Thursday, 15 October 2015
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $1m in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual Arts Grants program. The First...

Wednesday, 14 October 2015
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University has awarded Michael Wilding the $10,000 Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal 2015 for his book Wild Bleak...

Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Echo Publishing has launched its website. The mobile-friendly site, which was launched in early October, features dedicated author pages with links to authors’ social media and websites, book extracts, reviews...

Tuesday, 13 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 ACT Book of the Year has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Snow Kimono (Mark Henshaw, Text) Into the Heart of the Himalayas (Jono...

Monday, 12 October 2015
The winners of this year’s Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) were announced at a ceremony at the State Library of Queensland on 9 October. The winners in each category are: Fiction...

Monday, 12 October 2015
Creative New Zealand has awarded NZ$540,000 (A$493,637) to the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) for a range of programs to increase international sales of New Zealand authors. The funding...

Friday, 9 October 2015
London-based Australian ebook producer Simon Collinson has published the results of his survey of international small publishers on their ebook businesses. Collinson gathered data from 59 publishers from nine countries,...

Thursday, 8 October 2015
Former Queensland Writers Centre CEO and crime and thriller writer Meg Vann’s short story ‘Provocation’ has been adapted into an online multimedia verse project, exploring the themes of female agency...

Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Margaret River Press directors John and Caroline Wood have launched a new literary events organisation in Perth. The Centre for Stories, located in the inner-city suburb of Northbridge, will run...

Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Macquarie University has revealed key findings from a February 2015 survey of more than 1000 Australian authors of trade and educational titles. The report is part of the university’s three-year...

Wednesday, 7 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Director is the Commander (Anna Broinowski, Viking) John...

Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the line-up for its 2016 festival. Among the international guests are US neuroscientist and author of Still Alice (S&S) Lisa Genova, French author of The Elegance...

Tuesday, 6 October 2015
IBBY Australia has selected three titles for the 2016 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Book List, including, for the first time, a book in translation. The...