Tuesday, 23 August 2016
The NSW state government has announced it will provide $75,000 in funding to the Western Sydney University’s (WSU) Writing and Society Research Centre to support emerging Western Sydney writers in...

Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Lonely Planet has announced a new imprint for food-themed titles, called Lonely Planet Food. The imprint follows the launch of Lonely Planet’s recipe book series ‘From the Source’ last year,...

Monday, 22 August 2016
The full program for the 2016 National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has been announced. The festival, which runs from 29 September to 2 October in Newcastle, will include over 114...

Friday, 19 August 2016
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has called on its members to share revenue data to reinforce to the New Zealand government ‘the importance of the book publishing sector...

Thursday, 18 August 2016
Copyright Agency chair Kim Williams has called on the government to reject the Productivity Commission’s recommendations on intellectual property reform in a speech at the Melbourne Press Club on 17...

Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Fairfax newspapers the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald will host panel discussions in Melbourne and Sydney next week to debate how the Productivity Commission’s proposed changes to Australian intellectual...

Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) CEO Joel Becker has described this year’s National Bookshop Day, held on 13 August, as the ‘most successful ever’, with unprecedented support from the Australian Publishers...

Tuesday, 16 August 2016
A successful fundraising campaign has secured the future of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, which enables a New Zealand writer to live for up to six months in Menton, France,...

Tuesday, 16 August 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched its redesigned joint website. The site at www.penguin.com.au combines the previously separate Penguin and Random House websites under the one URL, with all previous...

Friday, 12 August 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘The Way to Amalthea’ by Michalia Arathimos ‘Satellite ride’...

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Hardie Grant Publishing Group managing director Julie Pinkham has announced two appointments that ‘conclude a restructure and set the agenda for the era ahead’. Roxy Ryan, who was previously marketing...

Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) artistic director Jemma Birrell is stepping down from the position at the end of this year after overseeing the past four festivals. SWF chair Deena Shiff...