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KROC Awards 2017 winners announced

Wednesday, 8 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 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...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 winners announced

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Fiona Sussman’s The Last Time We Spoke (Allison & Busby) has won the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. Sussman is the first female author to win the award, which...

YABBAs 2017 winners announced

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book (Andy...

‘Extinctions’ wins 2017 Colin Roderick Award

Saturday, 28 October 2017
Josephine Wilson’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Extinctions (UWA Publishing) has won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James...

‘The Dry’ wins CWA Gold Dagger

Friday, 27 October 2017
Australian author Jane Harper has won the 2017 UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for her debut novel The Dry (Pan). The Dry was one of seven titles shortlisted...

WA government honours arts ‘champions’ in inaugural awards

Friday, 27 October 2017
The Western Australian government has announced the recipients of the inaugural State Arts and Culture Partnership Honours, which ‘acknowledge the outstanding contributions of individual philanthropists and businesses who partner with...

WAYRBA 2017 winners announced

Friday, 27 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The winners are: Picture book: Do Not Open This Book (Andy Lee, illus by Heath...

Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Dodge Rose (Jack Cox, Text) Our Magic Hour (Jennifer Down, Text) Our Tiny, Useless Hearts...

HGE announces 2017 Ampersand Prize shortlist

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors. The six shortlisted authors and their works are: Lincoln Law for...

Asher Award 2017 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Asher Literary Award. The shortlisted titles are: Our Lady of the Fence Post (J H Crone, UWA...

Walkley Book Award 2017 longlist announced

The Walkley foundation logo Friday, 20 October 2017
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2017 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney (Graham Archer, Ebury) Victoria: The Queen (Julia...

Most Underrated Book Award 2017 shortlist announced

Friday, 20 October 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Most Underrated Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Island Will Sink (Briohny Doyle, Brow Books) The Invisible...

Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

Wednesday, 18 October 2017
US short-story writer George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel Lincoln in the Bardo (Bloomsbury). Chair of judges Baroness Lola Young described the novel—which ‘focuses...

Shortlist announced for 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize

Tuesday, 10 October 2017
The shortlist for the £30,000 (A$50,812) Baillie Gifford Prize, which recognises nonfiction writing by authors of any nationality, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern...

Schrader wins 2017 CLNZ Writers’ Award

Monday, 9 October 2017
Freelance historian Ben Schrader has won the second annual Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Writers’ Award for nonfiction, worth NZ$25,000 (A$22,720), to help support his project Won and Lost: Saving New...

Queensland Literary Awards 2017 winners announced

Thursday, 5 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) were announced on 4 October. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley, Affirm) Nonfiction Saltwater...

Giller Prize shortlist 2017 announced

Wednesday, 4 October 2017
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 ($102,200) Scotiabank Giller Prize 2017 for the best Canadian novel or short-story collection published in English has been announced. The shortlisted works are:...

Richell Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...

Crowley, Oseman win 2017 Inky Awards

Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Cath Crowley and Alice Oseman have won the 2017 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue...

Zable awarded 2017 Australia Council Fellowship

Friday, 29 September 2017
Writer Arnold Zable has been awarded the 2017 Australia Council Fellowship for literature, worth $80,000. Zable is the author of several memoirs, short story collections and novels, including Jewels and...

Goldsmiths Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Thursday, 28 September 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: H(a)ppy (Nicola Barker, William Heinemann) A Line Made by Walking (Sara Baume, William...

 

 

 

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