Congratulations to Ann-Marie Priest.!
Her biography of Gwen Harwood, My Tongue is My Own (La Trobe University Press, 2022) has been long-listed for the 2022 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award.
The shortlist will be announced on 27th September.
Winners will be announced on 16th November.
HarperCollins has acquired two novels by Kathy in a two-book deal. The first, Estella will be published in 2023 and the second, as yet untitled, novel will be published in 2024. Both titles will issue under the Harlequin imprint of HarperCollins.
Congratulations to Carmel Bird and to Katherine Kovacic for being long-listed for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards 2020. Carmel for her latest novel, Field of Poppies (Transit Lounge) and Katherine for her second Alex Clayton art mystery, Painting in the Shadows (Echo Publishing).
The shortlist will be announced in July.
Calidris is now accepting submissions but please check guidelines or email enquiry before submitting any material. http://www.calidrislitagency.com/faq/guidelines-for-authors/
Congratulations to Katherine Kovacic. The Portrait of Molly Dean is short-listed in the Best First Fiction category of the Ned Kelly Awards 2019. The winners of all categories will be announced on Friday 6th September ahead of the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival.
Authors up Close presents Katherine Kovacic in conversation with Deb Wain on Sunday 28th July at 2.00 pm.
Venue: Palling Bros Brewery, 168 High Street, Heathcote, Victoria 3523.
Congratulations again to Eliza Henry Jones. Her YA novel, P is for Pearl has been long-listed for the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Book of the Year in the category ‘For Older Children, Ages 13 +’.
The shortlist for all categories will be announced on 11th April, 2019 and the winners at the Awards Night on 2nd May.
Eliza’s YA novel, P is for Pearl (HarperCollins, 2018) has been chosen as a 2019 Notable Book by the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. Brilliant effort by Eliza, who wrote the original version of this when still in her teens.
On Monday 18th March, 2019 Katherine Kovacic will be in conversation with Gideon Haig, author of A Scandal in Bohemia about the life of artist’s model and writer, Molly Dean. Katherine’s book The Portrait of Molly Dean is a fictional account of her life and murder in 1930s Melbourne.
This event will be held at the Hawthorn Arts Centre,
360 Burwood Road, (corner of Glenferrie Road) Hawthorn VIC 3122 from 7.00 to 8.00pm
For more information go to https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/events/mollie-and-molly-gideon-haigh-and-katherine-kovacic-conversation