Copyright Agency signs three new publishers to LearningField Archive
Friday, 11 August 2017
The Copyright Agency has signed three new publishers—National Educational Advancement Programs, Edrolo and Titan Education—to its etextbook subscription service LearningField for a further three years. The deal adds about 250...
Australian bestsellers in July: McInerney, Pape top fiction, nonfiction charts Archive
Friday, 11 August 2017
While Liane Moriarty continues to dominate the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in July, with five titles in the top 10, Monica McInerney’s The Trip of a Lifetime (Michael Joseph) and...
Booksellers prepare for Love Your Bookshop Day Archive
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Preparations are underway for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Love Your Bookshop Day this Saturday 12 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions. More than 80 stores...
Transworld acquires rights to Wilson’s ‘First, We Make the Beast Beautiful’ Archive
Thursday, 10 August 2017
UK publisher Transworld has acquired Commonwealth rights (ex-ANZ) to Sarah Wilson’s First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Macmillan) via Peggy Boulos Smith at Writers House, reports the Bookseller. Transworld editorial director...
Wilkinson’s ‘Boundless Sublime’ sells to US Archive
Thursday, 10 August 2017
US publisher Capstone’s teen imprint Switch Press has picked up North American rights to The Boundless Sublime (A&U), Lili Wilkinson’s 2016 YA novel about a teenage girl seduced by a...
Steady attendance and capacity crowds at Byron Writers Festival; Jimmy Barnes the bestseller Archive
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Ticket sales were steady at the 2017 Bryon Writers Festival, which ran from 4-6 August in Byron Bay, NSW, with overall attendance set to repeat last year’s total of 70,000....
Black Inc. announces ‘Australian Foreign Affairs’ journal Archive
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Black Inc. has announced it will publish a new triannual journal, Australian Foreign Affairs, which will include essays, interviews, reportage, book reviews and correspondence. Australian Foreign Affairs will be perfect...
New children’s picture book publisher Little Pink Dog Books releases first title Archive
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
New children’s picture book publisher Little Pink Dog Books has released its first title, The World’s Worst Pirate by Michelle Worthington and illustrated by Katrin Dreiling. Run by Kathy and...
Writers Victoria announces winners of its emerging writers prizes Archive
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the 2017 winners of the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. The Grace Marion Wilson Prize in the fiction category was awarded to Kieran Stevenson for...
Writers Victoria Write-ability and Glenfern fellowships announced Archive
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of its 2017 Write-ability and Glenfern fellowships. Five emerging writers with disability were awarded Write-ability fellowships. They are: Mary Borsellino for ‘The Alchemist’s Girls’,...
Book Council survey: 88% of New Zealanders read at least one book in the past year Archive
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
A new survey into New Zealanders’ reading habits has found that 88% of the adult population read, or started to read, at least one book over the past year, with...
Shortlist announced for 2017 ‘SRB’ Emerging Critics fellowships Archive
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The Sydney Review of Books has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Copyright Agency-SRB Emerging Critics fellowships. The shortlisted writers are: Shu-Ling Chua (ACT) Daniel Davis Wood (NSW) Stephanie Guest...
LoveOzYA conducts survey into YA reading habits Archive
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Young-adult literature advocacy group LoveOzYA is conducting a survey into the reading habits of YA readers, with the results to be released later this year. The survey, which runs from...
Winners of 2017 Affirm Press Mentorship Award announced Archive
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The winners of this year’s Affirm Press Mentorship Award have been announced. The winning authors and their work are: ‘Inheritance’ by Kathryn O’Connor, a novel about ‘Eileen and Anita, who...
State Library of Queensland to run inaugural Young Writers Conference Archive
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) is running its inaugural Young Writers Conference—a day of industry seminars and writing workshops for young writers aged 15 to 25—at the library on...
PRH to publish Luke Hodge autobiography Archive
Monday, 7 August 2017
Penguin Random House will publish the autobiography of retiring AFL player Luke Hodge on 30 October. Luke Hodge: The General will ‘explain his own transformation’ and that of the Hawthorn...
New publisher Dirt Lane Press launches first book Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
New children’s publisher Dirt Lane Press has launched its first book The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear, written by Margrete Lamond and illustrated by Heather Vallance. A not-for-profit organisation based...
Readings wins Store Fit-out award at Australian Retail Awards Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
Readings has won the Store Fit-Out of the Year award at the 2017 Australian Retail Awards for the design of its Readings Doncaster and Readings Kids stores. Both stores were...
Amazon appoints Oz manager, leases warehouse Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
Amazon has appointed Rocco Braeuniger as its country manager for Australia and has confirmed it will open its first Australian fulfilment centre in Dandenong South in Melbourne’s south-east, reports Fairfax....
Multilingual children’s bookstore opens in Fairfield Archive
Friday, 4 August 2017
A multilingual children’s bookstore, Lost in Books, has opened in Fairfield, South Western Sydney. Open from Monday to Friday, the bookstore also serves as a café, creative learning and language...
First guests announced for 2017 Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival has announced the first guests for its 2017 program, which runs from 14-17 September in Hobart. UK author A C Grayling will deliver the...
Robinsons to open Canberra store in October Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a store in Canberra on 31 October. The store is Robinsons’ 10th and its first outside of Melbourne. It will open alongside other...
Fine shortlisted for Royal Society Science Book Prize Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Australia-based British author Cordelia Fine has been shortlisted for the 2017 Science Book Prize for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds (Icon Books). Fine’s book is one...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2017 announced Archive
Thursday, 3 August 2017
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, worth NZ$60,000 (A$55,900) each. Novelist Witi Ihimaera has been honoured in the fiction category,...
2016 Stella Count revealed; judges for 2018 prize announced Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The 2016 Stella Count has found that four out of 12 publications surveyed reviewed more books by women than men—up from one publication in 2015’s survey—with book reviews in Australian...
New report shows government funding for literature and writing lags other artforms Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A report prepared for the Department of Communications and the Arts has found that Australian federal, state and territory, and local governments contributed $5.8b to cultural activities in 2015-16, with...
A&U to publish Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Allen & Unwin will publish AFL player Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November, following the St Kilda captain’s announcement that he will retire at the end of the season. The publisher said...
‘The Chaser’s’ Andrew Hansen and wife Jessica Roberts sign two-book deal with Walker Books Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for his work on ‘The Chaser’, and his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, have signed a two-book deal with Walker Books. The books will be the...
The Lifted Brow launches imprint Brow Books Archive
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Lifted Brow (TLB) has announced its new books imprint, Brow Books. In a statement on its website, the imprint said it will publish ‘across a variety of genres, styles...
New festival to focus on Indigenous and culturally diverse writers Archive
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
The NSW Writers’ Centre and Bankstown Arts Centre have announced a new writers’ festival that focuses on Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers and writing. The inaugural Boundless festival will...
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