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RiP Shirley Stackhouse  Archive

Thursday, 12 March 2020
Sydney-based author and gardening personality Shirley Stackhouse has died, aged 92. Stackhouse was the Sydney Morning Herald’s gardening columnist for more than 30 years, during which time she dispatched gardening advice and illustrated the column with...

Bologna book fair cancelled  Archive

bologna logo Thursday, 12 March 2020
Due to the spread of coronavirus in Italy, organisers of the Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) have cancelled this year’s rescheduled event, which was due to run from 4–7 May....

Editors NSW: Medical writing and editing  Archive

Wednesday, 11 March 2020
The 7 April presentation by Editors NSW focuses on health and medical writing and editing: opportunities and pitfalls. Mark Ragg started his working life as a doctor, moved to journalism,...

Change for Restless Books  Archive

Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Publisher: Restless Books Old distributor: Simon & Schuster (through HEDS) New distributor: NewSouth Books (through ADS) Changeover date: 1 May 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 August 2020

WestWords to host day-long writing festival  Archive

Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Western Sydney literature organisation WestWords will host a day-long event in celebration of the ways in which Western Sydney has ‘shaped many diverse and cultural stories’. A Celebration of Writing...

PRH pulls worldwide staff from Bologna  Archive

Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) will not send any staff to the rescheduled Bologna Children’s Book Fair, making it the second of the Big Five publishers to cancel its appearance at...

S&S pulls UK, US staff from Bologna  Archive

bologna logo Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Staff from the UK and US divisions of Simon & Schuster (S&S) won’t attend the rescheduled Bologna Children’s Book Fair in May, reports Publishers Weekly. Last month, the fair was postponed...

Shaw wins Neilma Sidney Prize  Archive

Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Wellington-based writer Jenah Shaw has won Overland's Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction, worth $4000, for her story ‘The Houseguest’—about a woman, ‘new to the city and...

Hogan wins Judith Wright Poetry Prize  Archive

Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Writer and primary school teacher Dan Hogan has won Overland’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets, worth $6000, for their poem ‘No Alarms’. Lou Garcia-Dolnik placed second...

Stella Prize 2020 shortlist announced  Archive

Friday, 6 March 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: See What You Made Me Do (Jess Hill, Black Inc.) Diving into Glass (Caro Llewellyn, Hamish Hamilton)...

Pivet-Marsh appointed EWF artistic director  Archive

Friday, 6 March 2020
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh as its new artistic director. Pivet-Marsh is a writer, producer and community organiser from Melbourne’s inner west, and has been a...

Please Don’t Hug Me (Kay Kerr, Text)  Archive

Thursday, 5 March 2020
At the suggestion of her psychologist, Erin writes letters to her absent older brother, Rudy. Erin is 17 years old, behind on her savings for Schoolies and freshly unemployed. There...

Bottomley to give keynote at ABA conference  Archive

Thursday, 5 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the full program for its 2020 conference, to be held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney from 21–22 June. International guest Nic Bottomley,...

ViacomCBS looks to sell S&S  Archive

Thursday, 5 March 2020
In the US, mass media company ViacomCBS is planning to sell Simon & Schuster, reports Publishers Weekly. At a Morgan Stanley investor conference, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said it will...

 

 

 

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