Affirm’s Varuna Mentorship Award made more accessible for low-income earners Archive
Friday, 18 May 2018
Affirm Press has announced changes to its mentorship program with Varuna the National Writers House, in order to make the award more accessible for low-income earners. This year, entrants with...
Magarey Medal 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 18 May 2018
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) and the Australian Historical Association (AHA) have announced the shortlist for the 2018 Magarey Medal for Biography. The shortlisted titles are:...
Textbook authors sue Cengage over subscription service Archive
Thursday, 17 May 2018
In the US, two authors have filed a federal lawsuit against educational publisher Cengage, alleging that the company’s new subscription service will improperly cost them sales and royalty payments, reports Publishers Weekly....
Rose resigns from PRH Archive
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Penguin Random House senior literary editor Meredith Rose has resigned from the company, following the departure of PRH Literary publishing director Ben Ball earlier this week. Rose confirmed her resignation...
Cowley awarded Order of New Zealand Archive
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Children's author Joy Cowley has been awarded the Order of New Zealand, which recognises outstanding service to the state and people of the country. Described as one of New Zealand’s...
Authors create #SelfPubIsHere campaign to amplify self-publisher voices Archive
Thursday, 17 May 2018
A number of self-published Australian authors, including Dionne Lister, A B Patterson and Lisa Fleetwood have pledged their support for a campaign to have self-publishing recognised and included in Australian...
Eight winners announced for ALA’s public relations award Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced eight winners of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, which recognises marketing and public relations excellence by libraries. The eight winners...
Fire in the belly: Laura Kroetsch on Dark Mofo’s Dark and Dangerous Thoughts program Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Former Adelaide Writers’ Week director Laura Kroetsch's move into a new role as the curator of Dark Mofo's Dark and Dangerous Thoughts symposium has seen her programming with a 'more philosophical...
Podcast spotlight: Future Perfect (the EWF podcast) Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Future Perfect is a podcast produced by the Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) that asks storytellers about 'what they do, how they do it, and why'. Season 1 launched in the...
New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains six reviews of books publishing in July. Christian White's debut novel, the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize-winning The Nowhere Child (Affirm, July), received four and a half stars...
2018 VIPs program explores crime genre, alternative formats Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The Australia Council for the Arts ran the 2018 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program from 2-4 May, alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Twelve international publishers attended the program, which included...
Two Canberra streets to be named after librarians Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that two new roads in the ACT will be named after prominent Australian librarians Ena Noël OAM and Margaret Trask AM....
SLV launches public appeal for Cass collection Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
State Library Victoria (SLV) has launched a public appeal to raise $100,000 to preserve and make publicly available the Walter and Helena Cass Collection. The collection provides an insight into...
Ball departs PRH Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) announced yesterday that PRH Literary publishing director Ben Ball has departed the company, as of Tuesday, 15 May. PRH said in a statement, ‘A review...
PRH acquires new Gordon picture book for 2019, world rights sold to Dial Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to a new picture book by Gus Gordon titled I Am Alice. The book is described as ‘an exquisite...
EWF 2018 program launched Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced its 2018 program, which runs from 19-29 June in venues across Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding suburbs. Timmah Ball, Tony Birch and Neil Morris...
Adam wins 2018 New Zealand Book Award for fiction Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Wellington writer Pip Adam has won the NZ$50,000 (A$45,930) Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her novel The New Animals (Victoria University Press). Judges...
Petit wins 2018 Ondaatje Prize Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
In the UK, Paris-born Pascale Petit has won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize for her poetry collection Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe Books). The annual £10,000 (A$18,070) prize is awarded for ‘a distinguished...
SWF 2018: ticket sales down but box office third-highest in festival history; Lee tops bestsellers Archive
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) recorded 51,362 ticketed sales worth over $1.28 million—down on last year's earnings but still the third-highest box office earnings in the organisation’s history. The...
A&U to publish Winx book Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Allen & Unwin will publish a book about world number one racehorse Winx in late October 2018. Gold Walkley winner Andrew Rule will author the official biography, Winx: Greatest of...
HarperCollins, Blackwell’s among the winners at British Book Awards Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
HarperCollins has been named Publisher of the Year and bookshop chain Blackwell's won Book Retailer of the Year at the 2018 British Book Awards. HarperCollins earned this year's Publisher of...
‘The Dry’ wins crime book of the year at British Book Awards Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Jane Harper’s The Dry (Pan) has won the crime and thriller book of the year award at the British Book Awards. Harper said, ‘I’m absolutely thrilled that The Dry has...
Waterstones accused of breaking pledge to not compete with indie bookshops Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
British bookshop chain Waterstones has announced it plans to expand in Edinburgh, causing local independent booksellers to accuse the chain retailer of backtracking on previous statements about not competing with...
‘Voiceworks’ to expand with online component in late-2018 Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Voiceworks has announced it will begin commissioning and publishing original online content later this year. Voiceworks editor Mira Schlosberg said the new digital publishing arm will publish interactive fiction, animated comics,...
PRH acquires Sydney teenager’s debut novel Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Sydney teenager Vivian Pham's debut adult novel, The Coconut Children. Negotiated by Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Agency, the deal came after a ‘heated’ auction...
Sisters in Crime launches two new awards in 2018 Archive
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Sisters in Crime is launching two new prizes in 2018: the Crime and Punishment Award, and the Award for Best Forensic Linguistics Story. The Crime and Punishment Award will be awarded...
Perlman to release first book for children Archive
Monday, 14 May 2018
Elliot Perlman has written a debut children’s book, The Adventures of Catvinkle, which will be published by Random House Children’s Books in Australia in October 2018. The book centres on...
Two Hardie Grant cookbooks awarded in inaugural NYRF visual books competition Archive
Monday, 14 May 2018
Two Hardie Grant Publishing cookbooks have been honoured at the New York Rights Fair’s (NYRF) inaugural Talking Pictures: Selected Books competition, which awards excellence in visual books. London-based Spanish chef...
‘The Ruin’ optioned for film Archive
Monday, 14 May 2018
Dervla McTiernan’s debut crime novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) has been optioned for film by Australian film production company Hopscotch Features. Curtis Brown agent Tara Wynne negotiated the deal directly with...
Chingonyi wins Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 Archive
Friday, 11 May 2018
In the UK, Zambian-British writer Kayo Chingonyi’s debut poetry collection Kumukanda (Chatto & Windus) has won the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize, worth the £30,000 (A$55,310). Translating as ‘initiation’, kumukanda is the...
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