Clunes Booktown Festival 2017 program announced Archive
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
The program for the 2017 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 6-7 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. Just under 30 writers will appear at the festival, including...
Whitehead wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction Archive
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Underground Railroad (Sphere), becoming the seventh author to win the Pulitzer and the National Book Award...
Sales down, profits up at HarperCollins UK Archive
Monday, 10 April 2017
In the UK, HarperCollins has recorded a drop in sales from £186m (A$307m) to £184m (A$303m) in the 2015-16 financial year, but an increase in operating profits from £13m (A$21m)...
Brisbane Powerhouse to host inaugural international Writers + Ideas series in May Archive
Monday, 10 April 2017
The Brisbane Powerhouse will host five visiting authors in May as part of its inaugural international Writers + Ideas series. Authors to appear at the events are US journalist and author...
Hachette sells UK, translation rights to Sophie Green novel Archive
Monday, 10 April 2017
Hachette Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) and translation rights to Sophie Green’s The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club to Little, Brown UK imprint Sphere. The...
SWF 2017 program announced Archive
Friday, 7 April 2017
The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs from 22-28 May. More than 400 events featuring over 450 writers will be held across greater Sydney....
PRH acquires Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B Archive
Friday, 7 April 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has signed an agreement with Grupo Zeta to acquire its Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B. Ediciones B and its imprints will join Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial...
Relaunched Folio Prize releases shortlist Archive
Friday, 7 April 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the relaunched Rathbones Folio Prize, which has been expanded to include nonfiction, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Vanishing Man (Laura Cumming,...
IPEd conference program speakers announced Archive
Friday, 7 April 2017
The Institute of Professional Editors has announced some of the speakers for its biennial conference, to be held in Brisbane from 13-15 September. The keynote speakers are professor of applied...
Wenona Byrne appointed OzCo literature director Archive
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Allen & Unwin rights and international sales director Wenona Byrne has been appointed the Australia Council’s director of literature. Byrne will replace former director Jill Eddington, who was appointed CEO...
Bologna organisers to host New York trade show in 2018 Archive
Thursday, 6 April 2017
The organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair have announced plans for a new rights and licensing trade show in New York in 2018, reports Publishers Weekly. The event aims...
Scholastic acquires Minchin’s ‘Matilda’ picture book Archive
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Scholastic has acquired world rights to a picture book by Australian musician and comedian Tim Minchin, based on Minchin’s lyrics to the musical Matilda. The book will take the lyrics...
Varuna announces recipients for 2017 Publisher Introduction Program Archive
Thursday, 6 April 2017
The recipients of Varuna’s 2017 Publisher Introduction Program have been announced. The program offers writers a one-week residency at Varuna and the opportunity to have their manuscript considered for publication...
Psynode (Marlee Jane Ward, Seizure) Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Marlee Jane Ward impressed with her YA debut Welcome to Orphancorp in 2015, winning Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize as well as the YA category of the Victorian Premier’s Literary...
Book blogger spotlight: Sam Still Reading Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Blogger Jeanie Misko has been writing about an eclectic mix of books for her blog Sam Still Reading since 2010, with her audience growing to about 2500 people a month. Misko...
Protesters ‘ridicule’ plan to turn London library into combined gym and self-service library Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
About 250 campaigners attended an April Fool’s Day rally to ‘ridicule’ Lambeth Council’s decision to turn Carnegie Library, London, into ‘a healthy living centre with a self-service neighbourhood library’, reports...
ALS Gold Medal 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) Between a Wolf and a...
Australians nominated for 2017 Hugo Awards Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
A number of Australians are finalists for the 2017 Hugo Awards for science-fiction. UK-based Australian writer Foz Meadows is a finalist in the category of Best Fan Writer. Meadows is...
German illustrator Wolf Erlbruch wins Astrid Lindgren Award Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
In Sweden, German illustrator and author Wolf Erlbruch has been announced as the winner of the five million krona (A$590,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, reports the Bookseller. Prize chairman Boel...
Four Australians shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2017 Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Four Australians are among the 21 writers shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2017. The shortlisted Australian writers and their works are: Ruth Lacey, for ‘Gauloises Blue’ Chloe Wilson,...
Duarte, Pinkham join Wheeler Centre board Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Hardie Grant managing director Julie Pinkham and Culture is Life CEO Belinda Duarte were appointed to the Wheeler Centre board as directors on 20 March. Duarte and Pinkham join Russel...
‘Overland’ Nakata Brophy Prize shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the fourth Nakata Brophy Prize for the best short story by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Allanah...
Berbay wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing Archive
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Australian publisher Berbay Publishing has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. Berbay was chosen from a shortlist of four, which included...
Line-up announced for Australian Writers Week in China Archive
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
The Australian Embassy in Beijing has announced the authors participating in the tenth Australian Writers Week in China, which runs from 10-18 May. Authors Tom Keneally, Geraldine Brooks, John Marsden...
2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Stay with Me (Ayobami Adebayo, Canongate) The Power (Naomi Alderman, Viking) The...
EWF announces 2017 festival ambassadors Archive
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced the five writers appointed ambassadors for EWF’s National Writers’ Conference, which runs from 17-18 June. The ambassadors are Melina Marchetta, Michelle Law, Inga...
Bishop wins 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize Archive
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Catherine Bishop has won the 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize for her book Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney (NewSouth). Bishop was presented with the $30,000 prize at...
Educational publishers’ arguments against fair use ‘misinformed and misleading’: Browne Archive
Monday, 3 April 2017
Macmillan managing director Greg Browne has said the idea that introducing a ‘fair use’ exception into the Copyright Act is a terminal threat to Australian culture and education is ‘rubbish’,...
‘Daily Mail’ and PRH launch £20,000 UK debut crime writing competition Archive
Monday, 3 April 2017
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) imprint Century has partnered with the Daily Mail newspaper to run a £20,000 (A$32,870) debut crime writing competition, reports the Bookseller. The competition is...
Govt announces four-year funding for Australian presence at Bologna Archive
Friday, 31 March 2017
The Australian government will provide funding of ‘more than $160,000 over four years’ to ‘promote Australian authors and illustrators through a strong Australian presence at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair’....
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