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ALIA Information Online conference 2017 draft program released

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has released the draft program for its 2017 Information Online conference, which runs from 13-17 February in Sydney. The keynote speakers confirmed for...

Irish librarian receives suspended sentence over rare book theft

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
A former librarian who stole hundreds of rare books from the National Library of Ireland in Dublin has received a suspended sentence, reports Independent.ie. John Nulty pled guilty to having compulsively...

APA announces Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2016 shortlists

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource—Mathematics (Numeracy) ‘ORIGO Big Books for...

Australian authors shortlisted for 2016 CWA Dagger awards

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Australian authors Tim Baker and Mark Brandi have been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2016 Dagger awards. Sydney-born Baker’s ‘multi-stranded new examination of the JFK assassination’ Fever City...

APA reaches out-of-court settlement with Sydney print shop over copyright infringement allegations

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) recently settled a copyright dispute with a Sydney copy shop and its owners over the alleged copying of textbooks for students. The shop, which can’t...

S&S India to publish local titles

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Simon & Schuster’s (S&S) Indian division, S&S India, will launch its own local publishing program in 2017, reports Publishers Weekly. Launched in 2011, S&S India currently markets titles from the...

CAUL/ASA Fellowships 2016 announced

Wednesday, 3 August 2016
The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have announced the winners of the 2016 CAUL/ASA Fellowships, worth $10,000 each. Founding editor and publisher...

APA, ALIA strike deal for libraries to use book covers in promotions

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) have come to an agreement to allow libraries to use book covers to promote books and authors....

Hachette, EWF announce 2016 Richell Prize longlist

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the 2016 Richell Prize for emerging writers longlist. The 19 longlisted writers and their works are: ‘The Illusion of Islands’ by...

Jolley Prize 2016 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, worth a total of $12,500, has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Ash’ by Anthony Lawrence ‘Glisk’...

Turkish government closes 29 publishing houses

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
The Turkish Publishers Association (TPA) has reported that 29 Turkish publishing houses have been closed as part of a state crackdown following the attempted military coup staged against president Recep...

HarperCollins appoints Hedley as NZ publisher

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
HarperCollins has appointed Alex Hedley as its New Zealand publisher, replacing Finlay MacDonald, who left for a role outside publishing, in the position. Hedley has been general nonfiction publisher at...

The ‘Saturday Paper’ announces new essay prize

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
The Saturday Paper and cosmetics company Aesop have announced a new $15,000 ‘major’ essay award, named in honour of the late author Donald Horne. The Horne Prize will be awarded...

‘Griffith Review’ 2016 Novella Project winners announced

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
The winners of the Griffith Review’s Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: ‘Muse’ by Melanie Cheng ‘A fulcrum of infinities’ by Graham Lang...

Lohrey awarded ANU creative arts fellowship

Tuesday, 2 August 2016
Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey is the recipient of the Australian National University’s (ANU) 2016 H C Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship, designed to allow artists to ‘engage in a period of...

2015 Stella Count revealed; judges for 2016 prize announced

Monday, 1 August 2016
The 2015 Stella Count, which compiles statistics showing how many books by women and men were reviewed in Australian publications and the gender of reviewers, has been revealed. Overall, 59%...

Indigo Books launches book recommendation app

Monday, 1 August 2016
Canadian bookseller Indigo Books and Music has launched Reco, a new social networking app that allows readers to rate and recommend the books, reports the Financial Post. The app, which...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 winners announced

Monday, 1 August 2016
The winners of this year’s Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. James K Baxter: Complete Prose (James K Baxter, Victoria University Press) designed by...

Territory Read Awards, NT Literary Awards 2016 winners announced

Friday, 29 July 2016
The winners of this year’s Territory Read Awards and Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced, with two authors taking out the top prize in the Chief Minister’s Book of...

Post-Brexit currency fluctuation threatening UK indie presses

Friday, 29 July 2016
In the UK, a number of independent publishers have reported feeling ‘extremely vulnerable’ about the uncertainty caused by Brexit, reports the Bookseller. The drop in the value of the pound...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2016 shortlist announced

Friday, 29 July 2016
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Inside the Black Horse (Ray Berard, Mary Egan Publishing) Made to...

New Books+Publishing reviews out now

Friday, 29 July 2016
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains 18 reviews of books publishing in September and October 2016. Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U, October) is one of three books to receive the highest score...

SLV Creative Fellowships announced

Friday, 29 July 2016
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2016 Creative Fellowships. Each of the creative fellowships is funded for three months with a grant of $12,500....

Black Inc. acquires Murray’s ‘The Biographer’s Lover’

Friday, 29 July 2016
Black Inc. publisher Aviva Tuffield has acquired Australian author Ruby J Murray’s second novel, The Biographer’s Lover. Set to be published in August 2017, The Biographer’s Lover is a dual narrative that switches...

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