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New Frontier signs deal with Chinese publisher ZJJ&C 

Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Chinese publisher Zhejiang Junior & Children Publishing (ZJJ&C) has purchased a share in local children’s publisher New Frontier, in a deal that will see New Frontier publish ZJJ&C titles in...

App, pop-up bookstore win Dymocks Innovation Challenge 

Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Two projects created by undergraduate students from the University of Sydney have won the inaugural Dymocks Innovation Challenge Awards. Two business students won the Digital Innovation award for an app...

RWA awards 2016 finalists announced

Monday, 20 June 2016
The finalists for the 2016 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long...

Warner wins 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction

Monday, 20 June 2016
Lip magazine’s 2016 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Katy Warner for her story ‘One Hundred and Fifty Seconds’. The award, now in its fourth year, is...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2016 shortlists announced

Monday, 20 June 2016
The shortlists for the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The titles shortlisted in the best designed cover category are: 101 Works of Art...

Booktopia shortlisted for 2016 online retail awards

Friday, 17 June 2016
Booktopia has been shortlisted for the 2016 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS). Booktopia is in the running for Best Pure-Play Online Retailer, Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and the People’s Choice...

BWF releases 2016 schools program

Friday, 17 June 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) released its 2016 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12, last month. The program, which runs from 7-9 September, features sessions...

NT History Book Awards 2016 shortlist announced

Thursday, 16 June 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Silent Pearls: Old Japanese Graves in Darwin and the History of...

Davitt Awards 2016 longlists announced

Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. There are 77 titles longlisted, including 47 adult novels, nine...

Byron Writers Festival 2016 program announced

Wednesday, 15 June 2016
The full program for the 2016 Byron Writers Festival, to be held 5-7 August, has been announced. Among the international guests are US satirist and political commentator P J O’Rourke;...

Couldwell wins 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency

Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Nick Couldwell has won the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)’s 2016 Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency for his novel ‘Calluses’. Couldwell’s novel is set in the small towns of Australia’s...

White appointed head of design at HarperCollins

Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Allen & Unwin senior designer Lisa White has been appointed head of design at HarperCollins Australia. White replaces Matt Stanton, who has left the publisher after 12 years to focus...

Laforest steps down from Harlequin 

Friday, 10 June 2016
Harlequin Asia Pacific regional vice-president Michelle Laforest will step down from the position, effective from 17 June, after 15 years with the publisher. Laforest has decided to leave Harlequin to...

Ginninderra Press celebrates 20th birthday

Friday, 10 June 2016
Adelaide-based independent publisher Ginninderra Press is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Founded in Canberra in 1996, Ginninderra Press moved its operation to Port Adelaide in 2008. Owner and publisher...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2016 longlist announced

Thursday, 9 June 2016
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Inside the Black Horse (Ray Berard, Mary Egan Publishing) Made...

Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2016 program announced

Tuesday, 7 June 2016
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival in regional NSW has announced the program for its 2016 festival, to be held from 13-14 August. Festival guests include Jane Caro, Sami Shah, Emily Maguire,...

Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2016 shortlists announced

Monday, 6 June 2016
The 2016 Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards shortlists have been announced. The three shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award for an established Australian female writer are: A Few...

‘Chasing Shadows’ wins UK Sports Book Award

Friday, 3 June 2016
Australian authors Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge have won the Cricket Book of the Year award at the UK Cross Sports Book Awards, for Chasing Shadows (Hardie Grant), a biography...

King to leave MUP to form PR agency 

Friday, 3 June 2016
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) marketing and publicity manager Terri King is leaving the company after 10 years. King told Books+Publishing she will be joining forces with former MUP publicist Dina Kluska and...

ABA backs APA’s Books Create campaign to retain PIRs

Thursday, 2 June 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced it will join the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and other organisations to support the Books Create Australia campaign, which condemns the government’s plans...

 

 

 

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