Thursday, 20 August 2015
The founder and director of the Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and the Arts, Jon Slack, has stepped down from his position. Slack told Books+Publishing that executive director...

Wednesday, 19 August 2015
A new writers’ and readers’ centre, Writers Activation, has opened on the Gold Coast.The centre is run by writer Helen Stubbs, who was awarded a grant by the Gold Coast...

Wednesday, 19 August 2015
The Guardian is taking its writing Masterclasses to the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. The course is designed for aspiring authors who want to spend structured time on their writing, and will be...

Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Bible Society Australia has acquired Christian bookstore chain Koorong.The organisation, which translates, publishes, distributes and promotes the bible in Australia and internationally, takes over Koorong’s 15 bricks-and-mortar stores across Australia,...

Monday, 17 August 2015
The State Library of Queensland has announced the shortlist for the Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year award, as part of the 2015 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) program. The...

Monday, 17 August 2015
Designer and university lecturer Zoë Sadokierski has been appointed president of the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA).Sadokierski replaces outgoing president Alex Ross in the role. Scribe art director Miriam Rosenbloom was...

Friday, 14 August 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Bush (Don Watson, Hamish Hamilton) The...

Friday, 14 August 2015
The finalists for the $10,000 Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, have been announced.The seven...

Friday, 14 August 2015
Captains of the Soul: A History of Australian Army Chaplains by Michael Gladwin (Big Sky Publishing) has won this year’s Australian Christian Book of the Year Award.The judges described the...

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Twelve Panels Press, a new graphic novel publisher based in Melbourne, will publish its first title in late August.The press was founded by Allen & Unwin publisher Erica Wagner, author...

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
The Stella Prize is launching its School Program in NSW on 9 September, with a free event in Sydney for teachers, librarians and students.The event, to be held at the Sydney...

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Walker Books has announced a partnership with new UK publisher Old Barn Books, which will include Australian and New Zealand distribution of Old Barn Books’ children’s and gift book titles. Old...

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The National Library of New Zealand has named C K Stead as the 2015-17 New Zealand Poet Laureate.Stead, the author of numerous collections of poetry, short stories, novels and literary criticism, will...

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The Copyright Agency has re-signed Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Pearson to its etextbook subscription service LearningField for a further three years.The three publishers join a number of other publishers offering ongoing support...

Monday, 10 August 2015
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing.The shortlisted works in each category are:Best novel Sweet One (Peter Docker,...