Colin Roderick Award

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The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". [1] It was first presented in 1967 and now has a prize of A$50,000. Starting in 1980, the H. T. Priestley Memorial Medal has also been bestowed upon the award winner.

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The Award was founded by Colin Roderick, an Australian "writer, editor, academic and educator". [2]

Award winners

2020s

2010s

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1980s

1970s

1960s

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References

  1. ↑ "Awards". James Cook University. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  2. ↑ Colin Roderick, austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "2023 Long and Short Lists". www.jcu.edu.au. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. ↑ "Bitto wins 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Award". Books+Publishing. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  5. ↑ "Laguna wins 2021 Colin Roderick Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 2021-10-15. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  6. ↑ "Young wins 2020 Colin Roderick Award for 'Paper Emperors'". Books+Publishing. 2020-09-17. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  7. ↑ "Drewe wins 2019 Colin Roderick Literary Award for 'The True Colour of the Sea'". Books+Publishing. 2019-11-01. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  8. ↑ "'On the Java Ridge' wins 2018 Colin Roderick Award | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ↑ ""Lit Bits"". The Canberra Times, 7 August 1994, p22. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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