Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships—applications open
Applications are now open for the Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowships initiative, funded by the Readings Foundation. As previously reported by Bookseller+Publisher, the fellowships grant 20 writers access to a...
Simpson awarded Michael King Writers’ Fellowship
New Zealand writer, scholar and curator Peter Simpson has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship. Simpson will use the NZ$100,000 (approximately...
ABR offers film/tv/media fellowship
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced that it will offer an ABR Patron's Fellowship for ‘a major article with a film/television/media focus’ this year. The fellowship is sponsored by...
Hoban wins inaugural Hazel Rowley Memorial Fellowship
Mary Hoban was announced as the winner of the inaugural Hazel Rowley Memorial Fellowship on 14 March at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Hoban will use the $10,000 fellowship to...
2012 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellows announced
New Zealand fiction writers David Lyndon Brown and Anna Taylor are the recipients of the 2012 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship. Brown and Taylor will each receive a NZ$20,000 (approximately A$15,480)...
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Text to launch $12.95 Australian classics listText Publishing will publish a list of low-price classics similar to Penguin's Popular Penguin series and Random House's $12.95 classics. The list will launch...
Paton wins renamed Mansfield literary prize
Christchurch author and curator Justin Paton is the recipient of the 2012 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, previously known as the New Zealand Post Mansfield Prize. The NZ$75,000 (approximately A$57,000) prize enables a...
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ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize winners announcedCarrie Tiffany and Gregory Day are the joint winners of the 2011 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Tiffany was...
20 new Wheeler Centre writers’ fellowships announced
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced that it will offer 20 new writers' fellowships in 2012. In her last public duty as director of...
2011 Australian Centre Literary Awards winners announced
The winners of this year's cultural awards from the University of Melbourne's Australian Centre in the Faculty of Arts were announced on 2 September during the Melbourne Writers Festival. Miles...
2011 Australian Centre Literary Awards winners announced
The winners of this year's cultural awards from the University of Melbourne's Australian Centre in the Faculty of Arts were announced on 2 September during the Melbourne Writers Festival. Miles...
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2011 Get Reading! campaign launchedThis year's Get Reading! campaign, which will run until 30 September, was officially launched this week. A new website for the campaign has been launched and features an...
2011 SLV Creative Fellowships announced
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2011 Creative Fellowships. The $20,000 Redmond Barry Fellowship has been awarded to Jim Davidson. Davidson will use the...
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Google Books Settlement status conference rescheduled for JulyIn the US, Judge Denny Chin has rescheduled a status conference for the Google Books Settlement for 19 July. As previously reported by...
Wells awarded Michael King Writers’ Fellowship
New Zealand author Peter Wells has been announced as this year's recipient of the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers' Fellowship. Wells will use the NZ$100,000 (approximately A$75,000) fellowship to research and...
Morrow awarded Beatrice Davis Fellowship
Jane Morrow was announced as the recipient of the 2011/12 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship at the Sydney Writers' Festival on 19 May. The fellowship, which was presented for the 12th time...
2011 Unwin Trust Fellowship recipient announced
Joel Naoum from Pan Macmillan has been awarded the 2011 Unwin Trust UK-Australia Fellowship. Naoum was chosen for the fellowship, which is supported by the Unwin Charitable Trust in the UK, for his...
2011 Buddle Findlay Sargeson fellows announced
New Zealand fiction writers Sue Orr and Mark Broatch have been announced as the recipients of this year's Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship. Orr and Broatch will each receive a NZ$20,000...
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Changes announced for the 2011 Indie Awards Leading Edge Books has announced a number of changes to the next Indie Book Award. Independent bookshops who are members of the Leading Edge...
Powles named 2010 Robert Burns Fellow
Auckland novelist Michele Powles has been named the 2010 Robert Burns Fellow. Powles, the director of New Zealand Book Month, which kicked off last week, is the author of Weathered...