The Hugo awards have presented the world best science fiction titles and this year’s finalists have been announced recently. Worldcon, World Science Fiction Convention, will decide the winners for each category. You can go to the following link to find the all finalists for each category.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/
(Please note : “Hugo Award” and The Hugo Award Logo are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.)
Bailey Prizes (Orange) has announced its fiction longlist. Parramatta City Library has all titles for loan.
Exciting news for romance readers as Australian Romance Readers Association has announced its finalists for all categories of romance fiction. Love is in the air.
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the launch of the inaugural Russell Prize for Humour Writing to ‘celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing, and to promote interest in this genre’.
The biennial prize, worth $10,000, is open to published works of fiction, memoir, poetry and verse by Australian writers. It is being funded ‘by the generous bequest of the late Peter Wentworth Russell, a farmer, businessman and passionate reader,’ SLNSW said in a statement. The award’s patron will be author and journalist Peter FitzSimons.
The news we were waiting for has arrived. PM’s Literary Awards winners were announced. Continue reading