Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2020 winners announced
Monday, 14 September 2020
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2020 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winning books in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in May, are: Picture fiction:...
Ubud to run as Kembali 2020
Monday, 14 September 2020
The organisers of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) have announced the annual festival will combine with the Ubud Food Festival in 2020 to create Kembali 2020, a festival...
McAnulty wins nature writing prize for ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’
Friday, 11 September 2020
In the UK, Dara McAnulty has been awarded the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing for Diary of A Young Naturalist (Text). According to the Bookseller, McAnulty, 16, is the...
Vickerman wins SLQ Young Writers Award
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Ellen Vickerman has won the the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) Young Writers Award for her short story 'Unit K13', described by the judges as ‘a standout winner’. Vickerman receives...
NT Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards were announced in August. The finalists in each category are: Short story award ($1000) 'Of Ruts and Roars' (Mhairi Duncan) 'Bull...
O’Farrell wins 2020 Women’s Prize for ‘Hamnet’
Thursday, 10 September 2020
UK author Maggie O’Farrell has won the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Hamnet (Tinder Press). Chosen from a shortlist of six and a longlist of 16, Hamnet is inspired...
NT Writers Festival program announced
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
The program for this year’s NT Writers Festival, which runs from 1–4 October, has been announced. The festival’s theme is ‘Gunamidirra garawa birditj | when the tides turn’. Live events, including...
Increasing diversity in STEM starts with kids books
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
'Stories inspire, challenge and motivate. Real-life stories of success make the dream possible. How many more young readers would be inspired to pursue their STEM dreams if more Australian stories...
Songlines: The power and promise (Margo Neale & Lynne Kelly, Thames & Hudson)
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
The first in a series of six books introducing Indigenous knowledges, Songlines: The power and promise explains the use of mnemonics, or memory systems, in Aboriginal culture. Songlines archive knowledge...
Over 18k view virtual ILD, Booktopia and QBD make AFR top 500
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
At the time of writing, over 18,000 people have viewed this year’s virtual Indigenous Literacy Day event, which was streamed live on YouTube on Wednesday, 2 September. Booktopia and QBD...
Light bulb moment: why stories of women in STEM are important
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Books+Publishing's Junior columnist Adele Walsh reflects how far we've come and how far we still need to go when it comes to the representation of women in STEM in books...
Australia Council to hold online discussions about future of arts
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
The Australia Council has released a discussion paper ahead of two online ‘town hall’ meetings to discuss the future of the arts and culture industries in light of the Covid-19...
Grattan Street Press shortlisted for higher education award
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Grattan Street Press (GSP), the University of Melbourne's teaching press, has been named a finalist in the Learning Experience category of the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) 2020 Higher Education Awards....
No physical exhibitors at 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
This year’s Frankfurt Book Fair won’t feature physical exhibitors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the Bookseller. Organisers said it was no longer feasible to hold the planned ‘special edition’...
PRH acquires Next Chapter fellow Cehic’s short story collection
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to Sadvertising, the debut short story collection by Next Chapter fellow Ennis Cehic. According to the author, the satirical stories in...
Richell Prize 2020 longlist announced
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the longlist for the 2020 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted works are: 'The Dream Weavers Apprentice' (Kate Clinch-Jones)...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2020 winners announced
Monday, 7 September 2020
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced...
Banjo Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 September 2020
HarperCollins has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'The List' (Megan Albany) 'The Tuesday Afternoon Murder Club'...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 winners announced
Monday, 7 September 2020
The winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work...
More than 3500 tune in live to Indigenous Literacy Day on YouTube
Friday, 4 September 2020
More than 3500 viewers tuned in live to the Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) ‘visual event’ streamed on YouTube on 2 September, and almost 17,000 viewers have now watched it. The...
Educational Publishing Awards 2020 winners announced
Friday, 4 September 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Promoting Literacy Development (PLD) was awarded the 2020 Publisher of the Year for...
Bonnier Books UK to introduce flexible working for staff
Friday, 4 September 2020
Bonnier Books UK will introduce flexible working for office staff once the Covid-19 pandemic eases, allowing employees to work up to three days a week from home, reports the Bookseller....
Blake Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Friday, 4 September 2020
The shortlist for the Blake Poetry Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: 'History of Sadness' by Louise Carter 'On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record' by Judith...
EWF announces At Home Residencies
Thursday, 3 September 2020
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) has launched a new remote residency program, the EWF At Home Residencies. Four successful applicants will each receive $1600 to commit to spending two weeks...
Hachette UK buys Laurence King Publishing
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Hachette UK has acquired arts and gift specialist Laurence King Publishing (LKP), reports the Bookseller. Under the deal, which was made for an undisclosed sum, managing director Laurence King will...
Glover, Murphy join APA
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Stuart Glover has joined the Australian Publishers Association as government relations manager and Mitchell Murphy has joined the association as technical business support analyst.
Lack of diversity remains an issue within the book industry
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
'How can we expect anything other than a white and middle-class way of looking at the world if the key decision-makers are predominately white and middle-class? Diversity isn’t a trend,...
Outsider art: Sofie Laguna on ‘Infinite Splendours’
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Infinite Splendours (A&U, November), Sofie Laguna's fourth novel for adults, charts the life of eccentric, artistic outsider Lawrence Loman. Conveyed through poetic prose that 'creates a tangible sense of beauty,...
Over 30k attend MWF Digital, new bookshop for Noosa, latest awards
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF)—which ran as a digital event due to the Covid-19 pandemic—attracted around 34,200 attendees. A new ‘profit for purpose’ bookshop has been announced for Noosa...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best illustrated book Crafting Aotearoa (ed...
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