Searching for a first-class cricketer to write a decent article?Ask Geeves Nov 21, 2009
Justin Langer has written more books than Tim Winton lately but he's one of the few wordsmiths among those who go from detesting the press corps to marching shoulder-to-shoulder. The exception is Tasmania's Brett Geeves. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Baker, Johnson take a 'Breath' Nov 19, 2009
The Mentalist star Simon Baker and producer Mark Johnson have teamed up to acquire feature rights to the Tim Winton novel Breath. . (Variety)
Our authors still need protection Sep 23, 2009
This will lead to a return to ''old colonial logic'' (Tim Winton), and the likely reduction of editorial staff to ''marketers and publicists for Paris Hilton'' (Peter Carey). Australia is a small player in a global distribution market. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Henson returns to haunt PM Sep 19, 2009
Notably absent from the fiction shortlist are two book-club favourites that have dominated this year's other literary awards: Breath by Tim Winton and The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. We were unobliged [to choose them],'' Peter Pierce, an academic and critic, who chaired the fiction judges, said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Book import report 'inadequate': experts Sep 3, 2009
Supporters say the proposed flood of imported books will equal cheaper prices and improved competition, while critics, including prominent Australian author Tim Winton and unions, think it will devastate the local publishing industry. Following the release of the commission's report, two economists were commissioned by the Australian Publishers Association to take a closer look and they weren't impressed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Bard of the bottom Jul 19, 2009
" Griffiths has no desire to write adult fiction. Writing for children brings its own rewards, he says, and can be more difficult. "Tim Winton put it beautifully," he says, making a triangle with his fingers. "You have the triangle: you must first please yourself artistically and then please your audience [as with writing adult fiction] but with children you have to go through the gatekeepers: parents, teachers, librarians. "So my stuff is deceptively rude - my first five books have implied... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Inquiry bodes ill for writers Jul 14, 2009
Authors such as Tim Winton, Kate Grenville and Peter Carey have peppered the commission with submissions. Winton wrote: "Copyright recognises and enshrines the value of original work. "Copyright is the single most important industrial fact in a writer's life, the civilising influence of a culture upon a market. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Photo Galleries Jul 6, 2009
Audio slideshow: Tim Winton reads from his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Breath. Slideshow: The Herald photos of the week. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Slap beats hot field at book industry awards Jun 24, 2009
CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS lost the Miles Franklin Award to Tim Winton last week but his novel The Slap won another major book prize last night over Winton's Breath and other finalists ... Tim Winton wins Miles Franklin Literary Award. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Winton wins Miles Franklin Jun 19, 2009
Tim Winton in the video of his acceptance speech ... Audio slideshow: Tim Winton reads from his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Breath ... HE IS a man of the sea and his novel describes the thrills of riding giant surf, so it was appropriate Tim Winton was on a surfing and fishing trip in Western Australia when his fourth Miles Franklin Award was presented in Sydney last night. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Losing our voice May 30, 2009
While the Coalition's proposal is opposed by everyone from Matthew Reilly to Tim Flannery to Tim Winton, from the Australian Booksellers Association to the Australian Publishers Association to the Children's Book Council of Australia, the only people the Coalition can wheel out in its defence, to plead its supposedly egalitarian case, are those horny handed sons of the proletariat, Alan Fels and, yes, Macquarie Banker Bob Carr, peddling the fiction of privileged writers and grasping publishers... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Blown away' Tsiolkas takes prize May 17, 2009
Blown away' Tsiolkas takes prize - Books - Entertainment - theage. The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Review - Closed For Winter Apr 19, 2009
Then in 1998 he did In The Winter Dark, adapted from the Tim Winton novel about a secret. Now comes this one, which confirms his fascination with stories about the oppressive effects of past tragedies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Middle-aged white men corner the Franklin Apr 17, 2009
Audio slideshow: Tim Winton reads from his Miles Franklin Award-shortlisted novel Breath ... Gender aside, it is a strong list of well-known names: for The Pages, for Wanting, Louis Nowra for Ice, Christos Tsiolkas for and Tim Winton for Breath ... She noted the "wisdom" of The Pages; Flanagan's successful return to the past in Wanting; Ice's great opening scene of a ship towing an iceberg into Sydney Harbour; The Slap's strike at "one of the nerves of contemporary society - our concern about... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Winton short-listed for prize Apr 16, 2009
Tim Winton insouth-west Western Australia ... Audio slideshow: Tim Winton takes us to the West Australian coast to read from his latest novel Breath ... Acclaimed novelist Tim Winton is up for his fourth Miles Franklin Literary Award. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The ride of our lives Mar 26, 2009
Author and surfer Tim Winton explains in part one: "When you are surfing, you are not thinking about where you parked the car or what you're going to do when you grow up. "You're just there. And that's as close to a spiritual experience as a lot of people are going to get. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Franklin listing tops big week Mar 13, 2009
The others on the longlist, chosen from 55 entries, are Addition by Toni Jordan, A Fraction Of The Whole by Steve Toltz, Breath by Tim Winton, Fugitive Blue by Claire Thomas, Ice by Louis Nowra, One Foot Wrong by Sofie Laguna, The Devil's Eye by Ian Townsend, The Pages by Murray Bail and Wanting by Richard Flanagan. Along with the Miles Franklin veterans Bail (whose Eucalyptus won in 1999) and Winton (Dirt Music, 2002), there are four new novelists: Jordan, Laguna, Thomas and Toltz. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Adiga joins glowing shortlist Feb 20, 2009
He is joined on the regional shortlist for the best book by an impressive line-up of Australian authors: Tim Winton for Breath, Helen Garner for The Spare Room, Joan London for The Good Parents and Christos Tsiolkas for The Slap. New Zealander Paula Morris is shortlisted for her short story collection, Forbidden Cities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Best Australian Essays 2008 Feb 8, 2009
Tim Winton is just as impressive in negotiating his way round his old teacher, Elizabeth Jolley: on both the woman and the work he is insightful and his assessment is probing and individual rather than merely eulogistic. Marr scolds himself for his past habit of relying on Best Essays to gather the choice non-fiction of each year, instead of himself ranging through the journals as they come out. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
