Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Monday, 16 January 2017
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador) Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty,...
‘Griffith Review’ Fellowship recipients announced
Friday, 13 January 2017
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its writers’ fellowships, launched last year in conjunction with the Queensland Literary Awards. They are: Lech Blaine Laura Elvery Jim Hearn Bri Lee...
Full program announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017
Friday, 13 January 2017
The full program has been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. Events at the festival include ‘Pondering our most precious liquid’, a panel discussion...
Patrić’s ‘Black Rock White City’ sells to US and UK
Friday, 13 January 2017
Transit Lounge has sold North American and UK rights to A S Patrić’s 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Black Rock White City to Melville House, New York. The deal...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2017 finalists announced
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the seven finalists for the 2017 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their...
Donovan appointed literary scout for Hollywood producer
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Los Angeles-based Australian Philippa Donovan has been appointed literary scout for Mad Rabbit, a production company for high-end drama. Donovan, who will cover World English Language territories, told Books+Publishing that...
‘Dropping In’ makes 2017 IBBY disability books selection
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Geoff Havel’s Dropping In (Fremantle Press) has been included in the 2017 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. Havel’s...
2017 Stella Sparks campaign to celebrate nonfiction
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
The Stella Prize’s 2017 fundraising and awareness campaign Stella Sparks will focus on women’s nonfiction writing. Readers will be encouraged to share their ‘nonfiction Stella Spark’ on social media using...
Writers, literary orgs among OzCo October grant round recipients
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
A number of writers and literary organisations have received funding in the Australia Council’s October 2016 grant round. Sixteen writers received arts projects grants of up to $50,000 each. There...
Rowling tops 2016 bestsellers chart, volume down and value up
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the playscript by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (Hachette), was the highest selling book in Australia in 2016 with 426,000 copies...
MWF and Jaipur Literature Festival launch program for JLF Melbourne
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced it will partner with Jaipur Literature Festival to present JLF Melbourne, a two-day ‘pop-up’ festival running from 11-12 February that will celebrate ‘the best...
Scribe acquires book on Belle Gibson cancer hoax
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Scribe has acquired world rights to The Woman Who Fooled the World, a book on the Belle Gibson cancer hoax by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, the Fairfax journalists who...
Wyndham to leave ‘SMH’
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Sydney Morning Herald literary editor Susan Wyndham is leaving the publication at the end of January. Wyndham told the publishing industry that she was ‘ready for a change’ after ‘thirty-six...
New award to recognise editorial excellence
Monday, 9 January 2017
A new award for editorial excellence has been launched by Editors Queensland, a branch of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). The Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, or ‘Rosie’, honours the...
Productivity Commission releases final report; reiterates call for PIR repeal, adoption of ‘fair use’
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
The Productivity Commission released its final report into Intellectual Property Arrangements on 20 December, reiterating the previous recommendations from its draft report to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs) on books...
UQP acquires Lucashenko novel ‘Too Much Lip’
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
UQP acting-CEO and publisher Madonna Duffy has acquired world rights to Melissa Lucashenko’s new novel Too Much Lip. Partly inspired by Ned Kelly and the Beverley Hillbillies, Too Much Lip...
A&U acquires Lambie memoir
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Allen & Unwin will publish a memoir by independent Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie in mid-2017, reports the Australian. The publisher said Lambie’s story is of ‘a very ordinary Australian who...
HarperCollins acquires McTiernan, Ringland debuts
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
HarperCollins has acquired the rights to two novels by first-time Australian authors. Perth-based writer Dervla McTiernan’s crime novel The Rúin was acquired by publisher Anna Valdinger in a two-book deal...
Diversity initiative ‘Voices from the Intersection’ to hold publisher speed pitching day
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Authors Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina have launched a volunteer initiative Voices from the Intersection (VFTI), with the aim of providing publication and mentorship opportunities to emerging YA and children’s...
OzCo announces leadership program participants
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
A number of literary arts workers have been selected for the 2017 Australia Council Leadership Programs. Participants in the 2017 Future Leaders Program include Right Now magazine general manager Reiko...
Indie Book Awards 2017 longlists announced
Monday, 12 December 2016
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2017 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) Between a...
Watts, Witherspoon to adapt ‘Penguin Bloom’ for film
Friday, 9 December 2016
Australian actress Naomi Watts has partnered with US actress and film producer Reese Witherspoon and US film producer Bruna Papandrea to option the rights to Penguin Bloom (Cameron Bloom &...
Martyn leaves HarperCollins
Friday, 9 December 2016
HarperCollins Australia publishing director Shona Martyn has left the publisher to pursue ‘new challenges’ after 17 years with the company. Martyn joined HarperCollins in 1999 as publishing director of Australian and...
Black Inc. acquires memoir from Scribe Nonfiction Prize shortlistee
Friday, 9 December 2016
Black Inc. publisher Aviva Tuffield has acquired a memoir from 24-year-old Queensland writer Lech Blaine, who was shortlisted for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. Blaine’s Car Crash:...
Australian publications, booksellers recommend their top titles for 2016
Friday, 9 December 2016
A number of Australian publications and booksellers have released their recommended books for 2016. The Fairfax’s Sydney Morning Herald and Age publications have compiled their annual round-up of Australian writers’...
‘KYD’ announces new staff, appoints Elson as book critic
Friday, 9 December 2016
Literary magazine Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a number of staff changes for 2017, including the appointment of Gerard Elson to the role of KYD book critic. Elson, who...
Shorten confirms Labor won’t back PIR repeal
Friday, 9 December 2016
Federal Labor Party leader Bill Shorten has confirmed the Labor Party will not support the government’s proposal to repeal parallel import restrictions (PIRs), in a letter addressed to Melbourne University...
New Zealand publishing recovers after weak 2013-14
Friday, 9 December 2016
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers report shows a recovery in the New Zealand book publishing industry in 2015 after weak years in 2013 and 2014. The report estimates the total value of...
ABA appoints conference coordinator, announces new staff roles
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has appointed Helen Papadimitriou as its 2017 conference and trade exhibition coordinator following the departure of marketing and conference manager Steve Jones. ABA CEO Joel...
New TitlePage service to cater to self-publishers and micro-publishers
Thursday, 8 December 2016
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has launched a new service that offers self-publishers and micro-publishers the opportunity to list their books on TitlePage without becoming APA members. The ‘Batch Title...
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