Monday, 30 June 2014
The standard edition of The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) and the film tie-in edition of the same title are first and second respectively on the bestsellers chart...

Monday, 30 June 2014
The titles shortlisted for the biennial $10,000 Magarey Medal for Biography have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Kitty’s War (Janet Butler, UQP) Eilean Giblin: A Feminist between the Wars (Patricia...

Thursday, 26 June 2014
The Australian Government has signed the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled. The treaty will boost access...

Tuesday, 24 June 2014
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced that Salman Rushdie will deliver a keynote address at this year’s festival.Rushdie, who will appear at the festival on Thursday 28 August, will speak...

Tuesday, 24 June 2014
The winners of the 2014 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced.The winners in each category are:New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy book of the year: The Boring Book...

Tuesday, 24 June 2014
The longlist for the 2014 John Button Prize for writing on policy and politics has been announced.The longlisted titles are: Hearts & Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor (Chris Bowen,...

Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Text Publishing has announced it has acquired Our Magic Hour by Melbourne writer Jennifer Down. Down’s manuscript was a runner-up for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished...

Tuesday, 24 June 2014
The Readings store at the State Library of Victoria has been extended by almost a third. The store, which closed for two weeks for renovations, reopened on Thursday 19 June...

Friday, 20 June 2014
Perth author and bookseller Brooke Davis will feature on an episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story on Monday 23 June.Davis’ debut novel Lost & Found, published by Hachette in July, caught the...

Thursday, 19 June 2014
Australian author Evie Wyld has won the £10,000 (A$18,066) Encore Award for her novel All The Birds, Singing (Vintage). The annual award is presented for the best second novel from...

Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Bec Kavanagh has been appointed education resource development officer for the Stella Prize.Kavanagh, a freelance writer and reviewer and founder of A Thousand Words Festival in Melbourne, will be responsible...

Wednesday, 18 June 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced.The shortlisted titles are: Nature’s Line: George Goyder—Surveyor, Environmentalist,...

Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The Reading Hour has announced Australian actor and writer William McInnes is the national ambassador for the initiative in 2014.First held during the National Year of Reading in 2012, the...

Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Apple has reached a settlement with US states and consumers seeking damages over its ebook price-fixing, reports Joel Rosenblatt on Bloomberg. The settlement means the company will avoid a trial...

Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Wakefield Press has appointed Simon Collinson as the publisher’s ‘geek in residence’ until September. The role, which is part-funded by the Australia Council, will involve Collinson ‘developing ways to enhance Wakefield’s...

Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Writers Victoria has launched a new ‘professional development and networking opportunity’ for published writers, who will ‘use a newly released Australian novel as a starting point for facilitated conversation and...

Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Exisle has acquired Art in Nature, the first book by photographer David Rennie. Rennie was the 2013 winner of the Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year competition. His...

Monday, 16 June 2014
If:book Australia and publishing company Editia have announced they will run a Twitter competition to find new writers to appear in the forthcoming print title The N00bz: New Adventures in...

Monday, 16 June 2014
Adrian Stanley and Jane Harrison are the winners of the 2014 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships. Each of the fellowships are worth $10,000 and include publication by Magabala Books. Stanley’s novel...

Friday, 13 June 2014
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards, including the PANZ Young Designer of the Year Award, have been announced.The titles shortlisted in the best...