Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Matt Richell, CEO of Hachette Australia and chairman of Hachette New Zealand, died in a surfing accident in Sydney on 2 July.Former CEO of Hachette Australia Malcolm Edwards writes:‘Matt was different....

Wednesday, 16 July 2014
‘There should be no hard and fast rules concerning book reviewing. That’s because reviewing constitutes a worthy genre in its own right, one that should not be limited by guidelines...

Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Express Media has announced the winners of its 2014 Young Writers Innovation Prize.Now in its second year, the prize funds innovative projects in the fields of literature and publishing.Betanarratives has...

Tuesday, 15 July 2014
The Griffith REVIEW has announced the appointment of Hamish Townsend as editorial manager. Townsend, who was previously a journalist and communications officer at Griffith University, took up the position in...

Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Hachette has announced it will establish a scholarship or foundation to commemorate Hachette Australia CEO Matt Richell. ‘We plan to work with [Richell’s wife] Hannah to establish a scholarship or...

Friday, 11 July 2014
Random House Australia is inviting readers to create a short Instagram film inspired by the work of Haruki Murakami for a chance to win a $3000 travel voucher.The competition, which...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
‘Contemporary poetry—especially the Australian brand—is making a s-x-charged, sweary and confronting comeback thanks to a host of young poets intent on challenging the status quo’—Koren Helbig reports on the Australian...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
A survey of Dymocks’ loyalty program members has found that readers under the age of 30 are the most likely to preference print books over ebooks.The annual survey, which was...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Hilary Simmons has joined the team at Books+Publishing as assistant editor. Simmons is a graduate of professional writing and editing and a former bookseller. She has worked in an editorial...

Tuesday, 8 July 2014
The titles shortlisted for this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years I’m a...

Monday, 7 July 2014
Affirm Press, Writers Victoria and RMIT have announced a new prize for RMIT students.The WRAP Synopsis Prize is open to final-year students at RMIT undertaking either Professional Writing and Editing or the...

Friday, 4 July 2014
The Lane of Unusual Traders is a new online literary project launched by Brisbane-based small publisher Tiny Owl Workshop. It invites writers to bring the imaginary world of Midlfell into...

Thursday, 3 July 2014
Matt Richell, CEO of Hachette Australia and chairman of Hachette New Zealand, has died in a surfing accident in Sydney on 2 July.Hachette Australia said in a statement on 3...

Wednesday, 2 July 2014
A new website has launched to help editors find writers for particular topics. The Open Pitches Tumblr was created following a conversation on Twitter involving Zora Sanders, editor of Meanjin, and Simon Collinson, online editor of the Lifted Brow,...