Literature prizes
‘Trojan horse’ novel tackling colonisation and war wins Miles Franklin
Never judge a book by its cover. That’s certainly true about Shankari Chandran’s award-winning novel.
- by Jason Steger
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She won the Booker – then got called ungrateful
Prize-winning author Eleanor Catton on reacting to criticism, what helps her get “unstuck” when writing – and the weirdest experience of her life.
- by Benjamin Law
Author wrote bestseller inspired by 1831 death reported in the Herald
Always an Australian history buff, in retirement Robin Adair penned the colonial-era thriller Death and the Running Patterer.
- by Julie Kusko Adair
From South Sudan to the Miles Franklin shortlist, with ‘a novel of national significance’
Kgshak Akec, 26, has been shortlisted for Australia’s most significant fiction-writing prize along with five other authors.
- by Jason Steger
Future of Victorian Premier’s History Award in doubt
A top history prize bearing could soon be a thing of the past, as historians raise alarm over the loss of grants they say will endanger the future of record-keeping, heritage overlays and genealogy research.
- by Broede Carmody
Give them what they want: RecipeTin Eats’ Nagi Maehashi wins book of the year
The author behind wildly popular food blog RecipeTin Eats has won big at the Australian Book Industry Awards.
- by Hannah Story
Debut author scoops $85,000 in literary prizes with memoir
Gudanji/Wakaja author Debra Dank won Book of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the prizes for non-fiction, new writing and Indigenous writers.
- by Hannah Story
This year’s Best Young Australian Novelists revealed
The winners have delivered three clever, ambitious - and very different - books.
- by Melanie Kembrey
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Literature
Why Tim Winton is happy he never moved to Melbourne
In an exclusive interview, the author tells of 40 years spent helping develop and protect Australian publishing, and where he lives has everything to do with it.
- by Emma Young
‘He has produced a gem’: An ode to humble Australians wins The Age Book of the Year
Inspired by his grandfather’s stories, Robbie Arnott’s Limberlost has won the prize for fiction. Kim Mahood has won the non-fiction award for her essay collection, Wandering with Intent.
- by Jason Steger
How a father’s death led to his daughter’s Stella prize-winning poetry
Sarah Holland-Batt has won this year’s $60,000 Stella Prize for her third poetry collection, The Jaguar.
- by Jason Steger