Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation, Amazon partner to donate books to school libraries Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Amazon Australia has partnered with the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) and children’s laureate Morris Gleitzman to donate $20,000 worth of books to 40 Australian primary school libraries. Each school...
Bain appointed acting director of Monash University Press Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Monash University Publishing has appointed Greg Bain as acting director for the press, following the departure of former director Nathan Hollier. Bain has been working in publishing for three decades,...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $500k in funding grants Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Twenty-five arts organisations have received more than $500,000 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Literary organisations and projects that received funding in the various...
HarperCollins congratulates CBCA Award-winning authors Emily Rodda and James Moloney Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
HarperCollins Children’s Books Australia is delighted to congratulate our authors on their 2019 CBCA Awards. Emily Rodda’s His Name Was Walter is the winner of the CBCA 2019 Book of...
Walker Books congratulates CBCA Honour Book authors Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Walker Books Australia congratulates Sarah Epstein, Mark Greenwood and illustrator Andrew McLean, whose books Small Spaces and The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope, have been chosen as Honour...
Walker Books signs Claire Saxby for new Nature Story Book Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Walker Books Australia has signed acclaimed author Claire Saxby for a new title in the highly successful and award-winning Nature Story Book series, which has sold over 180,000 copies in...
Save on advertising in PW’s Frankfurt editions Archive
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Publishers Weekly’s title showcase is a way for publishers, agents and self-publishers to affordably advertise in PW’s Frankfurt issues, including its three Show Dailies, which are distributed at the fair. PW is...
Readings announces 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist Archive
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize. The shortlisted titles are: A Constant Hum (Alice Bishop, Text) Inappropriation (Lexi Freiman, A&U) The Flight of Birds...
Change for Central Recovery press Archive
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Publisher: Central Recovery press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Eurospan (TLD Distribution) Changeover date: 31 August 2019 Returns cut-off: 27 September 2019 Contact URL: www.footprint.com.au
Bachoura wins Lifted Brow Prize for Experimental Nonfiction Archive
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Literary journal the Lifted Brow and RMIT’s non/fictionLab has announced Jean Bachoura as the winner of its 2019 Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for his essay ‘Tretinoin’. The winner was chosen...
Laing, Hilsum win 2019 James Tait Black Prizes Archive
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Olivia Laing won the £10,000 (A$17,920) prize for fiction for her novel...
Black Inc. sells ‘See What You Made Me Do’ to US in auction Archive
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Black Inc. has sold North American rights to Jess Hill’s nonfiction book See What You Made Me Do to Sourcebooks in a two-house auction. Released in Australia last month, See...
Ned Kelly Awards 2019 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 19 August 2019
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction...
Local writer, artist among Hugo Awards winners Archive
Monday, 19 August 2019
The winners of this year’s Hugo Awards, presented annually by the World Science Fiction Convention, have been announced. Australian Foz Meadows won in the Best Fan Writer category and Australia-based...
Lonely Planet turnover down, profit up in 2018 Archive
Monday, 19 August 2019
In the UK, Lonely Planet recorded a five percent drop in turnover and a 111% increase in profit before tax for the 2018 calendar year, reports the Bookseller. The publisher’s...
Twelfth Planet Press launches ‘inclusive’ new imprint for pre-teens Archive
Monday, 19 August 2019
Independent genre publisher Twelfth Planet Press has launched a new imprint for pre-teen readers. The Titania imprint will specialise in ‘diverse stories for children in the 3–13 age range, with...
Moloney wins 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award Archive
Friday, 16 August 2019
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented James Moloney with the 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for his contribution to Australian children’s literature. Moloney is the author of...
CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced Archive
Friday, 16 August 2019
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Storylines launches te reo Māori manuscript award Archive
Friday, 16 August 2019
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust has announced a new award for an unpublished manuscript written in te reo Māori, reports Booksellers NZ. The new award is named in honour of...
Macfarlane wins nature writing prize for ‘Underland’ Archive
Friday, 16 August 2019
In the UK, Robert Macfarlane has been awarded the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for his eighth book Underland (Hamish Hamilton). Judges called Underland ‘a passionate book which celebrates the...
Apolonio wins Liminal Fiction Prize Archive
Friday, 16 August 2019
Bryant Apolonio has won the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize for his story ‘Bad Weather’. Apolonio’s story is described as ‘a split narrative between two generations, two worlds and two cultures’....
‘The Fountain of Public Prosperity’ wins 2019 Australian Christian Book of the Year Archive
Friday, 16 August 2019
The Fountain of Public Prosperity: Evangelical Christians in Australian History 1740–1914 by academics Stuart Piggin and Robert Linder (Monash University Publishing) has been named 2019 Australian Christian Book of the...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts Archive
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Australian fiction bestsellers: July There are 10 new entries across the Australian fiction and nonfiction bestsellers charts in July. In fiction, it’s all about the thriller: Petronella McGovern’s debut suburban...
Full program announced for Ubud 2019 Archive
Thursday, 15 August 2019
The full program has been announced for the 2019 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which runs from 23–27 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Joining a total of 180 speakers from...
Diversity lacking in the Australian arts sector Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
‘The data is unequivocal: Australia’s cultural leaders are simply not representative of our richly diverse Australian community. The question now is, what are we going to do about it?’—Jackie Bailey,...
Angie Martin wins inaugural First Nations Fellowship for commercial writing Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Harlequin has announced Angie Martin as the winner of the inaugural Commercial Fiction Fellowship for First Nation Writers, for her manuscript ‘Melaleuca’. Martin’s manuscript was chosen from a shortlist of...
Homecooked Comics Festival to run 17–18 August in Melbourne Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Homecooked Comics Festival is a two-day indie comic book festival, featuring book launches, children's activities, workshops and a free market day, where comics creators will sell their work, alongside representatives...
Highest ever box office sales at 2019 Byron Writers Festival; Indigenous authors dominate bestsellers Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
This year’s Byron Writers Festival attracted the highest box office sales in its 23-year history, according to event organisers. The festival, which ran from 2–4 August in Byron Bay, attracted...
National e-deposit service launched this week Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
The national e-deposit service (NED), a collaboration between Australia’s national, state and territory libraries, will launch at the National Library of Australia (NLA) this week. The project provides digital infrastructure...
ALIA diversity report reveals Indigenous professionals underrepresented in library sector Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has published this year’s Workforce Diversity Trend Report, which details the diversity of the galleries, libraries, archives, museums and records (GLAMR) workforce. The...
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