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Fiction that slays: Julie Koh on ‘Portable Curiosities’

author Julie Koh (photo credit Hugh Stewart) Friday, 1 April 2016
Julie Koh’s debut short story collection Portable Curiosities (UQP, June) ‘takes a magnifying glass to Australia’s greatest fallacies’, writes reviewer Sonia Nair. She spoke to the author. How does the...

Small publisher spotlight: FableCroft Publishing

Thursday, 31 March 2016
ACT-based speculative fiction publisher FableCroft was launched in 2010 by editor Tehani Wessely. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘small publisher spotlight’ series: Describe your company in under 50 words....

SWF 2016 program launched

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The 2016 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been launched and is now available online. Sixty international writers will attend this year’s festival, which runs from 16-22 May, with UK novelist,...

Williamson appointed Picador publisher 

Thursday, 31 March 2016
Editor, reviewer and author Geordie Williamson has been appointed publisher of Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint following the departure of Alex Craig. Williamson’s previous roles include chief literary critic of the...

‘The Water Diviner’ shortlisted for Audie Award

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The audiobook edition of The Water Diviner (Andrew Anastasios & Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, narrated by Jack Thompson, Bolinda) is a finalist in the Audiobook of the Year category in the US-based...

Text acquires new novel from Simsion, Buist 

Thursday, 31 March 2016
Text has acquired world rights to a new novel co-written by husband and wife authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. The novel Left Right, which does not yet have a...

Readings to return as MWF festival bookseller

Thursday, 31 March 2016
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will return as the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) official bookseller in 2016, replacing Dymocks, which has run the festival bookstore for the past few years. Managing...

EWF 2016 ambassadors announced

Thursday, 31 March 2016
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced its festival ambassadors for 2016. The five ‘established writers’ are cookbook author and TV presenter Adam Liaw; cartoonist First Dog on the Moon;...

Oz authors nominated for 2016 RITA Awards

Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Two Australian authors have been nominated for the 2016 RITA Awards, presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA) for ‘excellence in published romance novels and novellas’. M J Scott is...

Children’s category driving global print book sales

Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Growth in the children’s category is driving growth in the global print book market, Nielsen’s global managing director Jonathan Stolper told the Nielsen Book Insights Conference in London last week....

Ditmar, Norma K Hemming winners announced

Tuesday, 29 March 2016
The winners of the 2016 Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing were announced at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention: Contact2016 in Brisbane on 27 March. The...

Aurealis Award 2015 winners announced

Day Boy Tuesday, 29 March 2016
The winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia have been announced. The winning titles were: Best Fantasy Novel Day Boy (Trent...

Treloar shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize

Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Australian author Lucy Treloar has been shortlisted for the UK’s Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for her novel Salt Creek (Picador). Salt Creek is one of six books shortlisted...

Australian Romance Readers Awards 2015 winners announced

The Spring Bride Thursday, 24 March 2016
The winners of the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author. Gracie also...

No ‘Daily’ until 29 March 

Thursday, 24 March 2016
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 25 March, or on Monday, 28 March, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday 29 March.

Bertelsmann interested in greater stake in PRH

Thursday, 24 March 2016
Bertelsmann chief executive Thomas Rabe has said he would ‘feel comfortable’ increasing the company’s stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to 70-75% in the future, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann currently...

SLNSW to commemorate Shakespeare anniversary

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The State Library of NSW will commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death on 23 April with a celebration to be headlined by singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. Other events include...

ALIA releases ‘Great School Libraries’ honours list 

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
The Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) advocacy arm Freedom of Access to Information and Resources (FAIR) has released the honours list from its ‘Great School Libraries’ campaign. The 213...

 

 

 

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