Horne Prize 2018 shortlist announced
The Saturday Paper and skin care company Aesop have announced the shortlist for the $15,000 Horne Prize for narrative nonfiction. The shortlisted writers are: Melanie Cheng for 'All the Other Stories', on...
Canberra Uni poetry prize awarded to David Adès
The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize, worth $15,000, has been awarded to David Adès for his poem ‘Dazzled’, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Adès, an Adelaide poet and author of Mapping...
McIlvanney wins 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award
Liam McIlvanney has won the 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for Where the Dead Men Go (Faber).McIlvanney won the NZ$1000 (A$895) award ahead of fellow shortlisted authors Paul Cleave (Joe...
Mary Gilmore Award winner announced
Even in the Dark by Rose Lucas (UWA Publishing) has won the Mary Gilmore award for poetry.The biennial award, worth $500, recognises a first book of poetry published in the...
Australian, NZ authors on IMPAC Dublin 2013 longlist
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Books by Australian authors on the longlist are: What the...
2012 Human Rights Literature Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Human Rights Literature Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Am I Black Enough For You? (Anita Heiss, Bantam) The Boy Who Wouldn’t Die...
‘The Finkler Question’ by Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Man Booker Prize
Howard Jacobson has won the £50,000 (A$80,000) 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question (Bloomsbury).The award was announced at a presentation dinner in London overnight. The Finkler...
Overington wins business writing award
Australian journalist Caroline Overington has won this year's $30,000 Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature for her account of the $290 million Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.KICKBACK: Inside the Australia Wheat Board...
Pulitzer Prize-winners announced
The winners of the annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday at a luncheon at Columbia University. Books honoured in the Letters, Drama and Music section were:Cormac McCarthy's The Road (Picador)...