Friday, 19 December 2014
Editor, writer and academic Robyn Sheahan-Bright has won the 2014 Johnno Award for outstanding contribution to writing in Queensland.The award, which was presented by the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) on 11 December,...

Thursday, 18 December 2014
The winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards were announced on 16 December.The awards, which are administered by the ACT Writers Centre, recognise writing by authors from the...

Wednesday, 17 December 2014
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the launch of the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing to ‘celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing, and to promote interest in...

Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Australian public policy think tank Grattan Institute has released its annual summer reading list for the Prime Minister.The list contains ‘books and articles that we believe the Prime Minister—or indeed...

Wednesday, 17 December 2014
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the recipients of its 2014-15 mentorships for emerging writers and illustrators, including the inaugural Edel Wignell Mentorship.The 12 applicants awarded mentorships are:...

Tuesday, 16 December 2014
The $2 million per year reduction in funding to the Australia Council announced by the Federal Government yesterday will not come wholly from the Council’s literature budget. An Australia Council...

Monday, 15 December 2014
The Federal Government will provide $6 million over three years to establish the new Book Council of Australia.The funding, which was announced in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook on...

Friday, 12 December 2014
The 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary awards shortlists have been announced.The shortlisted titles are:Fiction Only the Animals (Ceridwen Dovey, Penguin) Golden Boys (Sonya Hartnett, Penguin) The Snow Kimono (Mark Henshaw, Text)...

Thursday, 11 December 2014
Missing Christopher: A Mother’s Story of Tragedy, Grief and Love by Jayne Newling (A&U) has won this year’s Human Rights Nonfiction Literature Award.Newling was presented with the award at a...

Thursday, 11 December 2014
The authors shortlisted for the 2014 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award have been announced. The all-female shortlist consists of: Louise Allan Madelaine Dickie Portland Jones Mihaela Nicolescu Nicole Sinclair....

Thursday, 11 December 2014
Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin is searching for a new editor after Zora Sanders announced she will leave the position in 2015.Sanders, who was promoted from deputy editor to editor in 2013, told...

Wednesday, 10 December 2014
The shortlists for the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards have been announced.The awards aim to ‘recognise, reward and promote writing by ACT region authors’ that has been published by...

Wednesday, 10 December 2014
The successful applicants for Arts Tasmania’s 2015 Individual Artists Program have been announced. Several writers were among the successful applicants to share in $445,083 worth of funding. The successful applicants...

Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Social Club Books has announced it will close at the end of January 2015. Established in 1983, the business runs a mail-order catalogue and a retail site at www.scb.com.au. Managing...