Finalists announced for Queensland people’s choice award
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the finalists for the People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. The finalists are: Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) Requiem...
Queensland Literary Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of the Queensland Literary Awards were announced on 8 December at the State Library of Queensland.The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Narrow Road to the...
Queensland Literary Awards 2014 shortlists announced
The shortlisted titles for the 2014 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have been announced by the State Library of Queensland (SLQ). The shortlisted titles are:Fiction All the Birds, Singing (Evie Wyld,...
People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year shortlist announced
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the shortlist for the Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year award, part of the 2014 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) program. The...
SLQ to run Queensland Literary Awards; 2014 awards open for entries
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced that it will ‘take leadership’ of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA), and is calling for entries for the 2014 awards.State librarian Janette...
Queensland Literary Awards 2013 winners announced
The winners of the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) were announced on 4 September during the Brisbane Writers Festival. The winners in each of the book-related categories are: Fiction book...
QLA achieves $20,000 crowdfunding target
The organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have achieved their $20,000 crowdfunding target in just under four weeks. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the money from the Pozible campaign will...
Queensland Literary Awards 2013 shortlists announced
The titles shortlisted for the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in the book-related categories are: Fiction book award The Voyage (Murray Bail, Text) My Hundred Lovers (Susan...
QLA launches crowdfunding campaign
Organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for this year’s awards and to ‘sustain the awards for the future’. The campaign, which is...
QLA people’s choice award shortlist announced
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) has announced the shortlist for the Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award, worth $5000. The shortlisted books are: Fiction My Hundred Lovers...
Inaugural Queensland Writers Fellowships announced
Angela Slatter, Kristina Olsson and Patrick Holland have been announced as the winners of the inaugural Queensland Writers Fellowships. The three authors, who were chosen from a field of 48...
New sponsors boost prize money for Queensland Literary Awards
The winners in each category of the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) will receive a cash prize of $5000, up from $1000 in 2012, thanks to support from new sponsors this...
Queensland Literary Awards to offer government-funded fellowships
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) will offer three fellowships this year as a result of a new funding agreement with the Queensland Government. The Courier-Mail has reported that the Queensland Government will fund...
BWF kicks off
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicks off today, following the presentation of the Queensland Literary Awards last night. The festival runs from 5 to 9 September and includes and ‘all...
Queensland Literary Awards 2012 winners announced
The winners of the inaugural Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) were announced on 4 September on the eve of the Brisbane Writers Festival. The winners in each category are: Fiction book award...
Queensland Literary Awards 2012 shortlists announced
The titles shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction book award The Chemistry of Tears (Peter Carey, Penguin) All That...
QLA announces new people’s choice award
The organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA), the volunteer-led awards that have replaced the axed Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, have announced a new people’s choice award, to be sponsored by...
QLA achieves $20,000 pledge goal
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) has achieved its goal of $20,000 from crowd-funded pledges and the amount continues to rise with 27 days left in the campaign. The volunteer-led awards replaced the axed Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, then...