Jolley Prize
News from the Editor's Desk - June–July 2018
Thursday, 24 May 2018Ronan Farrow at MWF, Jane Hirshfield, ABR Prizes galore, SMH Young Novelists, La Mama Theatre, John Simkin Medal 2018, Melbourne Prize for Literature, Winter reading ...
... (read more)With this double issue, Australian Book Review enters its fortieth year. ABR was of course founded in Adelaide in 1961 as a monthly magazine. Max Harris and Rosemary Wighton edited the first series, whose final, quarterly appearances lapsed in 1974. The second series was created in 1978 under the auspices of ...
... (read more)Jolley Prize, Fay Zwicky (1933-2017), Miles Franklin Award shortlist, Porter Prize, Conversational Calibre, Memoirs of historians, Philip Roth ...
... (read more)In late March, one of our larger Porter Prize audiences gathered at Collected Works Bookshop for readings of the seven shortlisted poems and the naming of the winner. This year our three judges – Ali Alizadeh, Jill Jones, Felicity Plunkett – split the Prize, as happened in 2011 ...
... (read more)News from the Editor's Desk - January-February 2017
Wednesday, 23 November 2016The ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize – one of the country’s major short story prizes – is once again open. Generous support from ABR Patron Ian Dickson has ...
... (read more)Episode #6: The 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize ceremony
Monday, 05 September 2016The 2016 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize ceremony was held at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 27 August. The event was compèred by ABR Deputy Editor, Amy Baillieu, with opening remarks from poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke.
News from the Editor's Desk - August 2016
Tuesday, 26 July 2016News from the the Editor's Desk in the August issue of Australian Book Review.
... (read more)News from the Editor's Desk - September 2016
Tuesday, 26 July 2016News from the the Editor's Desk in the September issue of Australian Book Review.
... (read more)News from the Editor's Desk - May 2016
Thursday, 28 April 2016ABR'S NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MONASH UNIVERSITY
Australian Book Review is delighted to announce a major new partnership with Monash University.
This alliance between ABR and the internationally renowned Group of Eight university augurs well for students, scholars, writers, and readers. The magazine ...