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The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Helen Garner is the recipient of the 2023 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded biennially to an Australian... Read more |
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Australian author Emma Styles has won the UK’s Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel, worth £10,000 (A$19,160), for her debut outback noir No Country for Girls (Sphere).... Read more |
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Stuart Barnes has won the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize for his poetry collection Like to the Lark (Upswell). The prize selection committee described Barnes’ work as filled with ‘extraordinary... Read more |
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The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘Buried treasure’ by Jo Chandler ‘Point of view’ by Lauren Fuge... Read more |
Several rural and regional writers’ festivals have announced details about their upcoming events. Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival The Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival, presented by Varuna, the National Writers’ House, will... Read more |
A joint market report from Nielsen BookData and GfK Entertainment, analysing 16 countries, shows an increase in turnover for the majority of book markets in the first eight months of... Read more |
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Jackie French’s latest middle-grade novel, Secret Sparrow, focuses on the unheralded work of women in World War I. This exciting adventure story is told with dual timelines and begins in... Read more |
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How does Schrödinger’s Cat relate to chewed computer cords? How do you fit work around a cat’s napping schedule? Why do cats change their minds as soon as you open... Read more |
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