Stella Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
The 2025 shortlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced, marking the first time the prize shortlist has been entirely made up of women...
DANZ Children’s Book Award 2025 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 April 2025
The 2025 shortlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from previously announced longlists, shortlisted...
Inaugural Varuna Trans and Gender Diverse Fellowship recipients announced
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the inaugural recipients of the Varuna Trans and Gender Diverse Fellowship. The six inaugural recipients (and their manuscripts) are: Arani Ahmed, for ‘Needlework’...
Rodda, Whatley nominated for 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Writer Emily Rodda and illustrator Bruce Whatley have been nominated by IBBY (the International Board on Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2026 Hans Christian...
ABIA 2025 business award shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, has announced the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2025 business award shortlists. The ABIA 2025 business award shortlists are: Bookshop of the...
We Are the Stars becomes first nonfiction book to top Dymocks 101
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Bookselling chain Dymocks has announced its 2025 Top 101 list, voted on by readers, with Gina Chick’s We Are the Stars (Summit) becoming the first nonfiction book to take the...
Mila’s Books wins 2025 Bologna Best Children’s Publisher, Oceania
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Mila’s Books has won the 2025 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, announced at the Bologna Children’s Book...
Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize has been announced. Shortlisted poems include: ‘ACAB’ by Dominic Symes ‘al Mafrak’ by Daniel Grima ‘The Dog House’ by Neika Lehman...
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$61,725), has been announced. Shortlisted titles are: A Thousand Threads (Neneh Cherry, Fern Press) The Story...
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize has been announced. Chosen from over 500 entries, the shortlisted stories are: ‘Around the Corner’ by Maks Sipowicz ‘Days of...
Tasmanian Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
Thursday, 27 March 2025
The winners of the Tasmanian Literary Awards for 2025 have been announced. Category winners – chosen from shortlists announced last month – are: Premier’s Prize for Fiction ($25,000) Heartsease (Kate...
CBCA 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its shortlist for the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted books in each category, selected from the 2025...
2025 Windham-Campbell recipients announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The recipients of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes, each worth US$175,000 (A$278,529), have been announced, reports Publishers Weekly. This year’s winning writers are Sigrid Nunez (US) and Anne Enright (Ireland) for...
Victorian Community History Awards winners announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The winners of the Victorian Community History Awards have been announced. Winning titles in each category are: Victorian Premier’s History Award ($5000) Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch's World of...
Arnott’s ‘Dusk’ wins Indie Book Awards 2025 Book of the Year
Monday, 24 March 2025
Robbie Arnott's Dusk (Picador) has been named Book of the Year in the Indie Book Awards 2025. Category winners also announced include: Fiction Dusk (Robbie Arnott, Picador) Nonfiction Three Wild Dogs...
NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 winners announced
Monday, 24 March 2025
The winners of the 2025 NZ Booklovers Awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Best Adult Fiction Book The Space Between (Lauren Keenan, Penguin) Best Lifestyle Book Kai Feast: Food...
IPEd announces ‘Rosie’ shortlist
Thursday, 20 March 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award. The shortlisted editors are: Kimberley Davis for Under the Weather: A Future Forecast...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
The Wheeler Centre has announced the winners of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs). Nukgal Wurra author-artist Wanda Gibson has won the overall Victorian Prize for Literature, worth $100,000,...
ABIA 2025 books shortlists announced
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, has announced the 2025 book award shortlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The shortlisted titles in each category are: Audiobook...
Local authors on 2025 British Book Awards shortlists
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Local authors Madeleine Gray, Oliver Jeffers and Sarah A Parker have been shortlisted as part of the 35th British Book Awards (also known as The Nibbies). Works by Gray and...
Penguin Literary Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘The Fear of Empty Spaces’ by Rachel Bowman (Brisbane, Qld) –...
Hussein named 2025 Kat Muscat Fellow
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Custodial Committee have announced Adalya Nash Hussein as the 10th and final Kat Muscat Fellow. Selected from a shortlist of three, Hussein is a...
UWA Publishing announces Spiers Prize
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
UWA Publishing has announced the establishment of a new national children’s fiction manuscript prize in honour of Australian primary school teacher and philanthropist Gail Spiers. Announced to coincide with UWA...
Morton wins 2025 UQP Quentin Bryce Award
Thursday, 6 March 2025
UQP has announced Rachel Morton as the winner of the 2025 UQP Quentin Bryce Award, worth $5000, for her novel The Sun Was Electric Light. The award, which recognises The...
‘Amma’ longlisted for 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
In the UK, Sri Lankan Pākehā writer Saraid de Silva’s novel Amma has been longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Published in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand by...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025 finalists announced
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
The finalists for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from longlists announced in January, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize...
Victorian Community History Awards shortlist announced
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
The shortlist for this year‘s Victorian Community History Awards has been announced. A total of 39 publications and projects were shortlisted for 10 prizes ranging from $500 to $2000 each,...
Stella Prize 2025 longlist announced
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
The longlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: A Language of Limbs (Dylin Hardcastle, Picador) Always Will Be (Mykaela...
Australian Jewish Writer Awards expanded for 2025
Monday, 3 March 2025
The Shalom Collective has expanded its Australian Jewish Writer Awards (formerly Australian Jewish Book Awards). Four prizes – including the two new awards – will be presented in August for...
Woods wins 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
Monday, 3 March 2025
Georgina Woods has been announced the winner of the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘Augury: Sea surface temperature charts'. Two other poets were named runners-up: Julie Janson...