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Edwards resigns from S&S 

Monday, 7 November 2016
Simon & Schuster Australia head of publishing Larissa Edwards has resigned from the company to pursue interests outside of publishing. Simon & Schuster managing director Dan Ruffino said sales at...

KOALAs 2016 winners announced

Friday, 4 November 2016
The 2016 winners of New South Wales’ annual children’s choice awards, the Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), have been announced. The winners and honour books in each category are:...

Twentieth Century Fox options rights to ‘Nevermoor’

Friday, 4 November 2016
Twentieth Century Fox has optioned the film rights to Australian author Jessica Townsend’s forthcoming middle-grade novel Nevermoor, the first book in a trilogy acquired by Hachette US, UK and Australia...

Small Press Network’s MUBA 2016 shortlist announced

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The Small Press Network (SPN) had announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA), sponsored by Booktopia. The shortlisted titles are: The Floating Garden (Emma Ashmere, Spinifex...

Beneba Clarke to deliver Word for Word Festival keynote

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The program has been announced for the third annual Word for Word nonfiction festival, running in Geelong from 18-20 November. Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will deliver the opening keynote address,...

Chan’s ‘Dark Heavens’ series optioned for film

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has optioned the film rights to Kylie Chan’s nine-book ‘Dark Heavens’ fantasy series to Hollywood production company Keller Entertainment. Chan’s agent Alex Adsett negotiated the deal...

‘Frankie’ magazine to publish collection of stories 

Wednesday, 2 November 2016
frankie magazine will publish a book-length collection of stories from the publication’s 12-year history on 7 November. Something to Say is the magazine’s first ‘text-based book’, having previously released cookbooks,...

170 stores take part in second NZ Bookshop Day 

Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Around 170 stores ‘from Whangarei to Invercargill’ participated in the second New Zealand Bookshop Day on 29 October, which ran under the theme ‘Your Place, Your Bookshop’. Among the highlights...

Arts NSW announces funding recipients for 2017

Friday, 28 October 2016
Several literary organisations are among the recipients in the latest funding round of the NSW government’s Arts and Cultural Development Program, administered by Arts NSW. The program will provide a...

New Zealand Education Awards finalists announced

Friday, 28 October 2016
The finalists for the New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Primary NZ Curriculum Mathematics: Connecting All Strands—Level 3B (Maryanne Tipler, Caxton...

First authors announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week

Friday, 28 October 2016
The first line-up of authors has been announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 4-9 March 2017. Among the international guests are UK true-crime writer Kate Summerscale; US essayist...

NZ publishing projects awarded CLNZ funds

Thursday, 27 October 2016
A number of New Zealand publishers and authors have received funding in the latest round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand’s (CLNZ) Contestable Fund. Established in 2014, the fund supports ‘strategic...

New literary podcast to launch in November 

Thursday, 27 October 2016
A new literary podcast featuring Australian writers talking about the craft of writing will be launched in November. The Garret podcast is hosted by Nicolas Brasch, author and chair of...

Labor MP calls for retention of PIRs

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Federal Labor MP and opposition spokesperson for tourism Anthony Albanese has written an opinion piece for the Fairfax papers arguing against the repeal of parallel import restrictions (PIRs). In his...

YABBAs 2016 winners announced

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
The winners of the 2016 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Pig the Fibber (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) Fiction...

OzCo literature funding drops to 2.7%

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Funding for literature has dropped to 2.7% of the Australia Council’s overall funding in 2015-16, according to the Australia Council’s recent annual report. In 2015-16, literature received $4.6m in funding...

Frew wins Barbara Jefferis Award for ‘Hope Farm’

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Peggy Frew has won the 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award for her second novel, Hope Farm (Scribe). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), is presented...

Voss Literary Prize 2016 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Coming Rain (Stephen Daisley, Text) The Life of Houses (Lisa Gorton, Giramondo) A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones,...

Affirm announces new kids’ list to launch in 2017 

Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Affirm Press is introducing a new list of books for children and young adults in March 2017. Publishing director Martin Hughes told Books+Publishing that he is ‘really pumped about it, and...

 

 

 

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