The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2020. The books in each category are: Older readers The Man in the Water (David... Read more
TV adaptions of Melanie Cheng’s short story collection Australia Day (Text) and Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Foreign Soil (Hachette) have received funding from Screen Australia in its latest development funding announcement. The... Read more
Seizure has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Viva la Novella competition. This year’s shortlisted authors and their works are: Lana Guineay, for ‘Dark Wave’ Keely Jobe, for ‘Snake Skin’... Read more
Affirm Press will publish a speculative fiction anthology by writers from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, as part of a partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and the Western... Read more
In the UK, the shortlist for the £30,000 (A$59,000) Rathbones Folio Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted titles are: Guest House for Young Widows (Azadeh Moaveni, Scribe) On Chapel... Read more