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Penguin Random House has announced the recipients of a grant that aims to empower booksellers who are passionate about inspiring the next generation of readers. Among the winners is SA’s own Imprints, Matilda Bookshop and Mostly Books.
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The 2025 Woollarhra Digital Literary Awards have been announced with the winners:
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Fiction: The Miracle
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Nonfiction: 10 Steps to Becoming an Adult
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Poetry: Planet Fitness
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Readers’ choice: 10 Steps to Becoming an Adult
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Digital innovation: The Unexpected Poetry of PHD Acknowledgments
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The Five Islands Poetry Prize shortlist has been announced: Bathypelagia, Portraits of Drowning, The Infant Vine and Past & Parallel Lives.
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Featured Blog Posts
The Cathartic Memoir – I’ve journeyed from contempt to enthusiasm
Why write and publish a memoir? Will anyone be interested?
If I was running a 45 minute training session for indie authors what would be on the curriculum?
Here an experienced indie author publisher shares 4 topics every aspiring self-publisher needs to know.
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?
Estimated reading...
What is typesetting?
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Social media marketing for authors
Social media...
Have you got the book hierarchy blues?
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The economics of selling your book
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What 99.9% of authors don’t know.
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Three tips for drafting your own work
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