ASAL conference to focus on Indigenous writing Archive
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
This year’s Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) conference will be held in Canberra from 6-9 July, and will include a focus on Indigenous writing. Melissa Lucashenko, author...
Byron Writers Festival announces new children’s writing bus Archive
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has announced a new children’s writing bus to support its regional creative writing program StoryBoard. The bus, which has been funded by a $50,000 grant from Arts...
Ticket sales up 25% at EWF 2016 Archive
Monday, 27 June 2016
Ticket sales were up 25% at this year’s Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which ran in Melbourne from 14-24 June and was the first under festival director Michaela McGuire. McGuire said...
‘Alice Miranda’ series to be adapted for TV Archive
Monday, 27 June 2016
Jacqueline Harvey’s ‘Alice Miranda’ children’s book series (Random House) will be adapted into an animated TV show to screen on Channel Nine. The 26 half-hour episode series will be produced...
Productivity Commission submissions: overwhelming author response; booksellers, lawyers and other groups weigh-in Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
Authors opposing the repeal of parallel import restrictions (PIRs) and a ‘fair use’ copyright arrangement make up the vast majority of submissions to the Productivity Commission’s draft report, alongside submissions...
Feminist Writers Festival line-up announced Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
The line-up for the inaugural Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) networking day, to be held on Friday 26 August at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne, has been announced. Among...
Bilingual Chinese Writers Festival to be held in Melbourne Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
A ‘completely bilingual’ Chinese Writers Festival will be held at Richmond Library in Melbourne on Sunday 28 August. The festival, presented by Writers Victoria, the Australia Chinese Writers Festival and...
Affirm Press to represent US publisher The Experiment Archive
Friday, 24 June 2016
Affirm Press will represent New York publisher The Experiment’s titles in Australia and New Zealand starting from 1 July. The partnership will see the Melbourne-based publisher sell The Experiment’s frontlist...
‘Take Me to the River’ wins 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Julian Bolleter has won the 2016 Margaret Medcalf Award for his book Take Me to the River: The Story of Perth’s Foreshore (UWA Publishing). The Margaret Medcalf Award rewards excellence...
New ‘online mall’ The BentoNet to connect small publishers and indie bookshops Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
A new online retail aggregator The BentoNet aims to connect consumers with small publishers and independent bookshops. Small publishers who make their titles available on IngramSpark’s print-on-demand service can list...
Binks joins Jacinta Dimase Management as ‘agent-at-large’ Archive
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Writer and reviewer Danielle Binks has joined Jacinta Dimase Management as an ‘agent-at-large’, and will work to source and sign new authors for the agency, with a particular focus on...
‘Run, Pip, Run’ wins 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
J C Jones’ Run, Pip, Run (A&U) has won the 2016 Readings Children’s Book Prize. The book was chosen from a shortlist of six. Also on the shortlist were: 88...
PRH acquires two new novels from Evie Wyld Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired two new novels from Miles Franklin Award-winning UK-Australian author Evie Wyld, reports the Bookseller. UK and Commonwealth rights were jointly acquired by Nikki Christer,...
ALS Gold Medal 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage) Clade (James Bradley, Penguin) Second Half...
Wright, Howcroft join Wheeler Centre board Archive
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Stella Prize-winning author and historian Clare Wright and Ten Network general manager Russel Howcroft have been appointed to the Wheeler Centre board. Wright and Howcroft were appointed following the departures...
New Frontier signs deal with Chinese publisher ZJJ&C Archive
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Chinese publisher Zhejiang Junior & Children Publishing (ZJJ&C) has purchased a share in local children’s publisher New Frontier, in a deal that will see New Frontier publish ZJJ&C titles in...
App, pop-up bookstore win Dymocks Innovation Challenge Archive
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Two projects created by undergraduate students from the University of Sydney have won the inaugural Dymocks Innovation Challenge Awards. Two business students won the Digital Innovation award for an app...
RWA awards 2016 finalists announced Archive
Monday, 20 June 2016
The finalists for the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long...
Warner wins 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction Archive
Monday, 20 June 2016
Lip magazine’s 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Katy Warner for her story ‘One Hundred and Fifty Seconds’. The award, now in its fourth year, is...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 20 June 2016
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The titles shortlisted in the best designed cover category are: 101 Works of Art...
National Day of Action today to protest arts cuts Archive
Friday, 17 June 2016
A collective of artists and arts workers called the Protagonists have called for a National Day of Action today to protest recent cuts to the arts. ‘We are asking artists...
Booktopia shortlisted for 2016 online retail awards Archive
Friday, 17 June 2016
Booktopia has been shortlisted for the 2016 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS). Booktopia is in the running for Best Pure-Play Online Retailer, Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and the People’s Choice...
Carey elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters Archive
Friday, 17 June 2016
Peter Carey has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Carey, who is based in the US and has dual Australian-US citizenship,...
BWF releases 2016 schools program Archive
Friday, 17 June 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) released its 2016 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12, last month. The program, which runs from 7-9 September, features sessions...
PwC report predicts 1.5% growth in print/audio consumer publishing to 2020 Archive
Thursday, 16 June 2016
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts the print and audiobook consumer books market in Australia will grow from $970m in 2015 to $1.043bn in 2020, a compound annual growth...
NT History Book Awards 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 16 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Silent Pearls: Old Japanese Graves in Darwin and the History of...
Cheng wins 2016 Vic Prem’s Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript Archive
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Melanie Cheng has won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her book of short fiction ‘Australia Day’. The $15,000 award was presented at the opening...
Davitt Awards 2016 longlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. There are 77 titles longlisted, including 47 adult novels, nine...
Byron Writers Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Wednesday, 15 June 2016
The full program for the 2016 Byron Writers Festival, to be held 5-7 August, has been announced. Among the international guests are US satirist and political commentator P J O’Rourke;...
Couldwell wins 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency Archive
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Nick Couldwell has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for his novel ‘Calluses’. Couldwell’s novel is set in the small towns of Australia’s...
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