Tuesday, 13 June 2017
The winners of the 2017 Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing were announced at the 56th Australian National Science Fiction Convention Continuum 13 in Melbourne on 11 June. The...

Tuesday, 13 June 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best illustrated book: Bad Hair Day...

Friday, 9 June 2017
The publishers of New Philosopher and Womankind magazines, Antonia Case and Zan Boag, will open a specialist bookshop and tea atelier, called Poet 130, in Hobart in early July, reports...

Thursday, 8 June 2017
The longlist for the inaugural Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted authors and their works are: Alice Bishop for ‘A Constant Hum’ Ashley Kalagian Blunt...

Wednesday, 7 June 2017
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.3% increase to minimum wages effective from 1 July 2017, lifting the minimum wage from $17.70 per hour to $18.29 per hour. The...

Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Writers Rebecca Slater and Scott McCulloch and poet Caitlin Maling are among the 12 recipients of the 2017 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships, worth $50,000 each. Maling will use the scholarship...

Tuesday, 6 June 2017
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that planned cuts to weekend penalty rates for retail workers will be phased in over four years. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, in February...