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Ernest Scott Prize 2016 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Entanglements of Empire (Tony...

Clunes Booktown Festival 2016 program announced

Tuesday, 22 March 2016
The program for the 2016 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 30 April to 1 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. This year the festival celebrates its 10th...

Inaugural ‘Overland’ Neilma Sidney Prize winners announced

Monday, 21 March 2016
The winner and runners-up for Overland’s inaugural Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction have been announced. Lauren Foley’s ‘K-K-K’, a ‘story about states of placenessness’ inspired by...

NGV releases program for second Art Book Fair

Monday, 21 March 2016
The National Gallery of Victoria will host the second annual Melbourne Art Book Fair from 29 April to 1 May. The program has expanded to include twice as many publishers...

Wichtendahl replaces Knock as Co-op CEO

Monday, 21 March 2016
The Co-op has appointed COO Thorsten Wichtendahl as its new CEO, replacing Peter Knock, who has stepped down for family reasons. Wichtendahl joined the Co-op in 2011 and oversaw the...

Michelle Payne autobiography to become a film

Monday, 21 March 2016
Actor Rachel Griffiths has acquired the film rights for Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s forthcoming autobiography. Griffiths will produce and direct the film, which will begin shooting in 2017. Payne’s...

Inky Awards 2016 longlists announced

Gold Inky 2016 longlist Thursday, 17 March 2016
The longlists for the 2016 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

ABA 2016 conference program announced

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for this year’s conference, to be held at the QT hotel in Canberra from 29-30 May. Author Stan Grant will give...

ABA welcomes government’s decision to introduce effects test 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has welcomed the government’s decision to introduce legislation to protect small businesses against the misuse of market power by larger competitors. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...

Michelle Anderson Publishing up for sale

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Melbourne publishing company Michelle Anderson Publishing is up for sale. Publisher Michelle Anderson said she has decided to retire and is looking to sell the business, including all stock and...

Knopf US acquires Kristoff YA trilogy

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Melbourne-based author Jay Kristoff has sold North American rights to his YA novel LIFEL1K3 to Knopf in a three-book deal. The first book in a planned trilogy, LIFEL1K3 is about...

Dymocks, Sydney Uni to host ‘Innovation Challenge’

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Undergraduate students from the University of Sydney will be challenged to create a ‘future concept’ for the Dymocks business as part of the university’s student leadership program. The Dymocks Innovation...

2016 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellows announced

Wednesday, 16 March 2016
New Zealand writers Diana Wichtel and Breton Dukes are the recipients of the 2016 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. Wichtel and Dukes will each receive NZ$20,000 (A$17,711) and tenure at the Sargeson...

Spinifex Press celebrates 25th anniversary

Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Melbourne-based independent feminist publisher Spinifex Press is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founded by Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein in 1991, Spinifex has published around 250 poetry, fiction and...

LoveOzYA launches website

Tuesday, 15 March 2016
The grassroots Australian youth literature advocacy movement LoveOzYA has launched its official website. The new site features news about Australian YA authors, book deals, awards, competitions and bookstores; an events...

Stella Prize 2016 shortlist announced

stella prize 2016 shortlist Thursday, 10 March 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Hope Farm (Peggy Frew, Scribe) A Few Days in the...

Lamb wins 2016 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

Thursday, 10 March 2016
Matthew Lamb has won the 2016 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for his proposed cultural biography of the Australian writer Frank Moorhouse. Lamb, the founder and editor of the Review of...

Birchalls bookshop up for sale 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Australia’s oldest bookshop Birchalls in Launceston is up for sale. Managing director Graeme Tilley said in a statement that the Tilley family has decided to sell the business after running...

 

 

 

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