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Wednesday, 15 November 2017
‘I became a writer because I couldn’t find stories that spoke to me about me and my life. But also because I didn’t want anyone else to speak for me’—Sunil...

UWAP announces 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist

UWAP logo Wednesday, 15 November 2017
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Teresa Bell for ‘Lunation’, an ‘ambitious’ novel...

PRH UK to offer employees loans for rental deposits

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) will offer employees loans to cover the cost of rental property deposits, reports the Bookseller. The Home Sweet Loan scheme will allow employees...

A&U acquires new Shaun Tan

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Allen & Unwin is thrilled to announce that they will publish Tales from the Inner City, a stunning new book by Shaun Tan, in October 2018. A companion edition to...

ADS Christmas trading

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Alliance Distribution Services wishes to advise the following changes to assist customers in maximising opportunities in the period leading up to Christmas. ADS will reduce the normal minimum order value...

ALIA, federal government promote Be Connected grants

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is working with the federal government to promote its Be Connected grants to support digital inclusion programs for older Australians. The grants, worth $20m...

RiP Sylvia Lawson

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Author, essayist and critic Sylvia Lawson has died, aged 84. Lawson was the author of the award-winning nonfiction book about the Sydney Bulletin and its founding editor J F Archibald,...

Lamond to leave Little Hare

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Margrete Lamond has stepped down as publisher of Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) imprint Little Hare Books. HGE said in a statement that it will not replace the publisher role, and...

Finch Memoir Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The shortlist for the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Tin Gypsy’ (Alan Sampson), a ‘heartfelt’ account of a father’s relationship with his son who...

Asher Award 2017 winners announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
Ruth Clare’s memoir Enemy (Viking) and Libby Hathorn’s picture book A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy (illus by Phil Lesnie, Lothian) have jointly won the 2017 Asher Award. Clare and...

Walkley Book Award 2017 shortlist announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
The Walkley Book Award shortlist for 2017 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird, HarperCollins) Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia...

First authors announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week

Monday, 13 November 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Perth Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. The guests include UK author Alan Hollinghurst, Canadian author Louise Penny and local...

KOALAs 2017 winners announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...

Rushdie-headlined Global Atheist Convention cancelled

Friday, 10 November 2017
The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) has cancelled the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, which was set to run from 9-11 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, due to...

Copyright Agency, Viscopy merger given the green light

Friday, 10 November 2017
The Copyright Agency and Viscopy will formally merge on 30 November 2017 after a five-year ‘services agreement’. Members of the two rights management organisations voted overwhelmingly in support of the...

Oz genre anthology wins 2017 World Fantasy Award

Friday, 10 November 2017
Dreaming in the Dark (Jack Dann, PS Australia), an anthology of Australian genre fiction, has won a 2017 World Fantasy Award in the anthology category. The hardback volume is a...

Introducing Pantera Press’ millennial imprint

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Sydney-based publisher Pantera Press recently launched a new imprint called Lost the Plot that is aimed at the next generation of readers. Founders Martin Green and Alison Green spoke to...

New voices attracting interest at Frankfurt

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Australian publishers who attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair have reported interest across a broad range of titles, from literary debuts to ‘women’s commercial fiction’ to political memoirs. Interestingly, the...

NLA to relaunch CiP service as Prepublication Data Service

Thursday, 9 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) will relaunch the Cataloguing-in-Publication (CiP) service as the Prepublication Data Service on 20 November. The renamed Prepublication Data Service will introduce changes to the...