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ACT Book of the Year: evaluation survey

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
artsACT is undertaking an evaluation of the ACT Book of the Year Award, as part of reviewing all arts funding programs to inform the development of the ACT Arts Funding...

The Other Half of Augusta Hope 

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
‘Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read—an extraordinary masterpiece’—Anstey Harris, author of The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton. 'A mesmerisingly beautiful portrait of a...

2019 Voss Literary Prize open for entries

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
The Australian University Heads of English (AUHE) and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations for the sixth annual Voss Literary Prize. The...

$5000 Maritime History Book Prize nominations open

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Writers, publishers and readers are invited to nominate works for the Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize worth $5000. Nominations close on 31 July 2019. The prize will be...

Editors NSW: Educational publishing presentation

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Editors NSW is running a presentation on educational publishing, presented by Dr Gurdish Gill. The presentation will look at the fast-paced world of educational publishing: how it functions and what...

Walker Books congratulates CBCA shortlisted authors

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Walker Books Australia congratulates the following authors and illustrators on their inclusion in the CBCA Shortlist. Sarah Epstein for Small Spaces; Mark Greenwood and Andrew McLean for The Happiness Box:...

Change for HammondCare

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Publisher: HammondCare Old distributor: Dennis Jones New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 March 2019 Returns to old distributor not accepted.

Sales, earnings up at PRH in 2018

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann has reported a slight rise in sales and earnings at the publisher in 2018, with revenue up 1.9% to €3.4 billion ($A5.37bn) and...

Ledden-Lewis wins 2019 Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award

Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Bundjalung artist Charmaine Ledden-Lewis has won Magabala Books’ 2019 Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award. A freelance artist based in Blackheath, NSW, Ledden-Lewis receives $10,000, a mentorship and the opportunity to illustrate...

CBCA Awards 2019 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 26 March 2019
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older readers Between Us (Clare Atkins, Black...

Waterstones staff campaign for ‘real living wage’

Tuesday, 26 March 2019
In the UK, staff at bookselling chain Waterstones are campaigning to be paid the ‘real living wage’, reports the Bookseller. Piccadilly Waterstones bookseller April Newton set up the online petition...

Mascara announces winners of Avant-garde Literary Awards

Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Mascara Literary Review has announced the winners of the Avant-garde Literary Awards for literature, criticism and theory. The awards recognise ‘books which are stretching the boundaries of genres radically, philosophically,...

Scribble to begin publishing directly into North America

Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Scribe’s picture-book list Scribble will begin publishing titles directly into North America in September this year. Scribble will launch its North American publishing list with titles All the Ways to be...

Kozlowski wins Leila St John Award

Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Children’s book specialist Kathy Kozlowski has received the annual Leila St John Award, presented by Victorian branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Kozlowski has spent over 50...

ANZ authors nominated for 2019 RITA Awards

Monday, 25 March 2019
Several Australian and New Zealand authors have been nominated for the 2019 RITA Awards for excellence in published romance novels and novellas, presented by the Romance Writers of America (RWA)....

Scribe acquires debut novel by Horton

Friday, 22 March 2019
Scribe has acquired world rights to Luke Horton's debut novel, The Fogging, which was highly commended in the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards unpublished manuscript prize. Rights were acquired at...

Arena Magazine launches $1000 Alan Roberts Prize

Friday, 22 March 2019
The Arena Foundation, in association with Arena Magazine, has launched an annual prize for the best essay related to ‘ecology, social life or a politics for the future’. Entries to...

Red Room Poetry fellowship shortlist announced

Friday, 22 March 2019
Red Room Poetry has announced the shortlist for its 2019 fellowship, which recognises the achievements and artistic goals of contemporary Australian poets. The 11 shortlisted poets are: Richard James Allen...

Big Sky Publishing lands 17-book US deal   

Thursday, 21 March 2019
Big Sky Publishing has sold North American and US territories rights to 17 children’s books to independent educational publishing house Rosen Publishing. The deal includes the picture book Cat Spies...

 

 

 

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