Friday, 8 September 2023
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2023 Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Karajia Award for First Nations children’s storytelling. The winners in each category are:...

Friday, 8 September 2023
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners for the 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Australian history prize Elizabeth and John:...

Tuesday, 5 September 2023
The Emerging Writers’ Festival, Hachette Australia, and the Richell family have announced the 2023 longlist for the Richell Prize for emerging writers. Selected from over 700 entries, the 20 longlisted...

Monday, 4 September 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: An Intimate History of Evolution: The story of the Huxley family (Alison...

Monday, 4 September 2023
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2023 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult novel All...

Friday, 1 September 2023
Christopher Watkin’s Biblical Critical Theory: How the bible’s unfolding story makes sense of modern life and culture (Zondervan Academic) has been named 2023 Australian Christian Book of the Year. The...

Monday, 28 August 2023
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Xiaole Zhan as the winner of the 2023 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize for their essay ‘Think an Empty Room, Moonly with Phone Glow’....

Friday, 25 August 2023
The winners of the 2023 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shadow Judging Book of the Year Awards, chosen by groups of young people, have been announced. The winning books...

Monday, 21 August 2023
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Jenny Stubbs as the 2023 recipient of the Nan Chauncy Award. Named after the Tasmanian children’s author, the biennial Nan Chauncy...

Monday, 21 August 2023
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize. Eight essays appear in this year’s shortlist: ‘Here We Go Round’ (Anna Burns) ‘The...

Friday, 18 August 2023
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards. The winning books in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in...

Friday, 18 August 2023
The titles shortlisted for the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The shortlisted categories include: Primary: Student Resource—English (Literacy/Literature/Language) Australian Primary Oxford Integrated Dictionary & Thesaurus 4E...

Thursday, 17 August 2023
Pantera commissioning editor Tom Langshaw has been named the Australian Publishers Association (APA) 2023 Rising Star. Langshaw was chosen by the selection panel from a shortlist of five that also...

Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the Ruby Awards. The winners in each category are: Romantic...

Monday, 14 August 2023
The Australian Short Story Festival has announced a new opportunity for an emerging Australian writer to complete a three-month mentorship with award-winning Irish short story writer and playwright Paul McVeigh,...

Friday, 11 August 2023
The winners of the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced, with each category winner receiving NZ$7500 and the best first book award winner...

Thursday, 10 August 2023
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Best nonfiction finalists The...