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 Walkley Foundation announced the 2021 longlist for the Walkley Book Award, part of the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

Black Inc. and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) are partnering to publish Seeking Asylum: Our Stories.

Award-winning American poet Robert Bly died on Sunday at the age of 94 in Minnesota, according to the Star Tribune newspaper.

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 National Book Foundation announced the 2021 winners of the National Book Awards in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature.

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.

International best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died in South Africa at the age of 88, according to a statement from his official website.

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.

gr's resident book and film buff reviews Waiting for Anya, based on the book of the same name by Michael Morpurgo.

The LGBTQIA+ series Invisible Boys, which is based on the award-winning YA novel by Holden Sheppard, has received $20 000 in development funding from Stan and Screenwest.

Leading elder care lawyer and author, Brian Herd has won the Australasian Journal on Ageing 2021 Book of the Year for his book Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap.

South African novelist and playwright Damon Galgut has won the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise.

The 2021 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is running in person and will be livestreamed over four days from 2 – 5 December at the State Library of NSW.

The four winners of the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced and awarded for their writing across the genres of mystery, thriller, crime and suspense writing in New Zealand.

Actor Claudia Karvan goes on a literary journey in Books That Made Us, a new three-part documentary that is premiering on 23 November at 8.30 pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has announced the first guests for its 2022 festival, which will be held on the 5 – 10 March at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden.

Raven Leilani’s best-selling debut novel, Luster, is set for an HBO series adaptation.

The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) and the ARA Group have announced the 2021 winners of the ARA Historical Novel Prize.

Northern Irish writer Lucy Caldwell has won the 16th BBC National Short Story Award for her story All the People Were Mean and Bad.

Dave Blumenthal has released a new book, The Cartoon Chronicles of Sandwich Bag Dad, which is a collection of his most popular cartoon drawings.

Gary Paulsen, author of the young adult wilderness novel, Hatchet, died on October 13 in New Mexico at the age of 82.

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... View More»

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’.

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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.

Waverly Council have announced the 2021 shortlist for the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award.

Love Your Book Shop Day celebrates Australia’s unique community of bookshops and readers and brings together people of all ages and places.

The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) and the ARA Group have announced the 2021 shortlists for the ARA Historical Novel Prize.

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.

Not-for-profit charity WestWords is partnering with Booktopia to hold the annual charity event Booktober from October 1 – 31.

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 Cat Protection Society of Victoria has launched a new writing competition to raise awareness about the caring and rehoming of cats.

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.

British author Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her second novel Piranesi.

The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) and the ARA Group have announced the 2021 longlists for the ARA Historical Novel Prize.

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.

According to Publishers Weekly, acclaimed author Salman Rushdie is set to serialise his next book The Seventh Wave on a newsletter platform called Substack.

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.

Indigenous Literacy Day is held annually and celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

Early bird registration is open for the 2021 Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) Virtual Conference.

Acclaimed author Cassandra Pybus has been awarded the 2021 National Biography Award for her book Truganini.

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) have announced the 2021 winners of the Ned Kelly Awards. 

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced the 2021 winners of the Book of the Year Awards. The Awards were first established in 1946 and seek to promote children’s literacy and artistry.

Big Sky Publishing have announced that their award-winning children’s series Ginnie & Pinney Learn and Grow is set to become a television series.

The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies have announced the shortlist for the Colin Roderick Literary Award. 

Great Circle by award winning author Maggie Shipstead is being adapted for a new television series. 

The State Library of NSW have announced the 2021 National Biography Award shortlist. The Award recognises the best biography and life stories across Australia and is the richest awarded biography prize.

The finalists of the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced, recognising both renowned and emerging literary talents across Australia.

gr's resident book and film buff reviews The Exception, based on the book of the same name by Christian Jungersen.