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Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Stephanie Beck from Better Read Than Dead Archive

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
In the week leading up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2018 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for Young Bookseller of the Year ahead of...

Longlist for 2018 ‘KYD’ Unpublished Manuscript Award announced Archive

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted works, and their authors, are: ‘Blindside’ (Beth Amos) ‘The Eulogy’ (Jacqueline Bailey) ‘Behind the...

PLR to extend to ebooks and audio in UK Archive

Friday, 8 June 2018
In the UK, Public Lending Rights (PLR) will be extended to include ebooks and audiobooks borrowed from libraries, reports the Bookseller. Effective from 1 July, the change means authors will...

‘The Scared Book’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Archive

Friday, 8 June 2018
Children’s picture book The Scared Book (Debra Tidball, illus by Kim Siew, Lothian) has won in the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards,...

Sharp appointed CEO of SWF Archive

Friday, 8 June 2018
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has appointed Chrissy Sharp as its new CEO. Sharp, who was previously the inaugural director of the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 2009 to 2011, will...

Harvey and Whittaker announced as poets in residence for QPF 2018 Archive

Friday, 8 June 2018
The Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) has announced two poets in residence for the 2018 festival: African-American poet Yona Harvey and Gomeroi poet Alison Whittaker. Harvey is a poet, literary artist...

Foundry658 to offer $20,000 seed funding to creative entrepreneurs Archive

Friday, 8 June 2018
A new business development program, Foundry658, has been launched in Victoria to help creative entrepreneurs and organisations develop start-ups. Ten Victorian individuals or teams will be offered seed funding of...

No ‘Daily’ on Monday Archive

Friday, 8 June 2018
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday in all states except Queensland and Western Australia, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Tuesday, 12 June.

Shamsie wins 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction Archive

Thursday, 7 June 2018
British-Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie has won the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Home Fire (Bloomsbury). Home Fire, which reworks Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone to tell the story of...

Brio launches Fantastica Prize for sci-fi manuscripts Archive

Thursday, 7 June 2018
Brio Books has launched the Fantastica Prize, an unpublished manuscript prize for local science-fiction. Open to Australian and New Zealand writers, the prize is seeking submissions of science-fiction manuscripts of...

Barrett joins Pantera Press Archive

Thursday, 7 June 2018
Bloomsbury Australia sales director Lucy Barrett will join Pantera Press in the newly created role of chief operating officer. ‘Lucy has a proven track record of growing sales and her...

Podcast spotlight: Pratchat Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Pratchat is a monthly 'book club' podcast hosted by Elizabeth Flux and Ben McKenzie that aims to discuss every Terry Pratchett novel ever written. Each episode, Flux and McKenzie are joined...

Rights round-up Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold world French rights to The World Beneath the Trees (Karen Viggers) to Les Escales. (See news.) Text has sold ANZ audio rights...

Noosa Heritage Library wins Heritage Award Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Noosa Shire Council’s Heritage Library has won a Silver Award at the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) Heritage Awards for publishing local history book Noosa Remembers: A History of World...

ABA conference registrations must close Thursday 7 June Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Reasons why you should attend the ABA conference: You may meet with people with similar experiences You mind may be open to new opportunities Your mind may be challenged to...

Nunn and Gleitzman named ambassadors for Australian Reading Hour 2018 Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Australian Reading Hour has announced authors Judy Nunn and Morris Gleitzman as the national ambassadors for the initiative in 2018, which will be held this year on 20 September. This...

UK librarians condemn deal between SCL and Home Office Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
In the UK, 80 library professionals have signed an open letter to condemn a contract deal between the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) and Home Office (HO) that will see...

HGE, ASRC to release three bilingual editions of ‘My Two Blankets’ Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Publisher Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) have partnered to publish three bilingual editions of the picture book My Two Blankets (Irena Kobald, illus by...

NZ Book Awards for Children and YA 2018 finalists announced Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The finalists for the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The awards aim to celebreate the contribution New Zealand’s children’s authors and illustrators...

Lambda Literary Awards 2018 winners announced Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The winners of the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards, known as the ‘Lammys’, have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writing published in the...

NSW Writers’ Centre rebrands as Writing NSW Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The NSW Writers’ Centre has rebranded as Writing NSW, and launched a new website. Writing NSW CEO Jane McCredie said the new name, which came into effect on 29 May,...

Davitt Awards 2018 longlists announced Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the longlists for the 2018 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 101 titles have been longlisted, including...

Change for Lion Hudson Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Publisher: Lion Hudson Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: N/A Changeover date: 1 July 2018 Returns cut-off: 1 August 2018

‘IndigenousX’ and the ‘Monthly’ launch Indigenous arts critic mentorship Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The Monthly and IndigenousX have launched a new mentorship for an emerging Indigenous arts critic. The joint initiative will offer the successful candidate a six-month fellowship, during which time they...

‘WBN’ published Thursday next week Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday in all states except Queensland and Western Australia, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 14 June. The deadline...

BookNet at the 2018 ABA conference Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Come and visit our stand at the Trade Show of the 2018 ABA Conference at the QT Hotel Canberra on Sunday, 17 June 2018. We will be attending the ABA...

CBCA NSW: Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program entries open Archive

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Entries for the CBCA NSW Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program are currently open. Launched in 1996, the program aims to foster the talent of aspiring writers of children’s literature across Australia...

Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive

Tuesday, 5 June 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Kibble and Dobbie Awards have been announced. The four shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award for an established Australian female author are: The...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5% following Fair Work review Archive

Tuesday, 5 June 2018
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.5% increase to minimum wages effective from 1 July 2018, increasing the minimum rate from $18.29 per hour to $18.93 per hour. The...

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