News & Events

Melbourne Prize for Literature 2012

20 October, 2012

Past the shallows has been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2012. A public exhibition of the finalists in the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2012 and the Best Writing Award 2012 will be held at Federation Square between 5 and 19 November 2012.

Voting for the $5,000 Civic Choice Award 2012 will commence on 5th September when the 2012 finalists in each category are announced. The Civic Choice Award 2012 will be given to one finalist with the highest number of public votes.

Votes can be made using the online voting form, available at this website or in the finalist catalogue, which will be available at the Federation Square exhibition in November. Voting for the Civic Choice Award 2012 will close at the end of the Federation Square exhibition on 19 November.

For further details, please click here.

2012 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship

10 October, 2012

Favel has been awarded the 2012 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. She will be setting sail soon on the ship as it heads to remote Davis station on a resupply trip. Favel will be using the trip to research aspects of her second novel which is currently in development. For more details, please click here.

Miles Franklin 2012 Shortlist

03 May, 2012

Favel has been shortlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award. To see the full shortlist, please click here.