Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Playwright Leah Purcell has received the top two writing honours at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual AWGIE Awards, for The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press), a retelling of Henry Lawson’s short...

Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Angela Savage has been appointed director of Writers Victoria, effective from 25 September. Savage’s appointment follows the departure of Kate Larsen, who served as director since March 2013. The current acting...

Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Thirty-two writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the latest Australia Council grants round, which awarded $6.1 million to 221 projects. Grants in the literary category were worth...

Monday, 11 September 2017
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of about $800,000 in funding from Melbourne City Council. Among the recipients are Australian Poetry, for its Melbourne Eco! Slam; poetry...

Friday, 8 September 2017
Josephine Wilson has won the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel Extinctions (UWA Publishing). Wilson was named as the winner at an event at the State Library of...

Thursday, 7 September 2017
Kobo has added an audiobook service to its smartphone and tablet app, with a monthly one-book membership costing $12.99. The service launched on 6 September in Australia. Members can also...

Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Feature adaptations of Penguin Bloom (Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom, ABC Books) and The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan) are among the latest book-to-screen projects to receive funding from Screen...