Collins Booksellers has announced the establishment of a new literary prize, the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Collins chairman Duncan Johnston said in a statement that recognition of... Read more
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) was the biggest in the event’s 22-year history, with over two million participants registered... Read more
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Indelible City (Louisa Lim, Text) My Heart is a Little Wild... Read more
Indian author Geetanjali Shree has won the £50,000 (A$88,800) International Booker Prize for her novel Tomb of Sand (trans by Daisy Rockwell, Tilted Axis). The novel, which is set in northern... Read more
