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Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced  Archive

Thursday, 31 March 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: TAKE CARE (Eunice Andrada, Giramondo) Dropbear (Evelyn Araluen, UQP) No Document (Anwen Crawford, Giramondo)...

Windham-Campbell Prizes 2022 recipients announced  Archive

Wednesday, 30 March 2022
In the US, the recipients of the 2022 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$165,000 (A$219,000) each, have been announced. This year’s recipients are US playwright Sharon Bridgforth and British playwright Winsome Pinnock...

Changes at Hardie Grant  Archive

Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Hardie Grant announces a significant new appointment as a critical step towards continuing to evolve its culture and business. From April, Troy Lewis will move from his current role as...

Morison awarded 2022 Boundless Mentorship  Archive

Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Gamilaroi writer Judi Morison has won the 2022 Boundless Indigenous Writer's Mentorship for her family saga ‘When Grandmothers Speak’. Set in Queensland and northern New South Wales in the 1950s,...

New Westwords/Ultimo Prize announced  Archive

Monday, 28 March 2022
WestWords and Ultimo Press have partnered to offer a new prize for emerging writers with ‘a connection to Western Sydney’. Free to enter, the Westwords/Ultimo Prize offers the winner $5000...

BookUp 2022 keynotes announced  Archive

Monday, 28 March 2022
The Australian Publisher’s Association (APA) has announced the first guests for its second BookUp conference, which will take place at the ICC Sydney on Thursday, 9 June. The APA said...

SWF 2022 program announced  Archive

Friday, 25 March 2022
The program for the 2022 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs Monday 16 – Sunday 22 May, has been announced. Themed ‘Change My Mind’, the 25th SWF features 234 events...

Collins awarded 2021 Leila St John Award  Archive

Friday, 25 March 2022
Ford Street Publishing founder Paul Collins has received the annual Leila St John Award, presented by the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Collins is commended...

Tóibín wins 2022 Folio Prize  Archive

Thursday, 24 March 2022
Irish novelist Colm Tóibín has won the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize, worth £30,000 (A$52,850), for his novel The Magician (Picador). Tóibín's 10th novel traces the life of author, essayist, philanthropist and...

#LoveOzYA becomes registered charity  Archive

Thursday, 24 March 2022
The Australian Young Adult Literature Alliance, a grassroots organisation established in 2015 to promote Australian youth literature and more popularly known by the hashtag #LoveOzYA, has become a registered charity...

ABIA 2022 longlists announced  Archive

Wednesday, 23 March 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles longlisted in each category are: General fiction book of the year After Story (Larissa Behrendt,...

Hayley Scrivenor on ‘Dirt Town’  Archive

Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Set in the rural New South Wales town of Durton, Hayley Scrivenor's debut novel Dirt Town (Macmillan, May) centres on the disappearance of a young girl named Esther. Reviewer Kate...

Williams to leave SWF after 2022 festival  Archive

Friday, 18 March 2022
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) artistic director Michael Williams has announced that the upcoming festival, to be held 16–22 May, will be his last. Williams was appointed to the role of...

ABA conference 2022 program announced  Archive

Friday, 18 March 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the first guests for its two-day conference, to be held in person 12–13 June at the the Sheraton Grand Hyde Park in Sydney....

 

 

 

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