Oz authors nominated for 2016 RITA Awards
Two Australian authors have been nominated for the 2016 RITA Awards, presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA) for ‘excellence in published romance novels and novellas’. M J Scott is...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2015 winners announced
The winners of the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author. Gracie also...
Inaugural ‘Overland’ Neilma Sidney Prize winners announced
The winner and runners-up for Overland’s inaugural Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction have been announced. Lauren Foley’s ‘K-K-K’, a ‘story about states of placenessness’ inspired by...
Carnegie, Greenaway medals 2016 shortlists announced
In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. The eight books on this year’s...
Stella Prize 2016 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2016 Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Hope Farm (Peggy Frew, Scribe) A Few Days in the...
Inaugural ‘Overland’ Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for Overland’s inaugural Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction has been announced. The eight shortlisted entries are: ‘Budapest’ (Kieran Cash) ‘The republic’ (Laura Elvery) ‘K-K-K’...
Brooks, Barrett longlisted for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
Australian authors Geraldine Brooks and Shirley Barrett have been longlisted for the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Brooks is longlisted for her novel The Secret Chord (Hachette) and Barrett...
New Zealand Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlists in each category are: Fiction The Back of His Head (Patrick Evans, Victoria University Press) Chappy (Patricia...
Norma K Hemming Award 2016 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2016 Norma K Hemming Award has been announced. The award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for a work of speculative fiction published in...
Nebula Awards 2015 nominees announced
In the US, the 2015 Nebula Awards nominees have been announced. Seven books are nominated in the fiction category: Raising Caine (Charles E Gannon, Baen Books); The Fifth Season (N...
Graham longlisted for 2016 Greenaway Medal
Bob Graham’s How the Sun Got to Coco’s House (Walker Books) is one of 20 books longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration in children’s books. The longlists...
‘Overland’ poetry prize 2015 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2015 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘In civilization diminishing’ (Geraldine Burrowes) ‘Swarm’ (Emily...
Ditmar Awards 2016 ballot announced
The ballot for the 2016 Ditmar Awards has been announced. The shortlisted works include: Best Novel The Dagger’s Path (Glenda Larke, Orbit) Day Boy (Trent Jamieson, Text) Graced (Amanda Pillar,...
writingWA Awards 2015 winners announced
The winners of the 2015 writingWA Awards, which support emerging writers based in regional Western Australia, have been announced. Marc Simojoki was awarded the Curtin University Prize for Fiction for...
WAYRBA 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2016 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Pig the Fibber (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 winners announced
Darwin-based playwright Mary Anne Butler has won the Victorian Prize for Literature, worth $100,000, for her play Broken at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The play, which also won the...
Children’s book ‘The Lie Tree’ wins Costa Book of the Year
In the UK, Frances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree (Macmillan Children’s Books) has won the 2015 Costa Book of the Year award. It was previously the Costa Book of the Year...
National Book Critics Circle Awards 2015 finalists announced
In the US, the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Awards finalists have been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: The Sellout (Paul Beatty, Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Fates...
Indie Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones, Vintage) The Natural Way...
Roy wins 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Indian novelist Anuradha Roy has won the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter (Quercus). Roy’s novel was selected from a shortlist of six...