Wednesday, 5 August 2015
The dates and some of the participating writers for the biennial Eye of the Storm festival in Alice Springs have been announced.The festival, which is run by the Northern Territory...

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
The Northern Territory Library has announced the winners of the Northern Territory Literary Awards.The 2015 winners are:Short story ($1000) ‘It’s a Privilege to Live in Arrernte Country’ (Jo Dutton)  Poetry ($1000)...

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Auckland-based property developer Ockham Residential has taken over sponsorship of the New Zealand Book Awards.The announcement follows the withdrawal of previous sponsor the New Zealand Post Group last year, with a...

Monday, 3 August 2015
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has appointed Catriona Menzies-Pike as its new editor.Menzies-Pike is a former arts editor for the Conversation and managing editor of New Matilda. She has...

Monday, 3 August 2015
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its 11th annual fiction edition.The edition will feature stories from four commissioned writers: UK author S J Watson and...

Monday, 3 August 2015
Books by male authors received on average 58% of coverage in Australia’s major newspapers and literary journals compared to 42% for books by female authors, the 2014 Stella Count has...

Monday, 3 August 2015
An Unsentimental Bloke: The Life and Work of C J Dennis by Philip Butterss (Wakefield Press) has won this year’s National Biography Award, presented by the State Library of New...

Monday, 3 August 2015
The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival has released the full program for its 2015 festival, which runs from 11-13 September in Hobart.Joining Don Watson, Bob Brown, Cate Kennedy and Kathryn...

Friday, 31 July 2015
Wollongong writer Chloe Higgins has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2015 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for her novella ‘Infomercials for Mixing Bowls and Treadmills’.Higgins’ winning novella is...

Thursday, 30 July 2015
Four New Zealand bookshops have received grants of up to $5000 as part of James Patterson’s Australian and New Zealand bookshop grants.The recipients are: Hedleys Bookshop, Masterton Wardini Books, Havelock...

Thursday, 30 July 2015
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2015 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Adult novel Through the Cracks...

Thursday, 30 July 2015
New Zealand author Anna Smaill’s debut dystopian novel The Chimes (Sceptre) is one of 13 titles longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.The full longlist is: Did You Ever Have a...

Thursday, 30 July 2015
Queanbeyan author Omar Musa will be allowed to re-enter his novel Here Come the Dogs (Hamish Hamilton) in the 2015 ACT Book of the Year Award after the government reversed...

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Film rights to Australian author Ann Turner’s debut thriller The Lost Swimmer (S&S) have been optioned by producer Sue Maslin from the production company Film Art Media.Turner will write the...

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The Australian recipients of James Patterson’s Australian and New Zealand bookshop grants have been announced.In total, 70 bookstores received grants of up to $5000 to spend on projects to get...