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- 01/05 New Program for Writers With a Disability
- 15/03 Mary Hoban wins the Hazel Rowley Memorial Fellowship
- 04/03 Celebrate women's writing this International Women's Day
- 27/02 Regional Partnerships funding now open!
- 31/01 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship shortlist announced
- 07/12 Flick through the 2012 Program
- 23/11 Hazel Rowley Fellowship closes 5 Dec!
- 07/10 New mentorships at Writers Victoria!
- 20/09 2011 Writing @ Rosebank Round 2 Fellowships Announced
- 12/09 Kerry Loughrey wins the Doris Poetry Cup!
- 07/09 VWC member Patricia Cornelius wins VLPA
- 07/09 Man Booker shortlist announced
- 30/08 Writing Australia up!
- 26/07 VPLA shortlist out
- 15/07 Round Two of the 2011 VWC Regional Partnerships Program NOW OPEN!
- 30/06 Proposed change of name at the VWC: a letter from the Director
- 16/06 Help the VWC Create Your Space
- 08/06 The VWC is having a Stocktake Sale!
- 02/06 VWC Regional Partnerships
- 31/05 VWC announces fellowship recipients
- 17/05 VWC manuscript assessor wins Ethel Turner Prize
- 12/05 Bayside Literary Festival on in May
- 02/05 2011 GMW Emerging Writers Comp open!
- 27/04 2011 Penguin Varuna Scholarship now open
- 30/03 Stage and Screen Special offer
- 17/03 Applications for 2011 VWC Regional Partnerships Program now open
- 15/03 2011 Indie Book Awards
- 08/03 Aboriginal author wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize
- 28/02 Shaun Tan takes Oscar glory
- 24/02 A Decent Proposal: back in print
- 17/02 Applications open for State Library Fellowships
- 16/02 Getting to know you ...
- 09/02 Is Novel or Young Adult your thing?
- 04/02 Shaun Tan nominated for Academy Award
- 25/01 Readings ebookshop goes live
- 18/01 The power of words
- 10/01 Writing Australia is seeking a National Director
- 10/01 The Victorian Writer - Out Soon
- 04/01 Summer School Selling Out
- 15/12 VWC joins forces with other writers’ centres for “Writing Australia”
- 17/11 VWC 2010-2011 festive hours
- 10/11 2010 VWC Survey Results
- 09/11 Join Victorian arts funding campaign
- 19/10 Victorian Arts Minister resigns
- 19/10 Winner of VWC Fringe Award announced
- 01/09 Grace Marion Wilson winners announced!
- 24/08 Publishing – The Whole Shebang is on this Friday 27 August
- 18/08 Publishing - the Whole Shebang Free Giveaway!
- 17/08 Stopping all Stations - new spoken word event!
- 14/08 The 2010 Doris Leadbetter Poetry Cup Winners announced
- 21/07 VWC Emerging Writers Comp: winners notified in mid-August
- 17/06 Poetry Masterclass submission date extended
- 15/06 VWC partners up to present Cate Kennedy and Lee Gutkind
- 15/06 New VWC director
- 30/03 VWC Emerging Writers Competition 2010
- 15/03 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize regional winners
- 01/03 Committee of Management nominations now closed
- 15/02 Joel Becker to leave VWC
- 01/02 Applications open for VWC Director/CEO
- 25/01 Book for the 2010 program via our website!
- 11/01 Regional Funding Applications 2010 - now open
- 04/01 VWC office re-opened Tuesday 5 January 2010
- 26/11 New name for our new home
- 10/11 MS Assessment delays
- 10/11 Glenfern Studios and Rosebank Retreat
- 10/11 Update on move as at Tuesday 10 November
- 04/11 Update on move as at Wednesday 4 November
- 27/10 Update on move as at Thursday 29 October
- 19/10 VWC is moving
- 19/10 Moving Galleries
- 06/09 Return your library books!
- 04/09 Premier's Literary Awards winners
- 03/09 Writing @ Rosebank - Residential Writing Fellowships
- 02/09 Overload Poetry Festival: 4-13 September
- 03/08 Scribe launches the CAL Scribe Fiction Prize
- 30/07 Melbourne Writers Festival – VWC members get concession rates
- 20/07 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards For Literature - Nominations Sought
- 16/07 Scrolling text ticker poetry at Fed Square
- 09/06 Manuscript Development Program for Fiction Writers
- 27/04 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards close this Friday 1 May
- 27/04 Hurry! Submissions for the Essay Writing Masterclass close this Thursday 30 April
- 27/04 Special offer for friends of VWC members
- 01/04 Bushfire benefit: St Kilda Music and Poetry Inc Sunday 5 April
- 24/03 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009 now open
- 17/03 Abbotsford Convent’s Bushfire Event: Writers for Wildlife, Sunday 22 March
- 16/03 Call out for Living Library at the Emerging Writers' Festival
- 10/03 Grace Marion Wilson Competition winners
- 03/03 Romance Writers of Australia Bushfire Book Appeal
- 03/03 Annual General Meeting Tuesday 31 March
- 25/02 VWC office closed Thursday 26 February
- 25/02 Arts Victoria Bushfire Information and Fundraising Events
- 20/02 ASA bushfire assistance
- 20/02 Readings by the Bay proceeds to Bushfire Appeal: 22 Feb
- 10/02 VWC events relocation from 1 March 2009
- 10/02 SLV's R.E. Ross Trust Script Development Awards
- 09/02 Australia Council Literature Board grants program
- 19/01 Glenfern Studio Fellowships announced
- 15/12 VWC E-bulletin 08 December 2008: Update
- 02/12 VWC Christmas Operating Hours
- 02/12 VWC Christmas Wrap Party
- 02/12 VWC e-bulletin takes a break
- 02/12 VWC Christmas Operating Hours
- 27/11 Iowa City named a UNESCO City of Literature
- 20/11 VWC Competition and Glenfern Fellowships
- 06/11 VWC announces two Glenfern Residencies
- 06/11 CBWI Board Announced
- 01/11 NaNoWriMo begins
- 01/09 Premier's Literary Awards Announced
- 26/08 Melbourne Writers Festival - Now On
- 26/08 Melbourne - UNESCO City of Literature
- 18/08 The Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced
2011 Indie Book Awards
Independent booksellers from across the country have nominated their favourite books from 2010. Winner Best Fiction has gone to Melbourne author Chris Womersley for his book Bereft, while Winner Best Debut Fiction has been awarded to Jon Bauer(also from Melbourne) for his book Rocks in the Belly.
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do (Allen & Unwin) was the winner of the Indie Book of the Year Award 2011.
More information can be found here.
— 15.03.2011