Minister for the Arts Tony Burke has today launched Writing Australia in a statement, which also includes the announcement of the new Writing Australia Council members. Members are: Larissa Behrendt... Read more
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced Fiona McFarlane as the winner of the 2025 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for Highway 13 (A&U). In... Read more
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced Hasib Hourani the winner of the 2025 Mary Gilmore Prize for rock flight (Giramondo). The Mary Gilmore Prize is... Read more
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced winners of a suite of academic and criticism prizes. Walter McRae Russell Award Barron Field in New South Wales:... Read more
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has launched Pitchable, a program for Australian writers to pitch ideas and concepts for fiction, nonfiction, film scripts, stage plays, podcasts or video games in... Read more
Matilda Bookshop has announced Tom Gurn as the winner of the 2025 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship for his submission, ‘Pugholes’. Gurn was chosen from a shortlist of six and will... Read more
Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG) has launched an online store. Evolving from the Summer Reading for MPs program that ran last year, RWAG developed t-shirts and tote bags... Read more
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the... Read more
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) has reported a 31% increase in audiobook sales in 2024. Spotify director of audiobook partnerships and licensing Duncan Bruce told BookBrunch, ‘We’re seeing... Read more
Amy Rose Bennett’s The Nanny’s Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes is a charming historical romance that defies expectations and blends genres with flair. The novel combines a Victorian-era... Read more
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