Friday, 1 March 2013
The Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) will offer three fellowships this year as a result of a new funding agreement with the Queensland Government. The Courier-Mail has reported that the Queensland Government will fund...

Friday, 1 March 2013
The Copyright Agency, Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) will partner for the first time to deliver a seminar on education publishing  in Sydney in March. The...

Thursday, 28 February 2013
The 2013 Perth Writers Festival has attracted over 36,000 attendees, an increase of 5000 on last year, reports program manager Katherine Dorrington. Dorrington told Books+Publishing that the highlights of this...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Penguin Australia gained overall market share in 2012 and recorded higher sales than 2011, according to chief executive officer Gabrielle Coyne. Coyne told Books+Publishing that Penguin ‘had a strong sales...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has led a delegation of rights managers and literary agents to the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), which ran from 20 January to 4 February, followed by...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Joel Fulton has joined the recently established Victorian Book Agencies as a partner with founder Gary Angliss. Fulton, who previously worked as a sales representative for Dennis Jones & Associates,...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Tasmania’s literary festival The Shock of the Now has released its program. The festival, which runs from 16-17 and 22-24 March in Hobart, features a keynote address from Peter Singer...

Wednesday, 27 February 2013
‘The YA category doesn’t really appear to exist and there’s little interest in dystopian novels or vampires’—Random House rights manager Nerrilee Weir reports on a recent ‘exploratory’ rights trip to...

Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Allen & Unwin has announced that it will publish eight novels by Alex Miller in the UK in 2013 ahead of the author’s new novel, which is due to be...

Tuesday, 26 February 2013
The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards winners have been announced. Four books won equal first place in the Charity & Fund Raising category for Australia/Pacific. The winners in this category are: Lentil as...

Monday, 25 February 2013
Creative Clunes, the organisation behind the annual Clunes Booktown Festival in regional Victoria, has announced that it is launching a year-round program of writers’ talks.   The Sunday Selection program will...

Monday, 25 February 2013
Alchemist Sydney Sage is struggling to draw the line between her teachings and the urges of her heart. Then she meets the rebellious Marcus Finch, who is on the run...

Monday, 25 February 2013
UK illustrator Barbara Firth has died, aged 84. Walker Books editor at large David Lloyd writes: ‘Barbara Firth was an illustrator of children’s books of great sensitivity, insight, humour and...

Thursday, 21 February 2013
Simon & Schuster Australia’s net sales were up by 15% in 2012 compared to the year before, reports managing director Lou Johnson. Johnson told Books+Publishing that sales of print books...

Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Kate Eltham, CEO of the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), and Michelle Broun, CEO of Magabala Books, are among 23 arts managers who have been selected to participate in the Australia...

Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Shearer’s Bookshop in Leichhardt, Sydney, is moving to a temporary location on 31 March as the Norton Street Palace Cinema is undergoing substantial renovations. The independent bookshop, which is located under...

Wednesday, 20 February 2013
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the establishment of a licensing program to manage online sales of digitised works originally published in print journals. The DigiJournals program, a...