The Copyright Agency has announced the shortlist for its 2016 Author Fellowship, worth $80,000. The shortlisted authors and their proposed works are: Georgia Blain, for a memoir that is ‘a... Read more
Ten books by Australian authors and six by New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award. Books by Australian authors on the longlist are: Clade... Read more
The longlists for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Wish Child (Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press) A Briefcase,... Read more
In the UK, the chair of the inaugural £1000 (A$1695) Jhalak prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has called publishers ‘pathetic’ after the award received fewer submissions... Read more
