Little Brown signs self-published New Zealand author
Monday, 10 July 2017
In the UK, Little Brown imprint Piatkus has acquired two novels by self-published New Zealand author Tammy Robinson in a five-figure deal, reports the Bookseller. The first book Differently Normal,...
‘Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors’ shortlisted for the 2017 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year
Friday, 7 July 2017
Ian McConnelly’s Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors: The Premier Guide for Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors (Renniks) is one of five books shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Diagram...
Magabala announces $10,000 award for Indigenous illustrators
Friday, 7 July 2017
Magabala Books has announced a new biennial award for Indigenous illustrators, with the winner to receive $10,000, a mentorship and the opportunity to illustrate a children’s story by Sally Morgan....
Bain to present Australian titles for APA’s ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’ program
Friday, 7 July 2017
Former UQP CEO Greg Bain will present up to 50 titles from Australian publishers to international publishers and agents as part of the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’...
Australian Christian Book of the Year 2017 shortlist announced
Friday, 7 July 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship: How the Bible Shapes Our Interpretive Habits and Practices (David...
Black Inc. to be distributed by Ingram in UK, North America
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Ingram Publisher Services will distribute Black Inc., La Trobe University Press and Nero Books titles in the UK from September 2017, and in North America and the rest of the...
Book Bonding closes Essendon store
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Book Bonding owners Natasha Boyd and Mark Neicho closed their Essendon bookstore on 30 June after deciding to focus their energy on their Gisborne shop. Boyd told Books+Publishing that running...
HarperCollins acquires rights to Carly Findlay memoir
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to Say Hello: How I Became the Hero of My Story by Australian writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly Findlay. Findlay, who has the...
‘Small Things’ wins 2017 Gold Ledger Award
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics and graphic novels were announced in Sydney on the 19 June. The winner of the Gold Ledger was...
Finalists announced for NZ’s Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
The finalists have been announced for New Zealand’s Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards for 2017. The finalists in the two categories are: Published book Spilt Milk Yoga: A...
Rockpool to expand North American presence with new distributor
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Rockpool Publishing has moved its North American distribution to Red Wheeler Weiser from 1 July in an effort to expand its presence in the US. The publisher was previously distributed...
Line-up announced for third St Albans Writers’ Festival
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
The line-up has been announced for the third St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 8-10 September in the village of St Albans in NSW. Journalist Tony Jones will deliver...
Shortlist announced for National Biography Award 2017
Monday, 3 July 2017
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works are: The Unknown Judith Wright (Georgina Arnott, UWA Publishing)...
New $1.27m Creative Victoria ‘Creator’s Fund’ to offer grants to artists, organisations
Monday, 3 July 2017
Creative Victoria has announced a new Creators Fund, which will offer grants of between $20,000-$50,000 to support individuals and creative collectives during the research and development phase of their projects....
Scribe to publish Sornig’s nonfiction book on Dudley Flats
Monday, 3 July 2017
Scribe has acquired world rights to David Sornig’s Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp, a ‘social and psychogeographic history’ of the Depression-era shanty town west. The...
IPEd announces shortlist for inaugural Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award
Monday, 3 July 2017
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are: Jacqueline Blanchard, for her work...
NewSouth to represent Baker&Taylor’s Global Publishers Services in ANZ
Friday, 30 June 2017
NewSouth Books will represent Baker & Taylor’s Global Publishers Services (GPS), which provides small and medium publishers with international sales and marketing services, in Australia and New Zealand. GPS distributes...
Traynor wins NT History Book Award for ‘Alice Springs’
Friday, 30 June 2017
Stuart Traynor has won the 2017 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award for his book Alice Springs: From Singing Wire to Iconic Outback Town (Wakefield Press). The judges said...
MUP withdraws ‘Cardinal’ from Victorian shops
Friday, 30 June 2017
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is taking ‘all reasonable measures’ to withdraw Louise Milligan’s Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell from sale in Victorian bookshops, following the Victorian Police’s...
Copyright Agency, industry groups launch new campaign against fair use
Thursday, 29 June 2017
The Copyright Agency and industry groups including the Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors and Books Create Australia have launched #FreeIsNotFair, a new campaign against the Productivity Commission’s recommendation...
Berry, Bruce win inaugural Woollahra Digital Literary Awards
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Vanessa Berry and Melissa Bruce have won the inaugural Woollahra Digital Literary Awards for writing that was first published online or electronically. Berry won the nonfiction category for her essay...
Bloomsbury, bookstores mark Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Publisher Bloomsbury and bookstores around Australia celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone on 26 June with in-store events and an extensive publicity...
Colin Roderick Award 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The...
Australia Council report finds decline in reading from 2013-2016
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The number of Australians reading creative writing has declined over the past three years, according to the Australia Council’s third National Arts Participation Survey. The survey found that eight in...
Twelfth Planet Press reaches $20,000 Kickstarter goal for new anthology
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Genre publisher Twelfth Planet Press has reached its $20,000 Kickstarter campaign goal to produce Mother of Invention, an ‘ambitious’ anthology of stories about gender as it relates to artificial intelligence...
Black Inc. signs Deborah Cass prize winner Giovannoni; acquires new books by Hunt, De Kretser
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Black Inc. has acquired 2015 Deborah Cass award winner Moreno Giovannoni’s book of linked tales about a Tuscan village and the lives of its occupants, Tales of San Ginese. World rights...
Government boosts funding for ArtsReady internship program
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The federal government has announced an additional $200,000 in funding for its ArtsReady internship program, which assists arts and culture sector employers in providing 12-month traineeships to graduates. ArtsReady offers...
A&U acquires second book from Clementine Ford
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a second book from Fight Like a Girl author Clementine Ford, to be published in late 2018. Boys Will Be Boys ‘will examine toxic...
Antidote festival to replace Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The Sydney Opera House will host a new two-day festival dedicated to progressive ideas and activism from 2-3 September. The Antidote festival replaces the Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous...
Writers Victoria announces $300,000 literary travel fund
Monday, 26 June 2017
Writers Victoria has announced a new literary travel fund, providing $300,000 in grants to writers, editors, agents, publishers, booksellers and other literary professionals over the next three years. The travel...
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