Fiction
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature showcase excellence
This year's prize winners are a diverse group and many of the top prizes go to women.
Book review: Loveland, Robert Lukins
A braided, cross-generation narrative about trauma and freedom.
Book review: The Language of Food, Annabel Abbs
Historical fiction about class and gender but with a foodie twist.
Memoir about racism and resilience wins $100,000 literary prize
Australia’s richest literary prize has been won by Gunai/Kurnai writer Veronica Gorrie for her memoir about serving in the police…
Book review: The Furies, Mandy Beaumont
A brutal feminist reckoning marks this debut novel.
Shortlist for the 2022 Indie Book Awards
Favourite Australian books as nominated by independent booksellers themselves.
Writing awards, competitions and opportunities for 2022
It’s time to fill your calendar with these literary prizes, fellowships and opportunities.
Book review: The Way It Is Now, Garry Disher
A mystery fiction that's more a whydunnit than a whodunnit.
Upcoming 2022 books
Get ready to make room on your shelves in anticipation of these new releases.
Book review: Danged Black Thing, Eugen Bacon
A sweep of short stories written in poetic and sometimes opaque language.