Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Australian YA anthology Kaleidoscope (ed by Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios, Twelfth Planet Press) has been included in the 2014 Tiptree Awards honour list, the annual prize that recognises works...

Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Glenda Larke’s The Lascar’s Dagger (Hachette) and Trudi Canavan’s Thief’s Magic (Hachette) have been named joint winners of the best novel award at this year’s Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction,...

Tuesday, 7 April 2015
This week’s bestsellers chart mixes the old and new with Going Paleo (Pete Evans & Nora T Gedgaudas, Plum) in the top spot for a second consecutive week, ahead of a slate...

Tuesday, 7 April 2015
A number of Australian and New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.Works by Australian and New Zealand writers shortlisted for the prize are: ‘Corrango’...

Tuesday, 7 April 2015
The winners of the 2015 George Robertson Award were announced by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) on 1 April.The winners of the award, which recognises long and distinguished service to...

Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Express Media has appointed Pippa Bainbridge as its new CEO and general manager.Bainbridge was previously the company manager and creative producer at La Mama Theatre in Melbourne, and studied arts...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
A one-off symposium on ‘reinventing university publishing’ was held at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra from 17-19 March, bringing together representatives from university presses, universities and libraries.Nathan Hollier,...

Wednesday, 1 April 2015
‘If their proposal was implemented, the diversity of Australian books available to Australian consumers would be significantly reduced for a benefit both small and unlikely’—Australian Publishers Association president Louise Adler...

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
The longlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced.The longlisted titles are: In Certain Circles (Elizabeth Harrower, Text) Golden Boys (Sonya Hartnett, Hamish Hamilton) The Eye of...

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Author Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft have been nominated by IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.Dubosarsky and...

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
A group of Australian academics have been awarded funding from the Romance Writers of America’s (RWA) Academic Research Grant Program.Beth Driscoll from the University of Melbourne, Lisa Fletcher from the...

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust in New Zealand has announced its list of notable books for 2015.The Storylines 2015 Notable Books List was announced on 30 March in Auckland....

Tuesday, 31 March 2015
The Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) has announced the appointment of three new staff and a new festival bookseller.Joanna Trilling has joined the festival as communications manager, Mouche Phillips has joined...

Monday, 30 March 2015
Three Australian authors have been nominated for the Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2015 RITA Awards.The RITA Awards, which recognise excellence in romance novels and novellas, are divided into 12...

Monday, 30 March 2015
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) has topped the Dymocks 101 Club list of the best 101 books of all time for 2015, as voted by members of the company’s Booklover...

Monday, 30 March 2015
Jo Goodman has been posthumously awarded the Leila St John Award by the Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). The award is presented annually for outstanding...

Friday, 27 March 2015
WritingWA has teamed up with regional Western Australia TV station Westlink to present a monthly program on WA writers and books.‘Cover to Cover’ will be hosted by broadcaster Meri Fatin...