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The Arts Minister John Day says the prize has now been scrapped. Instead, he says the government will increase the prize money for the Premier's Book Awards.
"The State Government is now under a lot more pressure than was the case two years ago and there is simply not the ability to continue that sort of prize in the longer term."
"So we've made the decision to increase the funding that will be going into the WA Premier's Book Awards and to increase the status of those awards and I think that that is really the best outcome."
The Australia-Asia Literary Award is gone but a little more money will put toward the Premier's Book Awards. The top prize money for the Premier's Awards is being increased from $27,000 to $40,000.
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Stan Lee Talks Spider-Man Changes
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Anthony Peckham to Recive WGA West Paul Selvin Award
Varietyreports that the Writers Guild of America West will honor Invictus screenwriter Anthony Peckham as recipient of its Paul Selvin Award. The award honors work which promotes civil liberties and constitutional rights.
Peckham will receive the kudo at the Writers Guild Awards' West Coast ceremonies on Feb. 20 at the Century Plaza. Previous recipients include Allison Cross, Gary Ross, Cynthia Whitcomb, David E. Kelley, Eric Roth, Michael Mann, Jason Horwitch, Don Payne, Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro, and most recently, Dustin Lance Black for "Milk."
"Anthony Peckham's screenplay for Invictus perfectly illustrates what the Paul Selvin Award stands for, expertly conveying how only a few men can unite to impact positive change, and have that change resonate around the world," said WGA West president John Wells.
The Invictus screenplay is based upon the book Playing the Enemy.
Peckham, a native of South Africa, co-wrote the hit Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey, Jr. Invictus garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Morgan Freeman for his portrayal of Nelson Mandela, but the film was snubbed in both screenplay categories and in the Best Picture category.
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Avatar, Hurt Locker Lead Oscar Race
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Anne Hathaway. Here are the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay:
Adapted screenplay:
District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing), Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education (Sony Pictures Classics), Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop (IFC Films), Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate), Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) , Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Original screenplay:
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger (Oscilloscope Laboratories), Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man (Focus Features), Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Sir Terry Pratchett Calls for Euthanasia Tribunals
Bestselling British author Terry Pratchett will deliver the Dimbleby Lecture tonight on the BBC. His topic is a controversial one: euthanasia. Pratchett, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, argues that there should be euthanasia panels which would rule yea or nay on proposed assisted suicides. Pratchett believes that those with incurable illnesses have the right to end their own lives without fear of their families being tried for murder if they assist.
In his lecture, Shaking Hands With Death, the author will volunteer to be a test case before a euthanasia tribunal himself.
The tribunal panels would include a legal expert in family matters and a doctor with experience of serious long-term illness.
"If granny walks up to the tribunal and bangs her walking stick on the table and says 'Look, I've really had enough, I hate this bloody disease, and I'd like to die thank you very much young man', I don't see why anyone should stand in her way."
He said there was no evidence from countries where assisted dying is allowed of granny being coerced into dying so relatives could get their hands on her money.
"Choice is very important in this matter. But there will be some probably older, probably wiser GPs, who will understand. The tribunal would be acting for the good of society as well as that of the applicant -- and ensure they are of sound and informed mind, firm in their purpose, suffering from a life-threatening and incurable disease and not under the influence of a third party.
"If I knew that I could die, I would live. My life, my death, my choice."
Pratchett is the first novelist to be invited to give the Richard Dimbleby Lecture, which is an annual BBC event in honor of the British broadcaster. The Guardian says that polls in England show support for Pratchett's views. Assisted suicide is still illegal in England.
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