by Akina Hansen | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
OzAsia Festival has announced a new writing and ideas program called In Other Words, a forum to showcase the best Asian and Asian Australian writers and thinkers. The festival is held annually in Adelaide and runs from the 21 October to 7 November with In Other Words...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Not-for-profit charity WestWords is partnering with Booktopia to hold the annual charity event Booktober from October 1 – 31. This event involves reading! Participants are encouraged to read as little or as many books as they can during the month of October to raise...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The finalists of the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced today. The awards celebrate the best mystery, thriller, crime and suspense writing in New Zealand across four categories. The best writing is recognised across the following four categories: best YA/Kids...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Cat Protection Society of Victoria has launched a new writing competition to raise awareness about the caring and rehoming of cats. The competition has two categories: a Junior category which is open to children 12 years and below, and an Open category for anyone...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The six authors shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction are Anuk Arudpragasam, Damon Galgut, Patricia Lockwood, Nadifa Mohamed, Richard Powers and Maggie Shipstead. The Booker Prize recognises and celebrates the best fiction across the world – with the Prize...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
British author Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her second novel Piranesi. The Prize for Fiction is a highly regarded and celebrated literary award that seeks to empower women by showcasing the best writing by women. This year’s awards...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) and the ARA Group have announced the 2021 longlists for the ARA Historical Novel Prize. This year marks the second year of the prize’s operation, and it recognises the best Australian and New Zealand writers across two...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
The festival will hold four online events from 8 – 29 September and will feature the following best-selling authors: Paula Hawkins, Val McDermid, Karin Slaughter and Ann Cleeves. These acclaimed writers will be interviewed each week by BAD Sydney interviewers to...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
According to Publishers Weekly, acclaimed author Salman Rushdie is set to serialise his next book The Seventh Wave on a newsletter platform called Substack. His newsletter is called Salman’s Sea of Stories – a reference to his 1990 novel Haroun and the Sea of...
by Akina Hansen | Sep 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Showtime original series American Rust will be premiering in the US on 12 September. The television adaptation is based on the popular debut novel of the same name by Philipp Meyer. American Rust is set in a small steel town in southwest Pennsylvania and explores...
