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‘A City on Mars’ wins 2024 Trivedi Science Book Prize

Monday, 28 October 2024
In the UK, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? (Kelly & Zach Weinersmith, Particular Books) has won the...

‘Personal Score’ longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal

Monday, 28 October 2024
Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity by local author Ellen van Neerven (UQP) is among the titles longlisted for the American Library Association’s (ALA) Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction...

Bancroft awarded 2024 Lady Cutler Award

Monday, 28 October 2024
Bronwyn Bancroft is the recipient of the 2024 Lady Cutler Award, a biennial award presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished...

City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2024 winner announced

Friday, 25 October 2024
Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes has won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for his manuscript የተስፋ ፈተና / Trials of Hope. The author receives $15,000 in prize money, a publishing contract with Fremantle...

Pi-O wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award

Friday, 25 October 2024
Victorian-based poet, publisher and editor π.ο. (Pi-O) has won the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award. Born in Greece in 1951, π.ο. immigrated with his family in 1954 to Australia, where they...

Walkley Book Award 2024 longlist announced

Thursday, 24 October 2024
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 69th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The works longlisted for the Walkley Book Award are: Bright Shining (Julia Baird, Fourth...

Industry bodies, creators sign open letter on AI training

Thursday, 24 October 2024
In the UK, a coalition of trade bodies including the Publishers Association, the Society of Authors, Publishers’ Licensing Services, Independent Publishers Guild, Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society and Association of...

Lucashenko, McWilliams win 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Melissa Lucashenko has won the $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize in the adult category for Edenglassie (UQP), while Beverley McWilliams has won the $30,000 children and young adult (CYA) category...

‘Language City’ wins 2024 British Academy Book Prize

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
In the UK, US author writer Ross Perlin has won the £25,000 (A$48,543) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother...

Whitley Awards 2024 winners announced

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winners of the 2024 Whitley Awards, presented for outstanding publications that profile the unique wildlife of the Australasian region. The Whitley Medal,...

Australian, Aotearoa New Zealand titles on 2024 White Ravens list

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Several books by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand authors have been included in the 2024 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. Among the works listed in 2024...

Festivals: Stella, Australian Short Story Festival

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Dates and details for two forthcoming small festivals have been announced. Stella Day Out which took place in Sydney on 19 October, will run in Ballarat on 16 November and...

Teens and the ‘book slump’: Why we should diagnose a situation rather than an identity

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
With multiple reports pointing to a decline in reading for pleasure among young people, school library and research professional Gabrielle Mace argues a change in language could help teens avoid...

Sales coordinator/inside sales account manager, Melbourne

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Wiley We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented and energised sales coordinator looking to take the next step in their career. If you’re working in a similar role...

Murdoch Books acquires Sarah Hayden parenting book

Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to Parenting Different: How to Raise Your Neurodivergent Kids to Be Their Authentic, Awesome Selves by Sarah Hayden. Hayden is a social worker, parenting...

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

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...