Friday, 31 March 2017
The State Library of NSW will host a symposium examining the legacy of the publisher Angus & Robertson (A&R) on 10 April. Speakers at the ‘Waratah & Thistle: Angus &...

Thursday, 30 March 2017
The ABC has announced ‘The Book Club’ will return for a new season, running from 18 April to 6 June. The premiere episode features crime writer Michael Robotham and feminist writer...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Amazon plans to be fully operational in Australia by the end of 2018, Fairfax reported on 28 March. Fairfax has since removed the story from its websites. Former Amazon global logistics senior...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: A History of New...

Tuesday, 28 March 2017
A Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials by libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities was tabled in Federal Parliament on 22 March....

Monday, 27 March 2017
Adelaide novelist and essayist Stephen Orr has been awarded Australian Book Review’s (ABR) Eucalypt Fellowship for 2017. Orr will produce a nonfiction article on ‘any aspect of the Australian Eucalypt...

Friday, 24 March 2017
Elisabeth Holdsworth has been named the 2017 Australian Book Review RAFT Fellow. Holdsworth will write an essay that explores ‘the nature of progressive Judaism as practised in Australia, Israel, and...

Thursday, 23 March 2017
The APA will run its Publishing Industry Internship Program (PIIP) again in 2017, following funding support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. The program offers higher education graduates the opportunity...