Wednesday, 17 April 2013
‘In only a few short years since they first started discussing the position of women in literature they have made something beautiful.’ Stella Prize winner Carrie Tiffany praised the work of the Stella Prize...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
The shortlist for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction, has been announced. None of the Australian and New Zealand authors who were...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Carrie Tiffany has been named the winner of the inaugural Stella Prize, an award established to promote books by Australian women writers. Tiffany received the $50,000 award for her second novel...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
The effects of globalisation on the English language, the gamification of editing and the business of freelancing were among the topics discussed at the sixth Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) National...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Ross McMullin has won the individual category of the 2013 Manning Clark House Cultural Awards for his book Farewell, Dear People (Scribe). McMullin’s book, a collection of 10 biographies of...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Sales Fiction—Hachette has sold Bulgarian and Latvian language rights to Wildflower Hill (Kimberley Freeman); Latvian language rights to Lighthouse Bay (Kimberley Freeman); Serbian language rights to The Book of Love...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Graham Davey, president of the Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA), has died. Davey was the president of YABBA for more than 20 years. During his career he served as...

Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Melbourne-based author and historian Kevin Wong Hoy has died, aged 65.  Australian Scholarly Publishing writes: ‘Kevin made a significant contribution to Chinese Australian history, having written and edited books and...

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
The winners of the 2012 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. Kirstyn McDermott won the novel category for Perfections (Xoum) and Kaaron Warren won the long fiction category for ‘Sky’ from...

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Kobo has unveiled a new high-definition ereading device, which will be available from Australian and New Zealand retailers in June. The Kobo Aura HD is a front-lit, 6.8-inch device with...

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Booksellers New Zealand has announced the program for its 2013 conference, to be held in Christchurch from 23-24 June. This year’s conference will focus on the theme ‘The future is in your...

Tuesday, 16 April 2013
If:book Australia has asked 12 writers to participate in its ‘N00bz challenge’ and digital publisher Editia will publish the writers’ experiences as a collection of essays.   The organisation has asked writers to become a N00b—slang for ‘newbie’ or...

Monday, 15 April 2013
Hinkler Books has announced an agreement with Ripley Entertainment to handle all sales, distribution and fulfillment of Ripley’s titles in Australia and New Zealand, effective from 4 April. Ripley’s titles...

Monday, 15 April 2013
When a family-owned furniture firm in New York explodes into flames in the middle of the night, destroying a museum containing priceless antiques along with it, a dark secret from the family’s...