Cumberland City Council in Western Sydney has voted to overturn its recent motion to ban same-sex parenting books from its libraries, reports the ABC. According to the ABC, the motion... Read more
The winners of the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The fiction prize went to Emily Perkins for Lioness (Bloomsbury). Convenor of fiction judges Juliet Blyth said: ‘At... Read more
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (Giramondo) has won the fiction award in the 2024 James Tait Black Prizes. Wright’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of four fiction works for the... Read more
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins imprint HQ have announced that Kathleen Hastings is the winner of the 2024 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. Selected from... Read more
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors by Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the 2024 Ondaatje Prize, worth £10,000 (A$18,946), reports Book Brunch. Penman’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six... Read more
Isabella G Mead’s debut collection, The Infant Vine, speaks to the deeply elemental nature of motherhood. In these poems, the line between what is human and what is animal becomes ever... Read more
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