Monday, 20 May 2013
The winners of the Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in the book-related categories are: Short stories ‘Responsible’ (Lois Murphy)   Youth ‘Change Takes a Change’ (Juliette Parsons)...

Monday, 20 May 2013
Charlaine Harris fans will be sad to say goodbye to Sookie Stackhouse, the small-town telepathic waitress who loves vampires. Dead Ever After (Hachette), the 13th and final book in the...

Friday, 17 May 2013
Tony Grybowski has been appointed as the new CEO of the Australia Council for the Arts. Grybowski joined the Australia Council in 2007 and previously held the position of executive...

Friday, 17 May 2013
The Melbourne Writers Festival has released its schools program for 2013. Among the authors featured in this year’s program, which runs from 26 to 29 August, are international guests Deborah...

Thursday, 16 May 2013
A new publisher has been launched in Melbourne. Inkerman & Blunt is the brainchild of Donna Ward, founding editor of WA creative writing journal Indigo. The publisher will release its...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Sales Fiction—Golvan Arts Management has optioned the film rights to Mice (Gordon Reece, Allen & Unwin) to Southern Light Alliance, partnering with Cyan Films. HarperCollins has sold German volume rights to In Search of Africa...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
‘The idea of a national body that enables individual writers’ centres to work more closely together remains a valuable one’—New South Wales Writers Centre chair Linda Funnell reflects on the...

Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The Federal Government has outlined its funding plans for Creative Australia, its recently released national cultural policy, in the 2013-14 Commonwealth Budget. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the policy includes...

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Sydney-based author and photographer Katie Quinn Davies has won the photography category of the 2013 James Beard Foundation culinary awards in the US for her book What Katie Ate (Lantern)....

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Books by Australian and New Zealand authors are among the winners of the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), which recognise excellence in independent publishing. Two Australian titles are among...

Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The City of Melbourne Council has allocated $135,000 in its 2013-14 draft budget towards the establishment of a permanent City of Literature office in partnership with the Victorian Government.  ...

Monday, 13 May 2013
Hugh Mackay’s The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living (Pan Macmillan) is not a book about ‘how to feel good, how to find happiness or how to reap...

Thursday, 9 May 2013
The Davitt Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime for crime books written by Australian women, has introduced a new lifetime achievement award. The 2013 Davitt Awards will present awards in...

Thursday, 9 May 2013
Discount department store Big W has signed up as a major sponsor of Mamamia’s The Book Circle and will screen episodes of the online book show on its website. The...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
The Victorian Government has announced close to $29 million in new funding for the state’s arts sector in its latest budget. The government, which released its 2013-14 Budget on 7...