Davitt Awards 2018 longlists announced
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the longlists for the 2018 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 101 titles have been longlisted, including...
‘IndigenousX’ and the ‘Monthly’ launch Indigenous arts critic mentorship
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The Monthly and IndigenousX have launched a new mentorship for an emerging Indigenous arts critic. The joint initiative will offer the successful candidate a six-month fellowship, during which time they...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Kibble and Dobbie Awards have been announced. The four shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award for an established Australian female author are: The...
Minimum wage to rise 3.5% following Fair Work review
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.5% increase to minimum wages effective from 1 July 2018, increasing the minimum rate from $18.29 per hour to $18.93 per hour. The...
PRH acquires Warne memoir
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Penguin Random House will publish Australian cricketer Shane Warne’s memoir, No Spin (with Mark Nicholas), in Australia and the UK in October 2018. In a statement, the publisher said the...
Writers Bloc launches ongoing online short courses
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Online writing community Writers Bloc has launched its first ongoing series of online short courses. Throughout 2018, Writers Bloc will run one short course per month that will be ‘accessible...
Tuffield departs Black Inc.
Monday, 4 June 2018
Aviva Tuffield has departed from her position as publisher at Black Inc. According to reports made to Book+Publishing, Tuffield’s position of publisher was made redundant earlier this year, and she departed...
Thunig wins 2018 Margaret Dooley Emerging Indigenous Writers Fellowship
Monday, 4 June 2018
Kamilaroi woman and University of Newcastle researcher Amy Thunig is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret Dooley Emerging Indigenous Writers Fellowship, presented by Eureka Street and IndigenousX. Thunig will work with...
NT Writers’ Centre elects new board
Monday, 4 June 2018
The Northern Territory Writers’ Centre has elected a new board, consisting of 10 members. Previous vice president Adelle Sefton-Rowston has been elected as president, while returning board members have been...
Grills, Wright and Rawson win 2018 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards
Monday, 4 June 2018
Eloise Grills, Stephen Wright and Jane Rawson have won the 2018 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards for writing that was first published online or electronically. Grills won in the nonfiction category...
Amazon to block Oz shoppers from Amazon US
Friday, 1 June 2018
Australian consumers will be unable to purchase items from Amazon’s international websites as the multinational moves to comply with new GST laws affecting online retailers, reports the Sydney Morning Herald....
Scribe acquires new books by Elson, Carroll
Friday, 1 June 2018
Scribe has acquired rights to a number of new titles, including a biography of post-punk musician Rowland S Howard by Melbourne-based bookseller and writer Gerard Elson. Titled Something Flammable: Approaching...
The Little Bookroom opens ‘big sister’ bookshop in Northcote
Friday, 1 June 2018
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom is opening a new independent ‘big sister’ bookshop, called Neighbourhood Books, in the inner northern suburb of Northcote. Located at 55 High Street in...
WestWords director named on CreateNSW roundtable
Friday, 1 June 2018
WestWords executive director Michael Campbell has been named among a group of 10 arts practitioners to lead a new roundtable created to ensure that Western Sydney is reflected in future...
Traill wins Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017
Friday, 1 June 2018
Michael Traill has won the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize for his book Jumping Ship: From the World of Corporate Australia to the Heart of Social Investment (Hardie Grant). Selected from...
Spinifex title honoured for Italian literary award
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Palestinian feminist writer Khulud Khamis’ Australian-published novel, Haifa Fragments (Spinifex) has placed second in the Premio Letterario Citta di Siena Italian literary award. Khamis’ novel, which originated with Spinifex Press,...
Collins Ballarat relocates to ‘destination store’ in heritage building
Thursday, 31 May 2018
The Ballarat branch of Collins Booksellers has relocated to a heritage-listed building on Lydiard Street in the Ballarat city centre. Formerly located about a block and half away on Sturt...
First authors announced for 2018 Byron Writers Festival
Thursday, 31 May 2018
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 3-5 August. International guests include British author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, Saudi Arabian women's rights activist...
Viggers novel sold to France, following ‘remarkable’ sales
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold world French rights to Karen Viggers’ forthcoming novel, The World Beneath the Trees, to publisher Les Escales, following the Melbourne author’s exceptional sales record...
BWF releases 2018 schools program
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2018 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The Word Play program will run from 4-7 September at...
Self-published debut novel sold to UK small press Splice
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Brisbane author Nicholas John Turner’s debut self-published novel Hang Him When He Is Not There has sold into the UK and Ireland to Birmingham-based small press Splice. UK and Irish...
Finalists for Walkley-Pascall, arts journalism awards announced
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2018 Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism and for the Arts Journalism Award. The finalists for the Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism...
New children’s press Yellow Brick Books releases first title
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
A new small publisher focused on children’s books has recently released its first title, amid plans to release two more books in 2018. In May this year, Yellow Brick Books...
UQP acquires Sakr poetry collection
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired Western Sydney poet Omar Sakr’s forthcoming poetry collection, The Lost Arabs. World rights were acquired by UQP publishing director and acting-CEO Madonna Duffy,...
Readings YA Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Readings Young Adult Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Small Spaces (Sarah Epstein, Walker Books) Amelia Westlake (Erin Gough, Hardie Grant Egmont) Between...
Alice appointed director of Writers SA
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Writers SA has announced editor and festival programmer Jessica Alice as the organisation's new director. Alice, who commences the position on 2 July, takes over from outgoing director Sarah Tooth...
Australian Book Design Awards 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2018 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Melbourne on 25 May. The winning titles in each category...
Melbourne Prize announces new $7500 award for early-career published authors
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced a new award for early-career authors, worth $7500. The Readings Residency Award is open to early-career published authors who are based in Victoria, writing...
Three local writers shortlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2018
Monday, 28 May 2018
Two Australians and one New Zealand writer are among the 24 shortlisted finalists for the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Poet Chris Mansell was shortlisted for her story ‘Nobody’s Wife’,...
‘300 Minutes of Danger’ adapted for VR project
Monday, 28 May 2018
A virtual reality (VR) project based on Jack Heath’s book of short stories 300 Minutes of Danger (Scholastic) is one of four online projects to receive production funding from Screen...
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