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Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Dodge Rose (Jack Cox, Text) Our Magic Hour (Jennifer Down, Text) Our Tiny, Useless Hearts...

Echo acquires midlife dating guide

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Bonnier Publishing’s Echo imprint has acquired world rights to Kerri Sackville’s Out There: A Survival for Guide for Dating in Midlife via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown Australia. Out There...

HGE announces 2017 Ampersand Prize shortlist

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors. The six shortlisted authors and their works are: Lincoln Law for...

Print and ebook sales on the rise in the UK

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Early results from the Bookseller’s annual digital census of UK publishers has found that print and ebook sales are on the rise, with audiobook sales ‘seeing rapid growth despite being...

Asher Award 2017 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Asher Literary Award. The shortlisted titles are: Our Lady of the Fence Post (J H Crone, UWA...

Noted festival on hiatus in 2018

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Canberra’s experimental writers’ festival Noted will not be held in 2018. The festival announced on its website in September that it will spend the next year ‘looking at ways to...

Grandma Z (Daniel Gray-Barnett, Scribble)

Monday, 23 October 2017
Albert leads a very ordinary, monochrome life. But on his birthday, when his parents are planning the same boring routine, there is a surprise knock on the door. Albert’s larger-than-life...

The Lebs (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette)

Monday, 23 October 2017
Punchbowl Boys High, often dubbed ‘NSW’s most troubled school’, was the subject of a 2016 autobiographical essay by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Now, that reminiscence of his alma mater has become...

Soaring twenties: 20 years of Hardie Grant

Monday, 23 October 2017
Hardie Grant Publishing celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Books+Publishing looks back over the publisher’s many highlights. When Hardie Grant Publishing was established in 1997, the company had two clear...

Pearson apologises for ‘inappropriate’ textbook content

Monday, 23 October 2017
In the UK, Pearson has apologised for publishing ‘inappropriate content’ in its textbook Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning after being criticised on social media, reports the BBC. A Facebook...

Baker appointed MD of OUP

Monday, 23 October 2017
Oxford University Press (OUP) Australia and New Zealand has appointed Arthur Baker as its new MD, covering Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Baker replaces Peter van Noorden, who...

artsACT announces 2018 project funding recipients

Monday, 23 October 2017
A number of writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the 2018 ACT Arts Project Fund, delivered by artsACT. Writers to receive funding are: Jo Clay ($8250) to...

SLNSW announces 2018 fellows

Monday, 23 October 2017
The recipients of the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) 2018 fellowships have been announced. Author and historian Grace Karskens is the recipient of the $75,000 Coral Thomas Fellowship for her research...

Walkley Book Award 2017 longlist announced

The Walkley foundation logo Friday, 20 October 2017
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2017 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney (Graham Archer, Ebury) Victoria: The Queen (Julia...

Most Underrated Book Award 2017 shortlist announced

Friday, 20 October 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Most Underrated Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Island Will Sink (Briohny Doyle, Brow Books) The Invisible...

ARC funding for project exploring authorship and copyright

Friday, 20 October 2017
Monash University legal academic Rebecca Giblin and a team of researchers have received Australian Research Council funding for the project ‘Reclaiming copyright’s lost value for authors and the public’. The...

 

 

 

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