sue Smith
- 2006 Unfolding Florence by Katherine ThomsonKatherine ThomsonKatherine Thomson is an Australian playwright and screenwriter.Katherine Thomson was born in Manly, New South Wales and began her theatrical involvement as a teenager with the Australian Theatre for Young People...
- 2005 RAN: Remote Area NurseRAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series)RAN is an Australian television program , filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northern-most part of Australia , and the border with Papua New Guinea.This is an important series to Torres Strait Islanders, but also to the...
- Episode 5 - Blue Hawaii by Sue Smith - 2004 The Cooks - Episode 12, Series 1 - Honey and Wounds by Blake AyshfordBlake AyshfordBlake Ayshford is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the Australian NRL competition. He can play at lock or centre.-Career:...
Drama Script (Stage) Award
- 2009 Realism by Paul GallowayPaul GallowayPaul Galloway was an American newspaper reporter, columnist and storyteller who wrote for both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune....
- 2008 When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew BovellAndrew BovellAndrew Bovell is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television.-Life:Bovell was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and until recently lived in Adelaide, South Australia before moving to New York. He has recently now moved back to the Adelaide Hills, South Australia...
- 2007 Embers by Campion Decent
- 2006 Mrs Petrov's Shoe by Noelle Janaczewska
- 2005 Black Hands/Dead Section by Van BadhamVan BadhamVan Badham is an Australian writer. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies.-Early life:Van Badham was born Vanessa Badham in Sydney in 1978 . Her mother and father worked in the New South Wales gaming and track industry, with her father eventually working for the registered club...
- 2004 Run Rabbit Run by Alana Valentine
- 2003 Last Cab to Darwin by Reg CribbReg Cribb-Background:Reg Cribb graduated from NIDA in 1990 and his first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999.-Plays:Reg Cribb's plays include The Return , Last Cab to Darwin, Gulpilil, Chatroom, Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya, Unaustralia, Mt Ragged, Night of the Sea...
- 2002 Old Masters by Beatrix ChristianBeatrix ChristianBeatrix Christian is an Australian playwright and screenwriter.Beatrix Christian graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1991, and her first play, "Spumante Romantica", was produced the next year by the Griffin Theatre in Sydney...
- 2001 Meat Party by Duong Le Quy
- 2000 Box the PonyBox the PonyBox the Pony is a 1997 play co-written by Australian actress Leah Purcell and Scott Rankin. It is a semi-autobiograhical one-woman show, set in an Aboriginal community in Queensland...
by Leah PurcellLeah PurcellLeah Purcell is an Australian actor, director and writer.-Biography:She is a film, television and theatre actor, singer, director and playwright. She is the youngest of seven children of Aboriginal and white Australian descent. Her father was a butcher and a boxing trainer...
and Scott Rankin - 1999 Who's Afraid of the Working Class by Andrew BovellAndrew BovellAndrew Bovell is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television.-Life:Bovell was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and until recently lived in Adelaide, South Australia before moving to New York. He has recently now moved back to the Adelaide Hills, South Australia...
, Melissa ReevesMelissa ReevesMelissa Reeves is a long-time American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Jennifer Horton, a role she originated in 1985 on the long-running NBC series Days of our Lives -Personal life:She was born in Eatontown, New Jersey.Since March 1990, Reeves has been married to soap opera actor...
, Patricia CorneliusPatricia CorneliusPatricia Cornelius is an Australian playwright and co-founder of Melbourne Workers Theatre.-Plays:Cornelius has written more than 20 plays, which include Slut , The Call , Good, Do Not Go Gentle… , Boy Overboard , Love Patricia Cornelius is an Australian playwright and co-founder of Melbourne...
and Christos TsiolkasChristos Tsiolkas-Biography:He was born and grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Blackburn High School and the University of Melbourne where he completed an Arts Degree in 1987. www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2007-07-22. He edited the student newspaper Farrago in 1988....
External links
- http://www.literaryawards.qld.gov.au/
- 2007 Qld Premier's Literary Award Winners Queensland Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Retrieved 3 October 2007)
- Premier Beattie Announces Winning Words in Rich Literary Awards (11 September 2007) Queensland Government, Ministerial Statements (Retrieved 7 October 2007)