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25 August

Spinifex Press author Fethiye Cetin to tour Australia

Spinifex Press author Fethiye Cetin will be visiting Australia in September…

25 August

Fifth Calibre Prize seeks outstanding essay entries

Australian Book Review and CAL seek entries for The Fifth Calibre Prize for an outstanding essay…

25 August

Short and Twisted Seeking Submissions

Short and Twisted is looking for submissions to it’s annual anthology…

19 August

Ampersand seeking submissions for Capture The Fade: photography competition

Ampersand is looking for submissions to the Capture The Fade photography competition…

04 August

Spinifex Author Sandy Jeffs shortlisted for Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award!

Spinifex author Sandy Jeffs has been shortlisted for the Age non-fiction book of the year award…

Sleepers' 1st Novel Listed for VCE [04.02.2010]

Steven Amsterdam’s first novel, Things We Didn't See Coming, and the first novel for small press Sleepers Publishing, has just been booklisted for VCE English for 2011. This follows some considerable success for Amsterdam, who took out both the Age Fiction Book of the Year award and the overall Age Book of the Year award last year.

And the US edition is out this month, with the UK version following in August.

Not at all bad for a first-timer! Sleepers are happy to say that Amsterdam is working on his second book now.

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