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Perth Writers' Festival program announcedCatherine O'Flynn, whose novel What Was Lost (Scribe, February) recently won the UK's Costa First Novel Award, will be among the guests at this year's Perth Writers' Festival, which runs from 22 to 24 February as part of the Perth International Arts Festival.Published 9 January, 2008 Catherine O'Flynn, whose novel What Was Lost (Scribe, February) recently won the UK's Costa First Novel Award, will be among the guests at this year's Perth Writers' Festival, which runs from 22 to 24 February as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Also attending from overseas will be Naomi Woolf, travel writer Colin Thubron, Shashi Tharoor, Tan Twan Eng, former Atlantic Monthly managing editor Cullen Murphy, Dan Kennedy, economist Tim Harford, Peter Godwin, Maureen Freely, Nathan Englander, Louise Doughty and food writer Clotilde Dusoulier. Food will be a strong theme of the festival with local foodies Greg and Lucy Malouf, Stephen Downes and Pauline Nguyen also attending. Miles Franklin winner Alexis Wright will be among the impressive list of local authors which includes Michael Gawenda, Gideon Haigh, Paul Ham, Christopher Koch, Shane Maloney, Maureen McCarthy, Alex Miller and Shaun Tan, among many others. To view the full program, visit the festival website at www.perthfestival.com.au and follow the links. More from Book News Archive
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National Young Writers' Festival
The National Young Writers' Festival runs from 2 to 6 October in Newcastle, NSW, as part of the This is Not Art (TiNA) Festival.1 October, 2008
Australian poetry slam returns
Australia's largest performance poetry competition will have poets competing for a $5000 prize and a chance to perform in the National Grand Slam at the Sydney Opera House on 4 December.1 October, 2008
Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival comes to Melbourne
From 8 to 12 October Melbourne will host the 31st Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival.1 October, 2008
As expected, Christopher Paolini's Brisingr has struck gold in the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries charts, starring at number one in both.1 October, 2008 |
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