Australia's most exceptional literary talents, both well known and aspiring, are recognised by the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. Winning entries for the 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards have now been announced. For the synopses of all the winning works, please visit the awards site.
Fiction Book Award
J.M. Coetzee for Summertime, Random House Australia
Emerging Queensland Author – Manuscript Award
Noel Mengel for RPM
Unpublished Indigenous Writer – Arts Queensland David Unaipon Award
Jeanine Leane for Purple Threads
Non-Fiction Book Award
Mark Tredinnick for The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir, University of Queensland Press
History Book – Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
Ian Hoskins for Sydney Harbour: A History, University of New South Wales Press
Children’s Book – Mary Ryan’s Award
Sally Murphy for Toppling, Walker Books Australia
Young Adult Book Award
Richard Yaxley for Drink the Air, Richard Yaxley
Science Writer Award
Sonya Pemberton for Catching Cancer, December Films and Pemberton Films
Poetry Collection – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Peter Boyle for Apocrypha, Vagabond Press
Australian Short Story Collection – Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
Karen Hitchcock for Little White Slips, Picador
Literary or Media Work Advancing Public Debate – The Harry Williams Award
Clive Hamilton for Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change, Allen & Unwin
Film Script – Screen Queensland Award
Shirley Barrett for South Solitary, Macgowan Films Pty Ltd
Drama Script (Stage) Award
Rick Viede for Whore
Television Script – QUT Creative Industries Award
John Misto for Sisters of War, Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Pericles Film Productions Pty Ltd
More information here.
Fiction Book Award
J.M. Coetzee for Summertime, Random House Australia
Emerging Queensland Author – Manuscript Award
Noel Mengel for RPM
Unpublished Indigenous Writer – Arts Queensland David Unaipon Award
Jeanine Leane for Purple Threads
Non-Fiction Book Award
Mark Tredinnick for The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir, University of Queensland Press
History Book – Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award
Ian Hoskins for Sydney Harbour: A History, University of New South Wales Press
Children’s Book – Mary Ryan’s Award
Sally Murphy for Toppling, Walker Books Australia
Young Adult Book Award
Richard Yaxley for Drink the Air, Richard Yaxley
Science Writer Award
Sonya Pemberton for Catching Cancer, December Films and Pemberton Films
Poetry Collection – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award
Peter Boyle for Apocrypha, Vagabond Press
Australian Short Story Collection – Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
Karen Hitchcock for Little White Slips, Picador
Literary or Media Work Advancing Public Debate – The Harry Williams Award
Clive Hamilton for Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change, Allen & Unwin
Film Script – Screen Queensland Award
Shirley Barrett for South Solitary, Macgowan Films Pty Ltd
Drama Script (Stage) Award
Rick Viede for Whore
Television Script – QUT Creative Industries Award
John Misto for Sisters of War, Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Pericles Film Productions Pty Ltd
More information here.
