Its a all female shortlist for the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Regarded as Australia’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize, the 2013 Miles Franklin Award shortlist, features five of Australia’s most talented female authors – including three first time novelists.
The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established with proceeds from the estate of My Brilliant Career author, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, to support and encourage authors of Australian literature. Continue reading
The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ‘Amazing Stories’.
Nominations for the Best Novel of 2013 are: Continue reading
Are you looking for something new to read? Would you like to know what’s popular and what’s top on some prizes/awards lists? And also do you wonder who’s coming to visit Parramatta Library to talk about their books? Well, you’ll find out from this year’s Autumn Reads.
The Women’s Prize for fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize, has announced the twenty titles on its longlist for 2013.
The Women’s Prize for fiction is awarded for the best novel of the year written by a woman.
Any woman writing in English – whatever her nationality, country of residence, age or subject matter – is eligible.
The shortlist will be announced on the 16 April 2013 and the winner who will receive a prize of £30, 000 will be announced on the 5 June 2013.
A great list of books; some are already really popular among Library members.
Any copies not held within the Library have been ordered and can be reserved online once they become available.
Click on the links below to reserve titles already part of Parramatta Library’s collection. Continue reading
And the WINNER is Carrie Tiffany for Mateship with Birds
This year’s Stella Prize longlist has been announced and Parramatta City Library has ordered all titles. You can reserve online once they become available for loan. Continue reading