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Ubud releases 2018 festival program

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the main program for its 2018 festival, which will run from 24-28 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...

Booktopia to offer distribution services

Booktopia logo Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Australian retailer Booktopia has announced it will be the exclusive Australian distributor for German-based Thieme Medical Publishers, under a new distribution division. The Australian retailer set up Booktopia Publisher Services...

Berbay re-releases ‘Nobody Owns the Moon’

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Berbay Publishing is delighted to announce it has acquired the publishing licence for the award winning Australian classic Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle and will re-release a 10th...

CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2018

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund. This year, $75,000 is available for...

Change for Publish Creative Books

Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Publisher: Publish Creative Books ISBN prefix: 9780648008 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Peribo Changeover date: 7 September 2018 Returns cut-off: 13 September 2018 Contact URL: www.peribo.com.au

Introducing Giramondo

a portrait of Nick Tapper Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Sydney-based small press Giramondo has won most major literary awards in Australia with its list of ‘diverse, unusual and genre-defying’ fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Commissioning editor Nick Tapper spoke to...

Screenworthy stories

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Each year Australian publishers, literary agents, and film and TV agents meet and mingle at the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Books at MIFF event. As well as attending one-on-one meetings,...

Book-to-screen rights sales

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Nicole Kidman’s production company Blossom Films and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories have purchased film and television rights to Liane Moriarty’s forthcoming novel Nine Perfect Strangers (Macmillan). Kidman will produce...

Viskic wins top crime-fiction award

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Emma Viskic’s And Fire Came Down (Echo Publishing) has been named best adult crime novel at this year’s Davitt Awards, which are presented to the best crime books by Australian...

‘No More Boats’ to publish in the US

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Sydney-based small press Giramondo has sold North American rights to Felicity Castagna’s Miles Franklin-shortlisted novel No More Boats to Europa Editions. Acquiring editor-in-chief Michael Reynolds said the novel—which tells the...

Shortlist announced for inaugural Banjo Prize

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Banjo Prize has been announced. Launched by HarperCollins in March this year, the prize will be awarded for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted...

Townsend shortlisted for 2018 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards

Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Australian author Jessica Townsend's multiple award-winning middle-grade novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) has been shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards in the fiction category, reports the Bookseller. Each...

HarperCollins revenue up 7% in 2018

Monday, 13 August 2018
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a 23% rise in earnings to US$244 million (A$335m) in the financial year ending 30 June, and a 7% rise in revenue to US$1.76...

Bowers to participate in UK exchange program Intersect

Monday, 13 August 2018
Writer and multidisciplinary artist Candy Bowers has been announced as one of the 2018 participants in the British Council's inaugural UK exchange program, Intersect. Bowers is one of three culturally...

Shortlist announced for inaugural Danger Prize

Monday, 13 August 2018
The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film or TV drama about Sydney and crime. Three true crime books were shortlisted, alongside...

UK comedian launches Comedy Women in Print prize

Friday, 10 August 2018
UK comedian, actor and author Helen Lederer is launching the Comedy Women in Print (CWIP) prize, reports the Bookseller. The award will be presented in two categories: the prize for...

Frankfurt Book Fair launches human rights campaign

Friday, 10 August 2018
In Germany, Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) and the German Publishers and Booksellers Association have launched the ‘On the Same Page’ campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations (UN)...

Inky Awards 2018 shortlist announced

Friday, 10 August 2018
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Inky Awards for young adult literature. For the first time, the shortlist...

McTiernan shortlisted for Not the Booker prize 2018

Friday, 10 August 2018
Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s 2018 Not the Booker prize. McTiernan's debut, The Rúin, was one of five shortlisted titles voted for by the public from a...

Vandalised street library rebuilt

Wednesday, 8 August 2018
A Canberra street library that was destroyed by vandals in late July has been rebuilt by the local community, reports the Age. The Lyneham and O’Connor Little Library was set on...

Podcast spotlight: Final Draft – Great Conversations

Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Launched in June 2018, Final Draft - Great Conversations (FDGC) is a podcast that looks back at some of the authors and writers that were previously featured weekly on 2SER's long-running Final...