More than 100 famous works by Australian authors rescued from oblivion by literary heritage endeavour | Australian books

More than 100 famous works by Australian authors rescued from oblivion by literary heritage endeavour | Australian books

More than 160 books by noted Australian authors have been rescued from oblivion, including six winners of the Miles Franklin literary award. The three-year project, which culminated at the end of last... Read more »
From the Baillie Gifford to the Giller: can literary prizes survive protests against sponsors? | Books

From the Baillie Gifford to the Giller: can literary prizes survive protests against sponsors? | Books

On a Monday evening in mid-November, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Toronto’s Park Hyatt Hotel, where the Giller prize gala was taking place. The following night, in London, the Baillie Gifford nonfiction... Read more »
Royal Literary Fund’s hardship grants for writers see applications increase by 400% | Books

Royal Literary Fund’s hardship grants for writers see applications increase by 400% | Books

Applications for the Royal Literary Fund’s (RLF’s) hardship grants for professional writers increased by 400% between last year and this year, the charity has said. There was a nearly fivefold increase in... Read more »
Royal Literary Fund’s hardship grants for writers see applications increase by 400% | Books

Literary prize drops name of its sponsor from title after protests over Israel arms link

Book News: Literary prize drops name of its sponsor from title after protests over Israel arms link BookBrowse News... Read more »
Royal Literary Fund’s hardship grants for writers see applications increase by 400% | Books

Ruth Johnson Colvin, founder of Literary Volunteers of America, is dead at 107

Ruth Johnson Colvin, founder of Literary Volunteers of America, is dead at 107 Aug 21 2024 Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded what became one of the world’s largest organizations of volunteers tutoring... Read more »
From poverty, psychiatric hospital and writing in a shed to literary stardom: Janet Frame at 100 | Autobiography and memoir

From poverty, psychiatric hospital and writing in a shed to literary stardom: Janet Frame at 100 | Autobiography and memoir

In February 1975 the New Zealand writer Janet Frame was the subject of a rare interview for television conducted by the journalist Michael Noonan. This relaxed, intimate retrospective of her life and work... Read more »
Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers

Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers

Book News: Inaugural inside literary prize empowers incarcerated readers BookBrowse News – The Full Story Inaugural inside literary prize... Read more »
London literary life excludes northern writers, prize organisers say | Books

London literary life excludes northern writers, prize organisers say | Books

Northern writers still face a struggle to make it in the London-centric literary world, the organisers of a regional literary prize have said. Claire Malcolm, founder and chief executive of New Writing... Read more »
From poverty, psychiatric hospital and writing in a shed to literary stardom: Janet Frame at 100 | Autobiography and memoir

Baillie Gifford cancels all remaining sponsorships of literary festivals | Books

Baillie Gifford has cancelled all of its remaining sponsorship deals with literary festivals after protests over its links to Israel and fossil fuel companies. The investment management firm refused to confirm that... Read more »
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