Spunc Members publications shortlisted for ASHER LITERARY AWARD [20.08.2011]
At a time when the status of women writers and literary awards in Australia is under discussion, The Australian Centre is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2011 Asher Award for a woman writer whose work carries an anti‐war theme. This year’s shortlist drew from a robust and diverse field, and comprises women’s writing in genres including memoir, theatre, poetry and crime fiction. The following titles have been shortlisted for 2011: • Van Badham, Swamplands, 2010 (play) • Quynh Dao, Tales from a Mountain City, Odyssey Books 2010 (memoir) • Roberta Lowing, Ruin, Interactive Publications, 2010 (poetry) • Jennifer Maiden, Pirate Rain, Giramondo, 2010 (poetry) • PM Newton, The Old School, Penguin, 2010 (crime fiction)
Established in 2005 in collaboration with the Literature Board of the Australia Council, the Asher Award has been made possible by a generous bequest from Mrs Helen Waltraud Rosalie Asher. Mrs Asher was a post‐WWII German refugee who came to Australia escaping fascism. She and her husband were deeply committed to the artistic and cultural life of their adoptive country. The value of the award is $10,000. The judges for the 2011 were Professor Kate Darian‐Smith, Director of the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne; Professor Anne Orford, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law at Melbourne Law School; and celebrated novelist Professor Gail Jones at the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney.
The winner will be announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival, Friday 2nd September 2011, 5.30 – 6.30pm, The Cube, ACMI .
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