Hugo Awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 14 August 2017
For the second year running, N K Jemisin has won the Best Novel category at the Hugo Awards for science-fiction and fantasy titles. Jemisin picked up the award for her...
Whitehead wins 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award
Friday, 28 July 2017
Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction for his novel The Underground Railroad (Orbit), reports the Guardian. The Underground Railroad—a ‘fantastic reimagining of US slavery’—has...
Colin Roderick Award 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The shortlisted books in each category are: Picture fiction Circle (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books) The...
Inaugural Readings YA Prize shortlist announced
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Readings Young Adult Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Boone Shepard (Gabriel Bergmoser, Bell Frog Books) Freedom Swimmer (Wai Chim, A&U) The Bone...
Australian Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 29 May 2017
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2017 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 26 May. The winning titles in each category...
Pan Macmillan, NewSouth win industry awards at 2017 ABIAs; ‘The Dry’ named Book of the Year
Friday, 26 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 25 May. Pan Macmillan won Publisher of the Year and was also publisher of the...
Davitt Awards 2017 longlists announced
Friday, 26 May 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 99 titles have been longlisted, including 63...
Nebula Awards 2016 winners announced
Thursday, 25 May 2017
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the winners for the 2016 Nebula Awards, which are presented in 2017. All the Birds in the Sky (Charlie Jane Anders, Titan)...
Inaugural Library Design Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the shortlists for the inaugural Library Design Awards, which aim to showcase the best in contemporary library interiors and exteriors. The...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 22 May. Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press),...
Chidgey wins NZ$50,000 fiction prize at New Zealand Book Awards
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Auckland Writers Festival on 16 May. Catherine Chidgey won the NZ$50,000 (A$46,380) fiction prize...
‘Ruby’ romance awards 2017 finalists announced
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
The finalists for the Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year award, known as ‘the Ruby’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long Romance...
Australian authors shortlisted for Locus Awards
Monday, 15 May 2017
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been named as finalists for the Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing. Garth Nix is a finalist in the young adult category for...
Pan Macmillan, Waterstones among the winners at British Book Awards
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Pan Macmillan has been named Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards for the second time in three years, reports the Bookseller. Pan Macmillan’s consumer sales were up...
Ditmar Awards 2017 ballot announced
Friday, 5 May 2017
The ballot for the 2017 Ditmar Awards was announced on 10 April. The shortlisted works include: Best Novel The Grief Hole (Kaaron Warren, IFWG) The Lyre Thief (Jennifer Fallon, HarperCollins)...
Hawthorne, Henke and Richards receive Vic Supreme Court Inspire Awards
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Writers Susan Hawthorne, Frances Henke and Kate Richards have been presented with Inspire Awards for Best Achievement in Writing, administered by the Victorian Supreme Court’s Funds in Court Division. The...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Vancouver: Wisdom Tree Book...
REAL Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Thursday, 20 April 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards, which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards)...
ABDA Book Design Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book Olmec Obituary...
Aurealis Awards 2016 winners announced
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
The winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia have been announced. The winning titles were: Best Science Fiction Novel Gemina: Illuminae...
Woollahra Council announces new digital writing awards worth $6000
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Woollahra Libraries in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has announced a new national literary award for writing first published online or electronically. Two prizes worth $3000 each will be given to the...
Australians nominated for 2017 Hugo Awards
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
A number of Australians are finalists for the 2017 Hugo Awards for science-fiction. UK-based Australian writer Foz Meadows is a finalist in the category of Best Fan Writer. Meadows is...
CBCA Awards shortlist announced today
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the shortlist for the 2017 Book of the Year Awards at 12pm ESDT today. Books+Publishing will publish a special bulletin with...
‘Inbetween days’ recognised in US Golden Kite Awards
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Vikki Wakefield’s Inbetween Days (Text) has been named a YA honour book in the US Golden Kite Awards for children’s book authors and illustrators. A winner and an honour book...
CBCA Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older Readers* Waer (Meg Caddy, Text) Words...
Metzenthen, Baker nominated for 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Monday, 27 March 2017
David Metzenthen and Jeannie Baker have been nominated by IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Metzenthen...
Ash, Isaac nominated for 2017 RITA Awards
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Melbourne author Madeline Ash has been nominated for the Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2017 RITA Awards for excellence in published romance novels and novellas. Ash, who was also nominated...
‘The Dry’ wins Book of the Year at Indie Book Awards 2017
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Jane Harper’s The Dry has been named Book of the Year at the 2017 Indie Book Awards, presented at the Leading Edge Books Conference in Surfers Paradise on 20 March....
‘The Garret’ shortlisted for Australian podcast awards
Monday, 20 March 2017
The Australian writers podcast ‘The Garret’ has been shortlisted in the inaugural Cast Away Australian Podcast Awards. ‘The Garret’ is the only literary podcast in the running in the ‘Literature,...
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