The judges noted: ‘Alexis Wright’s The Swan Book is a sprawling, magnificent achievement, a remarkable imaginative vision of Australia as it was and is, and will be.’

Ali Cobby Eckermann’s collection of poems, Inside My Mother, is one of three titles shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing.

On Wood Green the judges commented: ‘Set in Tasmania, this is a charming, quirky and very clever debut novel, bursting with literary references and boasting a memorable cast of characters. A genuine pleasure to read.’

Two Giramondo poets have been shortlisted for the 2016 Western Australian Premier’s Poetry Award: Lucy Dougan for The Guardians and Jennifer Maiden for The Fox Petition.

We are excited to announce that Fiona Wright has won the 2016 Nita B Kibble Literary Award for her collection of essays, Small Acts of Disappearance. The Award, which is worth $30 000, celebrates female writers and their impact on life writing.

We’re excited that Battarbee and Namatjira by Martin Edmond has been shortlisted for the National Biography Award.

We’re delighted that Fiona Wright has been shortlisted for the Kibble Award for Established Writers for her essay collection Small Acts of Disappearance.

We’re delighted that two Giramondo authors received awards at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

We are delighted to have so many authors shortlisted for this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

We’re thrilled that Fiona Wright’s Small Acts of Disappearancehas been shortlisted for the Stella Prize.

We’re thrilled that Judith Beveridge’s poetry collection, Devadatta’s Poems, has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2015.

We are delighted to have two authors shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. Lucy Dougan’s The Guardians has been shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize and Nicholas Jose’s Bapo has been shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Short Story Prize. For the full shortlist and winners, click here.

We’re thrilled that Felicity Castagna’s The Incredible Here and Now has been chosen at IBBY Australia’s Honour Book for Writing.

We are delighted that Alexis Wright has been awarded a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship. First awarded in 2011, the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships provide grants of $160,000 over two years to individual artists, arts managers and thought leaders in the humanities. For more information on the fellowships and other recipients, click here.

We are delighted that Jennifer Maiden has been awarded the 2015 ALS Gold Medal for her poetry collection Drones and Phantoms.

We’re thrilled that Judith Beveridge has been awarded the Peter Porter Poetry Prize for her work, ‘As Wasps Fly Upwards’.