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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007. For an overview of world literature see 2007 in literature. ''See also:'' 2006 in Australian literature, 2007 in Australia, 2008 in Australian literature. ==Events== *''Surrender'' by Sonya Hartnett, and ''The Book Thief'' by Markus Zusak are named as Honor Books in the 2007 American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.〔(The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature )〕 *"The Guardian" newspaper from the UK reports that Borders plans to sell its Australian stores.〔("The Guardian" 22.03.2007 )〕 *The small township of Clunes, about 20 kilometres north of Ballarat in Victoria, decides to try to set up Australia's first dedicated booktown. The first weekend event takes place on 20 May.〔(Clunes to do it by the book )〕 *AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), the major Australian literature resource for research and teaching housed at the University of Queensland, announces the commencement of "Black Words", a literary website specialising in Australian Indigenous writers and storytellers and their works.〔(New website brings Black Words into focus )〕 *Federal Education minister, Julie Bishop, announces that the Australian Government will allocate funds to A$1.5m to create a Chair of Australian Literature in an Australian university.〔(Bishop creates Aust literature position )〕 *Charlie Rimmer, Group Commercial Manager for Angus and Robertson bookshops, writes to a number of Australian independent publishers indicating that the bookshop chain will refuse to stock their books without compensation.〔(Bookshop chain puts bite on small publishers )〕 *Lonely Planet, the iconic Australian publisher of travel guides, is sold to the commercial division of the BBC in a deal reportedly worth A$200 million.〔(Payday for travellers who forged an empire )〕 *Australia's new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announces a major new literary prize of $100,000 in both fiction and non-fiction categories.〔(Rudd to reward Aussie writers )〕 *Australia-Asia Literary Award established. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007 in Australian literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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