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‘The Cake and the Rain’—Jimmy Webb

Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The Cake and the Rain: ISBN 978-1-78558-618-7 Omnibus Press $49.95 is available now from Woodslane. Jimmy Webb plays Melbourne on June 27th, Sydney June 29th and Perth July 1st. The...

Government boosts funding for ArtsReady internship program

Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The federal government has announced an additional $200,000 in funding for its ArtsReady internship program, which assists arts and culture sector employers in providing 12-month traineeships to graduates. ArtsReady offers...

A&U acquires second book from Clementine Ford

Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a second book from Fight Like a Girl author Clementine Ford, to be published in late 2018. Boys Will Be Boys ‘will examine toxic...

Antidote festival to replace Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The Sydney Opera House will host a new two-day festival dedicated to progressive ideas and activism from 2-3 September. The Antidote festival replaces the Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous...

B&N sales fall 6.5% in fiscal 2017

Monday, 26 June 2017
Barnes & Noble (B&N) reported a 6.5% sales decline in the fiscal year ending 29 April 2017, with sales falling to US$3.89bn (A$5.1bn), reports Publishers Weekly. Operating income for the...

Writers Victoria announces $300,000 literary travel fund

Monday, 26 June 2017
Writers Victoria has announced a new literary travel fund, providing $300,000 in grants to writers, editors, agents, publishers, booksellers and other literary professionals over the next three years. The travel...

Spufford wins 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize

Friday, 23 June 2017
Francis Spufford has won the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for Golden Hill (Faber). The winning novel, which is set in 18th-century New York, has already won the...

PRH to publish new John Green book in October

Friday, 23 June 2017
Penguin Random House is publishing a new YA novel by US author John Green, Turtles All the Way Down, in October. The book is Green’s first since The Fault in...

Agualusa wins 2017 International Dublin Literary Award

Thursday, 22 June 2017
Angolan writer Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s A General Theory of Oblivion (trans by Daniel Hahn, Vintage) has won the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Agualusa's novel about an exiled Portuguese woman who has bricked herself...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Sales Fiction—HarperCollins has sold world Spanish rights to Kingpin (Lili St German) to Ediciones B Mexico SA de CV. Hachette has sold rights to Stars Across the Ocean (Kimberley Freeman)...

ALIA celebrates copyright amendment Bill

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has celebrated a Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries, educational institutions, archives and people...

National Bookshop Day rebranded

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has rebranded its annual National Bookshop Day as Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD). This year, on 12 August, Australian booksellers are being encouraged to throw...

Congratulations from Dennis Jones & Associates

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Dennis Jones & Associates would like to congratulate Philip Salmon on his short listing for the 2017 Miles Franklin Award for Waiting, ISBN 9781922186836, $29.95 In Stock Now. Congratulations also...

Full program for IPEd National Editors Conference announced

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 13-15 September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running under...

European booksellers launch geoblocking petition

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has launched a petition asking the European Council (EC) not to force booksellers to sell ebooks in different countries, reports the Bookseller. European booksellers,...

Title showcase: ‘Once Upon A Hume’ by Stephen Gard

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Title: Once Upon A Hume Author: Stephen Gard Publisher: BlueDawe Books Price: 25 ISBN: 9780992475116 Distributor: www.stephengard.com.au Once Upon A Hume takes the reader on a journey down the ‘Great...

Working Title Press distribution changes

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Working Title Press (WTP) and HarperCollins Publishers Australia (HCP) announce that from 1st July 2017, distribution of WTP titles in Australia and New Zealand will move to Harper Entertainment Distribution...

Philp wins 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction

Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Lip magazine’s 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Alexandra Philp for her story ‘Pools 2007’. The award is open to all women, female identifying and non-binary...

Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 winners announced

Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have been announced. A number of Australian titles were among the winners and runners-up. Special Awards Prestige Awards Joint winner: Travels through Dali (Zhang...