Tuesday, 17 May 2016
UK genre press PS Publishing is introducing a new imprint, PS Australia, to publish Australian writers and artists. PS Publishing founders Pete and Nicky Crowther said they were impressed with...

Tuesday, 17 May 2016
The University of Auckland has launched the Academy of New Zealand Literature, a new body to promote NZ writing locally and overseas. Author and Master of Creative Writing program convenor...

Monday, 16 May 2016
Two short story writers, Abigail Ulman and Murray Middleton, have been named Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists for 2016. Ulman was recognised for her debut collection Hot Little...

Friday, 13 May 2016
Thirteen literary organisations have received grants as part of the Australia Council’s Four-Year Funding program, worth $5.97m over the next four years. The recipients are: Journals and publishers Australian Book...

Friday, 13 May 2016
The finalists for the 2016 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. The finalists for the Bookseller of the Year award are: Annie Grossman, Annie’s...

Thursday, 12 May 2016
Independent Perth bookstore Bookcaffe is closing at the end of June. In a post on the store’s website, owners James and Rose Caffey said ‘it is with heavy hearts that...

Thursday, 12 May 2016
Author Jeremy K Balkin was awarded the Gold Medal for Business Ethics 2016 at the Axiom Business Book Awards in Chicago on 11 May for his book Investing with Impact:...

Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Former Lantern designers Daniel New and Evi Oetomo have opened a Sydney-based studio ‘devoted to designing beautiful books’, called OetomoNew. New was previously art director and Evi Oetomo was senior...

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Seventeen literary organisations and almost 40 writers and writing groups have received Australia Council grants as part of its $11.2m February grants round. The 17 literary organisations received a combined...

Tuesday, 10 May 2016
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has received a $461,350 Catalyst grant for its Western Sydney and regional NSW touring program to ‘boost accessibility to reading and literature’ among children of...

Monday, 9 May 2016
Author Charlotte Wood has been awarded the University of Sydney’s $100,000 Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence fellowship. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the university announced the fellowship for a...

Thursday, 5 May 2016
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has raised $285,000 in the first quarter of 2016, and has secured a new $10,000 sponsorship from 1010 Printing, which will fund three of its...

Thursday, 5 May 2016
New Zealand writer Tina Makereti has been announced as one of five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story ‘Black Milk’. Makereti’s coming-of-age story won...

Wednesday, 4 May 2016
The Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature has launched a new website and a grant program for bookstores. The website includes an events calendar, which organisations can upload their events to;...