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Leading Edge Books announces conference program

Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Leading Edge Books has released the program for its 2018 conference, to be held from 25-27 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart, Tasmania. Entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen...

Charts this week 

Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 17th Suspect James Patterson Century 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck...

Hazel Rowley Fellowship Award 2018 winners announced

Friday, 9 March 2018
Writers Victoria has announced that author Jacqueline Kent has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of political campaigner and women's rights activist Vida Goldstein....

Translated kids’ fiction prize releases shortlist

Friday, 9 March 2018
In the UK, children’s reading charity BookTrust has released the shortlist for its children’s books in translation project, In Other Words. The promotion, which was launched in September 2016, is...

Stella Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Thursday, 8 March 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Shokoofeh Azar, Wild Dingo Press) Terra Nullius (Claire G Coleman,...

ABIA 2018 longlists announced

Thursday, 8 March 2018
The longlists for the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Force of Nature (Jane Harper,...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 7 March 2018
‘At best I think we can say that this was a wonderful opportunity missed. I am sure that there are capable people and authors out there who could do the...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Sales Fiction Clare Forster at Curtis Brown Australia has sold North American rights to The Jade Lily and The Cheapside Jewels (both Kirsty Manning) to William Morrow via Stacy Testa...

20,000 attend PFWW; Beer tops bestsellers 

Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Twenty thousand people attended the 2018 Perth Festival Writer’s Week (PFWW), which ran from 19 to 25 February. Attendance was down on last year’s event, but a festival spokesperson said...

‘The Jade Lily’ sold into North America 

Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Australian author Kirsty Manning’s forthcoming historical-fiction novel, The Jade Lily (A&U), has sold in the US at auction to William Morrow in a two-book deal. The deal was negotiated by...

RiP Neil McDonald

Monday, 5 March 2018
Author and film historian Neil McDonald has died, aged 77. McDonald published several books, including 200 Shots (A&U), a pictorial account of Australians fighting on the Kokoda Track and Kokoda Front Line:...

Charts this week 

Monday, 5 March 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 The Woman...

Inky Awards 2018 longlist announced

Thursday, 1 March 2018
The longlists for the 2018 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
‘In my experience blokes feel confident writing young, in their twenties. Women take a while to get up the nerve to write their book’—Helen Garner on emerging writers in the...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Sales Fiction Penguin Random House has sold German-language rights to True Blue and Drifter’s Song (both Sasha Wasley); and Czech rights to The Chocolate Tin (Fiona McIntosh), No Job for...

RiP Beryl Fletcher

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
New Zealand feminist novelist Beryl Fletcher has died, aged 80. Fletcher grew up in what she described as ‘a socialist working-class family’ in Auckland, and graduated in 1979 from Waikato...

RiP Zelda D’Aprano

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Australian feminist activist and author Zelda D’Aprano has died, aged 90. D’Aprano was an avid campaigner for women’s rights and equal pay. A fierce labour unionist, she is known for...

CBCA Notable Books for 2018 announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The Children’s Book Council of Australian (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2018. They are as follows: Older readers Mallee Boys (Charlie Archbold, Wakefield Press) The Fall...

 

 

 

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