Queensland Literary Awards announces new prize for digital literature
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
The Queensland Literary Awards is introducing a new digital literature award in 2017. The $10,000 prize, sponsored by the Queensland University of Technology, is open to all original works of...
Talkback: Addressing the cost of literary awards
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
The decision by UWA Publishing to cease entering its titles for book awards has highlighted the high costs incurred by publishers. Andrea Hanke spoke to several awards organisers to find...
New Zealand Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Wish Child (Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press) Love as...
British Cover Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 6 March 2017
The winners of the 2017 Academy of British Cover Design Awards have been announced, reports the Bookseller. Among the winners are: Mass-market Jack Smyth for Girls on Fire (Robin Wasserman, Little,...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2017 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Escape to Moon Islands (Mardi McConnochie, A&U) A Most Magical Girl (Karen Foxlee,...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 27 February 2017
The winners of the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author for the...
PEN America Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 24 February 2017
In the US, Pen America has announced the winners of several categories in its 2017 Literary Awards. Among the award winners are: PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Evicted: Poverty...
Nebula Awards 2016 nominees announced
Thursday, 23 February 2017
In the US, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has announced the nominees for the 2016 Nebula Awards, which are presented in 2017. The books nominated in...
Inky Awards 2017 longlists announced
Thursday, 23 February 2017
The longlists for the 2017 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...
ALS Gold Medal 2017 longlist announced
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: One Hundred Letters Home (Adam Aitken, Vagabond) The Easy Way Out (Steven...
Aurealis Awards 2016 finalists announced
Monday, 20 February 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the categories are: Science fiction novel Watershed (Jane Abbott, Vintage)...
Australian authors longlisted for 2017 Carnegie Medal
Friday, 17 February 2017
Australian authors Zana Fraillon and Glenda Millard have been longlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal. Fraillon is longlisted for The Bone Sparrow (Hachette) and Millard for The Stars at Oktober...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hector (Rozzi Bazzani, Australian Scholarly Publishing) Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney...
BolognaRagazzi Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
The winners have been announced for the 2017 BolognaRagazzi Awards, which celebrates ‘publishing excellence in terms of graphic layout, format innovation and general ability to capture a young reader's attention’....
UK Independent Publishing Awards winners announced
Monday, 13 February 2017
The UK’s Independent Publishers Guild has announced the winners of the Independent Publishing Awards at its annual conference in Oxford, reports the Bookseller. Academic publisher Edward Elgar was named Independent...
Australian publisher, NZ bookseller shortlisted for LBF International Excellence Awards
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Australia’s CSIRO Publishing and New Zealand’s Time Out Bookstore have been shortlisted for the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. CSIRO Publishing is shortlisted for the Academic and Professional...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Sydney-based writer, actor and playwright Leah Purcell has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for her play The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press) at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards....
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards to waive entry fees for SPN members
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, administered by the Wheeler Centre, will waive entry fees for up to three titles from Small Press Network (SPN) members from 2018. Wheeler Centre director...
ALA Youth Media Awards 2017: Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Stonewall
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals, and the Printz and Stonewall awards. Kelly...
Perth library receives more architectural awards
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
The City of Perth library received two more architectural awards late last year, reports Community News. The library won the National Entertainment and Recreation Facility Award at the Master Builders...
US National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016 finalists announced
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
In the US, the finalists for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The finalists in the best fiction category are: Moonglow (Michael Chabon, HarperCollins) LaRose (Louise...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 finalists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten authors have been shortlisted for the Favourite Australian Romance Author. They are: Amy Andrews Anna Campbell Anne...
Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador) Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty,...
Costa Book Awards 2016 category winners announced
Monday, 9 January 2017
In the UK, the five category winners for the 2016 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The winners are Days Without End (Sebastian Barry, Faber) for best novel; Golden Hill...
Indie Book Awards 2017 longlists announced
Monday, 12 December 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) Between a...
Moriarty tops fiction category in 2016 Goodreads Awards
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Liane Moriarty’s Truly Madly Guilty (Pan Macmillan) has won the fiction category in the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Books of 2016. Moriarty won the category with 30,154 votes, coming ahead of...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 5 December 2016
The shortlists for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for 2017 have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Fiction Between a Wolf and a Dog (Georgia Blain, Scribe)...
New Zealand Education Awards winners 2016 announced
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
The winners of the New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards 2016 have been announced. The winners in each category are: Primary Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists (ed...
Costa Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Thursday, 24 November 2016
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2016 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The four titles shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award are: This Must be the Place (Maggie...
New Zealand Book Awards 2017 longlists announced
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
The longlists for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Wish Child (Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press) A Briefcase,...
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