by Akina Hansen | Oct 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell has won the 16th BBC National Short Story Award for her story All the People Were Mean and Bad. The story was taken from her 2021 collection, Intimacies and follows a woman as she boards a long-haul transatlantic flight alone with...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dave Blumenthal has released a new book, The Cartoon Chronicles of Sandwich Bag Dad, which is a collection of his most popular cartoon drawings. The father of three gained popularity on social media in 2012 for his daily drawings on his children’s lunch bags. What...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Gary Paulsen, author of the young adult wilderness novel, Hatchet, died on October 13 in New Mexico at the age of 82. His cause of death has not been disclosed but has been referred to as ‘sudden’. He was born May 17, 1939, in Minneapolis and over the course of his...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Irish author Sally Rooney has declined an offer to publish her new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You in Israel due to her political views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The bestselling author whose popular works include, Conversations with Friends and Normal...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The 2021 T S Eliot Prize for poetry has announced the ten shortlisted poets and celebrates ‘Ten books that sound clear and compelling voices of the moment’. The prize is awarded annually and recognises the best new poetry collection published in the UK or Ireland. The...
by Akina Hansen | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 73-year-old author is the first black African writer in 35 years to win the award – since black African writer Wole Soyinka won in 1986. He is also the first black writer to...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Author Laura Jean McKay has been awarded the UK’s Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction for her book The Animals In That Country, published by Scribe Publications. This year marks the 35th year of the annual awards, and it celebrates and recognises the best...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Waverly Council have announced the 2021 shortlist for the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. The Award is celebrated annually and recognises excellence in writing, research, readability and value to the community. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Love Your Book Shop Day celebrates Australia’s unique community of bookshops and readers and brings together people of all ages and places. Over the past year people have been unable to visit bookshops across the country due to lockdowns and restrictions. That’s why...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) and the ARA Group have announced the 2021 shortlists for the ARA Historical Novel Prize. The ARA Historical Novel Prize recognises and celebrates the best Australian and New Zealand writers across two categories within...
