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Australian delegation to visit the US

Thursday, 12 April 2018
If you’ll be in New York City in early June this year, look out for a group of eight Australian publishers, rights managers and literary agents, who will travel there...

Awards put poetry in the spotlight

Thursday, 12 April 2018
Poetry has been the focus of several Australian awards and shortlists recently, with poet and performer Candy Royalle being chosen from a shortlist of 11 poets to win the 2018...

Quirky Kid wins LBF International Excellence Award for Basecamp

Thursday, 12 April 2018
Quirky Kid Publishing—the publishing arm of Sydney- and Wollongong-based child psychology clinic The Quirky Kid Clinic—has won the Educational Initiatives Award at the 2018 London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence...

Stella Prize 2018 winner announced tonight

Thursday, 12 April 2018
The Stella Prize will announce the winner of its 2018 award at a ceremony in Sydney tonight. The organisation will begin live-tweeting with the hashtag #Stella18 from 6pm (AEDT) and will...

Introducing Alex Adsett

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Alex Adsett is a literary agent representing authors across all ages and most genres, and also a freelance publishing consultant offering commercial contract advice to authors and publishers. She has 20...

Podcast spotlight: From the Lighthouse

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Established in 2017, From the Lighthouse is a fortnightly literary podcast produced by the English department at Macquarie University. Each episode is hosted by academics Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold Bulgarian rights to The Passage of Love (Alex Miller). Fremantle Press has sold the film option to the ‘Detective Stevie Hooper’ series (An...

Baum announced as inaugural SLNSW Reader in Residence

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Author, journalist and broadcaster Caroline Baum has been announced the inaugural Reader in Residence at the State Library of New South Wales. As part of the 12-month residency, Baum will...

Publicity department changes at Text

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Text Publishing is delighted to announce the promotion of Senior Publicist Alice Lewinsky to the role of Acting Publicity Manager. Former manager Jane Finemore has resigned from the company. Thanks Jane for all...

Fine longlisted for Orwell Prize 2018

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
University of Melbourne academic and author Cordelia Fine has been longlisted for the 2018 Orwell Prize for Books, for her book Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds (Icon...

Change for Trigger Pess

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Publisher: Trigger Pess ISBN prefix: 9781911246 New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 4 January 2018 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au

Editors NSW: The author-editor relationship

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Marketing and Communications Manager of the Australian Society of Authors, Emily Banyard, will will discuss the role of the ASA and what the organisation does for authors. She will expand...

Change for C&T Publications

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Publisher: C&T Publications ISBN prefix: 978160705 978161745 Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Search Press Australia Changeover date: 1 May 2018

Editors NSW: Editing digital text workshop

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
This workshop is aimed at editors from a print background wishing to expand their skills. It covers editing for onscreen delivery rather than technical aspects like tagging, markup languages or...

Editors NSW: InDesign workshop

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
The one-day course aimed at beginners will cover: the InDesign interface; working with text; working with graphics; Layout controls; understanding colour; multi-page documents; working with tables; interactive PDFs; and exporting and...

Avon Books acquires debut thriller from Ingrid Alexandra

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
HarperCollins imprint Avon Books has acquired world rights to a psychological thriller from debut Australian author Ingrid Alexander, reports the Bookseller. The book, titled The New Girl, is described as...

OUP’s Walker appointed APA president

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
School publishing director of Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand (OUP ANZ) Lee Walker has been appointed president of the Australian Publishers Association (APA). Walker, who commences the position...