Wakefield announces YA horror anthology winning submissions
Wakefield Press has announced the winning submissions to its national callout for contributions to its YA fiction anthology Hometown Haunts: ...
Inaugural $50k Historical Novel Prize shortlist announced
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize. The shortlisted novels ...
McClymont receives Danger Lifetime Achievement Award
Walkley Award–winning investigative journalist Kate McClymont is the winner of the 2020 Danger Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Bad: Sydney ...
Text acquires Webb ‘anti-usage’ guide
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to an 'anti-usage' language guide by ABC journalist Tiger Webb. Webb is the ABC’s ...
QBD to open two new Melbourne stores as Covid restrictions ease
The QBD bookselling chain has opened a new Parramatta store and will open two new stores in Melbourne before Christmas. ...
‘We writers give far more to the economy and society and our culture than we ever take back. We are not looking for patronage or political favours, we are simply seeking a fair go. We are not elites. We are not chardonnay-sipping socialists. We are writers. We are creators. We are storytellers. And we have been forgotten.’—In his written submission to the parliamentary inquiry into Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions, crime author Michael Robotham says the federal government’s slow withdrawal of financial support for writers is political.
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