‘Deep Time Dreaming’ wins John Mulvaney Book Award
3 December 2018
Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia (Black Inc.) has won the John Mulvaney Book Award, which recognises significant contributions to the publication of Australian archaeology. Deep Time Dreaming,...
Rooney wins novel of the year at 2018 Irish Book Awards
29 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Irish Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in October, the winners include: Novel of the year Normal People (Sally Rooney, Faber) Popular...
Copyright Agency awards record $240,000 in fellowships
29 November 2018
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has awarded a total of $240,000 for three fellowships. Melbourne writer Jeff Sparrow was awarded the $80,000 author fellowship for his project 'Thinking Differently: Other...
Pasifika dual-language resources win NZ award
28 November 2018
In New Zealand, a series of books published by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to help Pasifika children with literacy has won the Pacific Service Excellence Award, as part of...
Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Awards 2018 winners announced
27 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Scarlet Stiletto Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime, have been announced. Melbourne writer Philomena Horsley, a medical anthropologist who specialises in autopsies, won the $1500...
Serong wins inaugural Staunch Book Prize
27 November 2018
Australian author Jock Serong has won the inaugural Staunch Book Prize for his novel On the Java Ridge (Text). The UK-based prize aims to 'make space for an alternative to...
Horne Prize 2018 shortlist announced
26 November 2018
The Saturday Paper and skin care company Aesop have announced the shortlist for the $15,000 Horne Prize for narrative nonfiction. The shortlisted writers are: Melanie Cheng for 'All the Other Stories', on...
‘Living in Hope’ wins 2018 Most Underrated Book Award
23 November 2018
A memoir by a member of the Stolen Generations, Living in Hope (Frank Byrne with Gerard Waterford & Francis Coughlan, Ptilotus Press), has won the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Most Underrated Book...
‘The Dead Still Cry Out’ wins Nib Literary Award
22 November 2018
Helen Lewis' The Dead Still Cry Out (Text) has won the Waverley Council’s Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for 2018. The book tells the true story of Lewis’...
‘Overland’ Fair Australia Prize 2018 winners announced
21 November 2018
Literary journal Overland has announced the winners for this year’s Fair Australia Prize. The Fair Australia Prize asks writers and artists to engage with the topics ‘What does unionism mean...
Edugyan wins Canada’s Giller Prize for ‘Washington Black’
21 November 2018
Canadian author Esi Edugyan has won Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize—the country’s richest literary award—for her novel Washington Black (Serpent's Tail). Set in 19th century Canada, Washington Black tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who...
Douglas-Kinghorn wins 2018 Scribe Nonfiction Prize
19 November 2018
Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn has won the 2018 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers for her entry ‘The Invisible Sea’. Douglas-Kinghorn was selected from a shortlist of nine writers and receives a cash...
Jasanoff wins US$75,000 Cundill Prize in History
19 November 2018
US author and academic Maya Jasanoff has won Canada's 2018 Cundill Prize in History—the largest international prize for a work of history, worth US$75,000 (A$102,500)—for her book The Dawn Watch: Joseph...
‘Optical Illusions’ wins Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
19 November 2018
In the UK, Optical Illusions by visual artist and author pair Gianni A Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber (Quarto) has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize for the best...
Chapman wins HGE Ampersand Prize for YA novel ‘What it Takes’
16 November 2018
Sydney-based journalist Frances Chapman has won Hardie Grant Egmont’s (HGE) Ampersand Prize for an unpublished manuscript for her ‘vibrant’ YA novel, What it Takes. Chosen from nearly 200 submissions, What...
‘Invisible Boys’ wins T A G Hungerford Award
16 November 2018
Perth-based YA writer Holden Sheppard has won the 2018 City of Fremantle T A G Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript for Invisible Boys, a YA novel about a group...
UWAP announces 2019 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
15 November 2018
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Angela Rockel for ‘Rogue Intensities’, a memoir...
Robertson wins 2018 Goldsmiths Prize for ‘The Long Take’
15 November 2018
In the UK, Robin Robertson has won the £10,000 (A$17,970) 2018 Goldsmiths Prize for The Long Take (Picador). The prize, established in 2013, rewards British and Irish fiction which ‘breaks the...
‘Bad Blood’ wins 2018 Business Book of the Year
14 November 2018
In the UK, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Picador) by investigative journalist John Carreyou has won the 2018 Financial Times (FT) and McKinsey & Company Business Book of...
Deborah Cass 2018 prize shortlist announced
14 November 2018
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted works are: ‘Bread of the dead’ by Shannon Anima (Canada) ‘The...
Voss Literary Prize 2018 shortlist announced
13 November 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Last Garden (Eva Hornung, Text) The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U) Storyland...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature 2018 winners announced
13 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature have been announced. The winners are The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson (Penguin) and Finding Nevo by Nevo...
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize winner announced; Australian writer among runners-up
12 November 2018
The recipients of the inaugural Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize for an unpublished novella have been announced. Californian writer, translator and poet Marci Vogel has won the prize for her...
KROC Awards 2018 winners announced
12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2018 winners announced
12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years...
KOALAs 2018 winners announced
9 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...
McIver wins 2018 Richell Prize for ‘I Shot the Devil’
8 November 2018
Melbourne-based writer Ruth McIver has won the 2018 Richell Prize for her entry ‘I Shot the Devil’. The novel is a dual narrative following a journalist in 2010 who is...
Angel wins 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for ‘The Trapeze Act’
5 November 2018
Poet Libby Angel has won the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for her debut novel The Trapeze Act (Text). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors...
Cundill History Prize 2018 finalists announced
2 November 2018
In Canada, the finalists have been announced for the Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’. Chosen from a shortlist of eight, the finalists are: Prairie...
Powles, Collison, Pati win inaugural Women Poets’ Prize
1 November 2018
Three poets have been announced as the winners of the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize: New Zealand-born Nina Mingya Powles and London-based poets Claire Collison and Anita Pati. Established in honour of...
