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WANTING National Year of Reading ‘Our Story’ Winner
by Random House Australia on 14 February 2012
Thousands of Australians voted for the book to represent their state or territory during the National Year of Reading 2012 and we are excited to announce that WANTING by Richard Flanagan has won for the state of Tasmania. Inspired by historical events, WANTING is a novel about art, love, and the way in which life is finally determined never by reason, but only ever by wanting. This bestselling,...
The 84th Annual Academy Awards® Nominations Announced
by Random House Australia on 25 January 2012
The 84th Annual Academy Awards® nominations were announced earlier today and on the nominations list were many films adapted from well-loved books. The film adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemmings’s THE DESCENDANTS picked up a multitude of nominations, including Best Film, Directing, Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for George Clooney. The animated film,...
The 2011 Costa Book Awards shortlist was announced yesterday which included 20 UK and Ireland based authors across five different categories. Five Random House authors were among those on the shortlist. Including, John Burnside’s A SUMMER OF DROWNING, Julian Barnes’ A SENSE OF AN ENDING, which won the Man Booker prize last month, Kevin Barrys’ debut novel, THE CITY OF BOHANE,...
Society of Women Writers Biennial Fiction Award
by Random House Australia on 11 November 2011
Mary Ellen Mullane’s Once on a Road has won this year's the Society of Women Writers biennial fiction award. Mullane’s vivid prose about duty, love, exile and return gained high praises from judge Susanne Gervay, who noted: “Mary-Ellen Mullane’s first novel is an emotional journey of love, family, tragedy, death and ultimately renewal and hope. Naomi,...
The 2012 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist was announced last night and there are two Random House authors included on the list. Roger McDonald’s When Colts Ran and Nicholas Shakespeare’s Inheritance are both in the running for the world’s most valuable annual literary prize. Roger McDonald’s When Colts Ran is a sweeping epic tale of friendship, toil and hope. It...
Julian Barnes is today named the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction for THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, published by Random House. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING is the story of one man coming to terms with the mutable past, laced with trademark precision, dexterity and insight. Read more about THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes. Julian Barnes has been previously been...
Gregory Day Wins ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
by Random House Australia on 18 October 2011
THE GRAND HOTEL author has been awarded the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story prize by the Australian Book Review. There were a total of 1300 entries this year for the short story prize, which was narrowed down to a shortlist of four. Gregory Day’s story, THE NEIGHBOUR’S BEANS and Carrie Tiffany’s BEFORE HE LEFT THE FAMILY eventually took home top honours, each...
