Richell Prize 2017 longlist announced
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...
Hamilton appointed CEO of Express Media
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Lucy Hamilton has been appointed general manager/CEO of Express Media, replacing Pippa Bainbridge in the position. Hamilton was previously partnerships coordinator for Regional Arts Victoria. Express Media chair Tracy O’Shaughnessy...
Crawford named University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Writer and artist Anwen Crawford has been selected as the University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18. Crawford will use the residency to work on her second...
More than 330 libraries, bookshops register for Australian Reading Hour
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
More than 330 libraries and bookshops have registered to participate in Australian Reading Hour on 14 September 2017, with over 100 Australian authors to take part in events in their...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Amanda Niehaus has won the 2017 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for new and emerging writers for her story ‘Breeding Season’. Chosen from a shortlist of 10, ‘Breeding Season’...
Government declines support for fair use in Productivity Commission response; industry groups respond
Monday, 28 August 2017
The federal government has declined to support the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to introduce a fair use exception to copyright law, and will instead consult on developing more flexible copyright exceptions next year....
Pearson remains world’s biggest publisher in 2016
Monday, 28 August 2017
Pearson has retained the top spot in the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry for the ninth year in a row, reports the Bookseller. The annual Livres Hebdo/Bookseller list, compiled...
People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year shortlist announced
Monday, 28 August 2017
The shortlist for the $10,000 Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year, as part of the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Birdman's...
‘The Dry’ wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards
Monday, 28 August 2017
Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry has won best adult novel at the 2017 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. The Dry also...
‘Where’s Mr Lion’ named Sainsbury’s children’s book of the year
Friday, 25 August 2017
The baby and toddler book Where’s Mr Lion by Ingela Arrhenius (Nosy Crow) has been named book of the year at the 2017 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, reports the Bookseller....
Shortlists for 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Friday, 25 August 2017
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australia’s War...
‘Our Mob, God’s Story’ wins 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year
Friday, 25 August 2017
Our Mob, God’s Story: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Share Their Faith (Louise Sherman & Christobel Mattingley, Bible Society) has been named the Australian Christian Book of the Year...
Hachette acquires Inga Simpson picture book ‘The Peach King’
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Hachette has acquired world rights to Inga Simpson’s first picture book, The Peach King. The book, which was acquired by commissioning editor Robert Watkins, is based on the fairytale that...
Second ‘Overland’ residency program open to Indigenous writers
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Literary journal Overland’s second residency program, which is ‘aimed at addressing a lack of opportunities for marginalised writers’, has opened for entries from Indigenous writers at any stage of their...
HarperCollins partners with Bolinda to produce audiobooks
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
HarperCollins will partner with audiobook publisher Bolinda to jointly produce audio editions of HarperCollins’ Australian titles. About 50 titles from HarperCollins’ frontlist and backlist will be published for the launch...
NewSouth congratulates National Library of Australia Publishing on the CBCAs
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
We’re delighted to offer congratulations to Gina Newton for Amazing Animals of Australia’s National Parks (NLA Publishing) on winning the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Eve Pownall Award for Information...
TitlePage relaunches on APA platform
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Australian book industry’s price and availability service TitlePage relaunched on the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) platform on 23 August. The APA said users will notice ‘some design improvements’, as well...
Book blogger spotlight: Lectito
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Since starting her book blog Lectito in 2015, Margot McGovern believes that blogging has become ‘much more fluid’. ‘Most of the bloggers I follow work across multiple platforms and use...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Sales Fiction—Curtis Brown Australia has sold rights to Hangman (Jack Heath) into the following territories: North American rights to HarperCollins US, German rights to Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, French rights to...
John Howard library to open at Old Parliament House
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
The University of NSW Canberra will open the John Howard prime ministerial library at Old Parliament House, featuring personal papers, mementos and documents from Howard’s time as prime minister from...
Bloomsbury to launch China imprint in 2018
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Bloomsbury will launch an English-language imprint Bloomsbury China in February next year, reports the Bookseller. The imprint will be based at the publisher’s London office. It will publish works in...
RMIT students to host Odyssey literary festival
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program are hosting a literary festival in Melbourne on 6 September. The Odyssey: Line by Line festival, which was first held in...
A&U acquires Jack Heath’s ‘grisly’ adult debut; rights sold into five territories
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired children’s and YA author Jack Heath’s debut adult thriller Hangman, to be published in January 2018. Hangman is a ‘grisly crime novel about a cannibal...
Ad bookings closing soon for ‘Books+Publishing’ Issue 4
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Ad bookings for Books+Publishing Issue 4 are closing on 1 September. This is your last opportunity to promote your key Christmas titles and 2017/2018 summer reads. This issue will feature...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: Allan Drew for ‘Wharekaho Beach, 1944’ Amanda Niehaus...
Scholastic Australia congratulates Mem Fox
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Scholastic Australia wishes to congratulate Mem Fox as the 2017 recipient of the CBCA’s prestigious biennial Nan Chauncy Award, honouring those who have made an outstanding contribution to the field...
Simon & Schuster now distributing Manuscript
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Manuscript, publisher of visual arts, culture, design, and fashion books. Manuscript was established in Australia...
Readings announces 2017 New Australian Fiction Award shortlist
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2017 New Australian Fiction Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Windy Season (Sam Carmody, A&U) Australia Day (Melanie Cheng, Text) Jean Harley Was...
NZ publishing projects awarded CLNZ funds
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
A number of New Zealand publishers will share in NZ$75,000 (A$69,248) of funding in the latest round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand’s (CLNZ) Contestable Fund. The successful publishers and authors...
CUP reverses decision to block access to journal articles in China
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
In the UK, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has reversed its decision to block access to hundreds of articles in its journal The China Quarterly in China after a ‘justifiably intense...
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