Tuesday, 28 May 2013
The recently established Canberra branch of the Small Press Network (SPN) has launched a series of informal monthly events. Organised by Editia founder and publisher Charlotte Harper, the first event...

Monday, 27 May 2013
The 2013 Pascall Prize for critical writing has been awarded to book reviewer and author Kerryn Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy was awarded the $15,000 prize, which was judged by previous winner James Bradley (2012) and...

Monday, 27 May 2013
The winners of this year’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) Best Young Australian Novelists Awards were announced at the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) on 24 May. The winners are: Romy Ash (Floundering,...

Monday, 27 May 2013
Dan Brown’s latest thriller featuring professor Robert Langdon, Inferno (Bantam), is at the top of the bestsellers chart and the highest new entries chart this week following the success of his previous...

Monday, 27 May 2013
Susannah Chambers was announced as the recipient of the 2013/14 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on 25 May. The fellowship, which was presented for the 13th...

Monday, 27 May 2013
The 2013 Finch Memoir Prize has been awarded to Marie Williams for her memoir Green Vanilla Tea. The prize, which was presented on 24 May at the Sydney Writers’ Festival,...

Friday, 24 May 2013
Text Publishing designer Chong Weng Ho has been awarded the Joyce Thorpe Nicholson Design Hall of Fame Award at the 2013 Australian Publishers Association (APA) Book Design Awards, which were announced in Sydney...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Express Media will publish two novella-length books by Australian writers under 30 as part of a new initiative called Hologram. The Hologram books will be published in early 2014 and...

Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Antonia Hayes has joined ebook provider Copia in the role of Australian merchandising and marketing manager. Hayes, who started in the role this month, is responsible for Copia’s local merchandising,...