Shortlist announced for inaugural Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Hachette NZ and the Margarey Mahy estate have announced the shortlist for the inaugural Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize for unpublished illustrators. The shortlisted illustrators are: Emily Walker Hilary Jean Tapper...
You Can Change the World Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Did you know that there are more plastic flamingos in the world than real ones? That if you joined all the pieces of plastic in the ocean together, they would...
New report shows lack of diversity in arts sector leadership roles Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
A new report launched today by Diversity Arts Australia has found culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Australians are underrepresented in arts sector leadership roles. The report, titled Shifting the Balance:...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The shortlisted books in each category are: Picture fiction: More and More and More (Ian...
UK retailers demand business tax reform Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) has joined with more than 50 retailers in signing an open letter demanding the government take action on the business rates system, reports...
Publishers Publicity Circle Melbourne to host third meeting Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
The third quarterly meeting of the Publishers Publicity Circle Melbourne will be hosted at the Text Publishing offices on 19 September, and will feature a panel discussion with University of...
SLV: Faine to deliver Stephen Murray-Smith memorial lecture Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Broadcaster Jon Faine will deliver the State Library Victoria’s 2019 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on 17 September, before signing off from ABC’s airwaves after 23 years. In his lecture, titled...
Editors NSW: Digital marketing for freelance editors and self-publishing authors Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Editors NSW is running a presentation on digital marketing for freelance editors and self-publishing authors with Christopher Cowan. The event will include a demonstration of the effort and steps involved...
Editors Victoria: Editing Diverse Voices seminar Archive
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Editors Victoria is running a seminar on editing diverse voices in October. The seminar will explain the best editorial practice for inclusivity and diversity, how we can transcend our biases...
Arnott’s ‘Flames’ shortlisted for Not the Booker Archive
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Hobart-based author Robbie Arnott has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s 2019 Not the Booker prize. Arnott’s debut, Flames (Text), was one of six shortlisted titles chosen from a longlist of...
ASA, HQ launch $10,000 commercial fiction prize Archive
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins imprint HQ have announced a new commercial fiction prize for an unpublished manuscript. The winner of the ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize will receive...
Foyles to install libraries in luxury UK retirement homes Archive
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
In the UK, bookselling chain Foyles has made a deal with developer Elysian Residences to install libraries in its high-end retirement homes, reports the Times. For each Elysian Residences development,...
Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2019 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Mark and Evette Moran Literary Award, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorrell...
Overland VU Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Overland Victoria University (VU) Short Story Prize for new writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Quinn’ by Claire Aman ‘Starving in the land...
‘No Friend but the Mountains’ wins National Biography Award Archive
Monday, 12 August 2019
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Picador) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award. The...
Colloborative literary organisation established in New Zealand Archive
Monday, 12 August 2019
A new literary organisation called the Coalition for Books has launched in New Zealand. Established with seed funding from Creative New Zealand, the Coalition for Books will be a collaborative...
Publishers Weekly Archive
Monday, 12 August 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...
HarperCollins earnings up six percent in fiscal 2018–19 Archive
Monday, 12 August 2019
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a six percent rise in earnings despite flat annual revenue for the 2018–19 fiscal year, reports Publishers Weekly. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation,...
RWA awards 2019 winners announced Archive
Monday, 12 August 2019
The winners of the 2019 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the Ruby Awards, were announced on 10 August at the RWA conference...
‘Axiomatic’ sold to UK’s Fitzcarraldo Editions Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
Small press Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Maria Tumarkin’s Axiomatic—‘a boundary-shifting fusion of thinking, storytelling, reportage and meditation’—to independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions. The deal follows the...
Melbourne Writers Festival interrogates love Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
‘When We Talk About Love’ is the heart-interrogating theme of this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 30 August to 8 September, with sessions that explore ‘our love for people,...
‘Too Much Lip’ wins Miles Franklin Literary Award Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
Melissa Lucashenko has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for her darkly funny novel Too Much Lip (UQP), about a woman who returns to her hometown after an armed robbery...
Liminal Fiction Prize shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
Liminal magazine has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Bryant Apolonio, for ‘Bad Weather’ Claire Cao, for ‘See You Tomorrow’...
‘The Girl on the Page’ film rights acquired Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
Sydney-based production company Causeway Films has acquired the film rights to John Purcell’s The Girl on the Page (HarperCollins), via Simone Camilleri of Green Ink Agency. Set in the UK in the...
HarperCollins to publish Ellyse Perry’s ‘Perspective’ Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
HarperCollins will publish Australian cricketer and soccer player Ellyse Perry’s debut nonfiction book Perspective in November 2019. HarperCollins said Perry’s ‘inspiring’ and ‘heavily illustrated’ title will feature ‘stories and reflections from her...
Colin Roderick Award 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 9 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...
‘The Bomb’ named book of the year at 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA Archive
Thursday, 8 August 2019
The Bomb by author Sacha Cotter and illustrator Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers) has won the Margaret Mahy book of the year award, as well as the picture book award, at...
The shortcomings of literary awards Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
‘Yes, prizes generate income for a few authors and publishers, but I am hard-pressed to think of any other aspect of literary culture that has been genuinely enriched by literary...
RiP Toni Morrison Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
American author Toni Morrison has died, aged 88. US publisher Holt, Rinehart & Winston published Morrison's debut novel The Bluest Eye in 1970. Alfred A Knopf published Morrison's novel Sula...
Library to open in former Marrickville Hospital building Archive
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
A new library and pavilion will open in the heritage-listed former Marrickville Hospital building in Sydney’s inner-west on 31 August, reports Broadsheet. The new facility will house 85,000 books and...
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