Literature prizes
‘Serious consequences for Australian democracy’: Author uses prize speech to warn against censorship
Australian author Michelle de Kretser described feeling afraid of speaking publicly about the conflict in Gaza as she accepted the 2025 Stella Prize for her book Theory & Practice.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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Sixteen years ago, Nam Le’s debut won a major literary prize. His follow-up has done it again
Australian-Vietnamese writer Nam Le has taken out book of the year at the 2025 NSW Literary Awards for a poetry collection he fought to get published.
- Linda Morris
How Aussie cookbooks are winning hearts and stomachs worldwide
Melbourne restaurateur Andreas Papadakis is in the running for a cookbook Oscar, joining an illustrious group of Australian chefs making waves internationally.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Shaping the future of fiction: Meet the 2025 SMH Best Young Australian Novelists
Novelists Jumaana Abdu, Winnie Dunn and Katerina Gibson have been recognised in the 29th year of the award for Australian writers aged 35 and under.
A late-career marvel and an enriching memoir: The Age Book of the Year winners
The winners have been announced at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival.
- Kylie Northover
Nagi Maehashi, John Farnham and Richard Scolyer win at book awards
A week after a row over recipes, Nagi Maehashi’s Tonight beats Bake with Brooki at the Australian Book Industry Awards.
- Kerrie O'Brien
‘Audacious, enthralling’: The Age Book of the Year shortlists announced
From a suburban Melbourne home to the rocky surface of the moon, these are the books vying for The Age Book of the Year.
- Kylie Northover
- Dicey Topics
- Good Weekend
‘If you need cancer to tell you how to live, there’s something wrong with you’
Irish writer Colm Tóibín on surviving cancer and US politics, overcoming a childhood stammer – and the indecency of looking too much in the mirror.
- Benjamin Law
‘I’m obsessed with this dress’: Author Natasha Lester’s vintage hunt
She wrote a book about the house of Dior. But when it comes to everyday dressing, there’s a blazer Lester can’t go without.
- Georgie Gordon
First-time author makes history by winning richest literary prize – with a kids’ book
The 79-year-old great-grandmother from Far North Queensland hadn’t even planned to write a book.
- Kylie Northover
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