NBC $5000 Awards for Australian Literature

Entries for these Awards close on 31 July 1979. Entry forms and copies of the rules are available from the National Book Council, 71 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000.

This year the Awards will be presented in Canberra on Friday 12 October at the Awards Dinner, which will also mark the official opening of Australian Book Week. The Awards will be presented by His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cowen.