It seems best provisionally to designate this as William à Beckett’s copy, since nothing is yet known of the earlier owner, Benjamin Stiner (or Stines). It is significant as a guide to the taste of the period and as such its interest transcends that of its valuable local associations it was apparently the first Blake work to have been brought to Australia (to Sydney and to Melbourne) and was owned by one of the young colony’s leading jurists as well as, at a later date, by the Gallery’s most famous benefactor. This copy, the twenty-fifth to be listed, appears to be unique in its style of colouring, not following a pattern authorised by Blake, although closely contemporary and revealing intelligence as well as flair, even where wrong decisions have clearly been made by the unknown colourist. Although several censuses have been taken of the twenty-odd coloured copies known to collectors and scholars, the one offered for sale by Sotheby’s and purchased for the Gallery with the help of funds from the Felton Bequest was not among them, and does not fit into any of the accepted colouring schemes. The winners in each category will receive a cash prize of $5000, and the ceremony will also see three $15,000 Queensland Writers Fellowships presented, along with a new $10,000 Queensland Premier’s Young Writers Fellowship.Īs previously reported by Books+Publishing, the SLQ is running the awards for the first time in 2014, taking over from the volunteer-led QLAs, which were established in 2012 following the axing of the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.įor more information on the awards and fellowships, visit the QLA website here.The coloured copy of William Blake’s set of engravings for Edward Young’s Night Thoughts (1797), recently acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, is one of the most interesting so far described. The Courier-Mail Queensland Book of the Year People’s Choice Award shortlist has already been announced. There is no shortlist for the David Unaipon Award for an unpublished Indigenous writer and the winner will be announced at the ceremony. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 8 December. ‘We Come From Saltwater People’ by Cathy McLennan.‘3 for a Wedding, 4 for Death’ by Julie Kearney.Signal Flare (Anthony Lawrence, Puncher & Wattman)Įmerging Queensland author manuscript award.Devadatta’s Poems (Judith Beveridge, Giramondo).Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a poetry collection Holiday in Cambodia (Laura Jean McKay, Black Inc.).Only the Animals (Ceridwen Dovey, Penguin).An Elegant Young Man (Luke Carman, Giramondo).Letter to George Clooney (Debra Adelaide, Pan Macmillan).Steele Rudd Award for an Australian short story collection The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka (Clare Wright, Text).The Forgotten War (Henry Reynolds, New South).The Black War: Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania (Nicholas Clements, UQP).Smooch and Rose (Samantha Wheeler, UQP).The Rules of Summer (Shaun Tan, Hachette).Big Red Kangaroo (Claire Saxby, illus by Graham Byrne, Walker Books). The Ratcatchers Daughter (Pamela Rushby, HarperCollins).The Cracks in the Kingdom (Jaclyn Moriarty, Pan Macmillan).The Incredible Here and Now (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo).Nature’s Line: George Goyder-Surveyor, Environmentalist, Visionary (Janis Sheldrick, Wakefield Press).An Eye for Nature: The Life and Art of William T.The Reef: A Passionate History (Iain McCalman, Penguin).1914: The Year the World Ended (Paul Ham, Random House).Stillways (Steve Bisley, HarperCollins).The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan, Vintage). All the Birds, Singing (Evie Wyld, Vintage).
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