Tuesday, 2 August 2016
Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey is the recipient of the Australian National University’s (ANU) 2016 H C Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship, designed to allow artists to ‘engage in a period of...

Monday, 1 August 2016
The 2015 Stella Count, which compiles statistics showing how many books by women and men were reviewed in Australian publications and the gender of reviewers, has been revealed. Overall, 59%...

Friday, 29 July 2016
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Inside the Black Horse (Ray Berard, Mary Egan Publishing) Made to...

Friday, 29 July 2016
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2016 Creative Fellowships. Each of the creative fellowships is funded for three months with a grant of $12,500....

Thursday, 28 July 2016
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best novel R&R (Mark...

Monday, 25 July 2016
Scribe and Express Media have announced the shortlist for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Balogh, ‘Shan-Yi’ Lech Blaine, ‘iGrief’...

Monday, 25 July 2016
Online bookseller Booktopia was awarded a 2016 Online Retail Award (ORIA) in the Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application category at an awards ceremony in Sydney on 21 July. Booktopia was also...

Friday, 22 July 2016
The Copyright Agency has doubled its annual Author Fellowship for mid-to-late career authors from $40,000 to $80,000 this year. Copyright Agency CEO Adam Suckling said it increased the prize money...

Thursday, 21 July 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the program for its 2016 festival, which runs from 26 August to 4 September. Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will deliver the opening night address...

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Nationals MP Michael McCormack was sworn in as the federal small business minister on 19 July, replacing Liberal MP Kelly O’Dwyer in the position. O’Dwyer was appointed to the role...

Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘When Flakes of Ash Fall and Melt into Water’ by...

Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Melbourne-based author Gabrielle Luthy has won a 2016 Romance Writers of America (RWA) Golden Heart award for her unpublished manuscript ‘Shelter Me’ in the contemporary romance category. Luthy’s win was...

Monday, 18 July 2016
Writer and teacher Karen McKnight has been awarded the inaugural Overland Writers Residency, which this year focussed on women writers who are the sole primary carers of one or more...

Monday, 18 July 2016
New Zealand publisher Te Papa Press has formed a partnership with Massey University Press, which will see the publishers work together to produce books under two separate eponymous imprints. As...