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Survey finds Canadians reading more local authors

Monday, 31 July 2017
In Canada, the government-sponsored organisation BookNet has published the results from a survey of Canadian book buyers’ reading habits, reports Publishers Weekly. The survey found 44% of Canadian book buyers...

SLV 2017 Creative Fellowships announced

Monday, 31 July 2017
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2017 Creative and Specialist Fellowships, including several writers working on book projects. The recipients of the Creative Fellowships,...

Canberra Writers Festival 2017 program launched

Friday, 28 July 2017
The program has been announced for the second annual Canberra Writers Festival, which will run from 25-27 August. International guests appearing at the festival include UK novelist Samantha Shannon, Dutch...

Whitehead wins 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award

Friday, 28 July 2017
Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction for his novel The Underground Railroad (Orbit), reports the Guardian. The Underground Railroad—a ‘fantastic reimagining of US slavery’—has...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now

Friday, 28 July 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 14 reviews of books publishing in August, September and October. Four books received 4.5 stars, including Jeremy Chambers’ ‘nostalgic 1980s coming-of-age story’ Suburbia (Text, October). ‘Chambers’ writing feels...

On tour: Reni Eddo-Lodge

Thursday, 27 July 2017
British journalist and activist Reni Eddo-Lodge is the author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Bloomsbury) and will be one of the international guests at...

Counter narratives: Vanessa Berry on ‘Mirror Sydney’ 

Thursday, 27 July 2017
Since 2012, Vanessa Berry has been conducting deep dives into the mysterious local histories around Sydney on her blog, and her book Mirror Sydney (Giramondo, October) continues that exploration. ‘Beautifully...

NT Literary Awards 2017 winners announced

Thursday, 27 July 2017
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short Story Award ‘This is where you come from’ by Miranda Tetlow...

Man Booker Prize 2017 longlist announced

Thursday, 27 July 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize has been announced. The 13 books longlisted for the £50,000 (A$81,973) prize are: 4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster, Faber) Days without...

Fox wins Walkley Women’s Leadership in Media Award

Thursday, 27 July 2017
Catherine Fox has won the Walkley Foundation’s Women’s Leadership in Media Award for her nonfiction book Stop Fixing Women (NewSouth), as well as articles for the ABC and the Australian....

German universities to let Elsevier contracts lapse

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
In Germany, 13 additional universities have announced they will not renew their subscriptions with Dutch publishing company Elsevier once they end in December, joining around 60 other institutions that allowed...

Book blogger spotlight: Bec’s Books

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Rebecca Gough is a self-described ‘perpetual internet presence’ who blogs about YA and middle-grade titles, with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. After realising that Instagram’s space for captions was...

Solomun launches The Rights Hive agency

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Former Penguin Random House (PRH) and Five Mile Press rights manager Natasha Solomun has launched a new rights agency, The Rights Hive, to provide representation of foreign and subsidiary rights...

B&N investor urges company to sell itself

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
In the US, an asset management firm with a ‘meaningful’ stake in Barnes & Noble has sent a letter to the company urging it to sell the business, reports Publishers...

Please complete the ‘Think Australian’ rights survey 

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Publishers, rights managers and agents: If you are buying or selling rights, please spend a few minutes completing our annual Think Australian rights survey here. The survey results will appear in Think Australian magazine,...

Brisbane Writers Festival program announced

Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival, which runs from 6-10 September. Over 100 authors will appear at the festival, including Canadian novelist Anosh Irani, who...

WA government defers multi-year arts funding

Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The WA Department of Culture and Arts has announced it will undertake a ‘comprehensive review’ of its Organisations Investment Program (OIP) and defer the opening of the second OIP funding...

 

 

 

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