Crowdfunding campaign for First Nations and POC Writers Count launched
The First Nations and People of Colour Writers (FNPOC) Count has launched a crowdfunding campaign through the Australian Cultural Fund ...
Remiger wins 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize
Tom McLean, writing as Tom Remiger, has won the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished novel for his novel ...
Stella winner ‘The Erratics’ sells to US, Canada
Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell Agency has sold US and Canadian rights in two separate deals to 2019 Stella ...
Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival launches crowdfunding campaign for 2019 event
The organisers of the Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, which is set to run this year from 12–28 July, ...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients
Writers Victoria has announced the fourth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Twelve successful writers, booksellers ...
‘How about setting up a prize for emerging writers over forty? How about one for an emerging writer whose career has been delayed by raising children, caring for parents, making a living, getting an education, being sick.’—Following the announcement there won’t be a Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award winner this year, writer Jane Rawson argues that writers need more recognition for their work.
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