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KYD launches writing prize for school students

the logo for kill your darlings Thursday, 14 February 2019
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has launched a new writing prize, designed to develop, mentor, edit and publish the work of two writers from Australian secondary schools. The inaugural KYD School...

Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s ‘You Must Be Layla’

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
‘At its heart, this is a noble debut with a likeable protagonist who exudes the kind of confidence that young girls need in literary role models.’ ... read Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen's...

Australian libraries’ oral histories recognised by UNESCO

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Oral histories from five Australian libraries' collections will be added to UNESCO's Australian Memory of the World (AMW) national register. Drawn from the oral history collections of the National Library of...

ACT Writers Centre: Hardcopy program applications open

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Applications for the 2019 Hardcopy program are now open. Hardcopy is a professional development program for emerging Australian writers, and the focus for the 2019 program will be on nonfiction....

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Allen & Unwin is counting down the nanoseconds to its publication of Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s new interstellar epic Aurora Rising in May. Set in a universe brimming with...

Scribe acquires McKay’s debut novel

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Scribe has acquired world rights to Laura Jean McKay’s debut novel, The Animals in That Country, a literary spec-fic novel that imagines a world in which humans and animals might finally...

About the book

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Aurora Rising Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Allen & Unwin, May 2019 They’re not the heroes we deserve. They’re just the ones we could find. The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets...

About the authors

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
New York Times bestselling co-authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff feast upon your tears and relish your screams. In addition to their internationally bestselling series 'The Illuminae Files', Amie is the...

Reading copy giveaway

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Be one of the first to read Aurora Rising. Email us at childrensmarketing@allenandunwin.com for your chance to receive one of ten proof copies.

Sample chapter

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Read an extract from Aurora Rising here.

Shortlists announced for 2019 Library Design Awards

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Nine libraries have been shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Design Awards for new and refurbished libraries. In the running are: Public libraries Bunjil Place...

The Land Girls

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
From the bestselling Australian author of The Last of the Bonegilla Girls comes a moving story of love, loss and survival against the odds. It was never just a man's...

CBCA Vic: Night of the Notables and award events

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) announces that the CBCA Awards will be hosted by the Victorian Branch. The event schedule is as follows: Notable Books will be revealed on CBCA...

Editors NSW workshop: Intermediate to advanced Word

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Editors NSW is running a workshop on intermediate to advanced Word, presented by Denise Tsagaris. This Microsoft Word workshop will provide experienced users with the skills to work with document...

Cabrera appointed CEO of Lonely Planet

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Lonely Planet has appointed Luis Cabrera as president and CEO. New partnerships and acquisitions, as well as diversification, will be top priorities for Cabrera, according to a statement from Lonely...

Verso launches fiction imprint

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Independent, radical publisher Verso will launch a fiction imprint later this year, reports Publishers Weekly. Verso Fiction will release its first two titles in late 2019: Will and Testament, a novel...

Michelle Evans thanks the book industry for its support

Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Michelle Evans, wife of the late Garry Evans, of Harbour Bookshop Ulladulla and Harbour Publishing, would like to thank the book industry for their condolences, cards, flowers and messages of...

About the book

Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Philadelphia, 1961. After having to give up his brother to save his own life, hitman Blake Saunders flees the Mob and seeks refuge on the other side of the world....

Advance praise

Tuesday, 12 February 2019
'Part Goodfellas and part love letter to Australian coastal towns, this wonderfully imagined crime novel is like riding the perfect wave.' —Michael Robotham ‘Dave Warner captures the heyday and spirit...

Interview with the author

Tuesday, 12 February 2019
You’re a musician by trade and each of your books seems to have its own soundtrack. Tell us about the particular era and style of music that inspired your new...

About the author

Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Dave Warner is an author, musician and screenwriter. His first novel City of Light won the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Fiction, and Before it Breaks the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian...

Tour dates

Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Western Australia: 26 March to 6 April 2019 New South Wales: 10 to 17 April 2019 Contact Fremantle Press for event bookings: admin@fremantlepress.com.au or (08) 9430 6331.

Digital assets

Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Read a sample chapter of River of Salt here. Download the Book Club notes here. See the marketing kit for booksellers here.