Tuesday, 7 October 2014
A new online West Australian poetry journal has been launched. The WRIT Poetry Review seeks ‘first and foremost to connect the poetry community in the West’. Editors Alexis Lateef and Christine Della Vedova...

Friday, 3 October 2014
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has launched a new website. The website was developed by Alistair Cook from New Zealand design company Book Design using WordPress, and is...

Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Flatmate’s Handbook by New Zealand graphic design student Lauren Earl has won the Red Dot Design Concept Award, announced in Singapore on 27 September. Published by Awa Press in November...

Friday, 19 September 2014
Anita Heiss’ most recent novel Tiddas (Simon & Schuster) has been optioned for television. Pursekey Productions has optioned the book ‘with a view to making it into a six-parter’, according...

Thursday, 11 September 2014
The University of Otago in New Zealand has announced the recipients of its 2015 fellowships for literature and children’s writing. The Robert Burns Fellowship has been awarded to Wellington-based poet...

Thursday, 11 September 2014
The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize, worth $15,000, has been awarded to David Adès for his poem ‘Dazzled’, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Adès, an Adelaide poet and author of Mapping...

Monday, 8 September 2014
Author and Avid Reader events manager Krissy Kneen has won the 2014 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. The $3000 prize is named in honour of Queensland poet Thomas Shapcott and is...

Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) have announced the four recipients of the 2014 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants, each worth NZ$5000 (A$4475). The winner...

Monday, 1 September 2014
Jennifer Down has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Down, who won the $8000 prize for her story ‘Aokigahara’, was selected from a shortlist of three that included Cate...

Wednesday, 20 August 2014
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced its first Adelaide program, which will run for three days in September and feature discussions, workshops and performances. Guests include Benjamin Law (Gaysia,...

Friday, 15 August 2014
The New Zealand Book Council has opened submissions for its inaugural Moving Words Prize to recognises excellence in literary translation by secondary school students. The prize will be awarded to the best previously unpublished...

Friday, 1 August 2014
Australian authors will reflect on their favourite Australian literary titles and discuss their value to society in a new series of public lectures at the University of Sydney. The inaugural Reading...

Friday, 11 July 2014
Crime Australia’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards have received a boost in prize funding. This year the short-story awards are offering $8800 worth of prize money, an increase of $1800 from the...

Monday, 30 June 2014
Tickets for the Mildura Writers Festival in regional Victoria are now on sale. This year’s festival will run from 17 to 20 July and will open with a session called...

Thursday, 19 June 2014
The WHSmith store at Melbourne Central Shopping Centre has closed. The store announced the news on its Facebook page in May. Its final day was 18 June. The store had been...

Thursday, 12 June 2014
Writers Victoria will run its inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference from 2-3 September 2014 at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Manuscript assessors and editors are invited to the two-day event for a...

Thursday, 12 June 2014
The Australian Book Design Awards has added a new category to this year’s awards. ‘Affectionately dubbed the “Indie 1000”’, the new category is ‘designed for independent publishers and self-published books...