Authors Awards

International Dublin Literary Award

The International DUBLIN Literary Award is presented annually for a novel of high literary merit written in English or translated into English. The award aims to promote excellence in world literature and is sponsored by Dublin City Council, the municipal government of Dublin. The award is now in its 25th year. Nominations are submitted by library systems in major cities throughout the world. For this award, Pustaka submitted a novel that meets the rules and conditions set forth by the organiser and had been submitted to Pustaka under the Legal Deposit requirements, of the Sarawak State Library Ordinance, 1999. This is one of the library's efforts in helping to promote and raise the names and works of local writers to the international level.

Special Award for Authors and Publishers

This award is given specifically to authors and publishers who have contributed the most of their published materials to the library under the requirements for submission of published works.