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public in 1985, changing its name to Warana Writers Week,
and has been held at South Bank and was partnered by the
University of Queensland Press. The event has then become
embraced by a large audience and in 1996 the event become an
incorporated association and on the
title of the Brisbane Writers Festival. Up to date, the
event has been a common ground for the best writers not just
in Brisbane and Queensland, but also writers of high caliber
around the world. Literary enthusiasts will also have the
chance to see and meet their favorite authors as well as
engage in different writing workshops. The festival is being
held at the State Library of Queensland and will grace the
year from September 17 to 21.
With the city's aim to discover more of its literary talents
is the birth of a story writing competition named One Book
Many Brisbanes. It is a search for
the ten best stories made
by Brisbane authors and will be collected and be published
in an anthology. There are no limitations with regards to
theme.
Some of the winners in the 2007 contest are Matthew
Jones' "In Brisbane", Janet Whiters' "Winged Feet", Jennifer
Barrett's "Chocolate, Coe and Dimes" and Laurie Cordingley's
"My Recollections of the 1974 Australia Day Flood." The
competition was introduced in 2006, and is currently
inviting authors to submit their stories for inclusion in
the 2008 anthology.
Here are some of the suggested books to read made by and/or
for Brisbane. Some of these works actually depict life in
the city. Nick Earls is one of
them, a novelist from
Brisbane and is notable for having books that always put
readers in the Brisbane setting. Majority of his works are
humorous
popular fiction. His novels have reaped a number of
awards: “Zigzag Street” has won the 1998 Betty Trask Award
and “48 Shades of Brown” grabbed
the 2000 Children's Book
Council of Australia Book of the Year Award. His latest work
is the “Thomposn Gunner.”
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