Andrew Fuller’s ‘Unlocking Your Child’s Genius’ Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Don’t let the title mislead or deter you: ‘genius’ is perhaps too loaded a term; a better one is ‘potential’. The subtitle in fact is a bit more accurate: ‘How...
Victorian government announces $83.1m State Library redevelopment Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
The Victorian government has announced a $83.1 million redevelopment of the State Library of Victoria (SLV), with work on the five-year project scheduled to begin next year. The redevelopment includes...
New podcast focuses on contemporary Australian poetry Archive
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
A new podcast series with news and interviews about the contemporary Australian poetry scene has launched.The Australian Poetry Podcast is hosted by poets Robbie Coburn and Nathan Hondros, with four...
Writers withdraw from PEN gala over Charlie Hebdo honour Archive
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Australian author Peter Carey and five other writers will no longer be attending next month’s PEN Literary Gala to protest the awarding of PEN’s annual Freedom of Expression Courage award...
Report finds copyright industries fourth largest contributor to Australian economy Archive
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
The Australian copyright industries, including ‘press and literature’, is the fourth biggest industry contributor to Australia’s economy, according to a report commissioned by the Australian Copyright Council (ACC).The report, which...
The Creative Word Shop writing school opens in Newcastle Archive
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
A new writing school has opened in Newcastle offering classes for adults and children, as well as manuscript and mentoring services.The Creative Word Shop, which is the first of its kind in Newcastle, is run...
Scholastic sells ed tech business to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Archive
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the US, Scholastic has signed a deal to sell its educational technology business to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, reports Publishers Weekly. The business, which provides digital products and services to...
writingWA Awards 2014 winners announced Archive
Monday, 27 April 2015
The winners of the 2014 writingWA Awards, which support emerging writers based in regional Western Australia, have been announced. Doreen Hill of Mandurah was awarded the Curtin University Prize for...
Encore Award 2014 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the UK, the shortlist for the Encore Award for best second novel has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Getting Colder (Amanda Coe, Virago); Reasons She Goes to the...
Inaugural NZ young writer’s festival to be held in June Archive
Monday, 27 April 2015
A new festival to support young New Zealand writers well be held in Dunedin in June.The New Zealand Young Writers Festival will feature 15 free events involving writers and editors...
Scholastic to stop gender-labelling its books Archive
Monday, 27 April 2015
In the UK, Scholastic has stopped gender-labelling its books after receiving a complaint from a young reader, reports the Guardian. In response to a petition from an eight-year-old reader arguing that ‘no...
Creative Victoria reopens Marketing Innovation Fund Archive
Friday, 24 April 2015
Creative Victoria has announced it will reopen its Marketing Innovation Fund, offering grants of up to $15,000 to help arts organisations expand their audiences. The program will support up to 75% of...
US court fines copyright infringers US$37.5m Archive
Friday, 24 April 2015
A US federal court has found two website operators guilty of intentionally infringing the copyright of up to 16,000 publishers, in a case brought by academic publisher Elsevier and supported...
Jonasson’s UK publisher pursued over unpaid royalties Archive
Friday, 24 April 2015
Hachette US and Swedish writer Jonas Jonasson have begun legal proceedings against the UK publisher of Jonasson’s bestselling book The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2015 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 24 April 2015
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are:Christina Stead Prize for Fiction Only the Animals (Ceridwen...
PRH launches unified US website Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2015
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched a new consumer-focused website that unifies the online presence of Penguin and Random House, reports Publishers Weekly. PenguinRandomHouse.com includes links to buy...
Goodreads adds free audiobook samples Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Starting this week, Goodreads will provide free audio samples for 180,000 titles through a new ‘Listen’ icon on its website, reports DBW. The samples will be taken from the digital catalogue of...
Adler to chair Victorian creative industries taskforce Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2015
The Victorian government has announced a new taskforce to ‘steer the future’ of Victoria’s creative industries, to be chaired by Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) CEO Louise Adler. The taskforce will...
On tour: Meet the author Claire Tomalin Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Claire Tomalin is the author of Charles Dickens: A Life, Jane Austen: A Life, The Invisible Woman (all Penguin), and several other literary biographies. She will be appearing at the...
Peter Porter Poetry shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2015
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced.The shortlisted poems are: ‘As Wasps Fly Upward’ (Judith Beveridge) ‘Vantage’ (Eileen Chong) ‘Janus’ (Toby Fitch)...
HGE Ampersand Project expands to include middle-grade manuscripts Archive
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Hardie Grant Egmont’s (HGE) Ampersand Project for unpublished writers has been opened to authors of middle-grade fiction—aimed at readers aged eight and up—for the first time in 2015.The project, which has been...
New US bookstore to specialise in self-published books Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
In the US, a new bookstore has opened in Florida that is dedicated to books by self-published authors, reports Publishers Weekly. Gulf Coast Bookstore, run by self-published authors Patti Brassard...
‘The Strays’ wins 2015 Stella Prize Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
The Strays by Emily Bitto (Affirm Press) has won the 2015 Stella Prize for women’s writing. Bitto was presented with the $50,000 prize at an awards ceremony in Melbourne on...
Queensland’s first train-station library opens Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
A book exchange has recently opened at a train station in Queensland, reports ABC News.The library, located at the ticket counter of Wacol train station in Brisbane’s western suburbs, opened three months ago...
ALIA board election results announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
The results of the Australian Library and Information (ALIA) 2015 board election have been announced. Fiona Emberton and Ghylene Palmer have been elected as directors and will take up their...
Matt Nable’s ‘Guilt’ Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Switching between 1989 and 2009, Matt Nable’s book follows a group of teenagers in a beachside town and a single event that fractures their lives. Not unlike Christos Tsiolkas’ The...
Quote of the week Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
‘When I was growing up as an editor in trade publishing, a house was perceived to have done exceptionally well if it made double-digit profitability in a given year. The...
On tour: Meet the author James Patterson Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
James Patterson is the bestselling author of the ‘Alex Cross’ and ‘Women’s Murder Club’ series, among many others. His latest book is Rafe’s Aussie Adventure (with Martin Chatterton, Random House)...
On tour: Meet the author Daniel Mendelsohn Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Daniel Mendelsohn is an author and classicist, whose books include a collection of critical essays Waiting for the Barbarians (NY Review of Books); a memoir The Lost (HarperCollins); The Complete...
On tour: Meet the author Xinran Archive
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Xinran is a Chinese journalist and author based in London. Her latest book Buy Me the Sky (Random House) looks at the social impact of China’s One Child Policy. She...
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