Edgar Awards

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (421+ words) Before Bridgerton became a global Netflix phenomenon, it was a series of historical romance novels by Julia Quinn. The television adaptation has expanded Quinn’s fictional world with lavish costumes, elaborate balls, scandalous romances and characters whose stories sometimes move beyond…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (834+ words) In terms of quality, it might be one of the Caine Prize’s stronger shortlists in recent times, alongside the 2024 shortlist. He thinks his talent is singing, but the coffin can see clearly that it is drawing, making art. As their…...

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (251+ words) This is the first class in the Craft Series on the craft of fiction from Word's Worth Writing Connections and local author Katrina Kittle. You can sign up for the whole series, or just take the individual classes "a la…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (152+ words) The winners of the 2026 Paragraph Fellowship, which is this year awarded to two fellows, have been announced. Winning writers, who each receive a stipend of $25,000, are: This year’s judging panel was made up of Toni Jordan (chair), Siang Lu and…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (234+ words) Chichetaram Eze and Ofonmbuk James have emerged joint winners of the inaugural Mega Story Hunt, sharing the competition’s ₦3 million first-place prize. The two writers were announced as winners following the conclusion of the judging process for the storytelling competition, which…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (445+ words) Hannah McCarthy has taken out the Opal Aspirers Award at the recent Romance Writers of Australia annual conference in Darwin. The local community library services officer’s unpublished manuscript Meet Me at the River also placed second in the Emerald Award....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (170+ words) The winners of the 2026 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Announced on 11 September at the State Library of Western Australia, the winners were chosen from shortlists announced in early July and the Daisy Utemorrah Award shortlist announced in…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (101+ words) Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2026 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in July, are: Kerry Greenwood Readers’ Choice Award The winners were…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1722+ words) This spring was a most fruitful season for Cleveland poet Kortney Morrow. In addition to launching her debut book of poems, “Run It Back,” in March and having her poem “French 75” drop in the April issue of Atlantic magazine, as…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (653+ words) PEN Ukraine announced the winners, and Rubryka reports that the award ceremony took place on September 9 at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School. During the ceremony, Volodymyr Yermolenko, president of PEN Ukraine and chair of the prize committee, said the event's atmosphere combined…...