Tim Winton grew up on the coast of Western Australia, where he continues to live. He is the author of eighteen books. His epic novel Cloudstreet was adapted for the theater and has been performed around the world. His two most recent novels, Dirt Music and The Riders, were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Award three times, and in 1998 the Australian National Trust declared Winton a national living treasure. The Turning has already won the 2005 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.
...Sam Worthington is throwing his star power behind bringing Tim Winton’s celebrated 1994 novel The Riders to the big screen. The Rockingham-raised actor has teamed up with director Robert Connolly for the adaptation of the novel, which was short-listed...
...there's a tendency to disregard women as serious writers. CAROLINE OVERINGTON: Let's say for example whenever Tim Winton has a book coming out, something like Breath when it came out, there's always an enormous number of rave reviews. You would really...
...Tim Winton's new book, Eyrie, will be released in October. Photo: Marco Del Grande Tim Winton's new novel, Eyrie, will be published in October. Photo: Marco Del Grande...
...TIM Winton's bid for a record-breaking fifth Miles Franklin Literary Award will start in October with the release of his first novel in five years. Penguin announced yesterday that Winton...
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...chick-lit goes, I’d have to say In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner. Non-chick lit: Either Cloudstreet by Tim Winton or The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Jennifer:� This is a hard question! I tend to forget a lot of the books that I’ve read...
...solid track record in picking books that will go on to score with prize judges and readers alike. Tim Winton's Breath and Anna Funder's All That I Am, for example, both won Indie book of the year ahead of their successful march on the Miles Franklin...
...middle-aged qualities to my personality.” Meanjin’s pages have featured literary greats such as Ezra Pound, Patrick White and Tim Winton and is perhaps best-known for publishing Arthur Phillips’s influential essay ‘The Cultural Cringe’....
...was the scene of one of the biggest environmental battles in recent years when conservationists led by author Tim Winton stopped a tourist resort being built. A spokeswoman for Apache said: "Apache Energy takes its environmental responsibilities...
...was made by Arts minister John Day on the set of Connolly’s current project, an adaptation of Tim Winton’s The Turning. The funding comes to Paper Planes through the screen agency’s Production Investment Fund. The film has also received funding...
...ScreenWest has invested in a new film by director Robert Connolly and producer Liz Kearney for children?s film Paper Planes. The announcement was made by Arts minister John Day on the set of Connolly?s current project, an adaptation of Tim Winton?s The...
... “Today I was able to meet and observe a number of talented WA filmmakers at work on Tim Winton’s The Turning and the production of Paper Planes should also employ the majority of its cast and crew from WA,” Mr Day said. The Minister...
...announcement. “Today I was able to meet and observe a number of talented WA filmmakers at work on Tim Winton’s The Turning and the production of Paper Planes should also employ the majority of its cast and crew from WA,” Day said in a statement. ...
...with many of the same creative team as this adaption of Secret River. It was a version of Tim Winton’s ‘Cloudstreet’ and Neil the director had me play live for that show. It is his preference to have live music as part of his theatre shows, and with...