Richard Flanagan has won the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction with his book ‘Question 7’. “This book is about my father and my mother,” he says, “their love for each other and the way they used love to find meaning in a world they knew to otherwise be meaningless. I think everyone is confronted at…
Category: awards
Winning poem by Marley D — West Launceston Primary School, Year 6 (Red Room Poetry)
Winning poem — Upper Primary (Y4-Y6) with a poem, ‘The Whale’s Wings’, by Marley D Read poem at The Whale’s Wings
Small Press Network — Book of the Year Award 2023
News from Small Press Network’s latest newsletter… BOTY shortlist We recently announced the six books shortlisted for this year’s SPN Book of the Year Award (plus two titles that received honourable mentions from the judges). They are: The Branded (Jo Riccioni, Pantera) Our Members Be Unlimited (Sam Wallman, Scribe) Paradise (Point of Transmission) (Andrew Sutherland, Fremantle Press) Against…
Small Press Network—2022 Book of the Year Award: winner Eleanor Jackson
The Small Press Network (SPN) this evening announced the winner of the 2022 Small Press Network Book of the Year Award (BOTY): Gravidity and Parity by Eleanor Jackson, published by Vagabond Press! Below, from Small Press Network’s Fiona Wallace’s interview with Eleanor earlier in the month: Q. Your poems have a powerful sense of immersion in the…
Woorilla Poetry Prize 2022
The Woorilla Poetry Prize was judged this year by Kevin Brophy and Alicia Sometimes, with the awards event taking place in Emerald, Victoria. Kevin Brophy spoke briefly about the judging process. ‘I guess I want to remind you at the start that judging a poetry competition is a very human process. There is a human…
Poetry London—the Poetry London Prizewinners 2022
Streamed live on 14th October 2022. First: Teresa Ott Second: Ann Giard-Chase Third: Daragh Byrne
Longlists announced, 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards
The judges have selected longlists in the four book categories: Premier’s Prize for Fiction Premier’s Prize for Non-fiction Minister for the Art’s Prize for Books for Young Readers and Children Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry For full details, visit Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022
Small Press Network: 2022 Book of the Year Award—Shortlist
This year’s shortlisted titles for Small Press Network’s Book of the Year Award have been announced. They are: No Document by Anwen Crawford (Giramondo) Friends and Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford (Text) Hometown Haunts edited by Poppy Nwosu (Wakefield Press) Permafrost by SJ Norman (UQP) Gravidity and Parity by Eleanor Jackson (Vagabond) Theory of Colours by Bella Li (Vagabond) Sexy Tales of…