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...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
The finalists in this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The finalists in the book-related categories are:   Short stories:     ‘Flag of Surrender’ (Kerry Taylor) ‘From Where I Thought...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Thames & Hudson Australia has announced that distribution of its titles and those of its sales agencies will move from Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) to Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) from...

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Bookselling chain QBD has become the first Australian retailer to launch an ebookstore powered by Copia. The QBD ebookstore is now live and is integrated with the existing QBD website....

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Booksellers have reported strong sales and author events attracted record crowds at this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival, with up to 18,000 people visiting the central Victorian town for the event....

Wednesday, 8 May 2013
‘It has been inspiring to have been a part of the management of change, and part of the growing professionalism and internationalisation of the industry’—former Penguin publishing director Bob Sessions...

Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Journalist and radio personality Rafael Epstein has launched a new book club for listeners of his Melbourne ABC radio program Drive. According to the ABC, Read with Raf will offer...

Tuesday, 7 May 2013
The Aurealis Awards will be held in Canberra over the next two years. Owner Chimaera Publications announced in a statement that the awards, which celebrate science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, will be administered in...