by Akina Hansen | Dec 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
With summer holidays and gift-giving on the horizon, QBD Books has shared its 2025 Book of the Year winners. They have reported that their standout titles are: • Fiction: Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton, (Limited Edition, Exclusive Cover) • Non-fiction: Softly...
by Akina Hansen | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Australia’s social media ban for teens takes effect 10 December as experts say reading is the healthier alternative. As the nation moves to limit online access for under-16s, QBD Books and Australia Reads call for a screen-to-story shift this Christmas. Australia’s...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the winners for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Running since 2020, the prize is known as the richest individual literary prize in Australasia and is open to novels where the majority of the...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Writing Australia has revealed the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the richest literary prize in the nation. The awards celebrate the exceptional talents of emerging and established Australian writers, illustrators, poets and historians. The...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Running since 2020, the prize is open to novels where the majority of the narrative takes place more than 50 years ago. This year’s shortlist for...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Lionsgate is releasing a film adaptation of The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, will be released in Australian cinemas on 25 December 2025. Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
The winners for the 2025 Danger Awards were announced at the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. Leading indigenous journalist Amy McQuire has won Best Crime Non-Fiction award for her thought-provoking collection of essays which showcase how journalism can be used to...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Riverside Theatres is thrilled to present the Sydney premiere of the smash-hit adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book Love Stories at Riverside Theatres Paramatta from 11 – 20 September 2025. After a sold-out Brisbane Festival debut season in 2024, playing...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
The richest individual literary prize in Australasia, the ARA Historical Novel Prize, has announced its longlist. Open to novels where the majority of the narrative takes place at least 50 years ago, the Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), with the generous...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The winners of the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced this evening at the State Library of Western Australia, sharing a prize pool of $120,000. Alan Fyfe was the winner of Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA, for his debut...
