Marginalia — Awards

Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra wins the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Fiction Literature

Lauren Pratt Awards Cassy Polimeni Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra Ella and the Frogs Hykie Breeze

Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra wins the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Fiction Literature

The Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature, now in its 31st year, recognises books that inspire a love for nature-from the soil below to the canopy above.

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Emily Tsokos Purtill named winner in the WA Premier's Book Awards for her multi-generational Greek-Australian novel

Lauren Pratt Awards Emily Tsokos Purtill MATIA WA Premier's Book Awards

Emily Tsokos Purtill named winner in the WA Premier's Book Awards for her multi-generational Greek-Australian novel

Western Australian author, Emily Tsokos Purtill has won the Emerging Writer award in the 2025 WA Premier's Book Awards for her debut novel Matia.

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Borderland shortlisted in 2 categories for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards

Lauren Pratt Awards Borderland Graham Akhurst Queensland Literary Awards

Borderland shortlisted in 2 categories for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards

Graham Akhurst's debut novel, Borderland, has been shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance and for the Young Adult Book Award.

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Borderland shortlisted in 2 categories of the Aurealis Awards

Lauren Pratt Aurealis Award Awards Borderland Graham Akhurst YA YA and Children's

Borderland shortlisted in 2 categories of the Aurealis Awards

On Friday 15 March 2024 the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild announced the 2023 shortlists for the Aurealis Awards. Graham Akhurst's debut young adult novel Borderland has been shortlisted in two categories!

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UWAP author Anna Haebich honoured with Order of Australia

Lauren Pratt Anna Haebich Awards

UWAP author Anna Haebich honoured with Order of Australia

UWAP author Anna Haebich has been named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to literature as an author, historian and academic.

 

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