Australia Council report finds decline in reading from 2013-2016
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The number of Australians reading creative writing has declined over the past three years, according to the Australia Council’s third National Arts Participation Survey. The survey found that eight in...
‘Ada Twist’ wins 2017 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts (Abrams) has won the 2017 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award in the UK for radical children’s fiction, reports the...
Twelfth Planet Press reaches $20,000 Kickstarter goal for new anthology
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Genre publisher Twelfth Planet Press has reached its $20,000 Kickstarter campaign goal to produce Mother of Invention, an ‘ambitious’ anthology of stories about gender as it relates to artificial intelligence...
Black Inc. signs Deborah Cass prize winner Giovannoni; acquires new books by Hunt, De Kretser
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Black Inc. has acquired 2015 Deborah Cass award winner Moreno Giovannoni’s book of linked tales about a Tuscan village and the lives of its occupants, Tales of San Ginese. World rights...
Government boosts funding for ArtsReady internship program
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The federal government has announced an additional $200,000 in funding for its ArtsReady internship program, which assists arts and culture sector employers in providing 12-month traineeships to graduates. ArtsReady offers...
A&U acquires second book from Clementine Ford
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a second book from Fight Like a Girl author Clementine Ford, to be published in late 2018. Boys Will Be Boys ‘will examine toxic...
Antidote festival to replace Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The Sydney Opera House will host a new two-day festival dedicated to progressive ideas and activism from 2-3 September. The Antidote festival replaces the Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous...
B&N sales fall 6.5% in fiscal 2017
Monday, 26 June 2017
Barnes & Noble (B&N) reported a 6.5% sales decline in the fiscal year ending 29 April 2017, with sales falling to US$3.89bn (A$5.1bn), reports Publishers Weekly. Operating income for the...
Writers Victoria announces $300,000 literary travel fund
Monday, 26 June 2017
Writers Victoria has announced a new literary travel fund, providing $300,000 in grants to writers, editors, agents, publishers, booksellers and other literary professionals over the next three years. The travel...
Spufford wins 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize
Friday, 23 June 2017
Francis Spufford has won the 2017 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for Golden Hill (Faber). The winning novel, which is set in 18th-century New York, has already won the...
PRH to publish new John Green book in October
Friday, 23 June 2017
Penguin Random House is publishing a new YA novel by US author John Green, Turtles All the Way Down, in October. The book is Green’s first since The Fault in...
The ‘Monthly’ to increase online reviews in ‘conscious move’ to counter media’s decreased arts coverage
Friday, 23 June 2017
The Monthly magazine will increase its online arts and culture reviews, including books, films, TV, theatre, music and art, in a ‘conscious move to counter the decrease in media coverage...
HGE to publish Micallef’s debut children’s book in October
Friday, 23 June 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) will publish Shaun Micallef’s debut children’s book, Tales From a Tall Forest, on 16 October. The book will be published in hardback and will feature illustrations...
Spinifex acquires local rights to three new international titles
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Spinifex Press has recently acquired ANZ rights to three new international titles, include UK author Jules Grant’s Steel Dagger Award-longlisted debut crime novel We Go Around in the Night and Are...
Agualusa wins 2017 International Dublin Literary Award
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Angolan writer Jose Eduardo Agualusa’s A General Theory of Oblivion (trans by Daniel Hahn, Vintage) has won the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Agualusa's novel about an exiled Portuguese woman who has bricked herself...
Inaugural Woollahra Digital Literary Awards shortlists announced
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The shortlists for the inaugural Woollahra Digital Literary Awards, for writing first published online or electronically, has been announced. Nonfiction Michael Mohammed Ahmad for ‘Bad Writer’ (Sydney Review of Books)...
Shortlist for ‘KYD’ Unpublished Manuscript Award announced
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Ashley Kalagian Blunt for ‘Full of Donkey: Travels in...
Over 300 attend 2017 ABA Conference; Mutter, Daunt offer advice on combatting Amazon
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Over 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said it...
Inaugural winners of ALIA Library Design Awards announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) announced the winners of its inaugural Library Design Awards, which aim to showcase the best in contemporary library interiors and exteriors, at a...
ALIA celebrates copyright amendment Bill
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has celebrated a Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries, educational institutions, archives and people...
National Bookshop Day rebranded
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has rebranded its annual National Bookshop Day as Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD). This year, on 12 August, Australian booksellers are being encouraged to throw...
A&U to distribute eight new Wilbur Smith titles, 34 backlist titles
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Allen & Unwin will distribute eight new books and 34 backlist books by Wilbur Smith in the ANZ market, after UK agency partner Bonnier Zaffre acquired global rights to the...
Full program for IPEd National Editors Conference announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 13-15 September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running under...
Wheeler Centre podcast ‘The Messenger’ wins international radio program award
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Wheeler Centre and Behind the Wire’s co-produced podcast The Messenger won a Grand Award at the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards on 19 June. The podcast reports...
European booksellers launch geoblocking petition
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The European International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has launched a petition asking the European Council (EC) not to force booksellers to sell ebooks in different countries, reports the Bookseller. European booksellers,...
Philp wins 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Lip magazine’s 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Alexandra Philp for her story ‘Pools 2007’. The award is open to all women, female identifying and non-binary...
Sepetys, Smith win 2017 Carnegie, Greenaway medals; Fraillon wins Amnesty CILIP Honour
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Two US children’s book creators have won the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). Ruta Sepetys won the...
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have been announced. A number of Australian titles were among the winners and runners-up. Special Awards Prestige Awards Joint winner: Travels through Dali (Zhang...
Barry wins second Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Sebastian Barry has won the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel Days Without End (Faber). This is the second time Barry has won the award after...
Government delays plan to introduce GST on all online purchases
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The federal government has delayed its plan to repeal the $1000 GST-free threshold for online purchases from overseas retailers from 1 July this year to 1 July 2018. The ABC...
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