Congratulations to Christos Tsiolkas for being longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Slap.
Congratulations to Thomas Keneally who was awarded the General Nonfiction Book of the Year for his historical work Australians: Origins to Eureka (A&U) at the recent Australian Book Industry Awards 2010.
Congratulations to Anna Goldsworthy for winning Newcomer of the Year for her memoir Piano Lessons (Black Inc) also at the Australian Book Industry Awards 2010.
Congratulations to Freya Blackwood for winning the highly prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for her work on Harry and Hopper (Omnibus Books).
Congratulations to our finalists for the Romantic Book of the Year Awards 2010, Romantic Elements Category: Bronwyn Parry for Dark Country and Katherine Scholes for The Hunter’s Wife. Dark Country by Bronwyn Parry is also shortlisted in the 2010 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense in the Single Title Romantic Mystery/Suspense category (Romance Writers of America).
Congratulations to Anna Goldsworthy, whose book Piano Lessons (Black Inc.) has been shortlisted in the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards in two categories, General Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Newcomer of the Year (debut writer).
Congratulations to Pamela Rushby (When the Hipchicks Went to War) for winning the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2010.
Congratulations to Bronwyn Parry (Dark Country), finalist in the romantic suspense category of the Romance Writers of America RITA Awards.