The Terrible Event by David Cohen shortlisted for The Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/awards-and-fellowships/queensland-literary-awards/steele-rudd-award-short-story
The Bell of the World by Gregory Day is shortlisted for The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2024
You can read the judges’ comments here. Winner announced 1 August. https://www.perpetual.com.au/wealth-management/milesfranklin/judges-and-history-of-recipients
The Bell of the World by Gregory Day longlisted for Miles Franklin Award 2024
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/05/16/252086/miles-franklin-2024-longlist-announced
Read More Eugen Bacon named 2024 University of Tasmania Hedberg Writer in Residence
Bacon awarded 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence | Books+Publishing (booksandpublishing.com.au)
Alan Fyfe, author of T shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards – WA Writer’s Fellowship
https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/awards-fellowships/wa-premiers-book-awards/2024-shortlist
Cellnight by John Kinsella shortlisted for WA Premier’s Book Awards – Book of the Year
https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-on/awards-fellowships/wa-premiers-book-awards/2024-shortlist
The Crying Room by Gretchen Shirm shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, NSW Premier’s Literary Award
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/christina-stead-prize-fiction
The Bell of the World by Gregory Day in The Guardian’s Best 25 Australian Books of the Year
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 […]
Serengotti by Eugen Bacon shortlisted for Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premiers-literary-awards/victorian-premiers-literary-awards-2024/
Read More Hydra shortlisted for Readings New Australian Fiction Prize
Congratulations to Adriane Howell on being shortlisted for the Readings Prize for her amazing debut novel Hydra. https://www.readings.com.au/news/the-readings-new-australian-fiction-prize-shortlist-2023