‘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...
‘The Windy Season’ wins 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Sam Carmody’s The Windy Season (A&U) has won the 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Carmody’s novel, which follows 20-year-old Paul as he travels to a fictional West Australian...
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Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors.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
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...
Writers among the recipients of the 2017 New Zealand Arts Awards
Friday, 20 October 2017
A number of writers and illustrators are among the 11 recipients of the 2017 New Zealand Arts Awards, presented by the New Zealand Arts Foundation. Poet Hera Lindsay Bird was...
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...
Tynan wins CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017 for ‘Atomic Thunder’
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Elizabeth Tynan has won the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) 2017 Australia Book Prize, for her book Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story (NewSouth). Tynan’s book was...
IBBY Australia selects two refugee stories for 2018 Honour List
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
IBBY Australia has selected two refugee stories for the 2018 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Hachette) was selected for the...
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...
Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers shortlist announced
Friday, 6 October 2017
Scribe and Express Media have announced the shortlist for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Sian Campbell, for ‘Harriet and the...
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:...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the first round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Ten successful writers, playwrights and publishers were selected from of 205 applicants to receive...
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...
Varuna announces recipients of 2018 Residency Fellowships
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Varuna, the Writers House, has announced the recipients of the 2018 Varuna Residency Fellowships. The writers and their projects are: The Mick Dark flagship fellowship Donna Mazza for her short...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature 2017 winners announced
Monday, 25 September 2017
The winners of the 2017 Australian Family Therapists’ Awards for Children’s Literature have been announced. Saving Jazz by Kate McCaffrey (Fremantle Press) has won the $1500 Older Readers Award, and...
Blanchard wins inaugural Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award
Friday, 22 September 2017
Jacqueline Blanchard has won the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) inaugural Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as The Rosie, for her editorial work on All Fall Down (Matthew Condon, UQP)....
Kirkus Prize 2017 finalists announced
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The finalists have been announced for the 2017 Kirkus Prize, sponsored by the US publication Kirkus Reviews. The awards are presented in three categories—fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature—with each...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
Educational Publishing Awards 2017 winners announced
Thursday, 21 September 2017
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The graphic novel The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales (Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti,...
Waverley Library Award 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, and the Military History Prize, have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the Waverley Library Award for...
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