Sisters in Crime launches two new awards in 2018
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Sisters in Crime is launching two new prizes in 2018: the Crime and Punishment Award, and the Award for Best Forensic Linguistics Story. The Crime and Punishment Award will be awarded...
Perlman to release first book for children
Monday, 14 May 2018
Elliot Perlman has written a debut children’s book, The Adventures of Catvinkle, which will be published by Random House Children’s Books in Australia in October 2018. The book centres on...
Two Hardie Grant cookbooks awarded in inaugural NYRF visual books competition
Monday, 14 May 2018
Two Hardie Grant Publishing cookbooks have been honoured at the New York Rights Fair’s (NYRF) inaugural Talking Pictures: Selected Books competition, which awards excellence in visual books. London-based Spanish chef...
‘The Ruin’ optioned for film
Monday, 14 May 2018
Dervla McTiernan’s debut crime novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) has been optioned for film by Australian film production company Hopscotch Features. Curtis Brown agent Tara Wynne negotiated the deal directly with...
Walsh announced as OzCo chair
Friday, 11 May 2018
Minister for communications and the arts Mitch Fifield has appointed Sam Walsh as the next chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, following current chair Rupert Myer. Walsh was...
‘The Dry’ nominated for 2018 Anthony Award
Friday, 11 May 2018
Jane Harper has been nominated for the 2018 Anthony Awards for her debut The Dry (Pan). The Dry was nominated in the category for best first novel, alongside the following:...
ABA Booksellers Choice Award 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 11 May 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Force of Nature (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan...
Wyld receives Hardcopy scholarship for First Nations writers
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Writer and former bookseller Karen Wyld is the recipient of the inaugural Hardcopy scholarship for an emerging First Nations writer. Launched this year by the ACT Writers Centre in partnership...
Text acquires Savage’s debut essay collection
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Text Publishing has acquired world rights (ex UK) to Ellena Savage’s debut essay collection, Blueberries, via Daisy Parente at Lutyens & Rubinstein. Blueberries is a collection of essays exploring themes...
REAL Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Thursday, 10 May 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards—which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards) and...
Federal government extends $20,000 tax write-off for small business
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The federal government will extend its $20,000 ‘instant’ tax deduction threshold for small businesses for another year, reports SmartCompany. The scheme allows small businesses with an annual turnover of up...
‘Amelia Westlake’ sells into US
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Erin Gough’s new queer feminist YA novel, Amelia Westlake (Hardie Grant Egmont), has sold into the US to Little, Brown imprint Poppy. Gough’s second novel, following her Ampersand Prize-winning debut...
OzCo funding steady in 2018-19 budget; ABC funding slashed
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The Australia Council will not be subjected to any major budget measures in the 2018-19 federal budget beyond confirmation of the $5.4 million reallocation to Creative Partnerships Australia announced in...
Sweatshop announces three print anthologies for mid-2019
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Western Sydney literacy collective Sweatshop will expand its publishing program, with three new print titles being developed for release in mid-2019. The three books in development are Sweatshop Women, an anthology...
Mary Gilmore Award 2018 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for best first book of poetry published in the past two...
Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo grant recipients
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Thirty-four writers and literary organisations have been awarded a total of $780,337 in the Australia Council's first grant round for 2018. Nineteen writers and groups received arts projects funding, worth up...
Melbourne local council announces inaugural writer-in-residence program
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Moreland City Council, in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, will offer a new $3000 writer-in-residence program this year. Offered to three writers, the three-month residency program aims to support writers by providing...
Readings renovates flagship Carlton shop
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will refurbish its flagship Carlton shop, after 20 years in its current location. The Lygon Street shop will be closed for approximately seven weeks from Tuesday,...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
The winners of the 2017 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author for the...
‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ sells in US and UK
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Wild Dingo Press has sold North American and UK rights to Shokoofeh Azar’s Stella Prize-shortlisted The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree. US and UK rights were sold to Europa Editions,...
Maguire awarded $100,000 Charles Perkins Centre fellowship
Monday, 7 May 2018
Author Emily Maguire has been awarded the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence fellowship. Maguire will receive $100,000 and will spend a year based at the centre...
Mehan and Hollier receive $15,000 publisher fellowships
Monday, 7 May 2018
The Copyright Agency has announced the two recipients of its $15,000 publisher fellowships: Spineless Wonders publisher Bronwyn Mehan and Monash University Publishing director Nathan Hollier. The fellowships aim to support...
Diaz withdraws from Australian tour after sexual harassment allegations
Monday, 7 May 2018
Author Junot Diaz has withdrawn from his scheduled appearances at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) and the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, after being accused of past sexual misconduct and verbal...
Four writers named 2018 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists
Monday, 7 May 2018
Jennifer Down, Marija Peričić, Shaun Prescott and Pip Smith have been named the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists for 2018. This is the second consecutive year that...
The Wheeler Centre launches $150,000 mentorship and funding scheme for diverse writers
Friday, 4 May 2018
The Wheeler Centre has announced it will launch a new $150,000 initiative for developing writers called The Next Chapter. Established by the Wheeler Centre in conjunction with the Aesop Foundation,...
Amazon’s Sydney warehouse to open mid-late 2018
Friday, 4 May 2018
Amazon will open a Sydney-based warehouse in the second half of 2018, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The US retailer announced on Thursday that it would open its new Sydney...
OzCo to send Australian delegation to Shanghai
Friday, 4 May 2018
The Australia Council has announced it will support up to five Australian publishing delegates to attend the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) in 2018. Expressions of interest are...
HarperCollins and Thames & Hudson win at 2018 ABIAs, ‘Nevermoor’ named Book of the Year
Friday, 4 May 2018
The winners of the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 3 May. HarperCollins won Publisher of the Year, while Thames & Hudson Australia won Small...
Dark Mofo announces full program for ‘literature, film and ideas’ event
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Tasmania’s midwinter festival Dark Mofo has announced the program for the Dark and Dangerous Thoughts (DDT) two-day symposium, a showcase of ‘literature, film and ideas’ that runs from 9 to...
Australian comics artist Whyte nominated for Eisner Award
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Perth-based comics artist Campbell Whyte has been nominated for the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for his book Home Time: Under the River (Top Shelf Productions). Whyte’s book was...
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