Established in 2008, the Indie Book Awards celebrate the best Australian writing; and who better to nominate and judge the best-of-the-best than indie booksellers! What makes indie booksellers uniquely placed to judge and recommend the best Aussie books of the past year, is their incredible passion and knowledge, their contribution to the cultural diversity of

  Dean Ashenden has won the inaugural $10,000 Australian Political Book of the Year Award for Telling Tennant’s Story: The strange career of the great Australian Silence, published by Black Inc. Ashenden’s book was chosen by judges Laurie Oakes, Laura Tingle and John Warhurst from a shortlist of four announced in October, which also included Bob Hawke: Demons and

QRC was fortunate to be able to interview Chris Hammer about his new book The Tilt which features Aaron Falk.  Please see the interview below. There is a strong sense of family in the novel whether we are looking at Nell’s relationship with her parents, or the Buchanan family, or James Waters and his family. Is the

The shortlists for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category, chosen from 545 entries, are: Fiction Dark as Last Night (Tony Birch, UQP) The Hands of Pianists (Stephen Downes, Fomite) Devotion (Hanna Kent, Picador) Night Blue (Angela O’Keeffe, Transit Lounge) Red Heaven (Nicolas Rothwell, Text). ‘Being recognised through these prestigious awards