A stack of books in front of stained glass windows.
Date 13 Sep 24
Time 06:00pm – 07:30pm
Theatre and Foyer
$25 general admission | $22 concession/National Library Friends members
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Who will be the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards?

Join 3 of the winners, André Dao, Daniel Browning and Ryan Cropp, in conversation with the Artistic Director of the Canberra Writers Festival Beejay Silcox, as they discuss their experiences of writing their successful book titles.

Following the discussion in the Theatre, the authors will be available for book signings in the Foyer.

This event is presented in partnership with the Canberra Writers Festival and Creative Australia.

About the Prime Minister's Literary Awards

The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were established in 2008. They recognise individual excellence, and the contribution Australian authors make to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life. This is the second year that the awards have been delivered by Creative Australia, following the release of the Australian Government’s 2023 National Cultural Policy, Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place.

On Thursday 12 September 2024, Creative Australia will announce the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards recipients. The Awards are the richest literary prize in the nation, with a tax-free prize pool of $600,000 in recognition of the outstanding literary talents of established and emerging Australian writers, illustrators, poets, and historians. The winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges. 

View the 2024 Shortlist for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

The National Library of Australia is the custodian and keeper of Australia’s literary achievements and as presenting partner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, we celebrate outstanding Australian literary work and culture. 

About Beejay Silcox 

Beejay Silcox is a writer, literary critic and the Artistic Director of Canberra Writers Festival. Her book reviews and cultural commentary regularly appear in national arts publications and are increasingly finding an international audience, including in the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and The New York Times. Her award-winning short stories have been published at home and abroad, and have been selected for a number of Australian anthologies.

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