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FALS announces Rowland Manuscript Development Grant winner

Terri-ann White Wednesday, 4 February 2026
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) has named Terri-ann White as recipient of the $5000 PF Rowland Manuscript Development Grant, which is offered annually to support a book project....

Aurealis Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Cover of 'Letters to Our Robot Son' Monday, 2 February 2026
The 2025 finalists in the Aurealis Awards, which recognise “the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers”, have been announced. Awards are presented across 15 categories: Best Children’s...

Roly Sussex short story winners announced

Photo of Roly Sussex in front of bookshelves. Friday, 30 January 2026
The Queensland Branch of the English-Speaking Union (ESU) has named the 7 writers recognised in the 14th Roly Sussex Short Story Competition. The stories and their authors are: Open Division...

Ockham 2026 longlists announced

The ockham new zealand book awards logo. Thursday, 29 January 2026
The longlists for this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction 1985 (Dominic Hoey, Penguin) All...

Australians shortlisted in 2026 Edgar Awards

Thursday, 29 January 2026
Australian authors are among the finalists in this year’s Edgar Allan Poe Awards, presented by Mystery Writers of America. Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore (Penguin) was shortlisted for Best Novel,...

Authors recognised in Australian of the Year awards

Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Ultramarathon runner Nedd Brockmann and tour guide Sita Sargeant, both published authors, have been named in this year’s Australian of the Year awards. Brockmann is the recipient of the Young...

Publishers, writers among Australia Day Honours 

Australia Day Honours logo. Tuesday, 27 January 2026
A number of authors, publishers and literary workers have been recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours. Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the General Division...

Hazel Rowley Fellowship shortlist announced

Photo of Hazel Rowley Thursday, 22 January 2026
Nine Australian writers have been shortlisted for this year’s $20,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. Della Rowley, sister of the late biographer Hazel Rowley, said, “We had a record number of...

Local authors feature in UK and US shortlists 

Cover of Geraldine Brooks's 'Memorial Days'. Thursday, 22 January 2026
Clark recognised on Duff Cooper shortlist In the UK, Oxford-based Australian historian Christopher Clark is among the finalists in the 2025 Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize. The prize recognises the...

Indie Book Awards 2026 shortlists announced

The logo for the Indie Book Awards. Wednesday, 14 January 2026
The shortlists for the 2026 Indie Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from the longlist announced in December, the shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)...

Newcastle Short Story Award 2025 winners announced 

Tuesday, 13 January 2026
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners for this year’s Newcastle Short Story Award. First prize ($3000)  “Solastalgia” by Liz Allan Second prize ($1500) “Migration” by Cassie Hamer Third...

Sharwood’s ‘Kosciuszko’ recognised in Polish awards 

Cover of Anthony Sharwood's 'Kosciusko'. Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Anthony Sharwood’s Kosciuszko: The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain (Hachette) has received 3rd prize in a competition launched by Poland’s foreign affairs minister to recognise history books...

Sussex story awards shortlists released 

Photo of Roly Sussex in front of bookshelves. Tuesday, 13 January 2026
The shortlisted writers in the 2 divisions of the 2025 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition, run by the Queensland Branch of the English-Speaking Union (ESU, have been announced. The $10,500...

Contestable Fund recipients announced

Recipients of the Contestable Fund Grants. Tuesday, 13 January 2026
In New Zealand Aotearoa, the Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has announced the recipients of the Copyright Licensing New Zealand Contestable Fund Grants. Of the 59...

Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist

A collection if five headshots of the poets shortlisted for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize shortlist. Monday, 12 January 2026
Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. Chosen from a longlist announced in December 2025, the shortlisted poets are: J Andros (United States)...

Gunaydin named Parramatta’s laureate in literature

Photo of writer Eda Gunaydin. Monday, 12 January 2026
Eda Gunaydin has been named the 2025 Parramatta Laureate in Literature. Gunaydin is a Turkish-Australian essayist and fiction writer who grew up in Western Sydney’s Blacktown. Her first essay collection, Root...

Poetry in Translation Prize shortlist announced

An image of Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions logos. Friday, 12 December 2025
Publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions have announced the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize. Chosen from 259 submissions in more than 55 languages, the shortlisted titles...

2026 Faber Writing Scholarships announced

Photos of seven authors, whose names are given in caption below. Thursday, 11 December 2025
The Faber Writing Academy (FWA) has named the recipients of the 2026 Faber Writing Scholarships. The recipients are: Paff Evara (to attend Writing a Creative Nonfiction), a Black lesbian writer...

Arts Queensland Poetry Award winners announced

Queensland Writers Centre logo Wednesday, 10 December 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced the winners of this year’s Arts Queensland Poetry Awards. The winners in each category are: Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize for Indigenous Poetry Winner ($3500...

Indie Book Awards 2026 longlists announced

The logo for the Indie Book Awards. Tuesday, 9 December 2025
The longlist for the 2026 Indie Book Awards has been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Lyrebird (Jane Caro, A&U) Gravity Let Me Go (Trent Dalton, Fourth...

Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2026 longlist announced

ABR logo Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the longlist for the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize. The longlisted poets are: J Andros (United States) Jamil Badi (Vic.) Daragh Byrne (NSW) Elena Croitoru-Reed...

Copyright Agency announces latest Cultural Fund grants

An image of the Copyright Agency cultural fund logo. Thursday, 4 December 2025
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the recipients of funding in its final round for 2025, including 3 new publishing fellowships. Launched earlier this year, the revamped publishing fellowships “are...

2025 Wolfson History Prize goes to Durkin’s “Survivors” 

Cover of Hannah Durkin’s 'Survivors'. Wednesday, 3 December 2025
In the UK, historian Hannah Durkin has won the £50,000 (A$100,570) Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins), reported the Bookseller.  The...

Waterstones names 2025 books of the year 

Cover of Lucy Steeds’s The Artist showing still life painting of fruit and flowers. Monday, 1 December 2025
In the UK, the Waterstones bookselling group has named Lucy Steeds’s The Artist (John Murray) as its Book of the Year, with Mikey Please’s The Café at the Edge of...

MidnightSun Publishing launches picture book prize

An image of the MidnightSun picture book proze logo. Monday, 1 December 2025
MidnightSun Publishing has announced the MidnightSun Picture Book Prize, a new manuscript prize for emerging or established picture book writers across Australia. Entries are open until 25 December, with the...

Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak”

Cover of Rick Morton’s 'Mean Streak'. Monday, 1 December 2025
Mean Streak (Fourth Estate), Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal, has won this year’s Walkley Book Award. Judges said, “Mean Streak is a riveting and detailed exposition of government...

 

 

 

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