Breaking News
Alex Buzo Prize
Breaking News won the Alex Buzo prize for books shortlisted for the 2010 Nib award, sponsored by the Copyright Agency Ltd and Waverley Council. There were 159 entries, including books by Tom Keneally, Peter Carey, Ross Fitzgerald and Barry Humphries. Congratulations to Andrew Tink for winning the award (and $20,000) for his new biography of William Charles Wentworth.
Link to the Shortlist ('The Nib ' - CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature)
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Walkley Book Award
Breaking News was one of nine books long-listed for the 2010 Walkley Awards out of 58 entries.Congratulations to the three shortlisted authors: Paul Kelly for The March of the Patriots: The Struggle for Modern Australia, Chris Hammer for The River: A Journey Through the Murray-Darling Basin and Shirley Shackleton for The Circle of Silence: A Personal Testimony Before, During and After Balibo.
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August 3 Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
Ben Hills will be speaking at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts August 3 as part of Biographies and Memoirs Month.
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May 23 Sydney Writers Festival
Sydney Writers’ Festival event, Richard Wherrett Studio, 22 Hickson Road, Sydney. Ben will be in conversation with the authors Paul Barry (randomhouse.com.au/authors) and Jacqueline Kent (jacquelinekent.com.au), mediated by the journalist Janine Perrett. More information about the festival can be found on their websites.