{"id":67436,"date":"2017-01-09T12:17:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=67436"},"modified":"2017-01-19T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:37:09","slug":"vote-heat1-australias-favourite-author-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/vote-heat1-australias-favourite-author-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE NOW in Heat 1: Who Are Your Favourite Australian Authors?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* All Heats have closed *<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Finals commence on Monday, 16 January at 12pm (AEDT)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The time has come to vote<\/strong> for Australia’s Favourite Australian Authors!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, thousands of you took to social media to nominate your favourite Australian authors in Booktopia\u2019s annual reader poll. Nominations have now closed, and they’ve been tallied up, with the top contenders now ready to face off in a series of heats, one every day this week.<\/p>\n

Vote in Heat 1 now!<\/strong> Vote for as many authors as you like until 9am tomorrow. Heat 2 commences 12pm tomorrow…<\/p>\n

This is your chance to champion your favourites and catapult them into next week\u2019s finals. So what are you waiting for? Get voting!<\/p>\n

PRIZE: If you vote with your email address, you\u2019ll go into the running to win a $1000 RRP book pack!<\/strong><\/p>\n

* All Heats have closed *<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Finals commence on Monday, 16 January at 12pm (AEDT)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Nominated authors featured in this heat\u00a0were:<\/strong> A L Tait, A. B. Facey, Adam Spencer, Alan Baxter, Alison Croggon, Andrew McGahan, Andrew P Street, Anna Spargo-Ryan, Anne Gracie, Annie Seaton, Arthur Upfield, Barbara Hannay, Beck Nicholas, Bernard Keane, Bryce Courtenay, C.S Pacat, Candace Dowds, Carmen Jenner, Cath Crowley, Cath Ferla, Cathryn Hein, Charlotte Nash, Christopher Koch, CJ Duggan, Daniel O’Malley, Darren Groth, David Malouf, David Michie, Derek Hansen, Di Morrissey, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Duncan Ball, Duncan McNab, Ellen Van Neerven, Elliot Perlman, Emma Viskic, Evan Green, Fiona Higgins, Fiona McIntosh, Gabrielle Tozer, Gabrielle Wang, Gail Jones, Garry Disher, Garth Nix, Gary Kemble, Gavin McCormack, Genevieve Gannon, Geoffrey Blainey, George Ivanoff, George Johnston, Georgina Penny, Geraldine Brooks, Glenda Larke, Greg Egan, Hazel Edwards, Helen Razer, Ian Irvine, Inga Simpson, J.C. Burke, James Roy, Jane Gleeson-White, Jane Harper, Janette Turner Hospital, Jay Kristoff, Jay McLean, Jeannie Gunn, Jennifer Scoullar, John Marsden, Karen Brooks, Kat T Masen, Kate Forsyth, Liane Moriarty, Mark Tedeschi, Markus Zusak, Matthew Condon, Melissa Ashley, Miles Franklin, Morris West, Nick Bland, Nina Levine, Pamela Allen, Peter Carey, Rachael Johns, Rosanne Hawke, Tim Winton, Trudi Canavan, Vanessa Carnevale, Vikki Wakefield, Xavier Herbert, Yassmin Abdel-Magied<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* All Heats have closed * The Finals commence on Monday, 16 January at 12pm (AEDT) The time has come to vote for Australia’s Favourite Australian Authors! Last week, thousands of you took to social media to nominate your favourite Australian authors in Booktopia\u2019s annual reader poll. Nominations have now closed, and they’ve been tallied up, with the top contenders now ready to face off in a series of heats, one every day this week. Vote in Heat 1 now! Vote for as many authors as you like until 9am tomorrow. Heat 2 commences 12pm tomorrow… This is your chance to champion your favourites and catapult them into next week\u2019s finals. So what are you waiting for? Get voting! PRIZE: If you vote with your email address, you\u2019ll go into the running to win a $1000 RRP book pack! * All Heats have closed * The Finals commence on Monday, 16 January at 12pm (AEDT)   Nominated authors featured in this heat\u00a0were: A L Tait, A. B. Facey, Adam Spencer, Alan Baxter, Alison Croggon, Andrew McGahan, Andrew P Street, Anna Spargo-Ryan, Anne Gracie, Annie Seaton, Arthur Upfield, Barbara Hannay, Beck Nicholas, Bernard Keane, Bryce Courtenay, C.S Pacat, Candace Dowds, Carmen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":67439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,73],"tags":[709,7178,6406,7179],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Social-Media-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67436"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68045,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67436\/revisions\/68045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}