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PRH acquires Warne memoir

Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Penguin Random House will publish Australian cricketer Shane Warne’s memoir, No Spin (with Mark Nicholas), in Australia and the UK in October 2018. In a statement, the publisher said the...

Writers Bloc launches ongoing online short courses

Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Online writing community Writers Bloc has launched its first ongoing series of online short courses. Throughout 2018, Writers Bloc will run one short course per month that will be ‘accessible...

Tuffield departs Black Inc.

Monday, 4 June 2018
Aviva Tuffield has departed from her position as publisher at Black Inc. According to reports made to Book+Publishing, Tuffield’s position of publisher was made redundant earlier this year, and she departed...

Thunig wins 2018 Margaret Dooley Emerging Indigenous Writers Fellowship

Monday, 4 June 2018
Kamilaroi woman and University of Newcastle researcher Amy Thunig is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret Dooley Emerging Indigenous Writers Fellowship, presented by Eureka Street and IndigenousX. Thunig will work with...

‘The Muslims’ wins 2018 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award

Monday, 4 June 2018
The Muslims by Zanib Mian (Sweet Apple Books) has won the 2018 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award in the UK for radical children’s fiction, reports the Bookseller. A chapter book...

NT Writers’ Centre elects new board

Monday, 4 June 2018
The Northern Territory Writers’ Centre has elected a new board, consisting of 10 members. Previous vice president Adelle Sefton-Rowston has been elected as president, while returning board members have been...

Grills, Wright and Rawson win 2018 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards

Monday, 4 June 2018
Eloise Grills, Stephen Wright and Jane Rawson have won the 2018 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards for writing that was first published online or electronically. Grills won in the nonfiction category...

Amazon to block Oz shoppers from Amazon US

Friday, 1 June 2018
Australian consumers will be unable to purchase items from Amazon’s international websites as the multinational moves to comply with new GST laws affecting online retailers, reports the Sydney Morning Herald....

Scribe acquires new books by Elson, Carroll

Friday, 1 June 2018
Scribe has acquired rights to a number of new titles, including a biography of post-punk musician Rowland S Howard by Melbourne-based bookseller and writer Gerard Elson. Titled Something Flammable: Approaching...

The Little Bookroom opens ‘big sister’ bookshop in Northcote

Friday, 1 June 2018
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom is opening a new independent ‘big sister’ bookshop, called Neighbourhood Books, in the inner northern suburb of Northcote. Located at 55 High Street in...

‘After the Fire’ wins 2018 ‘Bookseller’ YA Book Prize

Friday, 1 June 2018
In the UK, Will Hill’s After the Fire (Usborne) has won the Bookseller’s 2018 YA Book Prize, worth £2000 (A$3510), reports the Bookseller. Loosely based on the 1993 Waco siege...

WestWords director named on CreateNSW roundtable

Friday, 1 June 2018
WestWords executive director Michael Campbell has been named among a group of 10 arts practitioners to lead a new roundtable created to ensure that Western Sydney is reflected in future...

Traill wins Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017

Friday, 1 June 2018
Michael Traill has won the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize for his book Jumping Ship: From the World of Corporate Australia to the Heart of Social Investment (Hardie Grant). Selected from...

Spinifex title honoured for Italian literary award

Thursday, 31 May 2018
Palestinian feminist writer Khulud Khamis’ Australian-published novel, Haifa Fragments (Spinifex) has placed second in the Premio Letterario Citta di Siena Italian literary award. Khamis’ novel, which originated with Spinifex Press,...

Forward Prizes for Poetry shortlists announced

Thursday, 31 May 2018
In the UK, the shortlists for the Forward Prizes for Poetry have been announced. The shortlist for the £10,000 (A$17,570) Forward Prize for Best Collection is: Venus as a Bear...

Collins Ballarat relocates to ‘destination store’ in heritage building

Thursday, 31 May 2018
The Ballarat branch of Collins Booksellers has relocated to a heritage-listed building on Lydiard Street in the Ballarat city centre. Formerly located about a block and half away on Sturt...

First authors announced for 2018 Byron Writers Festival

Thursday, 31 May 2018
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 3-5 August. International guests include British author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, Saudi Arabian women's rights activist...

Viggers novel sold to France, following ‘remarkable’ sales

Thursday, 31 May 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold world French rights to Karen Viggers’ forthcoming novel, The World Beneath the Trees, to publisher Les Escales, following the Melbourne author’s exceptional sales record...

Numbers of US public school librarians down 20% since 2000

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
US public schools have lost 19% of full-time equivalent school librarians in the period between 1999-2000 and 2015-16, reports Forbes. The figure comes from researcher Keith Curry Lance’s analysis of...

BWF releases 2018 schools program

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2018 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The Word Play program will run from 4-7 September at...

Podcast spotlight: The Rereaders

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Established in 2011, The Rereaders is a fortnightly literary and cultural podcast that has been described as Melbourne's answer to the Slate Culture Gabfest. Each episode is hosted by culture...

Murphy awarded F A Sharr Award

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Curtin University librarian Claire Murphy is the recipient of this year’s F A Sharr Award for exhibiting ‘the most potential to make a significant contribution to the library profession in...

Lewis named ALIA fellow

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
The Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) has presented an ALIA fellowship to Suzanne Lewis for her work in the field of health librarianship, as well as her position as...

Self-published debut novel sold to UK small press Splice

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Brisbane author Nicholas John Turner’s debut self-published novel Hang Him When He Is Not There has sold into the UK and Ireland to Birmingham-based small press Splice. UK and Irish...

UK banker offers novelists £24k salary as part of publishing start-up

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
A new publishing start-up has launched in the UK, claiming to offer aspiring novelists a salary from £2000 (A$3540) per month to write, as an alternative to traditional publishing, reports...

Finalists for Walkley-Pascall, arts journalism awards announced

Wednesday, 30 May 2018
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2018 Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism and for the Arts Journalism Award. The finalists for the Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism...

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