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The era of throwaway arts

Wednesday, 21 August 2019
‘The four-year model is supposed to invest in the arts and organisations long-term, but now it seems more like it’s reinforcing the project model: prioritising new programs that are disposable,...

Book designer spotlight: Peter Long

Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Peter Long worked as a designer in theatre and film before moving across to the book industry, where he has worked as a freelancer for most of his career, aside...

Publicity round-up 

Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction Memoir & biography Ash Grunwald (Surf...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Sales Fiction Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold a two-year screen adaptation option for The Swim Club (Anne de Lisle, Random House) to Arclight Films International. Nonfiction Black...

Story you can hold: Tyson Yunkaporta on ‘Sand Talk’ 

Wednesday, 21 August 2019
In Sand Talk (Text, September), researcher and arts critic Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. Reviewer Karen Wyld said the book ‘offers fuel for timely discussions...

Ned Kelly Awards 2019 shortlists announced

Monday, 19 August 2019
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction...

Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 19 August 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...

Local writer, artist among Hugo Awards winners

Monday, 19 August 2019
The winners of this year’s Hugo Awards, presented annually by the World Science Fiction Convention, have been announced. Australian Foz Meadows won in the Best Fan Writer category and Australia-based...

Charts this week 

Monday, 19 August 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 117-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Dare to Lead Brene Brown Vermilion 3 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton HarperCollins 4 The...

Moloney wins 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award

Friday, 16 August 2019
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented James Moloney with the 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for his contribution to Australian children’s literature. Moloney is the author of...

CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced

Friday, 16 August 2019
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...

Storylines launches te reo Māori manuscript award

Friday, 16 August 2019
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust has announced a new award for an unpublished manuscript written in te reo Māori, reports Booksellers NZ.  The new award is named in honour of...

Macfarlane wins nature writing prize for ‘Underland’

Friday, 16 August 2019
In the UK, Robert Macfarlane has been awarded the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for his eighth book Underland (Hamish Hamilton). Judges called Underland ‘a passionate book which celebrates the...

Apolonio wins Liminal Fiction Prize

Friday, 16 August 2019
Bryant Apolonio has won the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize for his story ‘Bad Weather’. Apolonio’s story is described as ‘a split narrative between two generations, two worlds and two cultures’....

Full program announced for Ubud 2019

Thursday, 15 August 2019
The full program has been announced for the 2019 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which runs from 23–27 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Joining a total of 180 speakers from...

Diversity lacking in the Australian arts sector

Wednesday, 14 August 2019
‘The data is unequivocal: Australia’s cultural leaders are simply not representative of our richly diverse Australian community. The question now is, what are we going to do about it?’—Jackie Bailey,...

Publicity round-up 

Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction Memoir & biography Rob Morrison (Curious...

Baker & Taylor’s retail exit 

Wednesday, 14 August 2019
In early May, Baker & Taylor (B&T) announced it was closing its retail wholesale business—choosing instead to focus on the library market. Brad Jefferies asked local booksellers what this means...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Sales Fiction Simone Camilleri of Green Ink Agency has sold film rights to The Girl on the Page (John Purcell, HarperCollins) to Causeway Films (see news). Nonfiction Spinifex Press has...

Homecooked Comics Festival to run 17–18 August in Melbourne

Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Homecooked Comics Festival is a two-day indie comic book festival, featuring book launches, children's activities, workshops and a free market day, where comics creators will sell their work, alongside representatives...

 

 

 

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