‘Good Reading’ launches podcast Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Good Reading magazine has launched a new books podcast aimed at helping readers ‘discover [their] next favourite read’. The Good Reading podcast comprises weekly episodes featuring author interviews and book...
Melbourne Prize Trust thanks you—record entries across all categories! Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The Melbourne Prize Trust would like to thank the many publishers and authors who have entered the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 & Awards as well as the literary sector...
Griffiths joins Allen & Unwin Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Karen-Maree Griffiths, formerly Head of Local Sales & Marketing at HarperCollins Publishers, has joined Allen & Unwin as Senior Marketing Manager (Adult Books).
Bookshop for sale Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Busy, independent city based bookshop is for sale in sunny Townsville. Has solid trading figures, an established reputation and a loyal customer base. There is a long lease and lots...
ASA: Writing with Kate Forsyth Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is running a series of online writing classes with Kate Forsyth. These include: Establishing Your Writing Practice (27 September, 11.30am - 12.30pm) Editing and...
The tiger is roaring loudly Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
A&U are thrilled with the response to Tiger's Roar by Alex Rance and Shane McG Urgent reprints are due into UBD on Tuesday 24 July. Place your ordrs now to...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime novel Marlborough Man (Alan Carter,...
The Apology Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
A gripping psychological drama about family, betrayal and the limits of forgiveness from a riveting new voice in Australian fiction. Set in Western Sydney, The Apology by Ross Watkins is...
Storyology festival 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The Walkley Foundation’s Storyology journalism festival will be held in Brisbane and Sydney in July. The festival has a program of public talks and exhibitions that showcase great journalism. Guest...
UK films based on books create 44% more revenue Archive
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
A new research report commissioned by the UK Publisher’s Association (PA) has found that UK-produced films based on books generate 44% more revenue in the British box office (and 53%...
Walker Books to publish YA anthology by LGBTQIA+ authors Archive
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to an anthology of YA short stories by LGBTQIA+ Australian authors. Due to be published in June 2019, Kindred: A Queer #LoveOzYA Anthology...
Australian Historical Association 2018 awards announced Archive
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
The Australian Historical Association (AHA) has announced the winners of the 2018 W K Hancock Prize and the Kay Daniels Award. The $2000 W K Hancock prize, which recognises an...
Shortlist announced for National Biography Award 2018 Archive
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 National Biography Award, worth $25,000. The shortlisted works are: Songs of a War Boy (Deng...
‘Nevermoor’ tops Dymocks Kids’ Top 51 list Archive
Monday, 9 July 2018
Dymocks Booklovers members have cast a combined 5500 votes for their favourite children’s book of all time, with Queensland writer Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) taking...
‘Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts’ and ‘Reported Missing’ win 2018 Gold Ledger Awards Archive
Monday, 9 July 2018
The winners of the 2018 Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics and graphic novels were announced in Sydney on 6 July. Two works received Gold Ledger Awards: Giants, Trolls,...
‘The English Patient’ voted best Man Booker winner Archive
Monday, 9 July 2018
Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 novel The English Patient (Bloomsbury) has won the Golden Man Booker Prize, which awards the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the Man...
BILBY Awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 9 July 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards—the children’s choice book awards for Queensland—have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Early readers Do...
McAlinden wins 2018 ‘KYD’ unpublished manuscript award Archive
Monday, 9 July 2018
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Nicole McAlinden as the winner of its 2018 unpublished manuscript award for her manuscript ‘Little Did I Know’. McAlinden receives $5000 and...
Ned Kelly Awards 2018 longlists announced Archive
Friday, 6 July 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the longlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The longlisted titles in each category are: Best crime Marlborough...
OUP turnover drops 0.9% following ‘unexpected market conditions’ Archive
Friday, 6 July 2018
Oxford University Press (OUP) has recorded a 0.9% decrease in turnover to £840.1 million (A$1.5bn) for the year ending 31 March 2018, reports the Bookseller. The results were attributed to 'challenging...
Davitt Awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 6 July 2018
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted works in each category are: Adult novel The...
BWF 2018 program announced Archive
Friday, 6 July 2018
The program has been announced for the 2018 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs from 6-9 September. More than 200 writers will appear at the festival, including human rights barrister...
Tsiolkas announced as final judge for The Next Chapter Archive
Friday, 6 July 2018
The Wheeler Centre has announced author Christos Tsiolkas as the final judge for its $150,000 initiative for developing writers, The Next Chapter. Tsiolkas joins previously announced judges Benjamin Law, Maxine...
Books+Publishing magazine Issue 2 2018 Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Books+Publishing magazine’s second issue for 2018 is out now! It features 34 reviews of adult and children’s books publishing from July to August. Reviews: Of the 17 adult books reviewed in this issue,...
The Institute of Fantastical Inventions: Book One (Dave Leys, illus by Shane Ogilvie, Harbour Publishing) Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Brilliant super-scientist Leo McGuffin works at the Institute of Fantastical Inventions, a laboratory that delivers creative, high-concept solutions to realising people’s fantasies. Be it a desire to fly, play underwater...
Grumpy Bear, Grouchy Bear (Lynn Ward, illus by Monty Lee, Yellow Brick Books) Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Bear is desperately hungry and searching everywhere for food. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t catch anything to eat. A series of accidents distracts him from his hunt...
Reaching out: Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina on ‘Catching Teller Crow’ Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina’s Catching Teller Crow (A&U, September) is a 'distinctly Australian hybrid YA novel that blends thriller, crime and ghost story elements', writes reviewer Karen Wyld. Told in two...
Catching Teller Crow (Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina, A&U) Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Siblings Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina have teamed up again on this distinctly Australian hybrid YA novel that blends thriller, crime and ghost story elements. Set in contemporary times, the book...
La Trobe University invests $200,000 in ‘The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka’ adaptation Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
La Trobe University has invested $200,000 in a TV series adaptation of Clare Wright's book The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, reports the Age. Money from the university's Strategic Innovation Fund...
French book sales fell 1.6% in 2017 Archive
Thursday, 5 July 2018
French publishing sales fell in 2017 by 1.6% in value to €2.79 billion (A$4.4bn), according to figures from the French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l’Edition, SNE), reports the Bookseller....
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