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SWF announces publishing industry sessions
This year’s Sydney Writers Festival will feature over 30 free and ticketed sessions focussing on the publishing industry. David Davidar of Penguin Canada and Will Atkinson of Faber UK will...
Pulitzer Prize winners
Junot Díaz has been announced as the winner of this year's Pulitzer prize for fiction for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Faber). Other category winners are: History: What...
NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2007 shortlists
The shortlists for the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced on 29 May, during the Sydney Writers' Festival. The main book category shortlists are below...
Were to step down as SWF director
Wendy Were has announced that she will not be renewing her contract as festival director of the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) for the 2010 festival and beyond. ‘While delighted at the new...
'Movida' book of the year at APA Book Design Awards
Reuben Crossman was awarded the Lamb Print Best Designed Book of the Year award for Movida (Frank Camorra & Richard Cornish, Murdoch Books) at the 2008 Australian Publishers Association's (AP...
BWF and SWF win volunteer awards
The Brisbane and Sydney writers' festivals were named state winners in this year's NAB volunteer awards, which recognise organisations that ‘create a positive and inclusive environment for volun...
Llewellyn takes up NYC appointment
Caro Llewellyn, former director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, has been appointed the director of the PEN World Voices--The New York Festival of International Literature. The festival, which w...
In brief
Books Alive releases ‘Bombproof' coverThe cover for Michael Robotham's Bombproof, the giveaway title for this year's Books Alive campaign '50 Books You Can't Put Down', has been released. For mo...
SWF: Good crowds, more book sales and a little controversy
While final audience numbers will not be available for at least a week, Sydney Writers' Festival artistic director Wendy Were told WBN she was ‘thrilled with the success of this year's festival,...
'SMH' best young Australian novelists announced
The winners of this year's Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) best young Australian novelists awards were announced during the Sydney Writers' Festival on Friday. The winners were: Max Barr...
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