Awards for Melina, Shaun and Emily
And many others. In the first Australian awards of 2009, Melina Marchetta has taken the Aurealis Award for best young adult novel for Finnikin of the Rock. Shaun Tan, Emily Rodda, Alison Goodman and Sean Williams are on the winners podium also.
The Science Fiction Awards blog tells us that the announcement of winners was made on a Twitter feed. Sign of the times.
Full list of Aurealis winners here.
