Foundation for Australian Literary Studies News & Events

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2024 Events

Thursday 29th February 2024
5.15pm - 7.45pm

The English Teachers Association Queensland (ETAQ) [Townsville Branch] and the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) are collaborating to recognise the depth and breadth of local authors who are living and working in Townsville.

Join us to celebrate some of our local authors where we are asking each writer to talk for five minutes about why they write and their latest book or poem.

Find out more about the event and register your attendance.

News

Australian writers will now be able to vie for a $50,000 literary prize - one of the country’s largest literature awards.

Starting from next year, the winner of the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, given for the Australian book judged best overall in that year, will now receive $50,000 - up from $30,000 in 2023.

The significant increase was made possible following a generous annual contribution from the trust of the late Margaret Roderick.

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The shortlist for one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards has been announced by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, based at James Cook University.

"We’ve had to hose quite a bit of blood off the walls and consoled ourselves with the fact that this was the biggest, most diverse, and best set of Roderick entries ever.  We simply had more good and very good books this year than any of us can remember" said Emeritus Professor Alan Lawson, Chair of the Judging Panel.  Read more.

15 books have been longlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, including an art book and an encyclopaedic dictionary.

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The winner of the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for 2022 has been announced and it is Emily Bitto for her novel Wild Abandon, published by Allen & Unwin.

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The winner of the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for 2023 has been announced and it is Sarah Holland-Batt for her novel The Jaguar, published by University of Queensland Press.

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