2025 Calibre Essay Prize | Now open and worth $10,000
Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2025 Calibre Essay Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original non-fiction essay.
Dal Stivens Literary Award - Closing Date
The Dal Stivens Award is presented biennially to an author, aged 30 or under, for a short story or essay of the highest literary merit.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Juno Gemes
Juno Gemes will be in a conversation with Linda Burney, moderated by Ann McGrath, on her new book Until Justice Comes: Fifty Years of The Movement for Indigenous Rights.
NLA: Strange Paths with Matthew Lamb
Join the Friends of the National Library and biographer Matthew Lamb as he discusses young Frank Moorhouse's life.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Arnold Dix
Arnold Dix will be in a conversation with Alex Sloan on his new book The Promise. How an everyday hero made the impossible possible.
The Street Theatre - S.G. Bryant
Join Simon Bryant as his latest novel, Fresh Air and Foul Play is launched by MARION CEO Katy Mutton at The Street Theatre.
SUMMER SHUTDOWN
We wish you all a peaceful holiday period filled with plenty of time to write and read.
The $20,000 Penguin Literary Prize 2025
Submissions for the $20,000 Penguin Literary Prize 2025 are now open.
Entries close: Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize
The Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize has proven fertile ground for uncovering new and emerging talent, with eight titles from previous Hawkeye Prizes published, and five more soon to be released.
That Poetry Thing: Lawren Wooding, Kavita Ivy Nanda
That Poetry Thing: Lawren Wooding and Kavita Ivy Nanda
NLA: Author Signing: Isobelle Carmody
Join Isobelle Carmody for a book signing at the NLA Bookshop.
That Poetry Thing: Rosa O’Kane, Paul Magee
That Poetry Thing: Rosa O'Kane and Paul Magee
Submissions close: Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize seeks excellent short fiction of up to 3000 words themed around the notion of ‘travel’.
LAUNCHPAD: Publishing Pathways
LAUNCHPAD: a dynamic two-day program designed to give you the tools and insider knowledge you need to successfully navigate the publishing industry.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Ross Garnaut
Ross Garnaut will be in conversation with Barry Jones on his new book Let's Tax Carbon.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - John Safran
John Safran will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on his new book Squat.
That Poetry Thing: Willo Drummond, Kate Maxwell
That Poetry Thing: Hear the poetry of Willo Drummond together with a performance by Kate Maxwell, and an open mic.
In Conversation: Chris Hammer, Peter Papathanisou
Tuggeranong Arts Centre and MARION are delighted to present an in-conversation style literary event with the 2024 ACT Book of the Year award winner Chris Hammer and acclaimed author Peter Papathanasiou.
SpringOUT: Queer Reads
Join MARION, Bookface Gungahlin and Canberra region authors for a celebration of Queer literature.
This free, informal event will be full of book recommendations, literary discussion, and connection.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Shaun Micallef
Shaun Micallef will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Slivers, Shards and Skerricks. “A one-man anthology by one of Australia's most intelligent and more handsome Renaissance men.”
NLA: Charles & Barbara Blackman - Book Launch
Join Christabel Blackman in conversation with Jeremy Thomas as they discuss Christabel's book, Charles & Barbara Blackman: A Decade of Art and Love.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Benjamin Stevenson
Benjamin Stevenson will be in conversation with Jack Heath on his new novel Everyone this Christmas has a Secret, a Christmas addition to his bestselling Ernest Cunningham mysteries.
NLA: Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne
Join Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne as she presents a lecture on her 2024 National Library Fellowship research.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Paolo Giordano
Best-selling Italian author Paolo Giordano will be in conversation with Marco Lazzarino on his semi-autobiographical novel Tasmania.
NPG: Amber Creswell Bell, Book Launch
Book launch - Amber Creswell Bell About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting in Australia and New Zealand.
The IPED Rosie Award: recognising excellence in editing
The Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award (the Rosie) is open for nominations. The Rosie recognises excellence in editing, as demonstrated in one work, with testimony from the author, publisher and editor.
Paperchain Book Launch: Quentin Grafton
Join the team at Paperchain for the launch of Retelling Australia's Water Story, by Quentin Grafton.
ANU/Canberra Times: Meet the author - Andrew Leigh
Andrew Leigh will be in conversation with Lin Hatfield Dodds on his new book Battlers and Billionaires: The Updated Story of Inequality in Australia.