The West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) shortlist has been released and we’re delighted to see some familiar names on the list. Book of Chance by AWC presenter Sue Whiting and Four Dead Queens by graduate Astrid Scholte have both been shortlisted in the Older Readers category. According to
It’s a new year and we were so eager that we hit the ground running with our first Furious Fiction challenge for 2021 on the first day of January. (Ahem, it may have also had something to do with the calendar.) A new year was dawning, so here’s what we
This week, we have 10 double passes to be won for a new film set in outback Australia in the first part of the 20th century. The film is High Ground and it’s in selected cinemas nationwide from 28 January 2021. Set against the stunning landscape of 1930s Arnhem Land,
Calling out all young Australian writers (18 to 30 years) – the 2021 Questions Writing Prize is now open! This prize awards $2000 to the best writing submitted and is a great chance to flex your creative muscles. According to the website, the piece can be either fiction or non-fiction,
Want the chance to win money for the first five pages of a fiction or creative non-fiction manuscript? The First Pages Prize is all about supporting emerging writers who are currently unagented. According to the press release, “Five winners will receive $5000 total in cash awards, a developmental edit to
If you are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer, this fellowship is for you! black&write! grants two fellowships each year for unpublished manuscripts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers. black&write! is supported by the Arts Council of Australia, and are working with publishing partner, Hachette Australia. According to
Lacking motivation? Know what you should do, but don’t know where to start? Want to cook better, healthier food? If any of that sounds familiar, you’ll want to get your hands on one of this week’s three giveaway copies of 30 Day Kick Start Plan by lusciously long-locked UK health
This week’s giveaway is one for the young readers – three copies of The Werewolves Who Weren’t by T.C. Shelley. This magical book is the follow up to The Monster Who Wasn’t – the second book in a brilliantly rich and strange fantasy series that will make you believe in
If you’ve published a humorous book intended for readers aged 5-12 years, this is your chance to win a $5000 prize. The NSW State Library has announced that it has added a younger readers category to its Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Entries for the 2021 Russell Prize for Humour
Ever wondered what happens to us as we die? Or how the Esky became an Aussie cultural icon? Or why we have leap years? Then look no further – and even if you haven’t wondered, you’ll want to find out. To kick off 2021, this week’s book giveaway is the
A new year is upon us (goodbye and good riddance 2020!) and to kick us off, we have five double passes to be won thanks to Palace Films. It’s for the new movie, My Salinger Year and it’s in cinemas 14 January 2021. This much-anticipated new film, by Academy Award-nominated
And so we arrive at the final Furious Fiction edition for this quiet, uneventful year. The criteria we required in December were: Each story had to include a GIFT of some kind. Each story’s first sentence had to contain only THREE words. The following words had to be used somewhere
As we close out the year, we have TEN double passes to be won this festive week thanks to Roadshow Films. It’s for the new movie, The Dry – an adaptation of Jane Harper’s award-winning crime novel and in cinemas nationwide from 1 January 2021. The Dry stars Eric Bana,
It’s that time of year again. ‘What time?’ you ask? The time when Santa takes a look around his COVID-safe workshop and collects up 10 books to give away to ONE lucky holiday reader! That’s right – ONE winner will score themselves this beautiful bounty of bookish delights, filled with
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlist has been announced for 2020. According to the Office of the Arts website, the awards “recognise and celebrate the exceptional literary talents of esteemed and emerging Australian writers.” Out of a total of 562 entries, 30 books have made the shortlist which is split
This is your opportunity to win a $20,000 prize and be published with Penguin Random House Australia. Enter the Penguin Literary Prize! According to the press release, “The PRH Literary Prize, launched in 2017, was established to find, nurture and develop new Australian authors of literary fiction.” Previous winners of
From Dom Knight, the bestselling author of 2019’s Strayapedia, comes the definitive dictionary of the year the world went to sh*t. Yes, it’s The 2020 Dictionary and this week, giving away three copies! You might know Dom Knight as one of the founders of The Chaser. As a writer on
It’s been a weird year for travel. And so in this month’s Furious Fiction, we thought we’d do our bit for the fiction accommodation industry (you’re welcome) by asking everyone to set their 500-words-or-fewer stories in a hotel. Naturally, that wasn’t the only slice of the criteria cake. Here were
If you loved Netflix’s The Crown (including the just-released new season), then you’ll love Pamela Hart’s latest historical novel – The Charleston Scandal – an exuberant story of a young Australian actress caught up in the excesses, royal intrigues and class divide of Jazz Age London; losing her way but
Do you have an unpublished manuscript kicking around that you’re hoping to get published? The 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript is now open. The winner will be offered a publishing contract with UWA Press PLUS a $10,000 cash prize from the Copyright Agency. What kinds of entries
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