Hydra by Adriane Howell shortlisted for the South Australian Literary Awards 2024
https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/news/press/2024/08/shortlist-announced-for-2024-south-australian-literary-awards
https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/news/press/2024/08/shortlist-announced-for-2024-south-australian-literary-awards
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/awards-and-fellowships/queensland-literary-awards/steele-rudd-award-short-story
You can read the judges’ comments here. Winner announced 1 August. https://www.perpetual.com.au/wealth-management/milesfranklin/judges-and-history-of-recipients
Bacon awarded 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence | Books+Publishing (booksandpublishing.com.au)
https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/awards-fellowships/wa-premiers-book-awards/2024-shortlist
https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/awards-fellowships/wa-premiers-book-awards/2024-shortlist
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/christina-stead-prize-fiction
Gerald Murnane’s litmus test for a story’s worth was whether it leaves an enduring image upon the mind. By this metric, Gregory Day’s The Bell of the World seared me like a branding iron. Taking place in the early 20th century in post-federation, colonial Australia, the novel follows Sarah, a young woman living an unsettled existence after […]