Inaugural Short Story Festival to be held in Perth in October
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The first Australian Short Story Festival will be held at the Centre for Stories and other inner-city venues in Perth from 21-23 October. The festival is organised by a committee...
SWF 2016 schools program announced
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced the authors and illustrators participating in its 2016 Primary and Secondary School Days programs, to be held from 16 to 20 May. Writer...
Two WA Dymocks stores close
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Dymocks stores in two Perth shopping centres—Carousel in Cannington and Midland Gate in Midland—closed on 3 February. Both stores were owned by the same franchise owner. Dymocks MD Steve Cox...
‘Seizure’ novella editor announced
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Seizure has announced that Tom Langshaw will edit its 2016 Viva La Novella project. Langshaw, who works as an editorial and publishing assistant at Penguin Random House, was chosen from...
Stella Prize 2016 longlist announced
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The longlist for the fourth Stella Prize has been announced. This year’s longlisted titles are: The Women’s Pages (Debra Adelaide, Picador) The Other Side of the World (Stephanie Bishop, Hachette)...
Gadd awarded Mildura Writers Festival residency
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Writer Nick Gadd has been named the writer in residence at this year’s Mildura Writers Festival, which runs from 14-17 July. Gadd, a blogger, essayist and author of the novel...
Licensed café and bookshop opens on the Gold Coast
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
A new licensed café and bookshop has opened at the Paradise Island Resort on the Gold Coast. REaD, which stands for Read, Eat and Drink, features a ‘fireside lounge area’...
‘The Natural Way of Things’ optioned for film
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
The film rights to Charlotte Wood’s 2015 novel The Natural Way of Things (A&U) have been optioned by producers Katia Nizic and Emma Dockery. Nizic and Dockery will work on a ‘micro-budget’...
New location for Reader’s Feast
Monday, 8 February 2016
Reader’s Feast Bookstore is moving from its current location in the Georges building in Melbourne’s CBD. General manager Mary Dalmau told Books+Publishing the store will operate from two temporary locations—the...
Hobbs chosen as Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17
Monday, 8 February 2016
Children’s author and illustrator Leigh Hobbs has been chosen at the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2016-17. The creator of more than 20 books, including Old Tom, Mr Chicken Goes to...
NSW govt announces fellowship for early career writers
Friday, 5 February 2016
The NSW State Government has announced a new NSW Writer’s Fellowship for early career writers. The fellowship, worth $30,000, will be offered to a professional writer ‘in the early stages...
Macquarie Uni report reveals innovations, challenges in publishing
Friday, 5 February 2016
Macquarie University has released a report examining Australian publishers’ responses to industry changes, including 25 case studies of trade and educational publishers. The report, ‘Disruption and innovation in the Australian...
Edwards to self-publish children’s book ‘Hijabi Girl’
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Children’s book author Hazel Edwards is self-publishing a junior chapter book co-written with librarian Ozge Alkan called Hijabi Girl, after being turned down by publishers. The book, illustrated by Serena...
Melbourne alternative bookstore Polyester Books to close
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Melbourne alternative bookstore Polyester Books is closing its doors in May, reports the Age. The store, located on Brunswick St in Fitzroy, was founded in 1985 and became known for...
Book Depository confirms local supply
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Amazon-owned online bookseller the Book Depository has confirmed it has set up local supply of Australian titles, with packing and distribution from Melbourne-based logistics company DAI Post. In a statement,...
Random House to publish novel by ‘Marching Powder’ author
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Random House Australia will publish the first novel by Australian-born Marching Powder-author Rusty Young in October. The Work of Other Men, set in Colombia, is ‘the story of one young...
News Corp launches literacy campaign, Dr Seuss book giveaway
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
News Corp Australia has launched a children’s literacy campaign that includes a giveaway of Dr Seuss books. The month-long ‘Raise a Reader’ campaign, which begins on 13 February, ‘will reveal...
Nash warns against threat from the Book Depository
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Booktopia CEO Tony Nash has questioned whether Australian publishers and distributors will jeopardise local booksellers by forming relationships with the Book Depository, as the Amazon-owned online store expands its local...
Carnell appointed first small business ombudsman
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Former head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Kate Carnell has been appointed as the first small businesses and family enterprise ombudsman. The ombudsman role, which replaces...
Australian publisher of ‘Fifty Shades’ ordered to pay $18.6m
Monday, 1 February 2016
A Texas judge has ordered Australian Amanda Hayward pay US$11.5m (A$16.2m) in unpaid royalties and US$1.7m (A$2.4m) in attorney’s fees to American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza, her former partner in The Writer’s Coffee Shop...
Carmody voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia poll
Monday, 1 February 2016
Fantasy and YA author Isobelle Carmody has been voted ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ in Booktopia’s annual poll. Booktopia announced the top 10 finalists on its website on 29 January. They were (from one to...
WAYRBA 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 29 January 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Pig the Fibber (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...
NZ Writers Week 2016 program announced
Friday, 29 January 2016
The full program for the 2016 New Zealand Writers Week has been announced. Running from 8 to 13 March in Wellington, the biennial event will feature sessions with international guests...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016 winners announced
Friday, 29 January 2016
Darwin-based playwright Mary Anne Butler has won the Victorian Prize for Literature, worth $100,000, for her play Broken at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The play, which also won the...
Bray joins S&S
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Simon & Schuster Australia has appointed Liz Bray as its new deputy sales director, beginning on 4 February. Bray, a former children’s book director at Allen & Unwin, most recently...
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2016 program launched
Thursday, 28 January 2016
The 2016 Adelaide Writers’ Week program has been launched. The event will run from Saturday 27 February to Thursday 3 March at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide. As...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2016 finalists announced
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Writers Victoria has announced the finalists for the 2016 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their projects...
Barker appointed Hardie Grant Egmont MD
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has appointed Annabel Barker as its MD from 1 February. Barker is currently HGE’s rights manager, and has previously worked at Pan Macmillan Australia and at...
Publishers, industry groups outline objections to PIR repeal
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Publishers and other book industry groups have detailed their objections to a proposed repeal of parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) in their submissions to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Australia’s intellectual...
Sydney Story Factory co-founder Catherine Keenan named Australia’s Local Hero
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Sydney Story Factory co-founder Catherine Keenan has been named Australia’s Local Hero as part of the 2016 Australia Day Honours for her work as a youth educator. Keenan, who previously...
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