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Townsville Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Award (1967-)
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

For winners after 1988, see The Colin Roderick Award.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1988

winner y separately published work icon Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1988 Z359704 1988 single work novel (taught in 7 units)

'Oscar Hopkins is an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1864. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be forever changed ...'

(Source: Publisher's website)

Year: 1987

winner y separately published work icon Home Is the Sailor, and, The Best of Intentions Nancy Phelan , Melbourne : Hyland House , 1987 Z391996 1987 selected work novel

Year: 1984

winner y separately published work icon The Man Who Stayed Below Alan Gould , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z374602 1984 single work novel travel

Year: 1981

winner y separately published work icon Company of Heralds : A Century and a Half of Australian Publishing by John Fairfax Limited and Its Predecessors 1831-1981 Gavin Souter , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1981 Z489028 1981 single work criticism

Year: 1979

winner y separately published work icon Hunting the Wild Pineapple and Other Related Stories Thea Astley , Ringwood : Nelson , 1979 Z266606 1979 selected work short story

'Leverson, the narrator at the centre of these stories, calls himself a 'people freak.' Seduced by north Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness, he is as fascinated by the invading hordes of misfits from the south as by the old established Queenslanders. Leverson's ironical yet compassionate view makes every story, every incident, a pointed example of human weakness – or strength.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin).
VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (13)

Works About this Award

Foreword [16-17 June 1990] 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 16-17 June 1990; (p. 6)
y separately published work icon The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies : A Note on the First Ten Years 1966-1976 Colin Roderick , Townsville : Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland , 1989 Z479854 1989 single work criticism
Shelf Life Jane Sullivan , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 10 June 1989; (p. 8)
Literary Award to Australian Poet 1975 single work biography
— Appears in: James Cook University of North Queensland Newsletter , 9 June vol. 6 no. 4 1975; (p. 2)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (4)
See Also
Colin Roderick Award
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