The winners of the 2024 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced recently, and this year was the first year that children’s books had a category. Readings has highlighted the winners, and gives a run down about each book. The winners for 2024, sourced from Creative Victoria are: Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature Chinese Fish… Continue reading Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Winners
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Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
The following is taken from Books and Publishing. The Wheeler Centre has announced the 2024 shortlists for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and the winners will be announced in a few days. Each category has shortlisted and highly commended books, which are listed and the ones I have read are linked back to those reviews… Continue reading Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
DANZ Children’s Book Awards 2024 Longlist
Introducing the very first longlist for the DANZ Children’s Book Awards for 2024! Check out the judge’s comments here! Diversity is more than just a label Picture books Echo Written by Lisa Van Der Wielen and illustrated by Anne FarrellPublished by Lisa Van Der Wielen for HeartKids AustraliaBe Careful, Xiao Xin!Written by Alice Pung and illustrated by Sher Rill NgPublished… Continue reading DANZ Children’s Book Awards 2024 Longlist
Award Announcement: Scarlett Stiletto 30th Anniversary Awards
2023 was the 30th year that Sisters in Crime has run its short story awards. The year’s award ceremony was held on the 25th of November, which also so the launch of an anthology of the winning stories for 2023 – Scarlet Stiletto: The Fifteenth Cut, edited by Phyllis King. It was launched by Cate… Continue reading Award Announcement: Scarlett Stiletto 30th Anniversary Awards
Ned Kelly Awards 2023 Shortlist
It’s shortlist season it seems, and the latest one I have found is the Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist. The Ned Kelly Awards are the oldest and most prestigious awards in Australia that recognise crime stories in the following categories: Best True Crime, Best International Crime (published in Australia), Best Debut Crime Fiction, and Best Crime… Continue reading Ned Kelly Awards 2023 Shortlist
2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards
Announcement of the NSW Premier's History Award - the below is a quote from the State Library of NSW website. Statement from the State Library about the announcement: Announcing the shortlists for the 2023 NSW Premier's History Awards The Premier of NSW, The Hon. Chris Minns MP, has announced the shortlists for the 2023 NSW… Continue reading 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards
Queensland Literary Awards
This week, the shortlisted books for the Queensland Literary Awards were announced across several categories. The Queensland Literary Awards are an annual award recognising literary excellence in Australian writing across the following categories: • Fiction• Non-fiction• Poetry• Young Adult Literature• Children’s Literature• Australian History• Emerging Queensland Writer – Manuscript Award• People’s Choice Award The awards… Continue reading Queensland Literary Awards
The Winner of The Australian/Vogel’s Award has been announced…
On Friday the 16th of June, Allen and Unwin announced the 2023 winner of their annual unpublished manuscript prize for a writer under the age of thirty-five, The Australian/Vogel’s Award for Young Writers. This year it was won by Anna McGahan, niece of Andrew McGahan who also won the prize many years ago as well.… Continue reading The Winner of The Australian/Vogel’s Award has been announced…
DANZ Children’s Book Award
DANZ Children’s Book Award As the DANZ website (Diversity in Australia and New Zealand) says, diversity is more than just a label - and in 2024, a new children’s book award enters its inaugural year, and to being with, this will be a biennial award. Autistic author, Kate Foster has created this award to promote… Continue reading DANZ Children’s Book Award
CBCA Awards 2021
Congratulations to the authors who made the shortlist and the winners of this year’s CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Some great ones this year, and I have read several of those on the honour list and at least one winner so far. Some great voices out there in Australian kids lit at the moment.… Continue reading CBCA Awards 2021
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