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The Iremonger Award

The Iremonger Award for Writing on Public Issues is an annual Australian literary prize that was awarded from 2003 to 2009 by Australian publisher Allen & Unwin to commemorate publisher and author John Iremonger and "foster the sort of ideas that he was so good at cultivating". The award is made "for works of political, social and cultural commentary with contemporary Australian relevance" and offers a prize of $10,000 as well as guaranteed publication, royalties and editorial support.

John Iremonger
John Iremonger, who died of cancer in August 2002, Iremonger's career at Allen & Unwin lasted 22 years, which included a four-year break to run Melbourne University Press. He was also an editor of the ANU Historical Journal in 1966, and a member of the editorial committee in 1967. "He had an enormous impact on Australian publishing. He had a deeply inquiring mind, a strong sense of what was right and wrong and a deep human compassion". ==Winners==
Winners
• 2004: Australian Heartlands: Making Space for Hope in the Suburbs by Brendan Gleeson ==Notes==
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