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Martin Thomas, a historian and essayist has been awarded the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for his book Clever Men.
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Claire Wright, author of Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions has won the 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year.
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Tabitha Carvan has won this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize. She won for her essay ‘The unexpected poetry of PhD ackowledgements’.
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The 2025 Speech Pathology book award winners have been announced:
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Birth to 3 Years: Where is Cheeky Monster / Mike Lucas and Heidi McKinnon
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3 to 5 Years: Don’t Worry, Fleix / Yohann Devezy and Katharine Alice
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5 to 8 Years: Willow’s Gumboots / Helene Magisson
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8 to 10 Years: The Audition / Penny McNamee
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Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Children’s Book: Country / Aunty Fay Mur and Sue Lawson
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Decodable Book Series: PLD Decodable Reading Books
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The Newcastle Short Story Award Shortlist has been announced. You can see here: https://hunterwriterscentre.org/2025-newcastle-short-story-award/
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Self-publish your book by raising funds through crowdfunding
You can fully finance you project (and more) if you apply the necessary effort.
Is Goodreads good for authors?
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What is typesetting?
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