Somehow in all the Christmas rush I missed the news that the new Aussie government has done something nice for writers, by creating the Prime Minister’s Literary Prize for fiction and non-fiction books. Yay!!! The prize is A$100,000, tax-free, which finally sounds like the kind of money a great writer deserves to get.

At the moment the funding is only in place for the next four years – but let’s hope it goes long enough that maybe in 10 or 20 years one of my books can be in the running for the PM’s Prize. Have to think positive!