A brand new annual event from WestWords encourages more reading and resources in greater Western Sydney.

Tony Birch's Miles Franklin-shortlisted novel The White Girl is getting the big screen treatment courtesy of Typecast Entertainment. 

Spread some socially-distanced love to your local bookshop with a huge range of online events Saturday 3 October!

The shortlist for the 2020 Booker Prize was recently announced, celebrating the most noteworthy books published in the last year. 

The presidential memoirs of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, will be published in two volumes.

The screen rights for Shannon Molloy’s acclaimed memoir, Fourteen, have been acquired by Orange Entertainment Co.

Dr Sally Young has won the 2020 Colin Roderick Literary Award for her exposé of the Australian newspaper industry in Paper Emperors: The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires.

The NT Writers’ Festival is just a few weeks away, with preparations well underway to run the event amidst the challenges of a global pandemic.

UK author Maggie O’Farrell has won the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Hamnet.

The winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The announcement took place during an online event hosted by the State Library of Queensland on Friday, 4 September.

The first Premier’s History Awards took place last week, with the winners announced on Friday evening at the State Library of NSW as a part of the launch of NSW History Week.

The Discomfort of Evening by Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has won the International Booker Prize for 2020.

Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman, Nakkiah Lui, is launching a new imprint with Allen & Unwin called Joan.

Writing NSW is facing difficult times since the state government has rejected their application for multi-year funding worth $175,000.

The finalists for New Zealand’s 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced today. The awards celebrate the best in crime fiction from New Zealand across two categories: best novel, and best first novel.

A gr favourite book, Adrian McKinty's The Chain, has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year prize.

Bestselling author Josephine Cox has died aged 82. Cox’s career included the publication of more than 60 books, which sold over more than 20 million copies, according to her publisher, HarperCollins.

The Sisters in Crime organisation has announced the shortlists for their 2020 Davitt Awards. The Davitt Awards celebrate the best crime books by Australian women.

Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Miles Franklin Award for her novel, The Yield.

The winners of the International Thriller Writers’ Awards have been announced for 2020 at the virtual Thrillerfest event, which took place on July 11.

Philip Pullman will release a previously unseen novella in October that tells more of the story of his famous protagonist, Lyra Silvertongue.

In further book award news this week, the shortlist for the State Library of NSW 2020 National Biography Award has been announced.

The Australian Booksellers Association have announced the winners of the 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards, which span three separate categories for the first time.

Celebrated Australian author, Kate Grenville, has released her latest book today, A Room Made of Leaves, with Text Publishing.

The longlist for New Zealand’s Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel has been announced for 2020, featuring a range of diverse and exciting stories and heroines to match.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of The Shadow of the Wind, has passed away at age 55.

Australian artist Shaun Tan has become the first person of colour to win the Kate Greenaway medal for his book Tales from the Inner City. 

Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, is set to release a tell-all book with Simon and Schuster later this year. 

The shortlist for the 2020 Miles Franklin Award has been announced, and features a range of talented Australian authors and captivating novels.

Australian author Jane Harper has been shortlisted for the British-based Theakston’s Old Peculier 2020 Crime Novel Award.

Australian author Jesse Blackadder passed away last Wednesday at age 56, six months after her diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. 

JK Rowling is set to publish a new children’s book this year, and has decided to make it free online before the hard copy is released, aiming to give children in lockdown something to read.

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