The 2016 Costa Book Awards shortlists have been announced with three former winners making the…

International Dublin Literary Award Longlist
The International Dublin Literary Award has announced its 2017 longlist of 147 authors. The prestigious…

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Irish Book Awards Winners Announced
Mike McCormack has won the Novel of the Year prize at the 2016 Bord Gáis…

Why You Need to Hire an Editor?
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Solar Bones Novel Wins Book Award
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Two Female Authors Share Literary Award
The award for fiction writing at this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary award has been awarded…

Irish Book Awards 2016 Shortlist
The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016 has announced its shortlist which features some…

Voss Literary Prize Shortlist 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlist of six…

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Shortlist 2016
The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Arts Minister Senator Mitch Fifield have announced the…

Self-Published Books vs Traditional Books: How Do They Really Compare?
Getting a book published has come a long way. While authors have always had many…

Publisher Charges Fee to Submit a Manuscript
Sean O’Keeffe, publisher of Liberties Press in Dublin, Ireland has announced that the publisher have…

Queensland Literary Awards 2016 Winners
The winners of the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The Queensland Literary Awards…

WA Premier’s Book Awards Winners 2016
The Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards winners were announced Tuesday October 4 2016. The 2016…

Advice From Writers on Getting Published
Finishing a book is a major accomplishment, but getting your book published is the next…

The Power of Fiction: How Stories Shape the World
The power of fiction is a slippery, elusive thing — what it provides is not…

Queensland Literary Awards Shortlists 2016
The Queensland Literary Awards has announced its shortlisted nominations for the 2016 Awards. The Queensland…

Why Do Readers Abandon Books?
For avid readers, abandoning a book comes with mixed feelings. You’ve invested time, effort, and…

Matt Wilven on His Debut Novel
Matt Wilven was born in Blackpool in 1982. After receiving an MA with Distinction in…

Book Review: The Blackbird Singularity
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