Friday, 22 June 2018
Hachette Australia and New Zealand (Hachette ANZ) has announced that Louise Sherwin-Stark, current joint managing director, has been appointed CEO of the publisher’s ANZ arm. In her new role, effective...

Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Writers Victoria has announced the 2018 winners of the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. The winner in the fiction category was Amanda Hildebrandt for her story ‘Market Day’. Margaret Hickey...

Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and UK publisher Bonnier Zaffre have announced a new sales and distribution arrangement for former Bonnier Publishing Australia imprint Echo Publishing (Echo), with A&U to start...

Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Melbourne-based radio producers Izzy Roberts-Orr, Areej Nur and Bethany Atkinson-Quinton have launched Broadwave, a curated network of Australian podcasts focused on telling 'community-driven stories'. The network aims to 'provide a genuine, intelligent and...

Tuesday, 19 June 2018
New Zealand musician, writer and artist Jessica Hansell, also known as Coco Solid, has received the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, which will see her produce a body of...

Monday, 18 June 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Life to Come (Michelle de Kretser, A&U) The Last...