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Nero to Publish Peter Moody Book 

Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Nero Books is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of MOODS: The Peter Moody Story. The book will be released in November 2016, with the manuscript under strict embargo until...

2016 ABIA Innovation Award nominations open 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The 2016 ABIA Innovation Award recognises achievement in business innovation in the Australian publishing and bookselling industry. Rewarding originality and progressive thinking, the Innovation Award celebrates creative new ways in...

ABA: 2016 Bookseller Awards nominations open 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is calling for nominations for Bookseller of the Year, Young Bookseller of the Year, and the Elizabeth Riley Children’s Bookseller Fellowship. Each award prize pool...

Congratulations to Fiona Wright Stella Prize Shortlistee 

Thursday, 17 March 2016
Giramondo congratulates Fiona Wright on being shortlisted for The Stella Prize for her outstanding collection, Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger (ISBN: 978-1-922146-93-9; RRP: $24.95). Due to demand, the title is...

New Romance Fiction 9780957967540 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Shallow Love, is an enticing new romance, by compelling author Georgia Mantis that will awaken your spirit and touch your heart. Place your orders, quoting the ISBN in the heading...

Adams appointed ‘Voiceworks’ editor 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Express Media has announced the appointment of Lucy Adams as editor of  its Voiceworks journal. Adams begins in mid-March and replaces previous editor Elizabeth Flux.

ASA: Barbara Jefferis Award applications open 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Entries are open for the 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award, which is awarded to ‘the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way...

APA: Working with Indigenous authors webinar 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
The APA will run a webinar on working with Indigenous authors, to be held on Thursday, 10 March. Aboriginal Studies Press acting director of publishing Rachel Ippoliti and editorial and...

SLV: Creative, specialist fellowship applications open 

Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Applications have opened for the State Library of Victoria’s (SLV) Creative Fellowships for 2016-17. Recipients are invited ‘to be inspired by, repurpose, transform or imaginatively respond’ to materials from the...

Craig resigns as Picador publisher 

Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Alex Craig, publisher of Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint, has resigned from the company to pursue her own creative projects. (See news.)