2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (152+ words) The winners of the 2026 Paragraph Fellowship, which is this year awarded to two fellows, have been announced. Winning writers, who each receive a stipend of $25,000, are: This year’s judging panel was made up of Toni Jordan (chair), Siang Lu and…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1225+ words) International Booker Prize-winning translator Deepa Bhasthi is in Kathmandu as one of the mentors at a three-day literary translation workshop at Kathmandu University’s Dhulikhel campus. The workshop, organised jointly by Kathmandu University’s Department of Languages and Mass Communication and the…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (170+ words) The winners of the 2026 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Announced on 11 September at the State Library of Western Australia, the winners were chosen from shortlists announced in early July and the Daisy Utemorrah Award shortlist announced in…...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago   (88+ words) Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for the best short story by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted writers, selected by judges Luke Patterson and Evelyn Araluen, are: The winner will receive $5000, publication in Overland,…...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago   (902+ words) I'm feeling lost. I'll tell you why, if you don't mind listening to an old guy rant. My dear wife of 48 years, Elizabeth, passed away almost a year ago, right after Christmas. She was my life. My all. I was…...

29+ min ago   (867+ words) The Sixties in Ireland were not as they were in America or the rest of Europe; we did not swing, or have summers of love, or let it all hang out — and if we had, it would have been summarily…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (101+ words) Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2026 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in July, are: Kerry Greenwood Readers’ Choice Award The winners were…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (355+ words) thegazette.com Kurt Ullrich Just beyond a white fence in my front yard is a very tall lilac bush, one that I really should have removed years ago However it continues to produce flowers, in the spring, and again last…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (34+ words) Chapter 12 — On the edge of darkness, honor, duty, and loyalty clash. Not a member? Click this link to read for FREE! “Seventy-two hours. Can you …...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (492+ words) The Times of India...