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Black Inc. acquires Dovey book on Coetzee Archive

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Black Inc. has signed Ceridwen Dovey to contribute to its ‘Writers on Writers’ series with a book on Nobel Prize-winning South African and Australian author J M Coetzee. Dovey’s book...

Book blogger spotlight: Romancing the Social Sciences Archive

Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Dani St Clair brings her unique perspective as a social and political scientist to her blog, Romancing the Social Sciences. ‘I was inadvertently analysing everything I read recreationally, and my...

Richell Prize 2017 longlist announced Archive

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...

Hamilton appointed CEO of Express Media Archive

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Lucy Hamilton has been appointed general manager/CEO of Express Media, replacing Pippa Bainbridge in the position. Hamilton was previously partnerships coordinator for Regional Arts Victoria. Express Media chair Tracy O’Shaughnessy...

Crawford named University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18 Archive

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Writer and artist Anwen Crawford has been selected as the University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18. Crawford will use the residency to work on her second...

More than 330 libraries, bookshops register for Australian Reading Hour Archive

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
More than 330 libraries and bookshops have registered to participate in Australian Reading Hour on 14 September 2017, with over 100 Australian authors to take part in events in their...

‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2017 winners announced Archive

Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Amanda Niehaus has won the 2017 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for new and emerging writers for her story ‘Breeding Season’. Chosen from a shortlist of 10, ‘Breeding Season’...

Government declines support for fair use in Productivity Commission response; industry groups respond Archive

Monday, 28 August 2017
The federal government has declined to support the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to introduce a fair use exception to copyright law, and will instead consult on developing more flexible copyright exceptions next year....

Pearson remains world’s biggest publisher in 2016 Archive

Monday, 28 August 2017
Pearson has retained the top spot in the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry for the ninth year in a row, reports the Bookseller. The annual Livres Hebdo/Bookseller list, compiled...

People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year shortlist announced Archive

Monday, 28 August 2017
The shortlist for the $10,000 Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year, as part of the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Birdman's...

‘The Dry’ wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards Archive

Monday, 28 August 2017
Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry has won best adult novel at the 2017 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. The Dry also...

‘Where’s Mr Lion’ named Sainsbury’s children’s book of the year Archive

Friday, 25 August 2017
The baby and toddler book Where’s Mr Lion by Ingela Arrhenius (Nosy Crow) has been named book of the year at the 2017 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, reports the Bookseller....

Black Inc. acquires Kate Holden true-crime book Archive

Friday, 25 August 2017
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to a true-crime book by Kate Holden on the murder of New South Wales state environment officer Glen Turner in 2014. Scheduled for release...

Shortlists for 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced Archive

Friday, 25 August 2017
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australia’s War...

‘Our Mob, God’s Story’ wins 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year Archive

Friday, 25 August 2017
Our Mob, God’s Story: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Share Their Faith (Louise Sherman & Christobel Mattingley, Bible Society) has been named the Australian Christian Book of the Year...

Hachette acquires Inga Simpson picture book ‘The Peach King’ Archive

Thursday, 24 August 2017
Hachette has acquired world rights to Inga Simpson’s first picture book, The Peach King. The book, which was acquired by commissioning editor Robert Watkins, is based on the fairytale that...

Second ‘Overland’ residency program open to Indigenous writers Archive

Thursday, 24 August 2017
Literary journal Overland’s second residency program, which is ‘aimed at addressing a lack of opportunities for marginalised writers’, has opened for entries from Indigenous writers at any stage of their...

HarperCollins partners with Bolinda to produce audiobooks Archive

Wednesday, 23 August 2017
HarperCollins will partner with audiobook publisher Bolinda to jointly produce audio editions of HarperCollins’ Australian titles. About 50 titles from HarperCollins’ frontlist and backlist will be published for the launch...