Williams appointed interim SWF artistic director Archive
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Former Wheeler Centre director Michael Williams has been appointed interim artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF), reports the Age. Williams will remain based in Melbourne, spending a week...
Federal government to propose copyright reforms later this year Archive
Monday, 17 August 2020
The federal government will propose reforms to Australia’s copyright laws in exposure draft legislation it expects to release later this year. The proposed reforms will follow the government’s initial response...
ANZ children’s illustrations to feature in ‘The Ickabog’ Archive
Monday, 17 August 2020
Six Australians and four New Zealanders are among the 34 children whose artworks will illustrate the UK version of J K Rowling's The Ickabog (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)....
National Simultaneous Storytime 2021 to take place on International Space Station Archive
Monday, 17 August 2020
Philip Bunting's forthcoming picture book Give Me Some Space! (Scholastic, November) has been chosen for the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) 2021, which will take...
Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger Archive
Friday, 14 August 2020
Good Girl Bad Girl (Michael Robotham, Hachette) has been shortlisted for the Gold Dagger in the 2020 Crime Writers Association (CWA) Dagger Awards. The Gold Dagger is for the best...
Saunders wins 2020 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Archive
Friday, 14 August 2020
Mykaela Saunders has won the 2020 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘River Story’. Saunders receives $6000. C J Garrow was placed second for...
NCACL launches First Nations children’s book resource Archive
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature (NCACL) has produced a new, freely accessible database of children’s books by and about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Stage one,...
German-language market reports enduring digital sales growth post-lockdown Archive
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Ebook sales have seen continuous growth before, during and after the Covid-19 lockdown period, according to a Bookwire Insights Report on ebook and audiobook sales in the German-language book market....
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2020 winners announced Archive
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The winners of the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. New Zealand poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh’s first book for children, Mophead, took...
Future of Writing NSW under threat, new government funding guidelines and more Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
The future of Writing NSW is under threat after the organisation missed out on multi-year Create NSW funding. In pandemic-related news, the federal government has released guidelines for its $75m...
Kate Forsyth on the importance of Writing NSW Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
‘I may never have achieved my lifelong dream of being a published writer without Writing NSW. As a young unpublished author, I attended courses, publishing seminars, and literary festivals in...
Croggon joins the Saturday Paper, Tan joins Meanjin Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Author and critic Alison Croggon has joined the Saturday Paper as arts editor. Croggon was previously reviews editor at Meanjin and will be replaced in the role by Cher Tan....
Auckland booksellers enter stage three lockdown Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
In New Zealand, Auckland bookshops have entered stage three lockdown for at least three days as the country responds to four new cases of Covid-19 contracted from an unknown source....
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designers of the Year: Vanessa Masci Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
In the lead-up to the 2020 Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) awards, Books+Publishing spoke to the two shortlisted nominees for Emerging Designer of the Year. In this second and final instalment we talk...
Lorne Beach Books Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
After more than 40 years in the book trade, Meryl and David Bartak are happily passing on the baton. July 31st was our last day at Lorne Beach Books. A...
Debut novel ‘A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing’ in stock and available now Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Following an amazing first month of sales, Allen & Unwin have reprinted and are back in stock of the dazzling debut A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie...
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Pip Karmel to adapt Genevieve Gannon’s bestselling book ‘The Mothers’ for TV Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Allen & Unwin are thrilled to announce Genevieve Gannon’s bestselling book The Mothers is set to be adapted for television by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Pip Karmel in conjunction with Screen...
CBCA Book Week 2020 postponed to October Archive
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
This year's CBCA Book Week, which usually runs in late August during term three, will now take place in term four, from October 17–23. The rescheduled dates are due to...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best novel Whatever it Takes (Paul Cleave,...
Arab-Australian writers auction signed books for Beirut Archive
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
An online auction has been established by Arab-Australian authors, academics and artists to raise funds for Impact Lebanon, a charity providing disaster relief for the victims of the Beirut explosion....
Guidelines for $75m RISE and $35m Arts Sustainability funds released Archive
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
The federal government has released guidelines for the $75 million Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund and $35 million Arts Sustainability Fund announced in June in response to...
Create NSW funding recipients announced; future of Writing NSW ‘at risk’ Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
Create NSW has announced the recipients of its Multi-Year Organisations Funding. In the literature category, four organisations received combined funding of $570,000: Red Room Poetry ($125,000): To support its vision for...
HarperCollins revenue down 5% Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
HarperCollins’ total revenue fell 5% in the year to 30 June, according to parent company News Corp. In its annual earnings report, News Corp reported that the publisher’s full year...
Scott joins WA Writers Hall of Fame, WA Prem’s Book Award winners announced Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
The winners of the 2019 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced, with Kim Scott inducted into the Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame. Scott's works include the award-winning...
A&U announces new crime fiction prize Archive
Monday, 10 August 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced a new prize for an unpublished crime or thriller manuscript, with the winner to receive a publishing contract and advance against royalties of $25,000....
Changes to JobKeeper, Victorian business grants Archive
Friday, 7 August 2020
Businesses will now only need to show their GST turnover has fallen in the June quarter to qualify for the extended JobKeeper scheme, reports the ABC. Previously businesses needed to...
WHSmith plans restructure, 1500 redundancies Archive
Thursday, 6 August 2020
In the UK, bookselling chain WHSmith has announced plans for a restructure that could lead to 1500 roles made redundant across the business, reports the Bookseller. In a trading update,...
Shortlists for 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) Heartland:...
Bookshops need support during the Covid-19 pandemic Archive
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
'Bookshops are at the heart of our communities, especially in Melbourne, the first and only City of Literature in Australia and the second in the world. Bookshops are also the...
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