Nemens appointed editor of ‘The Paris Review’ Archive
Monday, 9 April 2018
Writer and illustrator Emily Nemens has been appointed as the editor of the Paris Review, following the resignation of Lorin Stein last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct, reports the...
Magabala to launch Daisy Utemorrah Award Archive
Monday, 9 April 2018
Broome publisher Magabala Books will launch a new unpublished manuscript award in the second half of 2018 to find the best children’s or YA novel by an Aboriginal or Torres...
Egmont UK sales down in 2017; Australian market performed ‘according to plan’ Archive
Friday, 6 April 2018
Egmont UK has reported a 1.4% drop in sales to £50 million (A$91.3 million) in 2017, reports the Bookseller. The UK arm of Danish media corporation the Egmont Group said...
International Dublin Literary Award 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 6 April 2018
The shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Baba Dunja’s Last Love (Alina Bronsky, Europa Editions) The Transmigration of Bodies (Yuri Herrera,...
ABA announces 2018 conference program; Currie, Batistich to give keynotes Archive
Friday, 6 April 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for its 2018 conference, to be held at QT Hotel in Canberra from 17-18 June. The conference will be organised around...
ALIA releases report on library support for Sustainable Development Goals Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has launched a report investigating how Australian libraries contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The report highlights the important role...
RiP Anita Shreve Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
American author Anita Shreve has died, aged 71. Shreve was the author of more than 18 books, including The Pilot's Wife, which sold more than three million copies after it...
RiP Noela Young Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Australian illustrator Noela Young has died, aged 88. Young began illustrating books in the 1950s, for writers including Hesba Brinsmead, Christobel Mattingley, Ruth Park, Patricia Wrightson, Emily Rodda and Margaret...
Hawaii government to rent out library land Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the US, the Hawaii state government has put forth a bill to lease library land and facilities to private companies as a way of generating revenue, reports the Hawaii...
British Library houses oral history of Women in Publishing Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the UK, the British Library will host a new oral history project comprising interviews with 30 high-profile former members of Women in Publishing (WiP), an organisation founded in 1979...
Podcast spotlight: Kill Your Darlings podcast Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Established in 2013 and redeveloped into an hour-long format in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings podcast features 'interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and...
Instagram launches in-platform shopping function for retailers Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Australian retailers on the social media platform Instagram now have the ability to link products in their posts through to online stores for purchase. The feature, Instagram shopping, has been...
Digital Library of the Middle East platform to be built Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the US, the Digital Library Federation (DLF) program will construct the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) platform to record the cultural heritage of the Middle East. The...
Shortlist for the 2017 Nakata Brophy Prize announced Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the fifth Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Jazz Money, for ‘as...
Royalle wins 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Poet and performer Candy Royalle has won the 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship. Royalle was chosen from a shortlist of 11 poets. The prize is worth $10,000 in total, including...
Silber wins 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the US, Joan Silber has won the 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel Improvement (Counterpoint), reports the Washington Post. Silber's novel was selected from a shortlist of five...
Hay House launches new imprint: Hay House Business Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Hay House is excited to announce the launch of a new imprint, Hay House Business. For the past 31 years, we have helped our authors empower people to make cutting-edge...
New small publisher Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Elephant Tree Publishing is a small and independent publisher based in Canberra, Australia. We are seeking well-written fiction and non-fiction with best-seller potential and international appeal. We want to hear...
2018 Voss Literary Prize open for nominations Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the fifth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
HarperCollins Children’s Books congratulates Emily Rodda Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Our congratulations to Emily Rodda on her shortlisting in the Younger Readers category of the 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, for The Shop at Hoopers Bend (9781460753668, $16.99,...
Walker Books Australia congratulates our CBCA contenders Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Walker Books Australia congratulates our dedicated authors and illustrators for being recognized at the CBCA shortlist announcement last Tuesday. Carole Wilkinson and Liz Anelli were shortlisted for Best Picture Book...
Availability of Allen & Unwin CBCA shortlisted titles Archive
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Congratulations to the Allen & Unwin authors and illustrators whose books have been shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year and Crichton Awards. Our shortlisted...
Correction Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Books+Publishing published an article under the title of 'Former Mary Ryan's Byron Bay relaunches as the Book Room at Byron' on 13 February 2018 in which former Mary Ryan’s franchisees...
Affirm partners with Tablo on crime writing project Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Small publisher Affirm Press has partnered with Australian online publishing platform Tablo to review a selection of crime writing published on the Tablo platform. Affirm will read submissions on the...
Croggon to publish new middle-grade fiction with Walker Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Alison Croggon, author of the 'Pellinor' series for young adults, will publish her first middle-grade fantasy adventure title, The Threads of Magic, with Walker Books. Walker Books acquired world rights in all...
UK bookstores form Independent Bookshops Alliance Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
A group of around 130 independent booksellers in the UK have formed the Independent Bookshops Alliance to give independent bookstores a louder voice in the industry, reports the Big Issue....
Fremantle Press announces inaugural Minderoo Editorship winner Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Fremantle Press has announced that its inaugural Minderoo Editorship has been won by Armelle Davies. The three-year program is designed to ‘foster new Western Australian publishing talent by helping entry-level...
Kostakis wins IBBY Ena Noël award Archive
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Will Kostakis’ YA novel The Sidekicks (Penguin) has won the 2018 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
The Making of Martin Sparrow (Peter Cochrane, Viking) Archive
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Martin Sparrow is an ‘expiree’, a convict who has served his time and been granted a plot of land. When the terrible 1806 flood destroys his crops, he’s forced to...
Literary direct action: Meera Atkinson on ‘Traumata’ Archive
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Meera Atkinson’s exploration of the effects of trauma, Traumata (UQP, May), is a powerful, personal memoir doubling as a philosophical treatise. ‘This is a humane, thought-provoking and heartbreaking addition to...
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