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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025
Miles Franklin Award 2025 The longlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Longlisted titles for the $60,000 prize are: Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text) Dirt Poor Islanders (Winnie Dunn, Hachette) Compassion (Julie Janson, Magabala) Politica (Yumna Kassab, Ultimo) Ghost Cities (Siang Lu, UQP) * Highway 13 (Fiona
The Age Book of the Year Awards
The Age Book of the Year 2025 The winners of the 2025 Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Rodney Hall won the fiction award for his novel Vortex (Picador) and Lech Blaine won the nonfiction prize for Australian Gospel: A Family Saga (Black Inc.). The winners, chosen from shortlists announced earlier this month, were announced at the opening night of the Melbourne Writers
ABIA Awards 2025
THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The highly anticipated winners, including the prestigious Book of the Year were revealed at a glittering gala event hosted by Myf Warhurst in Melbourne’s CBD on Wednesday 7 May. Celebrating 25
The Age Book of the Year Awards 2025
The Age Book of the Year Awards 2025 Twelve books have made the shortlists for this year’s entries in The Age Book of The Year awards. The six books on the fiction shortlist have been described as particularly exciting in “eclecticism and range” by the judges, author and critic Bram Presser, and The Age and Sydney Morning Herald’s Canberra bureau
NSW Literary Awards 2025
NSW Literary Awards 2025 The NSW Literary Awards are held annually. They are the richest and longest running state-based literary awards in Australia and cover all genres of writing. The Awards provide an opportunity to highlight the importance of literacy and to encourage everyone to enjoy and learn from the work of our writers. These
Author Event
Author Event – Avid Reader MONDAY 19 MAY 2025 | INSTORE EVENT 6pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 mins Join us for a Salon event with Dominic Amerena. This event will introduce three emerging writers before a conversation with Dominic about his debut novel. ABOUT THE BOOK The legendary career of reclusive cult author