by Akina Hansen | Dec 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
James Goodhand’s novel Last Lesson is set for a tv adaptation and will be produced by Red Planet Pictures. Around The World In 80 Days writer Stephen Greenhorn is penning the series which was published last year and is about musician and model student Ollie Morcombe...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Acclaimed novelist Bernardine Evaristo will become the next president of the Royal Society of Literature, becoming the first writer of colour in the position. The Royal Society of Literature was founded in 1820 and provides a platform to support and recognise emerging...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Walkley Foundation announced the 2021 longlist for the Walkley Book Award, part of the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The Walkley Book Award celebrates writers across Australia who explore subjects from the news, eyewitness accounts, investigations...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Black Inc. and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) are partnering to publish Seeking Asylum: Our Stories. Seeking Asylum is a collection of stories of those who have lived the experience of seeking asylum. Told in their own voices, the contributors share their...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Award-winning American poet Robert Bly died on Sunday at the age of 94 in Minnesota, according to the Star Tribune newspaper. Bly published more than 25 collections of his own poetry and translated more than a dozen others. Over the course of his career he was awarded...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Jon M Chu is set to direct the film adaptation of Dr Seuss’ iconic 1990 book ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Go!’ for Warner Animation Group and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, deadline reports. The film will be an animated musical feature that will follow a young adventurer as they...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
The National Book Foundation announced the 2021 winners of the National Book Awards in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature. The Awards recognise and celebrate the best literature in America across five categories. Author...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Tim Ayliffe’s popular John Bailey crime thriller series, The Greater Good, State of Fear and The Enemy Within, are set for a screen adaptation by CJZ Productions. Tim Ayliffe has been a journalist for over 20 years and is the Managing Editor of Television and Video...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
International best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died in South Africa at the age of 88, according to a statement from his official website. ‘Global bestselling author Wilbur Smith died unexpectedly this afternoon at his Cape Town home after a morning of reading and...
by Akina Hansen | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival (TARWF) has announced Tasmania’s first international crime and mystery literary festival, CSI: TASMANIA, which will run online from 27 – 28 November. The two-day program has a line-up of over 35 writers of crime and...
