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Magabala mid-career Fellowship announced

  Congratulations to the 2022 mid-career Fellowship recipient Vivienne Cleven.  With the support of the... Mon, Dec 12, 2022

AIC Creative Grants announced

Magabala Books is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022 AIC Creative Grants: Casey Mulder... Thu, Dec 08, 2022

Creative Development Scholarships announced

Magabala Books is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022 Creative Development Scholarships. Congratulations to... Thu, Dec 08, 2022

Daisy Utemorrah Award open for entries

Magabala Books is thrilled to present the Daisy Utemorrah Award as part of the Western... Thu, Dec 08, 2022

Sea Country shortlisted for Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022

  Congratulations to Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy, their children’s picture book Sea Country... Wed, Nov 16, 2022

Homecoming shortlisted for Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2022

Congratulations to Elfie Shiosaki who has been shortlisted for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Homecoming... Thu, Nov 10, 2022

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) partners with Magabala Books

On Monday 12 September 2021, we were thrilled to be at Parliament House in Canberra... Wed, Oct 12, 2022

Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC)

 Magabala Books is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC) to... Wed, Oct 12, 2022

'Sharing' and 'The River' celebrated at the Environment Book Awards

Congratulations to Aunty Far Muir, Sue Lawson and Leanne Mulgo Watson, creators of Sharing, and... Thu, Sep 08, 2022

Kunyi wins the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards Children's Book Award

  Congratulations to Kunyi June Anne McInerney who has won the Children's Book Award at... Thu, Sep 08, 2022

TRACES: an audio-visual installation honouring 60,000+ years of storytelling

Magabala Books recently teamed up with Google Creative Lab to present TRACES, a voice-to-art-experience launched... Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Celebrating the Daisy Utemorrah Award winner...

On Friday 17 June, Magabala was proud to co-present the Daisy Utemorrah Award with the... Fri, Jul 01, 2022

Homecoming wins WA Premier’s Book Awards

Magabala Books is excited to announce two wins at the WA Premier’s Book Awards, with... Fri, Jun 17, 2022

Homecoming shortlisted for ALS Gold Medal

Congratulations to Elfie Shiosaki, her book Homecoming has been shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal.... Tue, Jun 07, 2022

The River Shortlisted for The Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards

The River by Sally Morgan and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr has been shortlisted for a Chief... Tue, May 24, 2022

Two Magabala titles shortlisted for the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards

Magabala Books is proud to announce that two of our children’s picture books Albert Namatjira... Mon, May 23, 2022

Two of Magabala’s emerging authors celebrated in WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlist

Magabala is proud to announce that Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki and Debesa by Cindy Solonec... Fri, May 06, 2022

The Daisy Utemorrah Award shortlist announced...

In partnership with the WA Premier’s Book Awards, we’re delighted to announce the Daisy Utemorrah... Fri, May 06, 2022

Homecoming Shortlisted for the 2022 Stella Prize

Magabala is excited to announced that Homecoming by Elfie Shiosaki has been shortlisted for the... Thu, Apr 14, 2022

Three Magabala books shortlisted in the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature

Magabala Books is thrilled to announce that on Monday 20 December, Bindi by Kirli Saunders,... Tue, Dec 21, 2021