Folded and Gathered: Melbourne social event
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Folded and Gathered, a new social club run by Melbourne publishing folk from four different companies, invites publishing industry professionals (including freelancers) to join them at an end-of-year industry get-together....
The CBCA 13th National Conference
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) conference co-conveners Dyan Blacklock and Margaret Hamilton have announced that Early Bird bookings are now open for the 13th National Conference, ‘And Now...
Applications closing soon for the Speculative Fiction Festival 2019
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
The Speculative Fiction Festival 2019 is looking for panel ideas and speakers that are as diverse as the literature itself. Panel topics will delve into all aspects of creating speculative...
Dawson leaves EWF for Melbourne Fringe
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Will Dawson, the outgoing executive director of the Emerging Writers' Festival, has joined Melbourne Fringe Festival as general manager/deputy CEO. Dawson begins the position on 4 February 2019.
Kat Muscat Fellowship for writers and editors applications now open
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Express Media has opened applications for the Kat Muscat Fellowship, which entails professional development up to the value of $3000 for an editorial project or work of writing by a...
James Bennett Christmas closure
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
James Bennett wishes to advise that our office and warehouse will close for the Christmas holiday on Friday 21 December at 5pm and reopen on 7 January at 7am. We wish you...
RightsTech: Europe conference announced for Frankfurt in 2019
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has partnered with RightsTech Project (RTP) to launch a new conference called RightsTech: Europe, to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 9-10 April 2019. Modelled on...
Indie Book Awards 2019 longlists announced
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2019 Indie Book Awards for books published in 2018. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Lost Man (Jane...
Rights People to represent Affirm Press kids list
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Affirm Press has engaged international agency Rights People to represent its kids list. Affirm sales and marketing director Keiran Rogers says he is anticipating more international rights sales as a...
$20k unpublished manuscript award launched for WA young writers
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Fremantle Press is partnering with social-purpose organisation the Fogarty Foundation to launch an unpublished manuscript award for young writers in Western Australia, worth $20,000. The biennial award, called the Fogarty Literary...
Stevens retires from A&U
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Deb Stevens is retiring as Allen & Unwin's Canberra-based account manager. Louise Pearce will be the new account manager for the ACT region as of 10 December (see classified for...
Give literacy this Christmas
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
'The ILF makes us better as a school community. They make remote children happier. They make children successful'—Charlie Klein, Teaching Principal of Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School, WA. Give literacy this Christmas...
Leading Edge, Indie Book Awards, Banner
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Last chance to complete our pre-Christmas survey
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual pre-Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by Friday, 7 December. Booksellers If you are a bookseller,...
Online store for self-published kids’ books runs as pilot project
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
A new online store for self-published Australian picture books has launched as a pilot project. Self-published author Suzanne Barton launched the retail pilot, called Top Indie Kids’ Books, as a...
Frey wins Bad S-x in Fiction Award
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
US author James Frey has received the 2018 Bad S-x in Fiction Award, the Literary Review’s annual prize for ‘poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in modern fiction’....
PRH sells ‘Kensy and Max’ series to US in four-book deal
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold North American rights to Jacqueline Harvey’s children’s book series ‘Kensy and Max’ to Kane Miller Publishers. The four-book deal was brokered by Rights...
Findlay to edit ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’
Monday, 3 December 2018
Blogger and appearance activist Carly Findlay will edit the forthcoming anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia, to be published by Black Inc. in 2020. Black Inc. is seeking first-person submissions that...
Bad S-x in Fiction Award 2018 shortlist announced
Monday, 3 December 2018
In the UK, the Literary Review has announced the Bad S-x in Fiction Award shortlist for 2018. The seven shortlisted books are: Scoundrels: The Hunt for Hansclapp (Major Victor Cornwall & Major Arthur St John...
Davey appointed head of category at Leading Edge
Monday, 3 December 2018
Leading Edge Group has appointed Charlie Davey as head of category. Davey has held senior positions at Big W and WHSmith, and has more than 27 years’ experience working in...
‘Deep Time Dreaming’ wins John Mulvaney Book Award
Monday, 3 December 2018
Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia (Black Inc.) has won the John Mulvaney Book Award, which recognises significant contributions to the publication of Australian archaeology. Deep Time Dreaming,...
Christmas predictions: Katy Downey from the Leaf Bookshop in Ashburton
Friday, 30 November 2018
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and 'surprise sellers'. In...
Rooney wins 2018 Waterstones book of the year award
Friday, 30 November 2018
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has selected Sally Rooney’s Normal People (Faber) as its book of the year for 2018. Chosen from a shortlist of eight, ‘Normal People was swiftly championed...
Paper prices to increase in February
Friday, 30 November 2018
Australian paper prices are set to increase in February 2019, following price rises by paper suppliers in 2018, reports Print21. Three major Australian paper suppliers, Ball & Doggett, Spicers, and...
Booktopia looks to crowdfund $10m
Friday, 30 November 2018
Online retailer Booktopia is seeking up to $10 million in equity to help expand warehouse automation, buy more stock and fund the liquidity of the business. Booktopia has engaged crowdfunding...
Rooney wins novel of the year at 2018 Irish Book Awards
Thursday, 29 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Irish Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in October, the winners include: Novel of the year Normal People (Sally Rooney, Faber) Popular...
Copyright Agency awards record $240,000 in fellowships
Thursday, 29 November 2018
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has awarded a total of $240,000 for three fellowships. Melbourne writer Jeff Sparrow was awarded the $80,000 author fellowship for his project 'Thinking Differently: Other...
The Next Chapter mentors announced
Thursday, 29 November 2018
The recipients of the 2018 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, each worth $15,000, have been matched with their mentors, who will work with them over 12 months to help...
Tasmania abolishes library fines statewide
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Tasmania's libraries are abolishing fines for items that are returned late to library branches statewide, reports ABC News. From December 2018, failure to return books on time will incur penalties...
Podcast spotlight: The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Oral History Podcast
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Launched in late 2018, the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Oral History podcast delves into the organisation's archives, sharing authors' stories of 'fighting institutions, government—and sometimes, each other—to advocate...
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