The 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2017 has announced its nominees which represent best works of crime/mystery.
Category Archives: Awards & Prize Lists
Indie Book Awards 2018 Longlists
This will be the first literary award in 2018, yes, we’re running into 2018!
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2018 Indie Book Awards for books published in 2017.
The longlisted titles in each category are:
Fiction
A Long Way from Home (Peter Carey, Hamish Hamilton)
The Life to Come (Michelle de Kretser, A&U)
First Person (Richard Flanagan, Vintage)
Force of Nature (Jane Harper, Pan)
The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U)
The Passage of Love (Alex Miller, A&U)
The Secrets She Keeps (Michael Robotham, Hachette)
Taboo (Kim Scott, Picador)
On the Java Ridge (Jock Serong, Text)
City of Crows (Chris Womersley, Picador) Continue reading
Better Reading 2017 Top 100
Better Reading have released their Top 100 reads of 2017 for adults as voted for by the Australian public. The Top 10 are featured below and include some older and new titles. For the full list visit Better Reading – the Library has the majority of titles available for reservation now.
Top 10 Reads for Adults
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
To kill a mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Dry – Jane Harper
The Bronze horseman – Paullina Simons
The Art of Keeping Secrets – Rachael Johns
A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
Outlander (also known as Cross Stitch) – Diana Gabaldon
All the light we cannot see – Anthony Doerr
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
Big Little Lies – Liane Moriarty
There is also a list of the top 50 reads for kids featuring some old and new authors.
Costa Book Awards 2017 Shortlists
The Costa Book Awards is one of the UK’s most prestigious and popular literary prizes and recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year, written by authors based in the UK and Ireland.
2017 shortlist has been announced as following Continue reading
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2017 Shortlists
The shortlists for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. You can reserve your copy at City of Parramatta Library.
The shortlisted titles in each category are:
