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Podcast spotlight: The Monthly Hour

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Launched in 2018, The Monthly Hour is a podcast companion to The Monthly magazine, described as ‘an essential hour of news, culture and ideas that [offers] insight into each issue...

Patterson donates £50k to UK school libraries

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
US author James Patterson is donating £50,000 (A$91,400) to school libraries in the UK, in partnership with Scholastic UK Book Clubs, reports the Bookseller. £25,000 (A$45,700) will be made available...

‘Libraries Change Lives’ campaign launched in Victoria

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Public Libraries Victoria Network (PLVN) and State Library Victoria (SLV) have begun a statewide campaign to raise awareness and grow funding for Victorian public libraries. The Libraries Change Lives campaign, launched...

Webb-Pullman awarded Frankfurt Fellowship

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Scribe associate publisher Marika Webb-Pullman has been awarded a fellowship by Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF). Webb-Pullman is one of 16 book industry professionals to receive the Frankfurt Fellowship, and was...

MUP acquires Hanson-Young book on slut-shaming

Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has acquired ANZ rights to En Garde by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. ‘Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s private life became a matter of public interest when she was...

Murakami withdraws from alternative Nobel Prize

Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has asked to be withdrawn from Sweden's New Academy prize in literature, reports Reuters. In a post on its Facebook page, the New Academy said that Murakami...

Wootton wins NZ$10,000 Beatson Fellowship

Tuesday, 18 September 2018
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) has announced that Dunedin writer Sue Wootton is the winner of the 2018 Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship. The fellowship, which saw increased...

Waverley Library Award 2018 shortlist announced

Monday, 17 September 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Relatively Famous (Roger Averill, Transit Lounge) The Trauma Cleaner (Sarah...

Voss Literary Prize 2018 longlist announced

Monday, 17 September 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Life to Come (Michelle De Kretser, A&U) First...

EU Parliament approves digital copyright reforms

Monday, 17 September 2018
In France, the European Parliament has voted in favour of copyright reforms that aim to update digital copyright laws for the internet age. The legislation supports Europe’s creative industries and...

National Book Award 2018 fiction longlist announced

Monday, 17 September 2018
In the US, the National Book Award fiction longlist has been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: A Lucky Man (Jamel Brinkley, Graywolf Press) Gun Love (Jennifer Clement, Hogarth) Florida (Lauren...

National Book Award 2018 longlists announced

Friday, 14 September 2018
In the US, longlists in four categories of the National Book Award have been announced, including the inaugural award for translated literature. The longlists announced so far are: Nonfiction One...

Five Islands Press to wind up

Friday, 14 September 2018
Specialist poetry publisher Five Islands Press has announced the company will wind up in 2020. The small press announced last week that it is no longer accepting new manuscripts, and...

Digital Book World Awards finalists announced

Thursday, 13 September 2018
The finalists of the Digital Book World (DBW) Awards have been announced. The awards are presented as part of the DBW conference, and recognise 'worldwide achievement in publishing'. Finalists in...

Dymocks launches education business Potentia

Thursday, 13 September 2018
Australian bookselling chain Dymocks has launched a new education business called Potentia. Potentia will run tutoring programs for school students across a broad range of subjects including maths and English....

Three book companies make the 2018 Top 500 list

Thursday, 13 September 2018
Three Australian book industry companies have made the Top 500 Private Companies List, reports the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Book retailer The Co-Op and Australian Geographic ranked 330th, slightly down from last...

NZ author Salmond shortlisted for UK Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
New Zealand author Anne Salmond’s Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds (Auckland University Press) has been shortlisted for the British Academy’s 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize. Salmond's book examines the early encounters...

$132k granted to regional NSW mobile library for upgrades

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
The Clarence Valley Council has upgraded its mobile library service after being granted $132,000 by the NSW state government for a new van, reports the Daily Examiner. The more ‘cost-efficient’...

Melbourne Prize for Literature finalists announced

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Finalists have been announced for this year's Melbourne Prize for Literature, as well as the Best Writing Award and the Readings Residency Award. The finalists for the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for...

 

 

 

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