Friday, 24 October 2014
The longlist for the 2014 Walkley Book Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Breaking News: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession (Paul Barry, A&U) Jacks and Jokers (Mathew Condon, UQP)...

Friday, 24 October 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Blake Poetry Prize has been announced.The shortlisted poems are: ‘Penumbra’ (Brady Collard) ‘Soulchat’ (MTC Cronin) ‘either, Orpheus’ (Dan Disney) ‘Threnodials’ (Dave Drayton) ‘The Bridge’ (Ross...

Thursday, 23 October 2014
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2014 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature.The Australian titles on...

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Gardens of Fire (Robert Kenny, UWA Publishing) A Wrong...

Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Arts Victoria has announced its latest round of VicArts grant recipients.The program will provide $1.4 million in funding for 88 new creative projects by independent professional artists and arts organisations...

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The nominations for the 2015 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK, have been announced.Australian author Morris Gleitzman...

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
The winners of the 2014 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 21 November.Will Kostakis won the Gold Inky...

Monday, 20 October 2014
The shortlists for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Fiction A World of Other People (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) The...

Monday, 20 October 2014
The Blood of Olympus: Heroes of Olympus (Rick Riordan, Puffin) is Percy Jackson’s final battle. It’s in first place on the bestsellers chart and the fastest movers chart this week....

Friday, 17 October 2014
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Emily Sexton as head of programming.Sexton has been creative producer and co-CEO of Melbourne’s contemporary art festival Next Wave for the past...

Friday, 17 October 2014
Tracy Farr’s novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Fremantle Press) will be broadcast as a 12-part reading on Radio New Zealand (RNZ), beginning on 29 October.Farr, who was...

Thursday, 16 October 2014
Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the line-up for its 2015 festival. Among the international guests are UK authors John Lanchester, Michel Faber, Esther Freud and Tom Rob Smith; US author...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Richard Flanagan has won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage).Flanagan was presented with the £50,000 (A$91,233) award at London’s Guildhall...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
New Zealand arts development agency Creative New Zealand (CNZ) has released a draft report into its support for New Zealand literature.The ‘Review of Literature’ report presents the results of the organisation’s research into the...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
‘We need book programming of depth and breadth. I believe there is a huge hunger out there for news and views on books and writing, and a particular interest in...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014
The New Zealand Books Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be governed by a new charitable trust, with ‘major changes’ planned for the...

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Books by Morris Gleitzman and Shaun Tan have been included in a list of ‘50 of the best children’s books celebrating cultural diversity in the UK’.The inaugural ‘Diverse Voices’ list...

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Children’s publisher Helen Chamberlin was awarded the 2014 Dromkeen Medal at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 12 October.Chamberlin began her career as a secondary English and languages teacher...