‘There will be no net loss to Arts funding under a government I lead’ is basically what Campbell Newman and the LNP team promised during the recent Queensland state election. Within two weeks of taking office they have broken that promise. The awards that gave us stories like Rabbit Proof Fence are no more. LateContinue reading “No longer the ‘smart state’ or Axing the Qld Premier’s Lit Awards in the National Year of Reading”
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A Wrap-up of Australian Non-fiction Award Winners in 2011
It’s that time of year: where news outlets produce copious montages and interviews reflecting on the year that has been, while individually we wonder what happened to the new year’s resolution we made more than eleven months ago. In the spirit of the season, and to help raise the profile of the craft of non-fictionContinue reading “A Wrap-up of Australian Non-fiction Award Winners in 2011”
Catherine C. Turner 