Wednesday, 25 February 2015
‘This is the first truly collaborative initiative that we’ve undertaken together’—Small Press Network general manager Mary Masters on the new Victorian Indigenous literature officer role, which was developed by The...

Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Random House has published a retraction and apology over an allegation against senator Nick Xenophon in Julia Gillard’s autobiography.In a statement the publisher said that ‘on page 320 of the first...

Monday, 23 February 2015
This week’s bestsellers chart has a new number one, with Richelle Mead’s The Ruby Circle (Viking) placed first in both the top 10 bestsellers and the highest new entries charts. This...

Monday, 23 February 2015
A Texas jury has ruled that American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza was defrauded by Australian Amanda Hayward over royalty rights to the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ series, reports Reuters.  Pedroza was...

Monday, 23 February 2015
Three new awards will be presented for the first time at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).Two of the new awards, the Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year and...

Monday, 23 February 2015
The first line-up for the Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London has been announced. Kate Grenville, Steve Toltz, Alan Duff, Howard Jacobson, Omar Musa, Dylan...

Monday, 23 February 2015
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will host the inaugural Melbourne Art Book Fair on 1-3 May.Local and international book designers and publishers will exhibit fine art, architecture and design...

Friday, 20 February 2015
Australia Post will increase the price for some parcel deliveries and prepaid parcels from 2 March, among wider changes to pricing for its services. Parcels over 500g and up to...

Friday, 20 February 2015
Scribe has announced that it has signed another winner of its Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers.Briohny Doyle was the co-winner of the inaugural prize in 2013, along with Oliver...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced.The longlisted titles are: Drowning City (Ben Atkins, Random House) Five Minutes Alone (Paul Cleave, Penguin)...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
The program for the 2015 Newcastle Writers Festival, to be held on 20-22 March, is now available online. The opening night of the festival will feature Helen Garner, Jessica Rudd...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2015.To mark the anniversary, ACWA has partnered with Kill Your Darlings (KYD) to publish the winner of the...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
‘The downgrading of the Premier’s Book Awards from an annual to a biennial event could be seen as Western Australia losing its literary AAA rating in the eyes of other states’—WA...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
A new online bookshop selling print books about Tasmania directly from the authors has been launched.Tasmanian Books, which was launched in January by local author Andrew Wilson, aims to ‘bring all of...

Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Journalist John van Tiggelen has been appointed editor of Melbourne-based literary journal Meanjin from February 2016.Van Tiggelen, who has previously worked as a staff writer and editor at the Monthly...

Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The shortlisted works for the Ditmar Awards ballot have been announced and voting has commenced.The shortlisted works include:Best Novel The Lascar’s Dagger (Glenda Larke, Orbit) Bound: Alex Caine Book One (Alan...

Tuesday, 17 February 2015
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has appointed former Australian governor-general Quentin Bryce as its 2015 patron. Bryce, who was governor-general from 2008-2014, said in a statement that she had travelled extensively...

Monday, 16 February 2015
The titles in the top 10 bestsellers chart remain largely unchanged this week, with the film tie-in to American Sniper (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice, HarperCollins) in top spot for a...

Monday, 16 February 2015
The University of Melbourne’s Asialink program has announced the recipients of its 2015 Arts Residencies, supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.Writers and arts programmers receiving residencies in Asian...