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Author Event – Kris Kneen
FRIDAY 10 JULY 2026 | INSTORE EVENT 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start Join us at Avid Reader West End for the launch of Kris Kneen’s latest book Rite of Spring. Kris will be in conversation with Carody Culver. ABOUT THE BOOK In the hope of salvaging their relationship, Miranda and Richard become caretakers of a
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2026
Shortlist for the Miles Franklin The shortlist for the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of 10, the shortlisted titles are: Discipline (Randa Abdel-Fattah, University of Queensland Press) First Name Second Name (Steve MinOn, University of Queensland Press) My Heart at Evening (Konrad Muller, Evercreech Editions) Fierceland (Omar Musa, Penguin Random House Australia) Little World
Author Event
TUESDAY 16 JUNE | Avid Reader West End 6pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 mins Fiona Kelly McGregor will be in conversation about her book The Trap. ABOUT THE BOOK Sydney, October 1942. A wartime city dimmed by brownouts, flush with American cash, rotten with corruption. For nightclub manager Ray Sayles, a fateful encounter
ABIA Awards 2026
ABIA Awards 2026 The winners of the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced with Once I Was a Giant by Zeno Sworder (Thames & Hudson) taking out the overall Book of the Year award, as well as the award for Children’s Picture Book of the Year. Selected winners are listed below. Book of
Miles Franklin Award 2026
Miles Franklin Literary Award The longlist for the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Longlisted titles for the $60,000 prize are: Discipline (Randa Abdel-Fattah, University of Queensland Press) I Want Everything (Dominic Amerena, Summit Books) * Salt Upon the Water (Lyn Dickens, Wakefield Press) * Tenderfoot (Toni Jordan, Hachette) First Name Second Name (Steve MinOn, University of Queensland
British Book Awards 2026
British Book Awards 2026 Nobody’s Girl (Doubleday), the posthumous memoir by the late Australia-based author Virginia Roberts Giuffre, co-written with Amy Wallace, was the overall Book of the Year winner at the 2026 British Book Awards (also known as the Nibbies). Nobody’s Girl was also awarded Nonfiction Narrative Book of the Year, and was joint winner, with Careless