Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2009
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction 2009 Shortlist
Darwin's Armada: How Four Voyagers to Australasia Won the Battle for Evolution and Changed the World
Iain McCalman
Arabesques
Robert Dessaix
The City's Outback
Gillian Cowlishaw
The Louis Esson Prize for Drama 2009 Shortlist
The Modern International Dead
$18.95 (Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr )
'funny, irreverent, passionate and provocative' Mark Hopkins, SMH
'Millar's tapestry of reportage is engrossing, suspenseful and irreverently humorous' Sun Herald
Every year, a tiny group of unique individuals give up a ... More »
The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate 2009 Shortlist
Griffith Review 23: Essentially Creative
$19.95 (Paperback book / Abc Books )
When the Prime Minister included the arts and creativity in the 2020 Summit in early 2008, it was more than political window-dressing with famous actors. It was a sign that after a decade artists, actors, writers and oth... More »
The Henson Case
$24.95 (Trade paperback / Text Publishing )
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community cla... More »
The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing about Italians in Australia 2009 Shortlist
And Be Home Before Dark
$34.95 (Paperback book / Hardie Grant )
The north-eastern goldfields of Western Australia gathered in all manner of exiles from across the globe: Italians, Yugoslavs, Britons; criminals, ex-servicemen, drunks, journeymen; those wanting to keep their heads down... More »
Death In The Mountains: The True Story Of A Tuscan Murder
$32.99 (Trade paperback / Macmillan )
"This is the true story of the murder of Artemio Bruni, a peasant farmer in the mountains of Casentino, north-eastern Tuscany, in the winter of 1907. Artemio was my husband's great-grandfather.
"For reasons not understoo... More »
The Prize for Science Writing
The Rise Of Animals: Evolution And Diversification Of The Kingdom Animalia
Mikhail A. Fedonkin
$119.00 (Hardcover book / Johns Hopkins )
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action
David Spratt & Phillip Sutton
$27.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )
Pasteur's Gambit: Louis Pasteur The Australasian Rabbit Plagueand A Ten Million Dollar Prize
Dando Collins Stephen
$34.95 (Trade paperback / Vintage )
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