Dylan Van Den Berg… won the $30,000 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting.
CANBERRAâS Dylan Van Den Berg took out the $30,000 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting for “Milk” at the NSW Premierâs Literary Awards yesterday (April 26).
Van Den Berg accepted the award at the State Library of NSW, where a total of $305,000 was awarded across 13 prizes.
Van Den Bergâs win was announced alongside people such as Ellen van Neerven, who won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, Multicultural NSW Award and Book of the Year, and Kate Grenville, who won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.
The third was Van Den Bergâs win.
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Ellen van Neerven scoops the pool at NSW Premierâs literary awards
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Ellen van Neervenâs second book of poetry had been ticking away in the back of their mind for several years, but the Mununjali Yugambeh writer never felt they had to rush it. But, they say, there comes a point when an urgency in the creation emerges, when thereâs a need to bring together the poems and for newer work.
Van Neerven realised they were shying away from saying what they really wanted to. They were reluctant to write about being non-binary, for example; it might put them in a vulnerable position, even though it might be healing for others.
At what point does real, when tangled with embellishment, become fiction? What is truth when viewed by different people or seen from a different angle? History itself may be scoffed at, or viewed in another way if it had been written by the defeated, repressed, or vanquished. When it comes to truth and reality, and fabrication and fiction, there is often a very thin line between the two. In this collection we feature novels that are based on real events, or contain real people. The novels mentioned here may be ever so loosely based on reality, have a simple flutter-by of a real person, or could be saturated in historical events.
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Sydney Writers Festival returns to Hills in 2021
Sydney Writers Festival is back this April with a series of virtual webinars featuring prominent authors.
The all Aussie line-up includes award winning author of Tiddas, Anita Heiss, author of The Secret River, Kate Grenville and author of The Chase, Candice Fox.
Mayor of The Hills Shire, Dr Michelle Byrne is encouraging Hills residents to book their place.
“The Sydney writer’s Festival is one of the largest literary events in NSW and we are very excited to be participating once again,” Mayor Byrne said.
“We have a series of free events on offer as part of the Festival in a convenient online format so you can enjoy an author talk from the comfort of your own home.