Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Brontide (Sue McPherson, Magabala) Antidote to a Curse (James...

Monday, 5 August 2019
The longlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...

Friday, 2 August 2019
In the UK, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) has been shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award. Selected from a longlist of 12, the shortlisted titles are: Our House (Louise Candlish,...

Friday, 2 August 2019
Liminal magazine has announced the longlist for the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize. The longlisted authors and their works are: Bryant Apolonio, for ‘Bad Weather’ Kasumi Borczyk, for ‘Cheese Me Please’...

Thursday, 1 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best crime novel This Mortal Boy (Fiona Kidman,...

Thursday, 1 August 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize Taking Liberty: Indigenous...

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short story award ($1000) ‘Centring’, by Glen Hunting Poetry award ($1000) ‘Lyapirtneme/No...

Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Melissa Lucashenko has won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her sixth novel, Too Much Lip (UQP). Lucashenko is the third Indigenous author to win the Miles Franklin in...

Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Australian writer Paul Dalla Rosa has been shortlisted for the £30,000 (A$54,500) Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Dalla Rosa is shortlisted for his story ‘Comme’, originally published in Granta...

Friday, 26 July 2019
Chris Hammer's novel Scrublands (A&U) has been shortlisted at the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards. Published in the UK by Wildfire, Hammer’s novel is shortlisted for the 2019...

Friday, 26 July 2019
Booktopia deputy CEO and CTO Wayne Baskin has won in the industry recognition category at the 2019 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia was nominated for the best pureplay retailer...

Friday, 26 July 2019
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced the winners of the 2019 Book Design Awards. Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing (Sean Mallon & Sébastien Galliot, Te Papa Press),...

Thursday, 25 July 2019
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the longlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The longlisted titles in each category are: Best first fiction...