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Audies 2017 winners announced

Monday, 5 June 2017
In the US, the winners of the 2017 Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association, have been announced. The Audiobook of the Year award went to Hamilton: The Revolution (Lin-Manuel...

Affirm acquires debut novel by Tony Martin

Monday, 5 June 2017
Affirm Press has acquired the debut novel by comedian and broadcaster Tony Martin. The publisher said Deadly Kerfuffle is ‘inspired by letters to the local newspaper’, and is ‘set in...

Gaming app wins $5000 Dymocks Innovation challenge

Friday, 2 June 2017
An app that ‘gamifies’ reading and encourages literacy development has won the University of Sydney’s second Dymocks Innovation challenge. Stephanie Ryan and Swetha Das won the $5000 prize for their DymQuest...

ABA Booksellers of the Year 2017 finalists announced

Friday, 2 June 2017
The finalists for the 2017 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. The finalists for the Bookseller of the Year are: Nadine Allan (Better Read...

Ventura introduces new imprint for emerging writers

Thursday, 1 June 2017
Ventura Press has launched a new imprint for emerging writers, to be curated by former creative director of Varuna, the Writers’ House, Peter Bishop. Peter Bishop Books will aim to...

Because of You (Pip Harry, UQP)

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Tiny is homeless. Nola has everything she could ask for. They meet when Nola is forced into volunteer work for the writers’ group at the homeless shelter where Tiny is...

Training opportunities for US editors

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Harlequin executive senior editor Annabel Blay spent 10 weeks in New York researching fiction editing in the US as part of her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. In this extract from...

Training opportunities for US editors

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Harlequin executive senior editor Annabel Blay spent 10 weeks in New York City researching fiction editing in the US as part of her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. In this extract...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Sales Fiction—Giramondo has sold US rights to Border Districts and Stream System (Gerald Murnane) to Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Text has sold Turkish rights to Fear (Dirk Kurbjuweit) to Hep...

New study finds government cuts put libraries at risk

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
A new study has found that the federal government’s ‘wilful neglect’ of Australia’s national libraries, galleries and museums is putting the nation’s shared history and heritage at risk, particularly in...

Book blogger spotlight: Diva Booknerd

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
YA and middle-grade book blogger Kelly from Diva Booknerd says she reviews books ‘purely on emotion and entertainment’, and enjoys the sense of community that blogging brings. Read our interview...

Book blogger spotlight: Diva Booknerd

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
YA and middle-grade book blogger Kelly from Diva Booknerd says she reviews books ‘purely on emotion and entertainment’, and enjoys the sense of community that blogging brings. She spoke to...

MUP orders reprint of Milligan’s ‘Cardinal’

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Melbourne University Press (MUP) has ordered a reprint of journalist Louise Milligan’s Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell following extensive media coverage and ‘through the roof’ sales. A spokesperson...

Wainwright wins British Sports Book Award

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Australian journalist and author Robert Wainwright has won the Biography of the Year at the 2017 British Sports Book Awards for his book Maverick Mountaineer (HarperCollins, published in the UK...

Inaugural Readings YA Prize shortlist announced

Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Readings Young Adult Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Boone Shepard (Gabriel Bergmoser, Bell Frog Books) Freedom Swimmer (Wai Chim, A&U) The Bone...

BWF releases 2017 schools program

Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2017 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The Word Play program, which runs from 6-8 September, features...

Industry responds to Macquarie University readers survey

Monday, 29 May 2017
Author Melissa Lucashenko, Penguin Random House publisher Meredith Curnow and Avid Reader owner Fiona Stager participated in a panel on the Macquarie University survey of Australian readers at the Sydney...