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Evans, Doucet win 2026 Women’s Prizes

Monday, 15 June 2026
In the UK, the 2026 Women’s Prizes have been announced. US novelist Virginia Evans has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction for The Correspondent (Michael Joseph) and Canadian journalist Lyse...

McCaulay wins 2026 RSL Ondaatje Prize 

Thursday, 4 June 2026
Jamaican writer Diana McCaulay has won the £10,000 Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize for A House for Miss Pauline (Dialogue Books), reports the Bookseller. On winning the prize that...

Lewis, Daut win James Tait Black prizes

James Tait Black prize logo. Tuesday, 2 June 2026
In the UK, Shady Lewis and Marlene L Daut have been awarded the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography, respectively.  Lewis was awarded the fiction prize for the...

“Taiwan Travelogue” wins 2026 International Booker Prize

Cover of Taiwan Travelogue Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Taiwanese author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ has won the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$94,300) for Taiwan Travelogue (translated by Lin King, Scribe), reported the Bookseller. The International Booker Prize is awarded...

Debevec-McKenney wins 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize

Cover of Joy is My Middle Name Monday, 18 May 2026
US poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney has been awarded the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut collection, Joy Is My Middle Name (Fitzcarraldo), reports the Bookseller. The book was chosen...

“Nobody’s Girl” among Fingerprint Awards shortlistees

Tuesday, 12 May 2026
In the UK, the posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl (Doubleday) by the late Australia-based author Virginia Roberts Giuffre, co-written with Amy Wallace, has been shortlisted in the Fingerprint Awards. Nobody’s Girl...

Local authors shortlisted for UK Indie Book Awards 

Monday, 11 May 2026
Local authors Charlotte McConaghy from Australia and Sarah Wynn-Williams from Aotearoa New Zealand are among those whose books have been shortlisted for the UK Indie Book Awards. Administered by the...

Pulitzer Prize 2026 winners announced

Tuesday, 5 May 2026
In the US, the winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the Pulitzer Prize book categories are: Fiction Angel Down (Daniel Kraus, Titan) Nonfiction There...

Wakefield wins Edgar Award

Monday, 4 May 2026
Adelaide-based author Vikki Wakefield has won the award for Best Paperback Original at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards for To the River (Text). Published in the US under the name...

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist announced

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction Judging Panel Thursday, 23 April 2026
The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced, which includes “6 powerful stories by new voices and established authors, interrogating women’s roles in society, showcasing women’s agency, and the...

Publishing Triangle Awards winners announced

Cover of Drought Wednesday, 22 April 2026
In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2026 Publishing Triangle Awards. Winners were announced for 10 categories, including: The...

Klassen wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 

Jon Klassen. Photo credit: Carson Ellis. Monday, 20 April 2026
Canadian illustrator and picture book artist Jon Klassen has won the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million SEK (A$761,000). Klassen’s breakout book, I Want My Hat Back (Walker...

Oliver wins €6000 Moth Poetry Prize

Adam Oliver Thursday, 16 April 2026
English poet Adam Oliver has won the €6000 (A$9900) Moth Poetry Prize for “Shazaya”. The annual international prize for a single unpublished poem, now in its 15th year, is sponsored...

Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026 winners announced

Hans Christian Anderson 2026 tile featuring gold award Wednesday, 15 April 2026
Children’s writer Michael Rosen, from the UK, and illustrator Cai Gao, from China, have been named the winners of the 2026 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Hans...

Weymouth wins inaugural Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing

Tuesday, 14 April 2026
In the UK, Adam Weymouth has won the inaugural £10,000 (A$19,043) Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing for Lone Wolf (Hutchinson Heinemann), reported the Bookseller. Weymouth’s account of a young wolf’s 1000-mile journey to the...

Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlist announced

Covers of the Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlisted titles Thursday, 9 April 2026
The shortlist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Emperor of Gladness (Ocean Vuong, Vintage) Gliff (Ali Smith, Penguin General) In Late Summer (Magdalena Blažević, trans...

Aaron wins 2026 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Monday, 30 March 2026
In the UK, Huw Aaron has won the 2026 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, worth £5000 (A$9657), for Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob (Puffin), reports the Bookseller. Aaron’s is the second picture book...

Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2026 shortlist announced

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Judging Panel Thursday, 26 March 2026
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth  £30,000 (A$57,702) has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History...

Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In the UK, the shortlist for Swansea University's Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. This year, the shortlist is composed of 4 novels and 2 poetry collections. The shortlisted titles...

Carnegie Medal 2026 shortlists released

Monday, 16 March 2026
In the UK, the shortlists for this year’s Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: The 2026...

International Booker Prize longlist revealed

Wednesday, 25 February 2026
In the UK, the longlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$95,597), has been announced. Longlisted titles are: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran (Shida Bazyar, trans Ruth Martin,...

 

 

 

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