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Man Asia Literary Prize shortlist announcedThe shortlist for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize has been announced. The five books are Alfred A Yuson's The Music Child; Miguel Syjuco's Illustrado; Yu H...
BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award winners announcedThe winners of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards for 2008 have been announced. The Awards celebrate New Zealand short stories. The Premier A...
Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival comes to MelbourneFrom 8 to 12 October Melbourne will host the 31st Franco-Anglais Poetry Festival. Free sessions and performances in French, English and other languages...
The program for this year's Byron Bay Writers' Festival, to be held from 25-27 July, has been announced. There is, as usual, a strong international focus, with writers attending from Sri Lanka, ...
The program for Tasmanian arts festival Ten Days on the Island, which runs from 27 March to 5 April, was launched yesterday. The festival, which encompasses all art forms, will include a literary comp...
Sydney Jewish Writers' FestivalThe second Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival will be held from 17 to 19 August, and will feature international guests such as Daniel Mendelsohn, Shifra Horn, Zeev Harvey, ...
More Ozlit in NSW schools?Future NSW Year 10 students will have to have studied at least four Australian books, poems or plays under changes proposed by state education minister, John Della Bosca. A n...
Victoria may not be too far away from its own Hay on Wye. Currently boasting five bookshops for its 1000 residents, the picturesque Gold Rush town of Clunes is aiming for double the number withi...
New literary agency opens in SydneyA new literacy agency was launched in Sydney this week by the novelist and former Hickson Associates literary agent, Gaby Maher. The Naher Agency will specialise in ...