Lucas wins 2018 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
US-based Australian author Madelaine Lucas has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2018 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Ruins’. Lucas was announced as the winner of the $7000 prize...
Harlequin launches website to promote romance titles
Monday, 20 August 2018
Harlequin has launched the website romance.com.au to promote romance titles to readers. The website features 23,000 titles from Harlequin imprints including Avon, Escape, Mira, and Mills & Boon, across a range of...
Industry responds to liquidation of Dennis Jones & Associates
Monday, 20 August 2018
Industry groups including the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Small Press Network (SPN) and the Australian Publishers Association (APA) have expressed views on how the liquidation of Melbourne-based book...
CBCA Awards 2018 winners announced
Friday, 17 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Dennis Jones & Associates enters liquidation
Friday, 17 August 2018
Melbourne-based book distributor Dennis Jones & Associates has ceased trading and has entered voluntary liquidation. On 17 August, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) listed a notice appointing Steven...
Morton gives evidence in NSW Supreme Court; legal dispute with former agent continues
Friday, 17 August 2018
Bestselling Australian author Kate Morton has given evidence before the NSW Supreme Court as part of an ongoing legal dispute with former agent Selwa Anthony, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. As previously...
Adelaide to host Jaipur Literature Festival
Friday, 17 August 2018
Adelaide's OzAsia Festival has announced it has partnered with the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) to host JLF Adelaide, which will run a number of events from 9-11 November. More than...
‘The Bible in Australia’ wins 2018 Australian Christian Book of the Year
Friday, 17 August 2018
The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History by historian Meredith Lake (NewSouth) has been named 2018 Australian Christian Book of the Year. Chosen from a shortlist of 10 titles, the winning book is...
ABC to close online store, ABC Centres
Thursday, 16 August 2018
The ABC has proposed closing its online store and discontinuing any ABC Centres still hosted by third-party booksellers, reports Mumbrella. The move will see the broadcaster’s direct retail operations shut...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Thursday, 16 August 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Overland Victoria University (VU) Short Story Prize for new writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: 'Mr Bananafish' (Caoimhe McKeogh) 'Geraldton wax' (Beejay Silcox) 'Nothing in...
Finch Publishing to close; S&S acquires Biddulph
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Finch Publishing has announced it will cease publishing in late December this year and owner Rex Finch will retire. The publisher, which is best known for its parenting books, celebrated its...
Ubud releases 2018 festival program
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the main program for its 2018 festival, which will run from 24-28 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...
Booktopia to offer distribution services
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Australian retailer Booktopia has announced it will be the exclusive Australian distributor for German-based Thieme Medical Publishers, under a new distribution division. The Australian retailer set up Booktopia Publisher Services...
PRH sells UK rights to McIntosh novels in two-book deal
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has sold UK rights to Fiona McIntosh's books The Pearl Thief and The Diamond Hunter to Ebury, a division of Penguin Random House UK. PRH senior rights manager Nerrilee...
Shortlist announced for inaugural Banjo Prize
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Banjo Prize has been announced. Launched by HarperCollins in March this year, the prize will be awarded for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted...
Townsend shortlisted for 2018 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Australian author Jessica Townsend's multiple award-winning middle-grade novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) has been shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards in the fiction category, reports the Bookseller. Each...
Transit Lounge acquires new fiction by Salom, de Saint Phalle
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to new novels by Philip Salom and Catherine de Saint Phalle. Salom's new novel, The Returns, is set in North Melbourne and tells the...
Bowers to participate in UK exchange program Intersect
Monday, 13 August 2018
Writer and multidisciplinary artist Candy Bowers has been announced as one of the 2018 participants in the British Council's inaugural UK exchange program, Intersect. Bowers is one of three culturally...
‘And Fire Came Down’ wins best novel at 2018 Davitt Awards
Monday, 13 August 2018
Emma Viskic’s novel And Fire Came Down (Echo) has won the award for best adult novel at the 2018 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. And...
Shortlist announced for inaugural Danger Prize
Monday, 13 August 2018
The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film or TV drama about Sydney and crime. Three true crime books were shortlisted, alongside...
Inky Awards 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 10 August 2018
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Inky Awards for young adult literature. For the first time, the shortlist...
Shortlists for 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Friday, 10 August 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Enigmatic...
McTiernan shortlisted for Not the Booker prize 2018
Friday, 10 August 2018
Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s 2018 Not the Booker prize. McTiernan's debut, The Rúin, was one of five shortlisted titles voted for by the public from a...
‘Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story’ named book of the year at 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA
Thursday, 9 August 2018
Christchurch writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop’s Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story (Penguin) has won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and the Elsie Locke Award for Nonfiction at this...
Australian Short Story Festival 2018 program announced
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
The program for the 2018 Australian Short Story Festival has been announced. The festival, which is co-founded by Margaret River Press and MidnightSun Publishing, will run from 19-21 October in...
Dymocks’ Books For Kids week launched
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Dymocks booksellers has launched its week-long charity campaign, Books For Kids. During Books For Kids week, which runs from 4-12 August, the retailer will donate $1 from the sale of...
Booksellers prepare for Love Your Bookshop Day
Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Preparations are underway for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) on Saturday 11 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions. More than 50...
‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ wins National Biography Award
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett (Text) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award. The judges said...
‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The shortlisted works are: ‘Occupy’ by Ashley Lee ‘List of the Affected’ by...
Rubbo awarded ‘Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award’
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Managing director of Readings Mark Rubbo has been jointly awarded the Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award at the 2018 Creative Partnerships Awards. Rubbo shared the award with philanthropist, volunteer and advocate...
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