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‘Overland’ Neilma Sidney Prize winners announced

Monday, 5 March 2018
The winner and runners-up for Overland’s second Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction have been announced. Laura Elvery’s story ‘Unspooling’—about a woman ‘overwhelmed by a pair of...

Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2018 winners announced; Winton donates prize money to Ningaloo Reef protection

Monday, 5 March 2018
The winners of the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature were announced at a ceremony on 3 March as part of Adelaide Writers’ Week. The winners in each category are:...

B&N to open five ‘prototype’ stores

Monday, 5 March 2018
Barnes & Noble has announced it will open five ‘prototype stores' after disappointing third-quarter sales, reports Publishers Weekly. The ‘prototype stores' will be 14,000 square feet (1300 square metres) in...

Pascoe honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature

Monday, 5 March 2018
Bunurong writer Bruce Pascoe has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers...

Shortlist announced for NGV’s Cornish Family Prize

Monday, 5 March 2018
The NGV has announced the shortlist for the Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing. The shortlisted titles are: Sirius (John Dunn, Ben Peake & Amiera Piscopo, Piper Press) 3...

Readings Carlton store robbed

Friday, 2 March 2018
Readings’ flagship bookstore in Carlton has been robbed, with the burglars stealing a safe containing more than $10,000, reports the Age. Readings managing director Mark Rubbo said the crime happened...

Glover longlisted for Walter Scott Prize 2018

Friday, 2 March 2018
Australian writer Dennis Glover has been longlisted for the 2018 Walter Scott Prize for The Last Man in Europe (Black Inc.). Glover’s novel about the writing of George Orwell’s classic,...

New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now

Friday, 2 March 2018
Books+Publishing’s most recent Junior newsletter contains nine reviews of books publishing in April 2018. Three books scored the maximum five-star rating: a science-based adventure story for younger readers, How to Win...

Strout wins 2018 Story Prize

Friday, 2 March 2018
Elizabeth Strout has won the 2018 Story Prize for Anything is Possible (Viking). Chosen from a shortlist of three that also included The King is Always above the People (Daniel...

Inky Awards 2018 longlist announced

Thursday, 1 March 2018
The longlists for the 2018 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

Clued up: Jacqueline Harvey on ‘Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One’

Thursday, 1 March 2018
‘Alice-Miranda’ and ‘Clementine Rose’ author Jacqueline Harvey assembles a world of espionage and mystery in Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One (Random House, March), which reviewer Natalie Crawford says...

New fiction prize launched for Indian writers

Thursday, 1 March 2018
British-Indian novelist Rana Dasgupta has announced the foundation of the JCB Prize for Literature—an award that aims to foster greater translation between Indian languages, and to communicate to readers everywhere...

HGE sells US rights to Sydney bookseller’s middle-grade debut

Thursday, 1 March 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold US rights to Sydney bookseller Jeremy Lachlan’s middle-grade adventure novel Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds to Lerner Publishing imprint Carolrhoda Books....

Munoz announced as inaugural digital writer in residence

Thursday, 1 March 2018
Gabriella Munoz has been announced as Writers Victoria’s inaugural digital writer in residence. As part of her residency, Munoz will receive professional development including six paid commissions of 800-1000 words...

Lake Press to purchase Parragon Australia assets

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Australian publisher Lake Press has announced it will purchase Parragon Publishing Australia’s stock and intellectual property together with the assets of Parragon’s distribution centre on 1 March. Lake Press COO...

25,000 books removed from Queensland library

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The public library in Redbank Plains, near Ipswich, has shifted 25,000 books from its collection in order to clear more space for extra public computers and new meeting rooms, reports...

Text sells ‘The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted’ into North America

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Text Publishing has sold North American rights to Robert Hillman’s forthcoming novel The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted to Putnam and Penguin Canada ‘for a significant sum’. Hillman’s book, which...

British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition available online

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The British Library has collaborated with Google to launch a virtual version of its Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition on the Google Arts and Culture mobile app and...

ANU closes library following flash flooding

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
A flash flood in Canberra has caused damage to books at Australian National University's (ANU) Chifley Library, with the library announcing it will be closed until further notice, reports the...

Bray appointed Bloomsbury Australia MD

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Liz Bray has been appointed the managing director of Bloomsbury Australia following the recent departure of Kate Cubitt. Bray has worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years,...

Amazon Publishing launches imprint Topple Books

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
In the US, Amazon Publishing has launched the imprint Topple Books, with filmmaker, writer and LGBTQ activist Jill Soloway to oversee the list as editor-in-chief, reports Publishers Weekly. With the...

CBCA Notable Books for 2018 announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The Children’s Book Council of Australian (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2018. They are as follows: Older readers Mallee Boys (Charlie Archbold, Wakefield Press) The Fall...

Asialink 2018 arts exchanges announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The recipients of the University of Melbourne’s Asialink Arts Exchanges Program (previously known as the Residencies Program) for 2018 have been announced. Writers receiving residencies in Asian countries are: Annee Lawrence,...