Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton) Restless Dolly Maunder...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Readings Children’s Book Prize has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted books are: The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright (Reece Carter, illus by Simon Howe, A&U...
South Australian Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 12 August 2024
The 2024 South Australian Literary Awards shortlists have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction award ($15,000) All That's Left Unsaid (Tracey Lien, HQ) Hydra (Adriane Howell,...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 12 August 2024
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University has announced the shortlist for the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. The eight titles shortlisted for the...
Ned Kelly Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 12 August 2024
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction Killer Traitor Spy (Tim Ayliffe, S&S) Ripper...
Hammer wins 2024 ACT Book of the Year
Monday, 12 August 2024
Chris Hammer has won the 2024 ACT Book of the Year Award, worth $10,000, for The Seven (A&U). Untethered (Ayesha Inoon, HQ Fiction) and The Measure of Sorrow: Stories (J...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 8 August 2024
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize ($15,000) Donald Horne:...
Dunn awarded 2024 Rising Star Award
Thursday, 8 August 2024
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) distribution director Riikka Dunn has been named the Australian Publishers Association (APA) 2024 Rising Star. Dunn was selected from a shortlist that also included Rebecca Allen...
Nib Literary Award 2024 longlist announced
Thursday, 8 August 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Because I'm Not Myself, You See (Ariane Beeston, Black...
Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2024 announced
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
The winners of the 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards have been announced. Moa Press, an imprint of Hachette, was named publisher of the year, while Petronella’s Bookstore and...
‘Limberlost’ wins 2024 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Robbie Arnott has won the 2024 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History, worth $25,000, for his novel Limberlost (Text). Limberlost is based on the life of Arnott’s...
Danger Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 5 August 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Danger Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Debut fiction Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl (Fiona Britton, A&U) The...
Wright awarded 2024 Miles Franklin for ‘Praiseworthy’, becomes two-time winner
Thursday, 1 August 2024
Alexis Wright has won the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel Praiseworthy (Giramondo). Wright previously won the award in 2007 for her novel Carpentaria (Giramondo), and now...
Mulhall awarded 2024 Reading Australia Fellowship
Thursday, 1 August 2024
The Copyright Agency has named Maya Mulhall, a teacher from Blackburn High School in Victoria, the 2024 Reading Australia Fellow for teachers of English and literacy and teacher librarians. Mulhall...
Wilson wins 2024 Desperate Literature Prize, Australian writer shortlisted
Thursday, 1 August 2024
London-based writer Sukie Wilson has won the 2024 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, while Australian author Amanda Hildebrandt and UK-based writer Richie Jones are runners-up. Wilson won for their work...
Queensland Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 1 August 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. In several categories, the awards' value has increased this year, with the total value of the awards now standing...
Wood longlisted for 2024 Booker Prize
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Australian author Charlotte Wood has been longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Stone Yard Devotional (A&U). The 13 books shortlist for the £50,000 (A$98,124) prize are: Creation...
Hamouda wins 2024 National Biography Award for ‘The Shape of Dust’
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
The Shape of Dust: A father wrongly imprisoned, a daughter’s quest to free him (Lamisse Hamouda with Hazem Hamouda, Pantera) has won the 2024 National Biography Award. Hamouda wins $25,000,...
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
The Australian Book Review has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works are: ‘First Snow’ by Kerry Greer (WA) ‘Pornwald’ by Jill Van...
Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship 2024 recipients announced
Monday, 29 July 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the three recipients of the 2024 Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship. The recipients are Anna Hickey-Moody, director of the Arts and Humanities Institute at...
Lomer wins 2024 Furphy Literary Award
Monday, 29 July 2024
Kathryn Lomer has won the $15,000 first prize in the 2024 Furphy Literary Award for the short story ‘Nothing about Kissing’. Lomer is a poet, YA author and novelist from...
QWC Varuna fellowship 2024 recipients announced
Monday, 29 July 2024
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced the recipients of its two 2024 residential fellowships to be held at Varuna, the National Writers’ House. Recipients of the 2024 fellowships are...
Davitt Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 25 July 2024
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult novels The...
‘Jakarda Wuka’ wins 2024 Chief Minister’s NT History Book Award
Thursday, 25 July 2024
The winner of the 2024 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory (NT) History Book Award has been announced. The winner, highly commended titles and finalists are: Winner Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories):...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2024 finalists announced
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
The finalists in the 2024 New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu Publishers Association (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Best illustrated book The...
Griffith Review 2024 Emerging Voices winners announced
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Griffith Review has announced the five winners of its 2024 Emerging Voices competition: Lily Holloway, Sarah Kanake, Myles McGuire, Kobi Simpson and Emily Tsokos Purtill. Holloway is a powerlifting enthusiast...
Mayne, Mansour receive $50k Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships
Monday, 22 July 2024
Poets Chloe Mayne and Sara Mansour are among the seven recipients of the 2024 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships, each worth $50,000. Mayne is a poet and a current creative doctoral...
Buchanan wins 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize
Monday, 15 July 2024
Author Jeffrey Buchanan is the winner of the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer. Chosen from a shortlist of four, Buchanan wins...
Hogan wins Mary Gilmore Award, Priest wins Magarey Medal
Thursday, 11 July 2024
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced that Dan Hogan is the winner of the 2024 Mary Gilmore Award and Ann-Marie Priest is the winner of...
Australian Jewish Book Awards adds unpublished manuscript prize
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Not-for-profit organisation Shalom Australia has announced the inaugural Australian Jewish Book Awards will include a new $4000 prize for an unpublished manuscript that engages with Jewish experience. The Award for...




