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Readings Prize 2024 winners announced

Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Readings has announced the winners of the 2024 Readings Prize in each category and the winner of the Gab Williams Prize. The winning titles are: New Australian Fiction Prize Thanks...

Nix wins best novel at 2024 Ditmar Awards

Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Ditmar Awards were announced on 7 October, as part of the Australian national science fiction convention ‘Conflux 18’ in Canberra. The winning works include: Best novel The...

Kitching, Pickens awarded in Laurel Prize

Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among prize recipients for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The 2024 winners are:...

Arts and Disability Initiative funds literature recipients

Creative Australia logo Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Four literature recipients are among Creative Australia’s Arts and Disability Initiative, which supports 10 projects overall, with funding totalling $300,000. The successful recipients related to writing and illustration are: Anthony...

Nakata Brophy Prize 2024 shortlist announced

The logo for Overland, with the word written in green font. Monday, 21 October 2024
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for the best poem by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted works, selected by judges Karen Wyld and Eugenia...

Rossell wins 2024 Albert Ullin Award

Monday, 21 October 2024
Melbourne author and illustrator Judith Rossell is the recipient of the 2024 Albert Ullin Award, worth $10,000. The prize judging panel said: ‘It is Rossell’s profound love for creating stories...

Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards 2024 winners announced

NT Book Award winners Monday, 21 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hush (Ciella Williams, Playlab Theatre) Nonfiction Living in Tin: The...

Richell Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Thursday, 17 October 2024
Hachette Australia and the Richell family, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and Simpsons Solicitors, has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The...

James awarded 2024 ASA Medal

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann James is the recipient of the 2024 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian...

South Australian Literary Awards 2024 winners announced

Shannon Burns Childhood Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards have been announced. The debut memoir of Adelaide author Shannon Burns, Childhood (Text), has won the Premier’s Award for the best...

Paragraph Fellowship inaugural shortlist announced

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Paragraph Fellowship has been announced by the new Time to Write initiative. Shortlisted works are: ‘Decadence’ by Hossein Asgari ‘The Heron’ by Jessica Au ‘Reasons...

Head of digital strategy, Melbourne

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Kill Your Darlings Kill Your Darlings seeks an experienced and energetic head of digital strategy to grow our online magazine readership, membership base, enews subscriber numbers and participation in other...

National accounts coordinator: DDS, Sydney

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our sales team in the role of national accounts coordinator: DDS. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about...

Publicity and marketing assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
NewSouth NewSouth is seeking an organised and highly motivated publicity and marketing assistant to join its collaborative and creative communications team. This entry-level position is perfect for someone looking to...

Marahuyo awarded 2024 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship

J Marahuyo Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Writing NSW has awarded its 2024 Varuna fellowship to J Marahuyo for her poetry manuscript ‘Disclosure of Violence’. ‘Disclosure of Violence’ was described by the judges as a ‘deeply affecting...

Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature

Han Kang Monday, 14 October 2024
South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’. Han...

Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2024 longlist

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Odd Couple: The Australia-America Relationship (Allan Behm, Upswell) Quarterly Essay...

Kitching, Pickens shortlisted in Laurel Prize

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among those shortlisted for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The shortlisted titles are:...

US audiobook fiction up 61.8% in July

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
In the US, Publishers Weekly (PW) reports that digital audio sales jumped significantly in the month of July, compared to the same time the previous year, based on total sales...

CABI list represented in ANZ book trade

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
CABI has reached an agreement with Gardners Books UK for Gardners to market the CABI list into the ANZ book marketplace. The arrangement will see International Books & Publishers represent...

Head of digital strategy, Melbourne

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Kill Your Darlings Kill Your Darlings seeks an experienced and energetic head of digital strategy to grow our online magazine readership, membership base, enews subscriber numbers and participation in other...

 

 

 

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