ABIA Rising Stars 2021 shortlist announced
9 April 2021
The shortlist for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2021 Rising Star of the Year Award has been announced. The Rising Star Award is given to an emerging talent in...
Rowe named New York Public Library Cullman Center fellow
8 April 2021
Australian writer Josephine Rowe has been named one of the 2021–2022 fellows of New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. Rowe is one...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 shortlists announced
6 April 2021
The shortlists for the Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Shortlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best Designed Commercial...
Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced
6 April 2021
The finalists for the 2020 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The finalists are: Best horror novel Soul Survivor (Daniel de...
Evans, Chun, Dabarera win Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards
1 April 2021
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of the inaugural Australian Picture Book Illustrator Awards. The winners in each category are: Established Illustrator Award...
New writing prize for Western Sydney
31 March 2021
WestWords and WestLit Libraries have announced a new writing competition for Western Sydney residents. With a prize pool of over $10,000, supported by Create NSW as part of Arts Restart,...
CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced
30 March 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its 2021 Book of the Year shortlists. The shortlisted books in each category are: Older readers The End of the World...
National Book Critics Circle Awards winners announced
29 March 2021
In the US, the winners of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards have been announced. The winners include: Fiction Hamnet (Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press) Nonfiction Island on Fire: The...
Stella Prize 2021 shortlist announced
25 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Fathoms: The world in the whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts (S...
Australians comprise majority of Walter Scott Prize shortlist
24 March 2021
Three out of the five books shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,900) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction are by Australian authors. The five shortlisted novels are: The Tolstoy Estate (Steven Conte,...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
24 March 2021
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) A Room Made of Leaves (Kate...
ARA Historical Novel Prize adds children and young adult category, prize money totals $100,000
24 March 2021
The Historical Novel Society of Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, has announced that the ARA Historical Novel Prize will incorporate a category for...
‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ wins 2021 Indie Book of the Year
23 March 2021
Pip Williams's debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words (Affirm) has been named Book of the Year at the 2021 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books. The winning...
Varuna announces new fellowships for writers with disability
18 March 2021
Varuna, the National Writers' House in Katoomba, NSW has partnered with NSW’s peak arts and disability organisation Accessible Arts to deliver a new fellowship program for 12 NSW writers with...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
10 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘Bidjigal Double Brick Dreaming’ by Brooke Scobie ‘Border...
Island launches nonfiction prize
10 March 2021
Island magazine has launched a new nonfiction prize. With support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize will award the winner $3000, a subscription to Island...
Overland announces Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist
10 March 2021
Overland has announced the 2020 shortlist for the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. The shortlisted stories, chosen from over 500 entries, are: ‘Crossroads' by Adam Thompson 'Six Facts About Monarchs'...
‘Intoxicating’ wins André Simon Food and Drink book award
9 March 2021
In the UK, Max Allen's Intoxicating: Ten drinks that shaped Australia (Thames & Hudson) has won the 2020 Drink Award at the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards. Awards judge...
joanne burns Microlit Award 2021 winners announced
5 March 2021
Writers Jane O’Sullivan and Deborah Van Heekeren have each been awarded prizes in the 2021 joanne burns Microlit Award. This year the prize invited writers to submit fiction or prose...
Stella Prize 2021 longlist announced
5 March 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts...
Sayer wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2021
4 March 2021
Writers Victoria has announced that Mandy Sayer has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Australian silent filmmakers the McDonagh sisters. Between 1926 and...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced
3 March 2021
The shortlists for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from longlists announced in January, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2021 shortlist announced
26 February 2021
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2021 has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted titles, for readers aged 5 to 12, are: The Power of Positive Pranking...
ARRA 2020 finalists announced
25 February 2021
The finalists for the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Association's (ARRA) annual awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Favourite paranormal romance Alpha Night (Nalini Singh, Gollancz) Famine...
CBCA 2021 Notable Books announced
24 February 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2021. The books in each category are: Older readers The F Team (Rawah Arja, Giramondo)...
Australians longlisted for 2021 Walter Scott Prize
23 February 2021
Four Australian authors have been longlisted for the UK's £25,000 (A$44,440) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Steven Conte was longlisted for The Tolstoy Estate, K M Kruimink for A...
Williams wins 2021 MUD Literary Prize
23 February 2021
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press) has won the fourth annual MUD Literary Prize. Presented annually for the best debut literary novel by an Australian writer,...
Text announces Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers
23 February 2021
Text Publishing has announced the Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers, a new initiative designed to nurture and encourage a new Australian children’s writer under the age of 25. The...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 longlists announced
22 February 2021
The longlists for the Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best Designed Commercial...
ABIA 2021 longlists announced
22 February 2021
The longlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Bluffs (Kyle Perry, Michael...
