Government review seeks to stem the decline in WA writers
Thursday, 27 July 2017
The WA Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) has published its final report from a review of the state’s writing sector, as well as recommendations made by a reference...
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...
Brisbane libraries staff take industrial action over pay offer
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Brisbane City Council library staff are among the council staff taking protected industrial action in response to the council’s 2.5% pay rise offer, reports the Courier Mail. Services Union secretary...
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...
Writers Victoria launches professional development series for women of colour
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Writers Victoria has announced it will run a series of professional development opportunities for women of colour writers in late 2017 and 2018. The program will include paid commissions of new...
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...
Create NSW to fund ‘creative hubs’ in Western Sydney
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Create NSW has contributed over $400,000 in funding to create eight hubs for a ‘diverse mix of arts, screen and digital projects and organisations’ in Western Sydney. The Western Sydney...
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,...
‘The Bone Sparrow’ wins inaugural Readings YA Prize
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Zana Fraillon has won the inaugural Readings YA Prize for her novel The Bone Sparrow (Hachette). Fraillon’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $3000 prize, which...
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...
‘Black Widow’ wins 2017 Theakston Crime Novel of the Year
Monday, 24 July 2017
Chris Brookmyre’s story of ‘cyber-abuse, sexism and murder’, Black Widow (Little, Brown), has won the 2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, reports the Guardian. Brookmyre’s novel was...
easyJet stocks UK fleet with 7000 copies of classic children’s books
Monday, 24 July 2017
In the UK, budget airline easyJet has stocked its UK fleet with 7000 copies of classic children’s books selected by author Jacqueline Wilson, reports the Bookseller. Books including Peter Pan,...
MUP unveils new website
Monday, 24 July 2017
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has launched a new website featuring book extracts, author interviews and book tour details, among other overhauled features. The publisher said that ‘with ninety-five years of...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 21 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winning title in each category is: Best book Cazador: Game, Offal and...
ASA launches International Marketplace
Friday, 21 July 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new digital marketplace to showcase and sell the work of writers to international publishers, agents and literary scouts. The ASA said...
Scholastic US reports rise in revenue
Friday, 21 July 2017
In the US, Scholastic has reported a four percent increase in revenue over fiscal 2016 for the year ending 31 May 2017, reports Publishers Weekly. Operating income at the publisher...
‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced
Friday, 21 July 2017
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘Hasard Objectif’ by Joanna Walsh ‘Atlantis Minor’ by...
Junot Díaz pens new picture book
Thursday, 20 July 2017
In the US, Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz has written a picture book for young readers, reports the New York Times. The book, Islandborn, will be illustrated by Leo Espinosa and...
‘ABR’ announces Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlist
Thursday, 20 July 2017
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘The Leaching Layer’ by Dominic Amerena...
Carmine wins inaugural ‘KYD’ unpublished manuscript award
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Onyx B Carmine (S J Norman) as the winner of its inaugural unpublished manuscript award for their short story collection ‘Permafrost’. Carmine...
‘Horrid Henry’ artist named UK libraries’ most borrowed illustrator
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
In the UK, ‘Horrid Henry’ artist Tony Ross has been named as UK libraries’ most borrowed illustrator according to Public Lending Rights data, in the first ranking of its kind,...
News Corp survey finds majority of children six-to-12 are library members
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
News Corp Australia’s Great Australian Reading Survey, conducted in June, found that about three-quarters of children aged six to 12 and almost half of under five-year-olds are card-carrying members of...
Book blogger spotlight: My Cup and Chaucer
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Tonile Wortley started a crime fiction blog in 2011, but she now blogs about a broader selection of adult fiction at My Cup and Chaucer. Her day job—digital and community...
Australian author’s fairytale retelling acquired by Hodder & Stoughton
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Canberra-based author Leife Shallcross’ novel The Beast’s Heart has been acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The Beast’s Heart is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale...
Text announces new NZ literary prize for an unpublished novel
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Text Publishing has announced the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, a new literary prize for New Zealand writers worth NZ$10,000. The winner will also receive a contract for...
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