Thaker awarded 2021 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Torres Strait Islander storyteller Lenora Thaker has won the 2021 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship. Thaker is the first Torres Strait Islander writer to win the Boundless Indigenous Mentorship, which was launched in...
‘Now That I See You’ wins 2021 Vogel
Monday, 3 May 2021
Now That I See You by Canberra author Emma Batchelor is the winner of this year's $20,000 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age...
Day wins 2021 Nature Writing Prize
Friday, 30 April 2021
Gregory Day has won the 2021 Nature Writing Prize for his work 'The Watergaw'. Dave Witty was highly commended for 'The Lone Tree of Mackay', and Michael Bradley received an...
Vogel Award 2021 shortlist announced, winner announced today
Friday, 30 April 2021
The shortlist has been announced for the 2021 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of 35. The three titles on this year’s shortlist are:...
‘Phosphorescence’ wins 2021 ABIA Book of the Year
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. In the business awards, Penguin Random House Australia won publisher of the year while the University of...
UWAP announces 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The winner receives a cash prize of $10,000, as well as manuscript development...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 winners announced
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Ellen van Neerven has scooped the 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with their poetry collection Throat (UQP). Van Neerven’s collection was awarded the overall $10,000 book of the year award,...
Liminal, Pantera establish $10,000 nonfiction prize
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Liminal magazine and Pantera Press have announced a new nonfiction writing prize for First Nations writers and writers of colour. The winner of the Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize receives...
Creative NZ Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary recipient announced
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Emma Hislop has been named the recipient of of Creative New Zealand's 2021 Louis Johnson New Writer's Bursary, valued at NZ$11,000 (A$10,200). Hislop is a Taranaki-based writer whose work has...
Macky, Ballantyne to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; ABIA business awards shortlists announced
Monday, 19 April 2021
Bookseller Mandy Macky and children's publisher Maryann Ballantyne will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Wednesday, 28 April. Macky will...
Zable honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
Monday, 19 April 2021
Arnold Zable has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, which ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding...
Australians, New Zealander shortlisted for 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Four Australians and one New Zealander are among the finalists for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Australian and New Zealand authors shortlisted are: A N King for ‘The...
Jeffrey wins 2020 Anne Elder Award for ‘Dead Bolt’
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Australian Poetry has named Ella Jeffrey as the winner of the 2020 Anne Elder Award for her debut poetry collection Dead Bolt (Puncher & Wattmann). 'Ella Jeffery’s Dead Bolt is an...
‘As Fast as I Can’ wins Readings Children’s Book Prize 2021
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Penny Tangey's middle-grade novel As Fast as I Can (UQP) has won the 2021 Readings Children's Book Prize. Readings bookseller and prize judge Clare Millar writes that the judging panel were...
ABIA 2021 shortlists announced
Monday, 12 April 2021
The shortlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Dictionary of Lost Words...
ABIA Rising Stars 2021 shortlist announced
Friday, 9 April 2021
The shortlist for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2021 Rising Star of the Year Award has been announced. The Rising Star Award is given to an emerging talent in...
Rowe named New York Public Library Cullman Center fellow
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Australian writer Josephine Rowe has been named one of the 2021–2022 fellows of New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. Rowe is one...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
The shortlists for the Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Shortlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best Designed Commercial...
Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
The finalists for the 2020 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The finalists are: Best horror novel Soul Survivor (Daniel de...
Evans, Chun, Dabarera win Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards
Thursday, 1 April 2021
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of the inaugural Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards. The winners in each category are: Established Illustrator Award...
New writing prize for Western Sydney
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
WestWords and WestLit Libraries have announced a new writing competition for Western Sydney residents. With a prize pool of over $10,000, supported by Create NSW as part of Arts Restart,...
CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its 2021 Book of the Year shortlists. The shortlisted books in each category are: Older readers The End of the World...
Finnigan awarded inaugural Māori and Pasifika Publishing Scholarship
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Luke Finnigan has been awarded the inaugural Māori and Pasifika Publishing Scholarship. The scholarship, created by a collaboration between Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd and Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRH...
National Book Critics Circle Awards winners announced
Monday, 29 March 2021
In the US, the winners of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards have been announced. The winners include: Fiction Hamnet (Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press) Nonfiction Island on Fire: The...
Stella Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Thursday, 25 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Fathoms: The world in the whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts (S...
Australians comprise majority of Walter Scott Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Three out of the five books shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,900) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction are by Australian authors. The five shortlisted novels are: The Tolstoy Estate (Steven Conte,...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) A Room Made of Leaves (Kate...
ARA Historical Novel Prize adds children and young adult category, prize money totals $100,000
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The Historical Novel Society of Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, has announced that the ARA Historical Novel Prize will incorporate a category for...
‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ wins 2021 Indie Book of the Year
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Pip Williams's debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words (Affirm) has been named Book of the Year at the 2021 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books. The winning...
Varuna announces new fellowships for writers with disability
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Varuna, the National Writers' House in Katoomba, NSW has partnered with NSW’s peak arts and disability organisation Accessible Arts to deliver a new fellowship program for 12 NSW writers with...
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