ABA Christmas parties and Rep of the Year Awards Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is holding Christmas parties in both Victoria and New South Wales, and will be announcing the Rep of the Year Awards for each state at the events....
Get the books nominated for the Best Writing Award 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
For the 10 finalists’ titles in the $30,000 Best Writing Award 2018, visit the Readings website. Winner to be announced at www.melbourneprize.org on November 14, along with the winners of...
Change for Barron’s Educational Test Prep & Language Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Test Prep & Language Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Simon & Schuster (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 November 2018 Returns cut-off: 31 January 2019 (See classified.)
Selected Barron’s Educational Titles moved to Simon & Schuster Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Effective Immediately, NewSouth Books will no longer be distributing Barron’s Test Prep and Language titles as they have been sold to Kaplan in the US. Distribution of these titles has...
Foundry658 announces successful applicants for Bootcamp Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Business development program Foundry658, an initiative from State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), has announced the successful applicants for its inaugural bootcamp sessions....
PRH acquires majority stake in Brazilian publisher Companhia das Letras Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired a majority stake of 70% in Brazilian publisher Companhia das Letras. PRH previously acquired a 45% stake in the Brazilian publishing house in 2012,...
Kassabova’s ‘Border’ wins UK Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Scotland-based Bulgarian writer Kapka Kassabova has won the 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for her book Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe (Granta). Chosen from a shortlist...
First authors announced for 2019 Adelaide Writers’ Week Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
A number of authors have been announced for the 2019 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 2-7 March 2019. Among the international authors attending the festival are Nigerian poet and...
‘On the Java Ridge’ wins 2018 Colin Roderick Award Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Jock Serong’s On the Java Ridge (Text) has won the 2018 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook...
YABBAs 2018 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
The winners of the 2018 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book Again!...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 4 2018 Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Books+Publishing magazine’s fourth—and final—issue for 2018 is out now! It features 30 reviews of forthcoming adult and children’s books due to be published between December 2018 and March 2019. Reviews: Of the 17 adult...
Yahoo Creek (Tohby Riddle, A&U) Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
In this imaginative work, Tohby Riddle delves into the mystery of the yahoo (or the yowie, as it is commonly known today). Reported sightings of these large, hairy beasts were...
47 Degrees (Justin D’Ath, Puffin) Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Author Justin D’Ath lost his home in Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires, and the story of that harrowing day forms the basis for his new novel, 47 Degrees. The morning of...
Reversing the cultural cringe: Martin Hughes on publishing debut fiction Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Publishing debut fiction in Australia is worth the risk, argues Affirm Press publisher Martin Hughes. Can anyone remember a year that has delivered so sweetly for Australian debut novels? Not...
Sister act: The story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Co-owner Mary Wadsworth tells the story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1965 Dorothy Butler established the bookshop that my sister Helen and I now...
Brennan wins CHASS Australia Book Prize 2018 for ‘A Writing Life’ Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Bernadette Brennan has won the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) 2018 Australia Book Prize, for her book A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work (Text)....
Melbourne City of Lit announces 10th anniversary event program Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
The Melbourne City of Literature, in partnership with the Wheeler Centre, has announced the program for its 10th anniversary event, based on the idea of a parliament for the city....
Kirkus Prize 2018 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
US publication Kirkus Reviews has announced the winners of its fifth annual literary prize. Each of the Kirkus Prize winners receives US$50,000 (A$70,830). Ling Ma won the fiction prize for Severance (Text), with...
Samuel Wagan Watson wins 2018 Patrick White Literary Award Archive
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Poet, essayist, scriptwriter and performer Samuel Wagan Watson has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2018. The annual award was established by Patrick White...
Shortlist announced for 2018 Diagram Prize for oddest book title Archive
Monday, 29 October 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, presented by the Bookseller, has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Are Gay Men More...
Creative Victoria announces VicArts recipients Archive
Monday, 29 October 2018
Several literary projects and writers have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts Grants. The program will provide over $1.5 million in funding for...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients Archive
Monday, 29 October 2018
Writers Victoria has announced the third round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Nine successful writers, illustrators and translators were selected from 112 applicants to receive a...
Benyamin wins inaugural JCB Prize for Literature Archive
Friday, 26 October 2018
Novelist and short story writer Benyamin has won the inaugural JCB prize for Literature in India. Benyamin won Rs 25 lakhs (A$48,220) for his book Jasmine Days (Juggernaut Books), translated into...
Parliament fast-tracks 5% tax cut for small to medium-sized enterprises Archive
Friday, 26 October 2018
The federal government has passed updated legislation to reduce taxes for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 30% to 25% over a three-year period, reports MyBusiness. The Morrison government has...
McTiernan shortlisted for 2018 Irish Book Awards Archive
Friday, 26 October 2018
Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. McTiernan’s debut, The Ruin (HarperCollins), was one of six shortlisted titles in the category for Irish Independent Crime Fiction...
Subbed In announces six winners of 2018 Chapbook Prize Archive
Friday, 26 October 2018
Subbed In has announced six winners of its 2018 Chapbook Prize. The winning entries, chosen from a shortlist of 14, will be published by Subbed In. They are: When I...
UK Dagger awards 2018 winners announced Archive
Friday, 26 October 2018
The UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the winners of the 2018 Dagger awards. The winners in each category are: Diamond Dagger (for an author whose crime writing careers...
Creative Vic announces Creators Fund grant recipients Archive
Friday, 26 October 2018
Creative Victoria has announced the second-round recipients of the Creators Fund program, who will share in $900,000 worth of funding. Among the 24 recipients are: Sarah Firth ($30,000) for a...
Bookshops prepare for NZ Bookshop Day Archive
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Booksellers NZ's fourth annual NZ Bookshop Day will be held on Saturday, 27 October, with bookshops around the country hosting events and promotions. To mark 10 years of Nielsen operating...
Book sales in Iceland dropped 43% from 2010 to 2017 Archive
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Book sales in Iceland dropped 43% between 2010 and 2017, with sales from the first four months of 2018 dropping a further 5% from the same period in 2017, reports...
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