Australian Bush Laureate Awards Finalists



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2008 Bush Laureate Finalists announced Finalists have been announced for the 13th Australian Bush Laureate Awards to be presented in Tamworth this January (2008). They are, in alphabetical order... For Book of the Year... “Australian Poems that Would Enchant an Echidna” by Phillip Rush “Bronze Swagman Book of Verse 2006” by various authors (nominated by Winton & Business Tourism Association) “Skycatcher” by David Campbell “Touching Tales” by Carol Heuchan “Wild Brumby Heaven” by Kym Eitel For Album of Year... The Ballad of Sweet Abigail and Other Poems by Vic Jeffries Cowpokes and Indians by Marco Gliori Skycatcher: Selected Readings by David Campbell Through the Horse’s Eyes & Other Poems by Terry Regan Where Else Would a Man Want To Be? by Mark “Bushie” Thompson For Single Recorded Performance of the Year... Blackbeard’s Leap by Terry Regan The Footy Speech by Marco Gliori Gundungurra Man by Gregory North Rain from Nowhere by Murray Hartin A Campfire by Jim Brown Other judged awards to be presented... Children’s Book or CD of the Year and the Judith Hosier Heritage Award. The 2008 Australian Bush Laureate Awards will be staged in the famous Tamworth Town Hall on Tuesday, January 22. A star-studded line-up of bush poets and special guest country artists will appear during the gala awards concert including poets Trisha Anderson, Frank Daniel, Marco Gliori, Murray Hartin, Carol Heuchan, Garry Lowe, Peter Mace, Terry Regan and Noel Stallard with stars Troy Cassar-Daley, Pat Drummond, Amber Lawrence and Michael O’Rourke supported by Melanie Dyer, Casey Watt and compere Jim Haynes. Click here to buy tickets ... also available by phone – 02 6767 5300 – and over the counter at Tamworth Visitor Information Centre, corner Peel and Murray Streets, Tamworth. The Australian Bush Laureate Awards were launched in 1996 to encourage, promote and recognise excellence in Australian Bush Poetry. Each January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, a major presentation concert is staged where the highly sought-after Golden Gumleaf trophies are presented to Australia’s finest bush poets. All nominations must be commercially released and are judged on such criteria as quality of verse, presentation and production, entertainment value and Australian character of the verse.