The Sydney Morning Herald‘s literary editor, Susan Wyndham, has picked up some points Honest History made in response to Colin Steele’s report about the manipulation of literary prizes: three of the winners after prime ministerial intervention were books about military history; we wondered whether war books got a special deal in awards, as the Australian War Memorial does in funding; we noted, however, that there have been an awful lot of military history books around in recent decades. (That last clause could be restructured and still be true.)
16 February 2016
