Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year
Mark Henshaw’s The Snow Kimono (Text) was announced as the winner of the $10,000 ACT Book of the Year Award for 2015 at a ceremony in Canberra on 17 December....
ACT defers proposed changes to 2014 ACT Book of the Year eligibility
ACT minister for the arts Joy Burch has announced that proposed changes to the ACT Book of the Year Award will be deferred while a review of the prize is...
ACT Book of the Year eligibility changed
Entrants to the 2014 ACT Book of the Year award must reside within the ACT’s boundaries under changes made to the award’s guidelines. Previously, entries were open to authors living...
‘The Sex Lives of Australians’ named ACT Book of the Year
The Sex Lives of Australians: A History by Frank Bongiorno (Black Inc.) has been named the 2013 ACT Book of the Year. Bongiorno’s book was chosen from a shortlist that...
2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced
The winners of this year's Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award and Judith Wright Prize were announced over the weekend. The 2010 ACT Book of the Year Award...
ACT Book of the Year and Poetry Prize 2009 winners announced
Winners of the ACT Book of the Year and the ACT Poetry Prize for 2009 were announced late last year by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope. A Guide to the...
ACT Book of the Year Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's ACT Book of the Year Awards has been announced. Twenty-three nominations were received for the $10,000 award, which recognises ‘excellence in quality contemporary literary works...