Hydra by Adriane Howell longlisted for The Stella Prize
Congratulations to Adriane Howell on Hydra being longlisted for The Stella Prize 2023 More at https://stella.org.au/2023/02/2023-stella-prize-longlist/
Jennifer Mackenzie a guest of Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters in Kerala, 2-5 February
Jennifer Mackenzie, author Navigable Ink and Borobudur will be part of the fabulous Mathrubhumi Festivals of Letters, Kerala, India. Program at https://mbifl.com
Danged Black Thing Shortlisted for Otherwise Awards
Congratulations to Eugen Bacon! Danged Black Thing has made the honor list of the 2021 Otherwise Award – one of the biggest globally recognised genre awards. Eugen’s extraordinary collection of short stories about love and migration, gender and class, patriarchy and womanhood also made Honorable Mention, Foreword Indies Awards, Finalist Aurealis Award, Finalist Australian Shadows […]
The Signal Line by Brendan Colley shortlisted for The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2023
Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge to Brendan Colley on the shortlisting of his truly cool and unforgettable debut novel. https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2023/
Night Blue by Angela O’Keeffe shortlisted for The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2022
Congratulations to Angela O’Keeffe from all at Transit Lounge on the shortlisting of her beautiful novel Night Blue. https://www.arts.gov.au/departmental-news/prime-ministers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced-2022
Revenge: Murder in Three Parts by S.L.Lim wins the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award
The judges said, ‘In choosing Revenge as our winner, we firstly discussed the almost painful sympathy we felt for the protagonist, Yannie. While other books on our shortlist were also emotionally involving, particularly the books by Down, Janson, and Wyld, we felt that Revenge edged ahead of these due to the freshness of its setting […]
Subhash Jaireth wins the ACT Book of The Year
Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge to Subhash Jaireth on winning the ACT Book of The Year for Spinoza’s Overcoat. Describing him as a writer of international significance, the judges commented: “This major achievement takes a broad literary perspective, pushing form and progression of poetics. This is first-class cultural criticism, in a voice that is […]
Spinoza’s Overcoat by Subhash Jaireth shortlisted for ACT Book of the Year Award
Subhash Jaireth’s Spinoza’s Overcoat: Travels with writers and poets, has been shortlisted in the 2021 ACT Book of the Year Award. ‘Spinoza’s Overcoat is a superb achievement that pushes literary form.’ Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge.
Revenge shortlisted for The Barbara Jefferis Award 2022
Congratulations to S. L. Lim for Revenge: Murder in Three Parts on being shortlisted for Barbara Jefferis Award 2022. Thanks to the judges, Toni Jordan, Peggy Frew and Declan Fry for their wonderful commendation. ‘Yannie is a protagonist for our times, a primal scream directed toward all that divides us from the world, ‘‘measured not […]
The Signal Line shortlisted for The Age Book of The Year
Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge to Brendan Colley on being shortlisted for The Age Book of The Year 2022 for his amazing debut novel, The Signal Line.