Readings Children’s Book Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Readings Children’s Book Prize has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted books are: The Bookseller’s Apprentice (Amelia Mellor, Affirm) The Eerie Excavation (An Alice England...
Stubbs wins 2023 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Monday, 21 August 2023
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Jenny Stubbs as the 2023 recipient of the Nan Chauncy Award. Named after the Tasmanian children’s author, the biennial Nan Chauncy...
Inaugural TikTok Book Awards winners
Monday, 21 August 2023
In the UK, Bolu Babalola's Honey & Spice (Headline Review) has won the BookTok Book of the Year prize at the inaugural TikTok Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. Babalola won...
KYD announces 2023 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize shortlist
Monday, 21 August 2023
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize. Eight essays appear in this year’s shortlist: ‘Here We Go Round’ (Anna Burns) ‘The...
CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced
Friday, 18 August 2023
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards. The winning books in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in...
Educational Publishing Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Friday, 18 August 2023
The titles shortlisted for the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The shortlisted categories include: Primary: Student Resource—English (Literacy/Literature/Language) Australian Primary Oxford Integrated Dictionary & Thesaurus 4E...
Heath wins 2023 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Friday, 18 August 2023
Victorian writer Rowan Heath has won the 2023 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for their piece ‘The Mannequin’. Receiving a prize of $6000, Heath was shortlisted...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 17 August 2023
The shortlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $30,000 and is administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James...
Langshaw named 2023 Rising Star
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Pantera commissioning editor Tom Langshaw has been named the Australian Publishers Association (APA) 2023 Rising Star. Langshaw was chosen by the selection panel from a shortlist of five that also...
RWA announces 2023 Ruby winners
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the Ruby Awards. The winners in each category are: Romantic...
Australian Short Story Festival announces new mentorship opportunity
Monday, 14 August 2023
The Australian Short Story Festival has announced a new opportunity for an emerging Australian writer to complete a three-month mentorship with award-winning Irish short story writer and playwright Paul McVeigh,...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults winners announced
Friday, 11 August 2023
The winners of the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced, with each category winner receiving NZ$7500 and the best first book award winner...
Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 10 August 2023
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Best nonfiction finalists The...
Sharjah International Book Fair to present inaugural translation rights awards
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) has announced two new awards for publishing rights professionals selling translation rights, to be presented during the 2023 SIBF Publishers Conference, which runs from 29...
Priest wins 2023 National Biography Award for ‘My Tongue Is My Own’
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Ann-Marie Priest has won the 2023 National Biography Award for My Tongue Is My Own: A life of Gwen Harwood (La Trobe University Press). Priest wins $25,000, while the other shortlisted authors...
Inaugural Pearl Prize to be presented during Midsumma
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Queer arts and cultural organisation Midsumma has announced the inaugural Pearl Prize: Writers Award, presented with independent publisher Osbourne and Fawkner Publishing, which will be awarded at the 2024 Midsumma...
Ned Kelly Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 August 2023
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlisted titles for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlists for the awards’ four categories include the following titles: Best true...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 August 2023
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize Elizabeth and John:...
Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance We Come with...
Booker Prize 2023 longlist announced
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Booker Prize has been announced. The 13 books longlisted for the £50,000 (A$96,700) prize are: A Spell of Good Things (Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Canongate) Old God’s...
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlist announced
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Black Wax’ by Winter Bel (France/UK) ‘The Mannequin’ by Rowan Heath (Victoria) ‘Our...
Inaugural DANZ award to celebrate diverse children’s fiction
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
The new biennial DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children's Book Award has been established 'to recognise, award, and celebrate diverse children’s fiction'. In partnership with the Australian...
Rewell wins 2023 Furphy Literary Award
Monday, 31 July 2023
The winners of the 2023 Furphy Literary Award have been announced. Journalist and copywriter Jen Rewell won this year's $15,000 award for ‘Away to Me’, which judges described as an...
Nib Literary Award 2023 longlist announced
Monday, 31 July 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: An Intimate History of Evolution: The story of the...
Davitt Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult novel Release...
Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin for ‘Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens’
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Shankari Chandran has won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (Ultimo). Chosen from a shortlist of six announced in June,...
NZ book trade awards: Lamplight wins Bookshop of the Year, A&U wins Publisher of the Year
Monday, 24 July 2023
The winners of the Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards, held 24 July in Rotorua, have been announced. Auckland bookstore Lamplight Books won the Bookshop of the Year award. Judges described...
Shaw wins 2023 Michael Gifkins prize
Monday, 24 July 2023
Author and editor Tina Shaw has been awarded the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer. Chosen from a shortlist of five, Shaw wins...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2023 longlist announced
Thursday, 20 July 2023
The longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $30,000 and is administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James...
Hodge awarded 2023 Marion fellowship
Thursday, 20 July 2023
Lardil and Yangkaal writer Maya Hodge has been awarded the inaugural Marion fellowship for 2023, the ACT writing organisation has announced. Marion said Hodge’s ‘writing practice is not just a...
