Arena Magazine launches $1000 Alan Roberts Prize
The Arena Foundation, in association with Arena Magazine, has launched an annual prize for the best essay related to ‘ecology, social life or a politics for the future’. Entries to...
Liminal magazine establishes short fiction prize, partners with Brow Books
Liminal magazine has established a short fiction prize for Australian writers of colour. The Liminal Fiction Prize seeks to ‘promote fiction by writers whose voices are often ignored or elided’. It...
‘Chernobyl’ wins 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction
Ukrainian-American author and historian Serhii Plokhy has won the £30,000 (A$53,880) 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction for his book Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy (Allen Lane). Chosen from a shortlist of six,...
ANZ authors nominated for 2019 Astrid Lindgren Award
Ten authors and illustrators from Australia and New Zealand and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula...