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NZ poet Tusitala-Marsh receives Society of Authors’ Waitangi Day Honours Archive

Thursday, 9 February 2017
Poet and scholar Selina Tusitala-Marsh has been made an honorary literary fellow as part of the New Zealand Society of Authors’ (NZSA) annual Waitangi Day Honours. NZSA president Kyle Mewburn...

Tonner wins Finch Memoir Prize for ‘Cold Vein’ Archive

Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Anne Tonner has won the 2017 Finch Memoir Prize for her manuscript ‘Cold Vein’, an account of her daughter’s battle with anorexia. Judge Maggie Mackellar said Tonner’s memoir had a...

Stella Prize 2017 longlist announced Archive

Tuesday, 7 February 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Stella Prize has been announced. This year’s longlisted titles are: Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird, HarperCollins) Between a Wolf and a Dog (Georgia Blain, Scribe)...

NZ online children’s books magazine ‘Sapling’ reaches crowdfunding goal Archive

Tuesday, 7 February 2017
A New Zealand online magazine about children’s books has reached its NZ$10,000 (A$9546) crowdfunding goal just over a week into its month-long campaign. The Sapling project is run by Sarah...

Wheelers receive Lifetime Achievement Award from UN tourism agency Archive

Tuesday, 7 February 2017
The United Nations Tourism Organisation has awarded Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler its annual Lifetime Achievement Award. The Wheelers are the 13th recipient of the award, which is...

Whittaker, Isemonger win ‘Overland’ Judith Wright Poetry Prize Archive

Monday, 6 February 2017
Alison Whittaker and Holly Isemonger have been jointly awarded the 2016 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets. Whittaker won the prize for her poem ‘Many Girls...

Magabala to release teaching resources for Indigenous stories Archive

Monday, 6 February 2017
Indigenous publisher Magabala Books has used a $33,550 grant from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund to create teaching resources for Indigenous stories, to be delivered via the Copyright Agency’s Reading...

WAYRBA 2017 shortlists announced Archive

Friday, 3 February 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Thelma the Unicorn (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...

Buck Mulligan’s to host ‘Writers Under the Influence’ author series Archive

Friday, 3 February 2017
Melbourne bar and bookshop Buck Mulligan’s will host a monthly author reading called ‘Writers Under the Influence’, with local writers reading from their favourite authors and their own work. Store...

ABA, APA to host forum for indie authors, booksellers and publishers Archive

Friday, 3 February 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Australian Publishers Association (APA) are hosting a forum for independent booksellers, publishers and authors in Melbourne on 20 February. Sessions include ‘what booksellers want’,...

Previously banned NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’ optioned for film Archive

Thursday, 2 February 2017
New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s YA novel Into the River (Penguin), which the Film and Literature Board of Review temporarily banned in 2015, has been optioned for film, reports the...

Black Inc. to publish ‘Growing up Aboriginal in Australia’ anthology; call for submissions Archive

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Black Inc. is calling for submissions for a new anthology, Growing up Aboriginal in Australia, to be published in 2018. The anthology, which will be edited by Anita Heiss, will...

‘Overland’ poetry prize 2016 shortlist announced Archive

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2016 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘Many Girls, White Linen’ (Alison Whittaker) ‘Languages...

Full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week announced Archive

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The full program for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 4-9 March, has been announced. This year’s festival is dedicated to Elizabeth Harrower, who will be in conversation with Text...

‘Pencilled In’ launches #ReadAsianOz public transport book campaign Archive

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Queensland literary journal Pencilled In has launched #ReadAsianOz, an initiative that places books by Asian-Australian authors on public transport services to raise the profile of diverse Australian writing. As part...

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced Archive

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Sydney-based writer, actor and playwright Leah Purcell has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for her play The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press) at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards....

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards to waive entry fees for SPN members Archive

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, administered by the Wheeler Centre, will waive entry fees for up to three titles from Small Press Network (SPN) members from 2018. Wheeler Centre director...

London longlisted for Wellcome Book Prize Archive

Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Joan London’s novel The Golden Age (Vintage, published in the UK by Europa Editions) has been longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize in the UK. The annual prize, worth £30,000...

‘Introducing Teddy’ makes ALA ‘Rainbow List’ Archive

Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Jessica Walton’s Introducing Teddy (illus by Dougal MacPherson, Bloomsbury) has made the American Library Association’s (ALA) annual Rainbow List’s Top Ten books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT)...