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Lambda Literary Awards 2018 winners announced

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The winners of the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards, known as the ‘Lammys’, have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writing published in the...

NSW Writers’ Centre rebrands as Writing NSW

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The NSW Writers’ Centre has rebranded as Writing NSW, and launched a new website. Writing NSW CEO Jane McCredie  said the new name, which came into effect on 29 May,...

Davitt Awards 2018 longlists announced

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the longlists for the 2018 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 101 titles have been longlisted, including...

Change for Lion Hudson

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Publisher: Lion Hudson Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: N/A Changeover date: 1 July 2018 Returns cut-off: 1 August 2018

‘WBN’ published Thursday next week

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday in all states except Queensland and Western Australia, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 14 June. The deadline...

BookNet at the 2018 ABA conference

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Come and visit our stand at the Trade Show of the 2018 ABA Conference at the QT Hotel Canberra on Sunday, 17 June 2018. We will be attending the ABA...

Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2018 shortlists announced

Covers of Kibble Literary Awards 2018 shortlisted titles Tuesday, 5 June 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Kibble and Dobbie Awards have been announced. The four shortlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award for an established Australian female author are: The...

Audie Awards 2018 winners announced

Tuesday, 5 June 2018
In the US, the winners of the 2018 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association, have been announced. The Audiobook of the Year award went to Lincoln in the...

PRH acquires Warne memoir

Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Penguin Random House will publish Australian cricketer Shane Warne’s memoir, No Spin (with Mark Nicholas), in Australia and the UK in October 2018. In a statement, the publisher said the...

NT Writers’ Centre elects new board

Monday, 4 June 2018
The Northern Territory Writers’ Centre has elected a new board, consisting of 10 members. Previous vice president Adelle Sefton-Rowston has been elected as president, while returning board members have been...

Amazon to block Oz shoppers from Amazon US

Friday, 1 June 2018
Australian consumers will be unable to purchase items from Amazon’s international websites as the multinational moves to comply with new GST laws affecting online retailers, reports the Sydney Morning Herald....

Scribe acquires new books by Elson, Carroll

Friday, 1 June 2018
Scribe has acquired rights to a number of new titles, including a biography of post-punk musician Rowland S Howard by Melbourne-based bookseller and writer Gerard Elson. Titled Something Flammable: Approaching...

WestWords director named on CreateNSW roundtable

Friday, 1 June 2018
WestWords executive director Michael Campbell has been named among a group of 10 arts practitioners to lead a new roundtable created to ensure that Western Sydney is reflected in future...

Traill wins Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017

Friday, 1 June 2018
Michael Traill has won the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize for his book Jumping Ship: From the World of Corporate Australia to the Heart of Social Investment (Hardie Grant). Selected from...

I Am Out with Lanterns (Emily Gale, Random House)

Thursday, 31 May 2018
I Am Out with Lanterns is nuanced, complex and thoroughly readable. Told from multiple perspectives, it follows a kaleidoscope of characters as it explores community, connections, and the desire to...

After the Lights Go Out (Lili Wilkinson, A&U)

Thursday, 31 May 2018
Emergency drills, bug-out bags, a secret underground bunker with a year’s supply of food—life’s a little different when your dad’s a doomsday prepper. Seventeen-year-old Pru Palmer and her two younger...

Zeroes and Ones (Cristy Burne, Xoum)

Thursday, 31 May 2018
Zeroes and Ones is a history of the most exciting milestones in computing, with a focus on individual inventors and innovators. It spans from Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine and Ada...

A Song Only I Can Hear (Barry Jonsberg, A&U)

Thursday, 31 May 2018
Rob Fitzgerald is 13 years old, painfully shy, prone to panic attacks, and desperately, disgustingly in love for the very first time. Rob begins receiving texts from an unknown phone...

 

 

 

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