2010 Bush Laureate Finalists announced

Finalists have been announced for the 2010 Australian Bush Laureate Awards to be presented in Tamworth this January.

They are, in alphabetical order by poet or performer...

For BOOK OF THE YEAR...

Aussie Country Comedy No 2 by Neil Hulm
Time Is A Traveller by Kevin Pye
I Likes A Laugh by Grahame Watt
Poems Of 2008 by Stephen Whiteside
The Bronze Swagman Book Of Bush Verse 2008 from the Winton Business & Tourism Association Inc

For BUSH POEM OF THE YEAR…

The Pride Of The Hills by Neil Hulm
Requiem For A Pioneer by Max Merckenschlager
Brolga Dreaming by Val Read
The Goomalibee Dance by Grahame Watt
Rebecca And Molly by  Veronica Weal

For ALBUM OF THE YEAR...

Marco Gliori Live At The Warwick Town Hall by Marco Gliori
Jim & Grant Present Australian Comic Rhymed Verse by Jim Haynes & Grant Luhrs
I Say! by Carol Heuchan
Bruce Simpson by Noel Stallard
Jack Thompson: The Bush Poems of AB (Banjo) Paterson by Jack Thompson

For SINGLE RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR...

The Anzac On The Wall by Jim Brown
The Last Pit Pony by Carol Heuchan
Lost Youth by Noel Stallard (poem by Bruce Simpson)
The Man From Snowy River by Jack Thompson (poem by A B (Banjo) Paterson)
Strum by Manfred Vijars
The Wayward Pup by Carmel Wooding (poem by Marco Gliori)

For CHILDREN’S POEM OF THE YEAR...

The Aussie Outback School by Megan Bartlett-Horne
See What I See In The Sea by Noel Stallard
Country Childhood by Stephanie McLaughlin
Mum Rides The Dodgems by Marco Gliori
Apple And The Mandarine by Stephen Whiteside

Also to be announced and presented on the day is the Judith Hosier Heritage Award, for a significant contribution to Australian bush poetry.

The 2010 Australian Bush Laureate Awards will be staged in the famous Tamworth Town Hall at 2pm on Tuesday, January 19.

A star-studded line-up of bush poets will appear during the gala awards concert together with special guest country artists including Brade, Darren Carr, Ashleigh Dallas, Rex Dallas, Melanie Dyer, Ted Egan, Grant Luhrs, Greg North, Paddy Ryan, Greg & Sara Storer, Ami Williamson and compere Jim Haynes.

Tickets are now available at www.tcmf.com.au, by telephoning 02 6767 5300 or over the counter at the Tamworth Visitor Information Centre on the corner of Peel and Murray Streets.

Click here for details of nominated books and CDs.