Winners to be announced 31 January 2019.
We are thrilled to announce that two Penguin Random House Australia titles have been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2019.
The Shortlist
A funny, dark and tender memoir about growing up between the lunacy of Yugoslavia’s civil war and suburban Australia, Miss Ex-Yugoslavia by Sofija Stefanovic has been shortlisted in the non-fiction category.
Also shortlisted in the non-fiction category, Chloe Hooper's masterful investigation into two of the 2009 Black Saturday fires, The Arsonist. Written with her trademark lyric detail and nuance, The Arsonist takes readers on the hunt for the man who started those fires, and inside the strange puzzle of his mind. It is also the story of fire in this country, and of a community that owed its existence to that very element.
The Awards
The awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievements in Australian writing, and the 2019 awards recognise literature across seven categories: fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry, writing for young adults, the prize for an unpublished manuscript and the biennial prize for Indigenous Writing. The winners of the seven award categories go on to contest the overall Victorian Prize for Literature, worth an additional $100,000.
The winners will be announced on Thursday 31 January 2019.
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Where is the Green Sheep, Penguin Random House Australia will publish a special gold-foiled collector’s edition, available in Australian stores from 30 April 2024.
Check out the Penguin Random House books that have been shortlisted for the ABIAs in 2024. The winners will be announced on 9 May 2024.
Check out the Penguin Random House books that have been shortlisted.
See the six shortlisted titles for the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize. Winner to be announced 6 June 2024.
Penguin Random House Australia and BBC studios are thrilled to announce that the Bluey publishing program will expand in 2024 to include three new illustrated chapter books.
The annual Penguin Literary Prize returns, offering literary fiction writers the opportunity to win $20,000 and publish with PRH AU.
Penguin Random House will publish two books by cultural icon Serena Williams, winner of 39 major tennis titles, four-time Olympic gold medallist, and champion for equality and justice in sports.
We're delighted to announce the recipients of the 2023 Write It Fellowship.
Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva have won the 2023 Book of the Year for Older Readers for their graphic novel, Neverlanders, published 20 September 2022.
On 9 August 2023, Penguin Random House AU hosted our first-ever in-house author event for Penguin Noir: A Crime Author Showcase.
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