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25,000 books removed from Queensland library

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The public library in Redbank Plains, near Ipswich, has shifted 25,000 books from its collection in order to clear more space for extra public computers and new meeting rooms, reports...

ANU closes library following flash flooding

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
A flash flood in Canberra has caused damage to books at Australian National University's (ANU) Chifley Library, with the library announcing it will be closed until further notice, reports the...

RiP Beryl Fletcher

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
New Zealand feminist novelist Beryl Fletcher has died, aged 80. Fletcher grew up in what she described as ‘a socialist working-class family’ in Auckland, and graduated in 1979 from Waikato...

RiP Zelda D’Aprano

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Australian feminist activist and author Zelda D’Aprano has died, aged 90. D’Aprano was an avid campaigner for women’s rights and equal pay. A fierce labour unionist, she is known for...

Lake Press changeover with Parragon Publishing

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Lake Press and Parragon Publishing have reached an agreement to the effect that Lake Press will purchase Parragon’s stock and IP together with the assets of Parragon Distribution Centre on...

Bray appointed Bloomsbury Australia MD

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Liz Bray has been appointed the managing director of Bloomsbury Australia following the recent departure of Kate Cubitt. Bray has worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years,...

Amazon Publishing launches imprint Topple Books

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
In the US, Amazon Publishing has launched the imprint Topple Books, with filmmaker, writer and LGBTQ activist Jill Soloway to oversee the list as editor-in-chief, reports Publishers Weekly. With the...

CBCA Notable Books for 2018 announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The Children’s Book Council of Australian (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2018. They are as follows: Older readers Mallee Boys (Charlie Archbold, Wakefield Press) The Fall...

Shop fitout for sale

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Collins Booksellers Bacchus Marsh has a full shop fitout available for $20,000. High quality, and still in very good condition. Please contact via email for photos and further details. Available...

Asialink 2018 arts exchanges announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The recipients of the University of Melbourne’s Asialink Arts Exchanges Program (previously known as the Residencies Program) for 2018 have been announced. Writers receiving residencies in Asian countries are: Annee Lawrence,...

Waiting for Elijah

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
A brilliant new voice in Australian nonfiction, this is the stunning debut by former ABC journalist Kate Wild for fans of Helen Garner and Chloe Hooper. In 2009, in the...

Silcox awarded ‘ABR’ 40th anniversary fellowship

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Beejay Silcox as the recipient of its $10,000 Fortieth Birthday Fellowship. Silcox will contribute several articles and review essays to ABR throughout 2018,...

Bloomsbury to release new Hosseini refugee book

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Bloomsbury has announced it will publish a new book by Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Hosseini’s new book, Sea Prayer, takes the...

Gomides awarded 2018 Kat Muscat Fellowship

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Melbourne-based writer Ana Maria Gomides has been awarded the 2018 Kat Muscat Fellowship. Gomides will use the fellowship to work on a book of short stories, personal essays and narrative...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now

Monday, 26 February 2018
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains nine reviews of books publishing in April. Holly Ringland's debut novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate) has already sold in 18 foreign...

Farrell’s Bookshop celebrates 40 years

Monday, 26 February 2018
Farrell’s Bookshop in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Farrell’s was founded in 1978 by Roy and Liz Farrell, who set up the shop in Mornington’s...

PEN America Literary Awards 2018 winners announced

Friday, 23 February 2018
In the US, Pen America has announced the winners of its 2018 Literary Awards. Among the award winners are: PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Whereas (Layli Long Soldier, Graywolf Press) PEN/Robert...

Marriott wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal

Friday, 23 February 2018
Children’s author, editor and teacher Janice Marriott has won the 2018 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. Marriott is...

 

 

 

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