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22 October 2024

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'Edenglassie' wins 2024 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award

The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University in Townsville has announced Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (UQP) is the winner of the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary... Read more
 
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Arts and Disability Initiative funds literature recipients

Four literature recipients are among Creative Australia’s Arts and Disability Initiative, which supports 10 projects overall, with funding totalling $300,000. The successful recipients related to writing and illustration are: Anthony... Read more
 
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Nix wins best novel at 2024 Ditmar Awards

The winners of the 2024 Ditmar Awards were announced on 7 October, as part of the Australian national science fiction convention ‘Conflux 18’ in Canberra. The winning works include: Best novel The... Read more
 
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Kitching, Pickens awarded in Laurel Prize

Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among prize recipients for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The 2024 winners are:... Read more
 

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Affirm signs Douglas's 'Cosy Vegan' cookbook x

Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the cookbook Cosy Vegan by Liz Douglas. Affirm described the book as ‘the ultimate kitchen companion for those wanting to explore a plant-based lifestyle,... Read more
 

Nielsen, GfK Entertainment global report finds biggest sales drop in NZ x

A report by Nielsen BookData and GfK Entertainment, covering 16 territories in the first eight months of the year, has found sales in the fiction segment increased in 14 of... Read more
 

 

Murriyang: Song of Time (Stan Grant, Bundyi, December) x

In May 2023, journalist Stan Grant (Talking to My Country) stepped away from his role as host of ABC’s Q+A. His latest book, Murriyang: Song of Time, is a heartfelt... Read more
 

 

 

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