by Akina Hansen | Sep 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards. The Australian Crime Writers Association says of the shortlists, that the Best Debut Crime Fiction entries this year were incredibly strong with a wide range of new...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All the Light We Cannot See tells the story of the extraordinary power of human connection. Over the course of a decade, this limited series interweaves the lives of Marie-Laure Leblanc, a blind French girl taking refuge with...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
The trailer for Cat Person, a film based on Kristen Roupenian’s 2017 New Yorker short story, has been released. The story follows Margot, a college student who begins dating, Robert, an older man. When she realises that she finds him creepy, she attempts to ghost...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Shadow Judging Book of the Year Awards have been announced. Young voices from across Australia have joined the conversation on this year’s CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist and chosen their own winners. Year Awards 2023 winners...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the CBCA 2023 Book of the Year Awards. These prestigious annual awards continue to celebrate and honour quality Australian literature for young people. Entries across the six categories...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The shortlist for one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious literary awards has been announced by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies. Emeritus Professor Alan Lawson, Chair of the Judging Panel commented that ‘We’ve had to hose quite a bit of...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Romance Writers of Australia have announced the winners of the Ruby Awards, the 2023 Romantic Book of the Year Awards. The winners are: Romantic elements – The Library at Wagtail Ridge by Janet Gover Romantic suspense – Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
The new stage adaptation of Charlotte Wood’s beloved novel, The Weekend, premiered on 5 August at the Belvoir St Theatre. Adapted by playwright and screenwriter, Sue Smith, and directed by award winning director Sarah Goodes (The Sugar House), The Weekend showcases...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Entries are now open for the 2023 Woollahra Digital Literary Award. The Award seeks original literary submissions that are digitally born – originating online or in electronic or multi media form. Now in its seventh year, this national award supports...
by Akina Hansen | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Paramount+ has released the film trailer to Love in Taipei, a new film based on Abigail Hing Wen’s novel Loveboat, Taipei. Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen was first published in 2020 and follows Ever Wong, a young American woman whose parents send her to a...
