Literature prizes
No one would publish my novel, and now it’s up for the Miles Franklin
Rightly or wrongly, being a self-published author feels undignified. Second-best.
- by Michael Winkler
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Diana Reid’s Love & Virtue wins book of the year at industry awards
The Australian book industry celebrated its new sense of optimism by presenting its annual awards.
- by Jason Steger
From the Archives, 1982: Carey finds Bliss
40 years ago, Peter Carey’s career took off when his novel Bliss won the 1981 Miles Franklin Award.
- by Tim Dare
From the Archives, 1992: Cloudstreet wins the Miles Franklin award
Thirty years ago, fate smiled on the Western Australian writer Tim Winton. At the age of 31, he won Australia’s top fiction prize, the Miles Franklin award, for the second time, for his novel Cloudstreet.
- by Jane Sullivan
This graphic novel won NSW’s biggest book prize – now’s the time to read it
Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System, details the psychological toll on refugees inside Australia’s system of mandatory and indefinite detention.
- by Linda Morris
‘Everyone is going to be gay and terrible’: The first Australian novel nominated for a Hugo
Shelley Parker-Chan’s queer reimagining of 14th-century Chinese history has made them the first Australian nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
- by Kat Wong
Sex, love and footnotes: Meet the 2022 Best Young Australian Novelists
Meet the three first-time novelists who have claimed the prestigious title.
- by Robert Moran
Poet Evelyn Araluen wins $60,000 for her ‘strange little book’
It’s the first time poetry has been eligible for the prestigious Stella Prize, established in 2013 to champion women’s writing.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Poets get their moment as prestigious Stella Prize lets them in
There are four poets on the longlist for the Stella Prize in the first year poetry has been eligible.
- by Jason Steger
Alluring Tokyo story brings Jessica Au an international writing prize
Cold Enough for Snow was chosen from 1500 entries to win the inaugural Novel Prize.
- by Jason Steger
A memoir of abuse and racism wins Australia’s richest writing prize
Veronica Gorrie wanted to record her experiences for her children. Now her memoir has won the Victorian Prize for Literature.
- by Jason Steger