Richardson wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Writers Victoria has announced that Lance Richardson has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for his proposed biography of writer, naturalist and Zen Buddhist, Peter Matthiessen. ‘Lance’s subject...
ABA conference, BookUp postponed
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has postponed its annual conference, which was due to take place in Sydney on 21–22 June, with the following day’s inaugural BookUp event being postponed...
Australian Reading Hour expands, rebrands as Australia Reads
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The Australian Reading Hour campaign will expand this year to encompass 17 days of activities from 1–17 September, under the new name Australia Reads. The campaign will be headlined by...
Morrissey awarded Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
John Morrissey, a Melbourne writer of Kalkadoon descent, has been awarded the 2020 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship. Morrissey’s winning submission, ‘The Dig’, is described as ‘a riotous, page-turning short story...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells ‘Your Planet Needs You’ to five territories
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold rights in five territories to Philip Bunting’s forthcoming picture book Your Planet Needs You! (May). German-language rights were sold following a ‘significant’ pre-empt offer from...
CBCA NSW branch conference postponed
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The NSW branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has postponed its professional development conference until 8 September, in line with government directions about mass gatherings. Originally scheduled...
McGuinness to leave NewSouth
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
NewSouth publisher Phillipa McGuinness is leaving UNSW Press after 18 years to continue her career as an author. UNSW Press CEO Kathy Bail said McGuinness has made ‘a significant contribution'...
Year-to-date trade sales down 2.9% as academic sales see sharp decline
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Sales in the Australian book market are down 7.3% in value for the year to 7 March, with the trade sector down 2.9% over the same period, according to Nielsen...
Record book sales at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Record book and catering sales at Adelaide Writers’ Week, which ran from 29 February to 5 March, indicate the highest recorded attendance numbers at the festival, according to director Jo...
Latest cancellations: SWF, the Wheeler Centre, MJBW and ABDA Awards
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
A number of festivals and literary organisations made announcements overnight related to the Covid-19 outbreak. Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) organisers said the festival's cancellation was an ‘inevitable but nonetheless devastating...
SRB announces recipients of Emerging Critics fellowships
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
The Sydney Review of Books has announced the recipients of this year’s Copyright Agency–SRB Emerging Critics fellowships. The recipients are: Bryan Andy (NSW) Cher Tan (VIC) Keyvan Allahyari (VIC) Prithvi Varatharajan...
Penguin Literary Prize shortlist 2020 announced
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Penguin Literary Prize, worth $20,000. The prize, now in its third year, aims to find and develop new Australian...
LEB conference postponed
Monday, 16 March 2020
Leading Edge Books (LEB) has postponed the upcoming LEB conference, scheduled for 22–24 March, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. LEB said in a statement this morning that it has...
SLV shuts doors temporarily amid state of emergency in Victoria
Monday, 16 March 2020
State Library Victoria (SLV) will temporarily close all public spaces and cancel or postpone upcoming events as ‘a preventative measure’ against the current coronavirus pandemic. The news comes alongside announcements...
Clunes Booktown Festival cancelled
Friday, 13 March 2020
Clunes Booktown Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival was scheduled for the weekend of 2–3 May, with the program featuring over 30 authors including...
Evaristo, Taddeo, Jamison among 2020 SWF lineup
Friday, 13 March 2020
The program has been announced for the 2020 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs from 27 April to 3 May. Over 400 local and international writers, journalists and public figures...
Zimet joins Edinburgh International Book Festival
Friday, 13 March 2020
Former Sydney Writers’ Festival associate director and Broadside festival founding director Tamara Zimet has been appointed deputy program director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF). ‘We were overwhelmed by...
Claire Christian’s debut adult novel sold to US
Friday, 13 March 2020
Text Publishing has sold rights in multiple territories to Claire Christian’s forthcoming debut adult novel It’s Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake, which the publisher describes as ‘a quirky, feel-good novel...
ASA Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program winners announced
Friday, 13 March 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of its 2020 Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program. The winners are: Adult fiction Victoria Benn Jennifer Carlisle Bon-Wai Chou Will...
SWF says it is ‘cautiously proceeding’ ahead of program launch tonight
Thursday, 12 March 2020
This year's Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) will still go ahead as planned, according to a statement from organisers today. The 2020 festival program is due to be announced at 7pm...
PANZ International Conference postponed until September
Thursday, 12 March 2020
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has postponed the PANZ International Conference, initially scheduled for 30 April–1 May, until 17–18 September. ‘PANZ Council and the organising committee … have...
S&S, Nielsen withdraw from LEB conference
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) and Nielsen Book Australia will not attend this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) Conference, which is due to run from 22–24 March in Brisbane. In...
ALIA cancels national conference due to coronavirus
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Due to concerns over coronavirus, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has cancelled the ALIA National 2020 Conference, which was scheduled to run 4–8 May at Sydney’s International Convention...
Unity Books Auckland wins Bookstore of the Year award at LBF
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Unity Books Auckland has won the Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2020 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. Unity Books was cited for for ‘their wonderful and “dangerously...
ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Thursday, 12 March 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins imprint HQ Fiction have announced the inaugural shortlist for the ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. HQ Fiction publishers and...
WestWords to host day-long writing festival
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Western Sydney literature organisation WestWords will host a day-long event in celebration of the ways in which Western Sydney has ‘shaped many diverse and cultural stories’. A Celebration of Writing...
Rawson shortlisted for UK’s Kitschies awards for spec fic
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Jane Rawson's novel From the Wreck (Transit Lounge) has been shortlisted in the UK’s Kitschies awards, presented to ‘progressive, intelligent, and entertaining literature with a speculative element’. From the Wreck...
Wild honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Australian children's author Margaret Wild has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60...
Bell appointed publisher at A&U
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Davina Bell has been appointed publisher at Allen & Unwin (A&U), where she will work in the children and young adult division. ‘Davina’s passion, energy and enthusiasm will make her...
Shaw wins Neilma Sidney Prize
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Wellington-based writer Jenah Shaw has won Overland's Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction, worth $4000, for her story ‘The Houseguest’—about a woman, ‘new to the city and...
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