Copyright Agency awards Create grants to five writers
Friday, 7 September 2018
Five writers and one visual artist have received Create grants, worth a total of $105,000, from the Copyright Agency. The grants went to the following writers: Peggy Frew ($20,000) Jennifer Mills...
RMIT students to host 2018 Odyssey Literary Festival on genre
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program will host the Odyssey Literary Festival in Melbourne on 13 September. This year’s festival, which is held at RMIT's Kaleide Theatre,...
New short story prize launched for adults writing for children
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Australian children’s literature electronic magazine Buzz Words has launched a new short story prize for adults writing for children. The Buzz Words Short Story Prize ‘celebrates excellence in short story writing...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2018 longlist announced
Thursday, 6 September 2018
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the longlist for the 2018 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
Writers Vic to launch digital writers-in-residence program for carers in 2019
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Writers Victoria will launch a new digital writers-in-residence program for carers in 2019, after it received an arts grant from the City of Melbourne in its recent funding round. The...
Melbourne writers, literary organisations receive council arts grants
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $830,000 in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual arts grants program. Writers Victoria...
Ford’s ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ optioned for TV
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Clementine Ford's forthcoming Boys Will Be Boys: An Exploration of Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship (Allen & Unwin, October) has been optioned for television by Perth-based production company Metamorflix. Rights were...
‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series optioned for screen
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Five historical novels in Blanche d'Alpuget's ‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series (Ventura) have been optioned for television/film by Ironbark Media. Rights were sold via Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell...
Richell Prize 2018 longlist announced
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2018 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted works are: ‘She Is Bright Light and All Brilliance’...
City of Fremantle extends support and increases prize money for T A G Hungerford Award
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
The City of Fremantle has renewed its sponsorship of the T A G Hungerford Award, a biennial prize recognising the first full-length, unpublished work of fiction or creative nonfiction by an...
Queensland Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) The...
Winners of the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Battle...
Odgers wins Alice Literary Award
Monday, 3 September 2018
The Society of Women Writers has awarded the 2018 Alice Literary Award to author Sally Odgers. The Alice Literary Award is presented in the form of a trophy to 'an Australian woman...
‘Last King of the Cross’ wins inaugural Danger Prize
Monday, 3 September 2018
John Ibrahim’s memoir Last King of the Cross (Pan) has won the inaugural Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film or TV drama about Sydney and crime. Open to...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2018 winners announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
Alan Carter’s Marlborough Man (Fremantle Press) has won the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. The novel, about an ex-undercover agent from England trying to distance himself from his...
NYWF 2018 program launched
Friday, 31 August 2018
The full program for the National Young Writers' Festival (NYWF), which runs from 27-30 September in Newcastle, has been announced. Presented by This is Not Art (TiNA), the NYWF presents...
Waverley Library Award 2018 longlist announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Relatively Famous (Roger Averill, Transit Lounge) The Trauma Cleaner:...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2018 winners announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
Katerina Gibson has won the 2018 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for new and emerging writers for her story ‘How to disappear into yourself (in 8 steps)’. Chosen from...
PRH acquires Leah Purcell’s ‘The Drover’s Wife’
Friday, 31 August 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired world rights to Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, a novel based on Purcell’s play of the same name. The...
Slee wins inaugural Banjo Prize
Friday, 31 August 2018
HarperCollins Australia has announced journalist Tim Slee as the winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of Australian commercial fiction for his manuscript ‘Burn’. Slee’s work was chosen...
Jackson, Jones win Viva la Novella
Friday, 31 August 2018
Seizure has announced New Zealand authors Anna Jackson and Avi-Duckor Jones as the winners of this year's Viva la Novella competition. They are the first New Zealanders in the competition's six-year...
New bookshop Rabble Books & Games opens in Perth
Thursday, 30 August 2018
A new bookshop has opened in the Perth suburb of Maylands. Rabble Books & Games opened on 1 June and is situated on the Eighth Avenue shopping strip. The shop...
Hope Prize winners announced
Thursday, 30 August 2018
The winners of the Brotherhood of St Laurence's 2018 Hope Prize for short stories have been announced. Finnegan Kruckemeyer won the $10,000 first prize for ‘Like Dresses in a Tree’;...
Grills wins ‘Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Literary journal the Lifted Brow has selected Eloise Grills as the winner of its 2018 Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for her piece ‘big beautiful female theory’. Grills receives $5000 and her winning...
Australian Reading Hour announces author events
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The Australian Reading Hour (ARH), which will take place on Thursday, 20 September, has announced a number of events for the day. The annual campaign encourages Australians to 'pick up a...
A&U acquires UK rights to ‘Ten Steps to Nanette’
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired UK rights to comedian Hannah Gadsby’s memoir Ten Steps to Nanette. A&U initially acquired ANZ rights to the book last year via Kevin Whyte...
Booktopia named Business of the Year at Telstra Business Awards
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named New South Wales Business of the Year at the Telstra Business Awards. The judges said they were impressed by Booktopia’s ‘leadership in warehouse innovation,...
Dymocks returns to Midland Gate in Perth
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Dymocks has opened a new store in outer Perth shopping centre Midland Gate. Officially opened on 23 August, the store marks Dymocks’ return to Midland after the retailer closed its...
Writers Victoria launches Publishability program
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Writers Victoria has launched Publishability, a two-year initiative to support emerging writers living with disability. Publishability will provide two authors with mentorship, editing, professional development opportunities, and financial support over...
Staff changes at Hardie Grant Egmont, Lewis appointed MD
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced several staff changes to its management team. Troy Lewis will move from his current role as director at Hardie Grant (where he was responsible for...
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