Thursday, 12 April 2012
The finalists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The winners of the awards, as well as the Lloyd O’Neil Award and the Pixie O’Harris Award,...

Thursday, 12 April 2012
Former Dymocks CEO Don Grover has been appointed CEO and managing director of Fusion Retail Brands (FRB). FRB was launched in September 2011 to ‘secur[e] the future of several iconic...

Thursday, 12 April 2012
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) director and CEO Jane O’Hara has confirmed that this year’s festival will be her last. ‘Jane provided more than twelve months notice to the Committee that...

Thursday, 12 April 2012
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs), established by a volunteer committee to replace the recently axed Queensland Premier’s awards, will take place in 2012 and are open for nominations. ‘Thanks to...

Tuesday, 10 April 2012
The South Australian Government has announced that it will offer an extra $15,000 for the Premier’s Award at the next Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, reports Adelaide Now. The additional...

Thursday, 5 April 2012
The New South Wales Government has announced that this year’s NSW Premier’s Literary and History Awards will be presented at the State Library of NSW in November, reports the Sydney Morning...

Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Members of the Queensland literary community are working to ensure that the state continues to offer literary awards, following this week's shock decision by the newly elected Queensland government to cancel...

Tuesday, 3 April 2012
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Older Readers:...

Monday, 26 March 2012
Dymocks Booksellers has announced the appointment of Steve Cox to the role of managing director. Cox has worked with the bookselling chain since 2011 in the role of general manager of...

Thursday, 22 March 2012
The University of Melbourne has announced that the Melbourne University Bookshop will close in May, and the Co-op Bookshop will operate the bookstores at the university’s Parkville campus. In an...

Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Dutch author Guus Kuijer is the recipient of the 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Kuijer was announced as the recipient...