Peter Carey

Award-winning writers from around the world will speak in University of Richmond lecture series

richmond.edu     yesterday          

Award-winning novelists, poets, dramatists and memoirists from around the world will read from their works and speak in the University of Richmond's 2008-09 Department of English Writers' Series. The series opens Oct. 1...                    

Join the world literature tour to Australia

guardian.co.uk     01-Sep-2008          

Give us your recommendations for the best Australian literature, and vote for the tour's next stop All aboard ... tram and traffic in Melbourne. In thinking of Australian literature, I'm trying to avoid the obvious names...                    

Uni not always path to smart money

news.com.au     27-Aug-2008          

YOUNG Aussies are turning their backs on a university education to take advantage of the huge salaries flowing from the resources boom and skills shortage. “Particularly in Queensland and Western Australia we’re seeing...                    

Pitfalls of miniaturisation as PA Consultancy loses prisoners' details

guardian.co.uk     23-Aug-2008          

Just a few years ago, government departments relied on whole buildings full of files rather than a collection of virtual folders on a computer. In those days, it would have taken a feat of awesome incompetence to lose...                    

Nov 25, 2008: Data Protection Compliance for Charities at none

yahoo.com     21-Aug-2008          

This indispensable one-day Workshop covers all data protection compliance issues involved in the administration of charities. Workshop will be lead by Peter Carey, the UK's leading data protection expert. Accredited by the Law...                    

'Chiller' film wins Premier applause

news.com.au     14-Aug-2008          

Rosemary Sorensen | August 15, 2008 A FILM so violent one of the judges said it could be argued that it was "gratuitous" is up for one of the prizes at this year's Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. Judge Kerry O'Rourke said...                    

Where To Rent A Lens Online

cellphone9.com     08-Aug-2008   1 related          

Ever needed a lens but have been unable to afford it? In this post Peter Carey explores how you can have them - by renting lenses. I admit it. I like to dream about owning many, many lenses. It seems I can always conjure up at...                    

Slaying them on the isle

news.com.au     08-Aug-2008          

OPINION: Stephen Matchett | August 09, 2008 THE popularity of fiction set in a past that suits a novelist's imagination must drive historians nuts. A standard summary of Boyce's book can make it sound like an average academic...                    

Room for praise

smh.com.au     08-Aug-2008          

Jamie Byng, the publisher at Scotland's Canongate, was shocked by the omission of another Australian from the longlist, as he wrote on the Man Booker website. After praising the chosen novels by Salman Rushdie, Sebastian Barry,...                    

Shortlists announced for Australia's richest literary prizes

guardian.co.uk     07-Aug-2008          

Clive James and Germaine Greer are both in the running for the inaugural Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards, which will be judged by prime minister Kevin Rudd himself. The awards will be Australia's richest literary...                    

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