Its a all female shortlist for the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Regarded as Australia’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize, the 2013 Miles Franklin Award shortlist, features five of Australia’s most talented female authors – including three first time novelists.
The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established with proceeds from the estate of My Brilliant Career author, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, to support and encourage authors of Australian literature. Continue reading
12 Prizes winners of the 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced at the State Library of NSW recently. Parramatta City Library has most of books available for loan. Continue reading
The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ‘Amazing Stories’.
Nominations for the Best Novel of 2013 are: Continue reading
Are you looking for something new to read? Would you like to know what’s popular and what’s top on some prizes/awards lists? And also do you wonder who’s coming to visit Parramatta Library to talk about their books? Well, you’ll find out from this year’s Autumn Reads.
Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which have selected from the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2012. Continue reading