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5 May 2025

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Aurealis Awards 2024 winners announced

The winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards have been announced. Winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in April, are: Best fantasy novel Thoroughly Disenchanted (Alexandra Almond, Voyager) Best science... Read more
 
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Gentill among 2025 Edgar Award winners

Australian crime writer Sulari Gentill has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel The Mystery Writer (Ultimo) at the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. In 2023, Gentill was... Read more
 
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UWA Publishing acquires Byrne debut 'The Warrumbar'

UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to The Warrumbar, William J Byrne’s debut adult fiction novel. The novel, which is inspired by Byrne’s family history, is set in a small... Read more
 
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WestWords acquires Curic debut novel

WestWords Books has acquired world rights to debut novel Sing to Me by Jelena Curic. ‘Sing to Me tells the story of Pero, a Croatian immigrant, father, husband, musician, and philanderer... Read more
 

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US fiction writing school launches US$100k prize

New York-based online fiction writing school The Novelry has launched a US$100,000 (A$155,276) competition, called The Next Big Story. Open to unrepresented adult writers residing in the United States, United... Read more
 

 

 

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