Winners announced for PM’s Literary Awards 2019
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
The winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones, Text) Nonfiction Half...
Chadwick, McMillan win 2019 Polari Prizes
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
In the UK, writers Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan have won the 2019 Polari Prizes for work that explores the LGBT experience, reports the Bookseller. Now in its ninth year,...
Deborah Cass Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Deniz Agraz for ‘Rosewater’ Michelle Almiron...
Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Furious Hours: Murder, fraud...
‘The Glad Shout’ wins 2019 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Alice Robinson’s second novel, The Glad Shout (Affirm), has won the 2019 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. The Glad Shout was chosen from a shortlist of six by a...
Twelve Australians nominated for 2020 Astrid Lindgren Award
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Twelve Australian authors, illustrators and organisations have been announced as candidates for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's richest prize for children's literature. The Australian candidates are: Randa...
‘Message in a Sock’ wins children’s book award
Monday, 21 October 2019
Picture book Message in a Sock (Kaye Baillie, illus by Narelda Joy, MidnightSun) has won a Northern Lights Book Award for children’s books that ‘excel in aesthetic and literary qualities...
Benson’s ‘Vertigo & Ghost’ wins Forward Poetry Prize
Monday, 21 October 2019
Fiona Benson’s poetry collection Vertigo & Ghost (Cape Poetry) has won the £10,000 (A$18,846) Forward Prize for best poetry collection, reports the Guardian. Vertigo & Ghost explores vulnerability and rage,...
US$75k Cundill History Prize 2019 finalists announced
Friday, 18 October 2019
The three finalists for the Cundill History Prize have been announced. Chosen from a shortlist of eight, the finalists are: Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi persecution and the quest for justice (Mary...
Walkley Book Award 2019 longlist announced
Friday, 18 October 2019
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2019 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Rusted Off: Why country Australia is fed up (Gabrielle Chan, Vintage) Banking Bad (Adele Ferguson, ABC Books) The Hunt...
‘Supper Club’ wins 2019 Not the Booker
Thursday, 17 October 2019
English writer Lara Williams has won the Guardian’s 2019 Not the Booker Prize for her debut novel Supper Club (Hamish Hamilton). For the second year running, the judges overruled the public...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2019 White Ravens list
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Several books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2019 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles on the...
Lawyer Stewart Levitt launches $20,000 poetry prize
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Human rights lawyer Stewart Levitt has launched the biennial $20,000 Levitt Indigenous Poetry Prize for poems that ‘reflect Indigenous social, personal and political issues’. Entrants need not be Indigenous or...
Shortlist for India’s JCB Prize for Literature announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
The shortlist for India's richest literary award, the Rs 2.5 million (A$51,800) JCB Prize for Literature, has been announced. The shortlisted works of fiction are: Ib’s Endless Search for Satisfaction...
Scrivenor wins 2019 Ray Koppe Residency
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Hayley Scrivenor has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2019 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for her manuscript ‘The Push Back’. Scrivenor’s manuscript tells the story of a young...
Phil Roberts wins Victorian Premier’s History Award for ‘Avenue of Memories’
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Phil Roberts has won the third Victorian Premier’s History Award, worth $5000, for Avenue of Memories, published by Ballarat Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour Committee. The award was...
Atwood, Evaristo tie for Booker Prize 2019
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
The 2019 Booker Prize has been jointly awarded to Bernadine Evaristo for Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton) and Margaret Atwood for The Testaments (Chatto & Windus). It is the third...
Shortlists for Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes announced
Monday, 14 October 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The shortlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in...
Tokarczuk, Handke awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature
Friday, 11 October 2019
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian writer Peter Handke have been awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature, after the Swedish Academy postponed the 2018 prize following sexual assault allegations. Tokarczuk received...
Voss Literary Prize 2019 longlist announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) Book of Colours (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate) The Making of Martin...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
National Book Award 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
In the US, the shortlists for the 2019 National Book Award have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Trust Exercise (Susan Choi, Serpent’s Tail) Sabrina & Corina: Stories (Kali Fajardo-Anstine, One...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2019 announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, worth NZ$60,000 (A$56,160) each. Novelist, essayist and biographist Elizabeth Knox will be honoured in...
Richell Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 October 2019
Hachette Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: 'The Earth Starts Talking' (Ayla Black) 'The Blind Pussy...
‘Zobi and the Zoox: A story of coral bleaching’ awarded Whitley Medal 2019
Friday, 4 October 2019
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winner of the 2019 Whitley Awards, presented for outstanding publications that profile the unique wildlife of the Australasian region. The Whitley Medal,...
Goldsmiths Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 3 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the £10,000 (A$18,300) Goldsmiths Prize, which rewards fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form’, has been announced. The...
No David Unaipon Award to be presented this year
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Judges for this year’s Queensland Literary Awards won’t choose a shortlist or winner for this year’s David Unaipon Award, presented to an outstanding manuscript by an unpublished Aboriginal or Torres...
Queensland Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of state significance ($25,000) The...
Giller Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 (A$112,000) 2019 Giller Prize for the best Canadian fiction published in English has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Immigrant City (David Bezmozgis,...
IBBY Australia names Atkins, Kennedy for 2020 Honour List
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
IBBY Australia has selected writer Clare Atkins and illustrator Lisa Kennedy for the 2020 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. Atkins was selected for the writing...
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