Maslen wins ‘KYD’ New Critic Award 2018
Monday, 15 January 2018
Writer and events producer Kylie Maslen has been named the winner of the 2018 Kill Your Darlings New Critic Award. Maslen receives $3000 and will have five works of literary...
Czech Republic creates tax-deductible book allowance for employees
Monday, 15 January 2018
In the Czech Republic, the government has introduced a new tax law that allows companies to offer tax-deductible book vouchers to employees, reports Publishing Perspectives. In effect since 1 January...
Writers, lit journals among recipients of VicArts funding
Friday, 12 January 2018
A number of writers and literary organisations are among the 70 recipients of the latest round of VicArts project funding, worth a total of $1.5m. The recipients include: Australian Book...
Quarto to consolidate adult trade imprints
Friday, 12 January 2018
In the UK, Quarto is merging its three adult trade imprints into one new imprint, White Lion Publishing, reports the Bookseller. The publishers’ imprints Aurum Press, Frances Lincoln and Quintessence...
Hardie Grant acquires Rowntree travel title
Friday, 12 January 2018
Hardie Grant has acquired a new illustrated guide on ocean and river cruises by Channel Nine’s Getaway presenter Catriona Rowntree. The Best of World Cruising will ‘focus on destinations and...
Lonely Planet Kids expands in US market
Friday, 12 January 2018
The children’s imprint of travel publisher Lonely Planet—Lonely Planet Kids—has announced several new appointments as part of its ongoing expansion in the US market, reports Publishers Weekly. Hanna Otero took...
PRH buys Rodale Books
Thursday, 11 January 2018
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has purchased the trade book publishing assets of wellness publisher Rodale Books from Hearst Corp, reports Publishers Weekly. Hearst, after announcing its acquisition...
Sweatshop launches program for Western Sydney culturally diverse women writers
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Western Sydney literary group Sweatshop has launched the Writers’ Collective for Diverse Women, a new program of workshops for Indigenous and culturally diverse women writers residing in Western Sydney. Funded...
Twenty-six writers and organisations among latest OzCo grants recipients
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Twenty-six writers and literary organisations are among the 196 recipients of the latest round of Australia Council funding grants, worth a total of $6.4m. Fifteen writers and groups received arts...
Xoum announces 2017 XO Romance Prize shortlist
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Xoum Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2017 XO Romance Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted works and their authors are: L Francis for ‘Legally Bound’, a ‘heartwarming...
Library of Congress to scale back Twitter archive
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
In the US, the Library of Congress will scale back its approach to collecting every message posted on Twitter, reports the Australian Financial Review. The Library of Congress had collected...
SLWA partners with Minderoo Foundation
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The State Library of WA (SLWA) has partnered with Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation to develop a project that ‘retraces and reinterprets’ John Forrest’s 1874 trek from Geraldton to...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Turkish rights to The Mummy Bloggers (Holly Wainwright) to Hep Kitap. Nonfiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German and US English-language rights to Slow (Brooke...
Government reveals $5.4m cut to OzCo in MYEFO
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The federal government revealed a $5.4m funding cut to the Australia Council in its 2017-18 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) on 18 December 2017. The $1.8m per year over...
SWF announces earlier dates for 2018, 2019
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The 2018 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) will be held from 30 April to 6 May—a month earlier than in previous years. The date change is due to the festival’s temporary...
Ismail wins Deborah Cass Prize 2017
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Perth writer Rafeif Ismail has won Writers Victoria’s 2017 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for her manuscript extract ‘Almitra Amongst Ghosts’. ‘Almitra Amongst Ghosts’ was announced...
Goldsworthy wins Horne Prize 2017
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The Saturday Paper and cosmetics company Aesop announced writer Kerryn Goldsworthy as the winner of the $15,000 Horne Prize 2017 for her essay, ‘The Limit of the World’. ‘The Limit of...
ABIAs 2018 date, venue announced
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on Thursday, 3 May this year. This year’s awards will be held at the International Convention Centre Sydney to accommodate the...
Story Prize 2018 finalists announced
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
In the US, the three finalists for the 2018 Story Prize have been announced. The finalists are: The King is Always above the People (Daniel Alarcón, Riverhead Books) Homesick for...
The Charles Perkins Centre: Writer in Residence Fellowship 2018
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence Fellowship 2018 has been made possible thanks to the generosity of its inaugural Patron, Judy Harris. The fellowship will support an established Australian...
New Victorian commissions program for ‘ambitious, ground-breaking projects’
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
The Victorian state government is calling for applications for ‘ambitious, ground-breaking projects’, which could receive up to $1m in funding, as part of a new Creative Victoria program seeking to...
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Tuesday, 9 January 2018
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Pape tops 2017 bestsellers chart
Monday, 8 January 2018
Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor (Wiley) was the highest selling book in Australia in 2017, selling 438,000 copies, reports Fairfax. According to statistics provided by Nielsen BookScan, five of the...
PANZ to lead Bologna delegation
Monday, 8 January 2018
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) will have a New Zealand collective stand for the first time at Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2018. With the support of Creative...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced
Monday, 8 January 2018
The shortlists have been announced for this year’s Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, presented biennially by the South Australian government. The shortlisted works in each category are: Children’s Rockhopping (Trace...
Text acquires new YA debut
Monday, 8 January 2018
Text has acquired world rights to debut author Kay Kerr’s YA novel, Please Don’t Hug Me. Kerr’s novel is a ‘contemporary coming-of-age tale’ about ‘a neuro-diverse and socially awkward year...
ANU Press titles reach two million downloads for the first time
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Australian National University’s (ANU) online publisher, ANU Press, has reached more than 2.3 million downloads of its titles in 2017. This is the first time the press has surpassed the...
Book blogger spotlight: Book Bloggers Australia
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Established in 2010 by blogger Margaret Bates, Book Bloggers Australia is an online directory and forum where Australian bloggers can discuss books and blogging, and connect with others in the...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
‘This is an industry with older, established men in the corner offices and young women working themselves to the ground in the cubicles, trying to earn themselves a break; that...
Melbourne Prize for Literature: registrations of interest now open
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
To register your interest to receive the Entry Guidelines for the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 & Awards, please visit www.melbourneprize.org. With a prize pool over $100,000 plus a new...
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