Matt Cameron's Poor Boy was also shortlised in the category of Best Musical Theatre Script.

NAIDOC Awards

Professor Larissa Behrendt won the glorious award of Person of the Year in the The 2009 National NAIDOC week that honours the contribution of  Indigenous Australians.

Larissa Behrendt wrote the introduction to Contemporary Indigenous Plays, available on our website.

AWGIE Award Nominations

The Australian Writers' Guild have announced the nominees for the 42nd annual AWGIE Awards to be presented at Doltone House, Sydney on Friday, August 28. Fabulous Currency Press authors that have received nominations in the Stage category are for; When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell , Ruben Guthrie by Brendan Cowell , and The Modern International Dead by Damien Millar. In the Feature Film Adaptation category nominations are for Bran Nue Dae by Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins with Jimmy Chi and Blessed by Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas.  Noelle Janacaweska has also been nominated in the Radio-Original Broadcast category.


Patrick White Playwrights' Award

Currency Press author, Nicki Bloom, has won the prestigious 2008 Patrick White Playwright's Award for her work, Bloodwood. The $20,000 award was established in 2000 by the Sydney Theatre Company and the Herald in honour of White's contribution to theatre and to foster Australian playwrights. To read more see the article

NSW Premier's Award Winner
A big congratulations to Currency Press author, Daniel Keene, the winner of the Play Award for his work The Serpent's Teeth.

And Currency are delighted to announce that Katharine Brisbane received this year's Special Award for services to Australian literature and theatre.

Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Currency Press wish to congratulate Christos Tsiolkas, who has won the South East Asia and Pacific Best Book prize in this year's Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Slap.

Victorian Community History Award Shortlist
Congratulations to Gabrielle Wolf, author of Make it Australian, who has received a 'commendation' for the 'best print/publication' category of the Victorian Community History Awards 2009

Patrick White Playwright's Award Shortlist
The 2008 shortlist was  announced 15 April at Sydney Theatre Company. Currency Press are delighted to acknowledge our authors who were chosen as part of the 6 shortlisted contenders, Nicki Bloom, Reg Cribb, Tom Holloway and  Ross Mueller
The winner will be announced at Wharf 2 on Saturday, 23 May at 2.15pm by STC Co Artistic Director Andrew Upton, followed by a rehearsed reading of the play by STC artists.

2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Shortlist

The shortlists for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were held on 24 March. This year celebrates thirty years since the award was first initiated. “We never thought it would last thirty years as it seemed so dependant on the interests and inclinations of individual premiers. Many feared sports would take precedence...” said Gill Appleton, one of the judges in the committee.

The shortlist for the Play Award included five Currency Press titles. Congratulations to Andrew Bovell for When the Rain Stops Falling, Brendan Cowell for Ruben Guthrie Tom Holloway for Don’t Say the Words, Daniel Keene for The Serpent’s Teeth and to Damien Millar for  The Modern International Dead. Winners will be announced May 18.

For a complete list of short listed finalists visit here. The winners will be announced at the Awards night held May 18th.

Matilda Awards
The 2009 Brisbane Matilda Awards have announced their winners. Congratulations to Michael Futcher and La Boite Theatre Company for the production of The Wishing Well which won Best Direction. Andrew Buchanan won Best Supporting Actor for The Female of the Species.