Affirm acquires debut novel by Tony Martin
Monday, 5 June 2017
Affirm Press has acquired the debut novel by comedian and broadcaster Tony Martin. The publisher said Deadly Kerfuffle is ‘inspired by letters to the local newspaper’, and is ‘set in...
Gaming app wins $5000 Dymocks Innovation challenge
Friday, 2 June 2017
An app that ‘gamifies’ reading and encourages literacy development has won the University of Sydney’s second Dymocks Innovation challenge. Stephanie Ryan and Swetha Das won the $5000 prize for their DymQuest...
ABA Booksellers of the Year 2017 finalists announced
Friday, 2 June 2017
The finalists for the 2017 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers of the Year awards have been announced. The finalists for the Bookseller of the Year are: Nadine Allan (Better Read...
Over 110,000 attend SWF 2017; poetry tops festival bestsellers list
Thursday, 1 June 2017
This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has recorded over 110,000 attendances and 59,322 ticketed sales worth over $1.5m—the second-highest box office in the organisation’s history. Attendances include the festival’s series of...
Ventura introduces new imprint for emerging writers
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Ventura Press has launched a new imprint for emerging writers, to be curated by former creative director of Varuna, the Writers’ House, Peter Bishop. Peter Bishop Books will aim to...
Small publisher Grattan Street Press launches at the University of Melbourne
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
New small publisher Grattan Street Press launched its first book, John Lang’s colonial novel The Forger’s Wife, at an event at the University of Melbourne on 24 May. Grattan Street...
VIPs program explores rights sales in China, Taiwan and India
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
The annual Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program was held during the 2017 Sydney Writers’ Festival. As part of the program, Australian publishers are given the opportunity to meet with international...
Literary projects among the recipients of Creative Victoria’s arts grants
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
A number of literary projects have received funding in Creative Victoria’s latest arts grant round. Literary projects to receive funding are: Carly Godden ($19,022) for ‘development and production of the second...
MUP orders reprint of Milligan’s ‘Cardinal’
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Melbourne University Press (MUP) has ordered a reprint of journalist Louise Milligan’s Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell following extensive media coverage and ‘through the roof’ sales. A spokesperson...
Wainwright wins British Sports Book Award
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Australian journalist and author Robert Wainwright has won the Biography of the Year at the 2017 British Sports Book Awards for his book Maverick Mountaineer (HarperCollins, published in the UK...
Inaugural Readings YA Prize shortlist announced
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Readings Young Adult Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Boone Shepard (Gabriel Bergmoser, Bell Frog Books) Freedom Swimmer (Wai Chim, A&U) The Bone...
Ford Street to celebrate 10th birthday
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Independent children’s publisher Ford Street Publishing will celebrate its 10th birthday on 1 June. Publisher Paul Collins said Ford Street’s highlights include receiving shortlistings in Premiers’ Literary Awards for his...
BWF releases 2017 schools program
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2017 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The Word Play program, which runs from 6-8 September, features...
Industry responds to Macquarie University readers survey
Monday, 29 May 2017
Author Melissa Lucashenko, Penguin Random House publisher Meredith Curnow and Avid Reader owner Fiona Stager participated in a panel on the Macquarie University survey of Australian readers at the Sydney...
Macquarie University report into Australian readers finds broad support for local publishing industry
Monday, 29 May 2017
Macquarie University has published a report examining Australian book readers, the third and final stage of its three-year research project on Australia’s changing book industry. The book readership stage of the research...
Readings, Potts Point Bookshop ABIAs win sparks ILF donation
Monday, 29 May 2017
Bloomsbury has donated $10,000 to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) to honour Readings and Potts Point Bookshop’s Independent Book Retailer of the Year win at the Australian Book Industry Awards...
Four writers named 2017 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists
Monday, 29 May 2017
Jennifer Down, Rajith Savanadasa, Julie Koh and Josephine Rowe have been named Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists for 2017. The awards, which recognise emerging writing talent, are open...
Australian Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Monday, 29 May 2017
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2017 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 26 May. The winning titles in each category...
Pan Macmillan, NewSouth win industry awards at 2017 ABIAs; ‘The Dry’ named Book of the Year
Friday, 26 May 2017
The winners of the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 25 May. Pan Macmillan won Publisher of the Year and was also publisher of the...
Davitt Awards 2017 longlists announced
Friday, 26 May 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 99 titles have been longlisted, including 63...
David Jones, Adam Goodes team up for Indigenous literacy fundraising campaign
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Retailer David Jones has launched a fundraising campaign with former AFL footballer Adam Goodes to increase awareness of the Indigenous literacy gap and raise money for the Australian Literacy and...
Toni Collette options film rights to ‘The Best of Adam Sharp’
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Actor Toni Collette’s new production company Vocab Films has optioned the novel and screenplay to Graeme Simsion’s The Best of Adam Sharp (Text). Simsion’s novel tells the story of a...
‘Smile Cry’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The picture book Smile Cry by Tania McCartney and Jess Racklyeft (EK Books) has won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented...
Scribe acquires world English-language rights to French president’s memoir
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Scribe has acquired world English-language rights to recently elected French president Emmanuel Macron’s memoir Revolution. The memoir has become a bestseller in France following its publication in November. Scribe publisher Henry...
‘Feminartsy’ announces winners of inaugural Fiction and Memoir Prizes
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Online journal Feminartsy has announced the winners of its inaugural Fiction and Memoir prizes. Elizabeth Flux won the Fiction Prize for her piece ‘Best Laid Plans’. Judge Robyn Cadwallader said...
Walkley Foundation to administer Pascall Prize for arts criticism
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The Walkley Foundation will administer the Pascall Prize for arts criticism and will present a new award for arts journalism, as part of its mid-year awards presented on 26 July....
Adams win ‘ABR’ Calibre Essay prize
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Writer Michael Adams has won the Australian Book Review’s annual Calibre Essay Prize, worth $5000. Adams’ essay ‘Salt Blood’, a mediation on freediving and mortality, will be published in the...
First authors announced for 2017 Byron Writers Festival
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2017 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 4-6 August. International guests include US science writer Dava Sobel; US biologist David George Haskell;...
Audible Australia releases first local audio series
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Audible Australia has released its first original local audio series, a free six-episode series exploring marriage equality, produced in partnership with the Equality Campaign. The ‘Listen To Love’ series is...
Jenkins replaces Szubanski as ABIAs MC
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Comedian and presenter on the ABC’s The Checkout Ben Jenkins will replace Magda Szubanski as the host of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) at the Art Gallery NSW on...
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