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First authors announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week

Monday, 13 November 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Perth Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. The guests include UK author Alan Hollinghurst, Canadian author Louise Penny and local...

KOALAs 2017 winners announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...

Rushdie-headlined Global Atheist Convention cancelled

Friday, 10 November 2017
The Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) has cancelled the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, which was set to run from 9-11 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, due to...

Copyright Agency, Viscopy merger given the green light

Friday, 10 November 2017
The Copyright Agency and Viscopy will formally merge on 30 November 2017 after a five-year ‘services agreement’. Members of the two rights management organisations voted overwhelmingly in support of the...

Oz genre anthology wins 2017 World Fantasy Award

Friday, 10 November 2017
Dreaming in the Dark (Jack Dann, PS Australia), an anthology of Australian genre fiction, has won a 2017 World Fantasy Award in the anthology category. The hardback volume is a...

KROC Awards 2017 winners announced

Wednesday, 8 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do...

Text acquires Flannery’s ecological history of Europe

Monday, 6 November 2017
Text has acquired world rights to Tim Flannery’s Land at the Crossroads: An Ecological History of Europe for publication in Australia in August 2018. Rights were acquired by Text publisher...

Verso Books to open in regional Victoria

Monday, 6 November 2017
A new bookstore, Verso Books, is set to open in the Victorian regional town of Healesville. Owner Nina Sturgess said she is aiming to open the store in early November...

Zusak, Fox top 2016-17 lending rights surveys

Friday, 3 November 2017
Books by Markus Zusak and Mem Fox have topped the lists of the highest scoring books in the most recent Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) report....

Better Reading launches food spinoff, Cooking the Books

Friday, 3 November 2017
Book recommendation website Better Reading has launched a new food-focused Facebook page, called Cooking the Books. Better Reading director Cheryl Akle said Cooking the Books is ‘a new take on...

Grey-Smith promoted to publisher at Fremantle Press

Friday, 3 November 2017
Fremantle Press has promoted senior editor Naama Grey-Smith to the role of publisher. Grey-Smith will commence in the role on 1 November, joining Fremantle Press’ two other publishers Cate Sutherland...

‘Squishy Taylor’ series optioned for TV

squishy taylor Thursday, 2 November 2017
Robyn Kershaw Productions (RKP) has optioned the TV rights to Ailsa Wild’s ‘Squishy Taylor’ children’s book series (illus by Ben Wood, Hardie Grant Egmont). Eight titles have been published so...

PMLA judging panels overhauled

Thursday, 2 November 2017
The judging panels for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been announced, revealing an overhaul to the 2016 panels. The judging panels include: Nonfiction and history Lynette Russell,...

Coley wins 2017 Richell Prize

Thursday, 2 November 2017
Adelaide-based writer Sam Coley has won the 2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for his entry ‘State Highway One’. Coley’s novel follows two siblings as they travel New Zealand’s State...

Affirm acquires memoir ‘Sophie’s Boys’

Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Sophie’s Boys, a memoir by Sophie Smith, who lost her triplets after going into labour prematurely, as told to journalist Deborah Fitzgerald. Sophie’s...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 winners announced

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Fiona Sussman’s The Last Time We Spoke (Allison & Busby) has won the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. Sussman is the first female author to win the award, which...

YABBAs 2017 winners announced

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book (Andy...

CBCA NSW announces shortlist for 2017 mentorship program

CBCA Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s writers. The three shortlisted writers are: Angela...