Flanagan was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize for his latest book at a ceremony in London.
The Booker bump is real,and sales of Stone Yard Devotional have rocketed.
The world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction has been announced in London this morning. Australian Charlotte Wood was among six authors shortlisted,but an English author took out the award.
The novelist has firm views on what she’d do if she ever ran for office.
This year’s shortlist includes five books by women – the highest number in the prize’s 55-year history. But it’s the only man on the list who is holy tipped to win the coveted prize.
A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South Korea and Europe,Han is the first Asian woman to win the Nobel literature prize.
No Australian woman has ever won the Booker. Wood is among six finalists announced overnight.
Amy Crutchfield has won the $80,000 poetry prize for her first book,but she’s not letting it go to her head.
The John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing,named for the legendary late comedian,will celebrate Australia’s funniest works from 2025.
Melissa Lucashenko has won the $30,000 prize for Edenglassie,her novel set in Brisbane.
Author Tristan Bancks’ novel Scar Town is one of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia award winners.