The Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) is calling for submissions from authors, publishers, book sellers, librarians, academics and members of the public for the review of the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards and the Australia-Asia Literary Award.

A review of both award schemes is underway and we are seeking your input to evaluate the awards and gather suggestions on how they could be delivered or improved in the future.

The aim of the review

Assess the effectiveness of the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards and the Australia-Asia Literary Award in achieving their objectives.

• Assess the impact of both award programs for the Western Australian writing community.
• Make recommendations for the future of both award programs including any alternative options to deliver similar outcomes

The review is being undertaken by Professor Anna Haebich, Dr Malcolm Allbrook and Dr Mary Anne Jebb and is due to be completed by July 30, 2009.  Recommendations from the review will be available to view on the DCA website after this date. Biographical information on all three consultants is available in the link to background information below.

Contact

Submissions can be emailed to: elizabeth.spencer@dca.wa.gov.au

Or mailed to: Literary Awards Review
C/0 Elizabeth Spencer, SPO Projects
Department of Culture and the Arts
PO Box 8349 Perth Business Centre WA 6849

No later than 5pm June 25, 2009

Your submission will be kept confidential and comments will not be attributable to individuals in the final review.

Further information

Literary Awards review background information

Guidelines for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards

08 Guidelines for the Australia Asia Literary Award