Parry wins Folio Prize for ‘Ghosts of the Tsunami’
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
In the UK, Richard Lloyd Parry has won the £20,000 (A$34,610) Rathbones Folio Prize, relaunched last year, for Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone (Vintage). Judges praised Parry's...
Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo grant recipients
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Thirty-four writers and literary organisations have been awarded a total of $780,337 in the Australia Council's first grant round for 2018. Nineteen writers and groups received arts projects funding, worth up...
Melbourne local council announces inaugural writer-in-residence program
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Moreland City Council, in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, will offer a new $3000 writer-in-residence program this year. Offered to three writers, the three-month residency program aims to support writers by providing...
National Book Awards open to non-US citizens
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
In the US, the National Book Foundation (NBF)—which administers the National Book Awards—has introduced a new process whereby authors who are not US citizens are eligible for the awards, reports...
Readings renovates flagship Carlton shop
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will refurbish its flagship Carlton shop, after 20 years in its current location. The Lygon Street shop will be closed for approximately seven weeks from Tuesday,...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
The winners of the 2017 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author for the...
‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ sells in US and UK
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Wild Dingo Press has sold North American and UK rights to Shokoofeh Azar’s Stella Prize-shortlisted The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree. US and UK rights were sold to Europa Editions,...
2018 Nobel Prize in Literature cancelled due to sexual assault scandal
Monday, 7 May 2018
The Swedish Academy will not award the Nobel Prize in Literature this year, and will instead choose two laureates in 2019, reports the Guardian. The Swedish Academy has attracted controversy...
Maguire awarded $100,000 Charles Perkins Centre fellowship
Monday, 7 May 2018
Author Emily Maguire has been awarded the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence fellowship. Maguire will receive $100,000 and will spend a year based at the centre...
Mehan and Hollier receive $15,000 publisher fellowships
Monday, 7 May 2018
The Copyright Agency has announced the two recipients of its $15,000 publisher fellowships: Spineless Wonders publisher Bronwyn Mehan and Monash University Publishing director Nathan Hollier. The fellowships aim to support...
Diaz withdraws from Australian tour after sexual harassment allegations
Monday, 7 May 2018
Author Junot Diaz has withdrawn from his scheduled appearances at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) and the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, after being accused of past sexual misconduct and verbal...
Four writers named 2018 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists
Monday, 7 May 2018
Jennifer Down, Marija Peričić, Shaun Prescott and Pip Smith have been named the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists for 2018. This is the second consecutive year that...
A quiet place: Katrina Lehman on ‘Wren’
Friday, 4 May 2018
Katrina Lehman’s picture book Wren (illus by Sophie Beer, Scribble, July) is filled with ‘fluid, rhythmic prose’ that ‘rolls off the tongue’, alongside ‘gloriously colourful’ illustrations, writes reviewer Bronte Coates....
The Wheeler Centre launches $150,000 mentorship and funding scheme for diverse writers
Friday, 4 May 2018
The Wheeler Centre has announced it will launch a new $150,000 initiative for developing writers called The Next Chapter. Established by the Wheeler Centre in conjunction with the Aesop Foundation,...
PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund extends funding consideration to twice a year
Friday, 4 May 2018
In South Africa, the PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund will expand consideration for translation grants to twice in a calendar year, reports Publishing Perspectives. Established in June 2017, the PEN Afrikaans Translation...
Amazon’s Sydney warehouse to open mid-late 2018
Friday, 4 May 2018
Amazon will open a Sydney-based warehouse in the second half of 2018, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The US retailer announced on Thursday that it would open its new Sydney...
OzCo to send Australian delegation to Shanghai
Friday, 4 May 2018
The Australia Council has announced it will support up to five Australian publishing delegates to attend the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) in 2018. Expressions of interest are...
HarperCollins and Thames & Hudson win at 2018 ABIAs, ‘Nevermoor’ named Book of the Year
Friday, 4 May 2018
The winners of the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 3 May. HarperCollins won Publisher of the Year, while Thames & Hudson Australia won Small...
Repeal book event at Dublin International Literature Festival cancelled by local council
Thursday, 3 May 2018
An event at Dublin’s International Literature Festival that planned to discuss an anthology of writing about the movement for reproductive rights in Ireland was cancelled by Dublin City Council (DCC) after the...
Dark Mofo announces full program for ‘literature, film and ideas’ event
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Tasmania’s midwinter festival Dark Mofo has announced the program for the Dark and Dangerous Thoughts (DDT) two-day symposium, a showcase of ‘literature, film and ideas’ that runs from 9 to...
Australian comics artist Whyte nominated for Eisner Award
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Perth-based comics artist Campbell Whyte has been nominated for the 2018 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for his book Home Time: Under the River (Top Shelf Productions). Whyte’s book was...
Brio announces new unpublished manuscript prize for mystery writing
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Brio Books has announced a new unpublished manuscript prize, the Carter Brown Mystery Writing Award. Established in conjunction with the Carter Brown Foundation and US-based Stark House Press, the new...
UWAP expands Dorothy Hewett award
Thursday, 3 May 2018
University of Western Australia Publishing (UWA Publishing) has announced it will expand the eligibility of the next Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript to all Australian writers and permanent...
Australians report ‘calm’ and ‘optimistic’ LBF, feminism and big data key trends
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Australian publishers who attended the London Book Fair (LBF) reported a ‘relatively calm’ fair, with interest across a broad range of titles and plenty of discussion around the future of...
Canberra library could be relocated in plan to develop arts precinct
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Canberra’s Civic Library could be relocated amid plans for a redevelopment of the local arts and cultural precinct Civic Square, reports the Canberra Times. The ACT City Renewal Authority is...
UK library associations join forces to make school libraries required by law
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
In the UK, library associations are joining together for a campaign to make school libraries a statutory requirement and ensure they are inspected by the Office for Standards in Education,...
Podcast spotlight: The Booktopia Podcast
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Established in 2015, The Booktopia Podcast publishes weekly episodes involving author interviews, book reviews, recommendations and bookish banter, with a focus on Australian-authored books. Hosted by a rotating cast of...
Literary Wall Street: Jane Curry on the 2018 London Book Fair
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Ventura Press founder and director Jane Curry attended this year’s London Book Fair, and came away with several lessons for first-time and returning Australian attendees. She reports: The London Book...
Tamworth libraries secure $200,000 in funding
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Tamworth’s regional libraries will receive a technology upgrade, after the library service secured $200,000 in NSW state government funding, reports the Northern Daily Leader. The funding will allow the six...
Amazon US launches children’s subscription book box
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
In the US, Amazon has launched a children’s book box program for members of its subscription service Amazon Prime, reports Publishers Weekly. The online retailer’s Prime Book Box will deliver...
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