EWF announces 2018 festival ambassadors Archive
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced the five writers appointed ambassadors for the festival’s National Writers’ Conference, which runs from 23-24 June at the State Library of Victoria. The...
Consumer group calls for gift card expiry dates to be scrapped nationwide Archive
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
National consumer group Choice is lobbying for nationwide changes to gift card expiry dates, with an aim to remove expiry dates completely, reports SmartCompany. The growing calls for changes to gift...
Robinsons to open Hobart store in May Archive
Monday, 9 April 2018
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a new store in Hobart in May. The store is Robinsons’ 12th and its second outside of Melbourne, after it opened its first...
Aussie book industry figures listed in ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia list Archive
Monday, 9 April 2018
Three Australians in the book industry have been listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. Founder and CEO of Australian online self-publishing platform Tablo Ash Davies and author...
Magabala to launch Daisy Utemorrah Award Archive
Monday, 9 April 2018
Broome publisher Magabala Books will launch a new unpublished manuscript award in the second half of 2018 to find the best children’s or YA novel by an Aboriginal or Torres...
ABA announces 2018 conference program; Currie, Batistich to give keynotes Archive
Friday, 6 April 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for its 2018 conference, to be held at QT Hotel in Canberra from 17-18 June. The conference will be organised around...
The Little Bookroom launches in-store parent-teacher events Archive
Friday, 6 April 2018
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom has launched its first in-store information event for parents and teachers. The first event in what the store hopes to turn into a once-a-term...
Davitt Awards open to self-publishers Archive
Friday, 6 April 2018
Sisters in Crime has decided to open its annual Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women writers to self-published authors for the first time. The decision was...
Instagram launches in-platform shopping function for retailers Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Australian retailers on the social media platform Instagram now have the ability to link products in their posts through to online stores for purchase. The feature, Instagram shopping, has been...
Shortlist for the 2017 Nakata Brophy Prize announced Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the fifth Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Jazz Money, for ‘as...
Royalle wins 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Poet and performer Candy Royalle has won the 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship. Royalle was chosen from a shortlist of 11 poets. The prize is worth $10,000 in total, including...
Melbourne bookshop launches event series to showcase ‘fresh new voices’ Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Melbourne bookshop Brunswick Bound is launching a monthly event series featuring authors published by small presses and self-published authors. Called First Chapters, the monthly event series will feature three to...
Affirm partners with Tablo on crime writing project Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Small publisher Affirm Press has partnered with Australian online publishing platform Tablo to review a selection of crime writing published on the Tablo platform. Affirm will read submissions on the...
Croggon to publish new middle-grade fiction with Walker Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Alison Croggon, author of the 'Pellinor' series for young adults, will publish her first middle-grade fantasy adventure title, The Threads of Magic, with Walker Books. Walker Books acquired world rights in all...
Fremantle Press announces inaugural Minderoo Editorship winner Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Fremantle Press has announced that its inaugural Minderoo Editorship has been won by Armelle Davies. The three-year program is designed to ‘foster new Western Australian publishing talent by helping entry-level...
Kostakis wins IBBY Ena Noël award Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Will Kostakis’ YA novel The Sidekicks (Penguin) has won the 2018 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
NZ publisher OneTree House wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing Archive
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
New Zealand publisher OneTree House has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. OneTree House was chosen from a shortlist of five,...
Aurealis Awards 2017 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
The winners of the 2017 Aurealis Awards for the best Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing published in 2017 have been announced. The winning titles were: Best science-fiction novel From...
Australians nominated for 2018 Hugo Awards Archive
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Several Australian writers and artists are among the finalists for this year's Hugo Awards for science-fiction. Australian author Foz Meadows has been named a finalist in the Best Fan Writer...
Ditmar Awards 2018 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
The winners of the 2018 Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing were announced at the 43rd Swancon Convention in Perth on 1 April. The winners are: Best novel...
Fremantle Press to publish ‘Meet Me at the Intersection’ anthology Archive
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Fremantle Press will publish an inaugural anthology of 'Own Voice' stories from emerging and established writers who identify as one or more of First Nations, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ or...
Harry Potter series tops Dymocks 101 reader poll 2018 Archive
Thursday, 29 March 2018
The Harry Potter series (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury) has topped the annual Dymocks Top 101 books of all time list, dethroning All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Fourth...
Australian #TimesUp initiative NOW to combat workplace sexual harassment Archive
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Journalist Tracey Spicer and a group of prominent media figures have partnered to launch the NOW initiative to tackle sexual harassment in Australia in the wake of the #MeToo and...
Bonnier Publishing to restructure Australian publishing arm; 35 staff redundancies announced Archive
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Bonnier Publishing has announced it is restructuring its business in Australia, with the majority of staff at Bonnier Publishing Australia to enter into redundancy consultation. In a statement released on...
PRH recalls Tucker’s ‘The Prisoner’ Archive
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has recalled Kerry Tucker’s memoir The Prisoner from sale, after receiving a legal claim in relation to the book. The book, which is co-written with Craig...
OzCo announces eight delegates for New York Publishers Program Archive
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Eight Australian publishers, rights managers and literary agents will travel to New York City from 4 to 8 June this year as part of the Australia Council’s New York Publishers...
CBCA Awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older Readers Mallee Boys (Charlie Archbold, Wakefield...
PRH, Text, Fullers and Torquay Books awarded at Leading Edge Books Conference Archive
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
A number of industry awards were presented at this year’s Leading Edge Books Conference in Hobart on 26 March. Penguin Random House was named Publisher of the Year, while Text...
‘Nevermoor’ wins Book of the Year at 2018 Indie Book Awards Archive
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Hachette) has been named Book of the Year at the 2018 Indie Book Awards, presented at the Leading Edge Books Conference in Hobart...
Australian Book Design Awards 2018 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
The 2018 Australian Book Design Awards longlist has been announced. Longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover And the Fire Came Down (Emma Viskic, Echo),...
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