CONGRATULATIONS
Queanbeyan writer Omar Musa's Here come the Dogs and Canberra writer Mark Henshaw's The Snow Kimono have both been shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards – the former for the Glenda Adams Award and the latter for the Christina Stead Award. The awards will be announced on May 18 as part of the Sydney Writers Festival.
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WRITING FELLOWSHIP
The Copyright Agency will award a $40,000 fellowship to a mid-to-late career author for the development and creation of a new work. Applications close on July 3. More information: copyright.com.au.
BATEMANS BAY WRITERS FESTIVAL 2015
Australian authors Graeme Simsion, Julie Janson and Gabrielle Lord are among the presenters for the 2015 Batemans Bay Writers Festival, to be held over the June long weekend at the Coachhouse Marina Resort. For further information visit batemansbaywritersfestival.com.
ACU POETRY PRIZE
Entries are now open for the Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry, with a total prize pool of $10,000. The theme is Peace, Tolerance and Understanding. Entries close on June 16. For more information visit acu.edu.au.
WHAT'S ON
May 16: At Paperchain Bookstore Manuka at 10.45 for 11am, Canberra author Sandra Bennett is launching two of her children's books, Alien Shenanigans and Emma the Eager Emu. RSVP: Telephone 6295 6723.
May 20: In an ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event, British foreign correspondent and best-selling author Christina Lamb will be speaking in Manning Clark 1, Australian National University at 6.30pm on her new book, Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan to a more Dangerous World. Lamb co-authored I Am Malala with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. Bookings: 6125 8451.
May 21: At 6pm Professor Jen Webb, director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra leads discussion about The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska. National Portrait Gallery. Free but bookings essential: 6102 7070.
On May 22 from 5 to 7.30pm at ALIA House, 9 Napier Close, Deakin, Hazel Edwards will talk about her new memoir, Let Hippos Eat Cake: Being a Children's Author or Not? Cost $25 at the door. RSVP by May 18 to trishmilne@gmail.com.
May 24: Crime writer Michael Connelly will talk about his latest Hieronymus Bosch thriller with Canberra Times crime reviewer Jeff Popple at the National Library of Australia at 1.30pm. Bookings: 6262 1271.
May 26: Chinese author Xue Xinran will be speaking on her new book, Buy Me the Sky, an exploration of the social effects of China's one-child policy, at 6pm in the China in the World Auditorium at ANU. Bookings: 6125 8451.
June 16: Join author and documentary filmmaker Anna Broinowski as she provides insights into North Korea. Her book The Director is the Commander is about the bizarre shoot she had there for her latest documentary, Aim High in Creation! It's on at 5.45pm at the Australian Centre on China in the World, Fellows Lane, ANU. Cost $37.50, which includes canapés and drinks on arrival and a film screening. Bookings: 6125 8451.
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