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Big ideas and big names fill Queenscliffe Literary Festival program
3+ day, 59+ min ago (380+ words) The Queenscliffe Literary Festival (QLF) has launched its 2026 festival program, packed with storytellers, authors, moderators and performers to fill two weekends in October. The festival has become one of the biggest cultural events on the Bellarine and, now in its…...
Collective novel wins PM’s Literary Award
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (187+ words) A collaboration drawing on Yolngu oral history has become the first co-authored book to win the $80,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction. A Piece of Red Cloth, written by novelist Leonie Norrington and Yolngu cultural custodians Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga…...
UK kids miss world???s best stories, warns Carnegie executive
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (469+ words) Children's book experts are warning that young readers in the UK are missing out on the richness of stories from around the world, as the sector prepares to gather at a new festival dedicated to translation and multilingual storytelling at…...
Genre-defying tale delivers a starburst ending
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (411+ words) The Other Side of Night Adam Hamdy Atria Books Kindle edition As Adam Hamdy’s “The Other Side of Night” begins, Harriet “Harri” Kealty is attending a used-book library store sale where she is casually browsing the items being offered. Then…...
‘Landmark achievement’ wins $80,000 literature prize
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (75+ words) SMH.com.au September 10, 2026 — 8:00pm A groundbreaking collaboration drawing on Yolngu oral history has become the first co-authored book to win the $80,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for fiction. A Piece of Red Cloth, written by novelist Leonie Norrington and Yolngu cultural…...
Stoker, Wells, and Poe Feature at Potter & Potter Auctions
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (253+ words) Sponsored by Potter & Potter Horror, mystery, and science fiction high spots lead the way at the November 2026 Potter & Potter sale Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature. Auction highlights include a first edition, first printing of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a…...
“Late Fame”: Willem Dafoe Is Something of a Poet Himself
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (334+ words) Postal worker Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe) on the job. The poet Langston Hughes once asked, “What happens to a dream deferred?” For postal worker Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe) in Kent Jones’ new film “Late Fame,” that dream got pushed down…...
Darianne Schramm ’08 publishes debut young adult novel
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (584+ words) By Sophia Darmelio, staff How would you act if you knew someone had less than 72 hours to live? That is the premise for Darianne Schramm’s ’08 debut novel, “72 Hours of You,” published by Disney Hyperion. The COVID-19 pandemic was a time…...
Rare First Edition of 'The Lost World' Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (350+ words) finebooksmagazine.com For book news, special columns, auction reports, events, and more. Rare First Edition of The Lost World Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction First English edition of The Lost World in original dust jacket Only the second known…...
Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2026 Insider Prize
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1893+ words) Writing is a challenge, at every level. There are constant pressures acting upon a writer: juggling between responsibilities and work; prioritizing health; making and somehow slowing down time; even, perhaps, the arresting, infinite possibilities of the page. Not to mention,…...