ALIA, universities among signatories to letter in support of ‘fair use’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
A number of library bodies and universities are among the signatories to a letter to government in support of the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to introduce a ‘fair use’ exception into...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘Representations of diverse sexualities and gender identities in YA are important to redress the isolation particular to queerness. Queerness is invisible’—Jordi Kerr in the first of a four-part series for...
Comic timing: Peter Helliar on ‘Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Comedian Peter Helliar’s first children’s book Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase (HGE, February) is a time-travel adventure starring 12-year-old Frankie and his cranky grandad, who has a hook for...
Seizure announces 2017 Viva la Novella shortlist
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Seizure Viva La Novella competition has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Luke Horton for ‘The Peacock’ Amy Nicholls-Diver for ‘Falling Asleep’...
Rodriguez to leave Copyright Agency
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Copyright Agency cultural fund manager Zoë Rodriguez has announced her departure after 13-and-a-half years at the organisation. Rodriguez joined the Copyright Agency as a lawyer, first coordinating and then leading policy...
Hardie Grant in two-book deal with ‘The Bachelor’ star Sam Wood
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Hardie Grant Books has acquired two books from former star of Channel 10’s The Bachelor and personal trainer Sam Wood. The first title, 28 by Sam Wood, will ‘combine over...
Screen Australia to fund development of ‘The Drover’s Wife’ feature adaptation
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
A feature adaptation of playwright Leah Purcell’s Victorian Prize for Literature-winning The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press), a reimagining of Henry Lawson’s short story, is among the projects in Screen Australia’s...
BolognaRagazzi Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
The winners have been announced for the 2017 BolognaRagazzi Awards, which celebrates ‘publishing excellence in terms of graphic layout, format innovation and general ability to capture a young reader's attention’....
Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month titles boosted by 10,000-15,000 copies
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
In the UK, the Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month promotion has been widely praised for boosting the sales of middle-grade titles, reports the Bookseller. While Waterstones declined to provide...
APA announces editors for 2017 Residential Editorial Program
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the editors selected to attend the 2017 Residential Editorial Program (REP), which will be held at the Melbourne Business School Conference Centre in...
Morton, agent in NSW Supreme Court over alleged contract breach
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Literary agent Selwa Anthony is suing author Kate Morton in the New South Wales Supreme Court over an alleged breach of contract, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Anthony took legal...
New service to improve arts workers’ mental health launched in Melbourne
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Literary organisations are among the 83 arts groups participating in a new service working towards improving Victorian arts workers’ mental health. The Wheeler Centre, Writers Victoria, the Emerging Writers Festival...
OzCo draws on cash reserve to fund small-to-medium sector
Monday, 13 February 2017
The Australia Council will allocate $10m over two years from its reserves to provide grants to the small-to-medium sector. An Australia Council spokesperson told ArtsHub its board made the decision...
PRH to publish new McInerney novel in July
Monday, 13 February 2017
Penguin Random House will publish a new novel by Monica McInerney, The Trip of a Lifetime, in July. The novel is set in South Australia’s Clare Valley and Ireland. The...
UK Independent Publishing Awards winners announced
Monday, 13 February 2017
The UK’s Independent Publishers Guild has announced the winners of the Independent Publishing Awards at its annual conference in Oxford, reports the Bookseller. Academic publisher Edward Elgar was named Independent...
McFarlane longlisted for £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize
Friday, 10 February 2017
Fiona McFarlane has been longlisted for the £30,000 (A$49,155) International Dylan Thomas Prize, run by Swansea University, for her short-story collection The High Places (Hamish Hamilton). McFarlane is one of...
Margaret River Short Story Competition 2017 winner announced
Friday, 10 February 2017
Laura Elvery has won the 2017 Margaret River Short Story Competition for her story ‘Joiner Bay’. Competition judge Ellen van Neerven described ‘Joiner Bay’ as a ‘tender story about running...
MidnightSun celebrates fifth birthday
Friday, 10 February 2017
Adelaide-based small press MidnightSun is celebrating its fifth birthday on 10 February. The publisher began in 2012 with the launch of founder Anna Solding’s novel The Hum of Concrete. ‘Because...
Program announced for second Rock & Roll Writers Festival; new Melbourne event
Friday, 10 February 2017
The program for the second Rock & Roll Writers Festival, to be held at the Old Museum in Brisbane from 1-2 April, has been announced. Organisers have also announced a...
Rushdie, Grisham to release new books in 2017
Thursday, 9 February 2017
New releases by Salman Rushdie and John Grisham have been announced for publication in 2017. Jonathan Cape will publish Rushdie’s 13th novel, The Golden House, in September, reports the Guardian....
ACT government to provide extra $230,000 in arts funding after protest
Thursday, 9 February 2017
The ACT government has announced it will provide an additional $230,000 for arts projects in 2017 after artists protested the drop in funding from the previous year. In December, ACT arts...
NZ poet Tusitala-Marsh receives Society of Authors’ Waitangi Day Honours
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Poet and scholar Selina Tusitala-Marsh has been made an honorary literary fellow as part of the New Zealand Society of Authors’ (NZSA) annual Waitangi Day Honours. NZSA president Kyle Mewburn...
Changes to ‘Books+Publishing’ logins
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Books+Publishing has recently made changes to its login system to limit subscribers from sharing usernames and passwords. Under the new system, subscribers (using their personal username and password) can only...
Volunteer-run library ‘agencies’ replace mobile service around Bendigo
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
The Goldfields Library Corporation in regional Victoria has opened the first of seven new volunteer-run library agencies, which will replace its mobile library service, reports the Bendigo Advertiser. The Dingee...
Lyndall appointed ALIA VP-elect
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Lyndall Osborn has been voted vice president-elect of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) board. Lyndall will assume the role following the ALIA general meeting on 17 May. She...
National Literacy Trust finds widespread literacy ‘crisis’ across England
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
New analysis by the UK’s National Literacy Trust (NLT) has found ‘serious literacy issues’ in the vast majority of England’s constituencies, reports the Bookseller. The report found that 458 of...
Tonner wins Finch Memoir Prize for ‘Cold Vein’
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Anne Tonner has won the 2017 Finch Memoir Prize for her manuscript ‘Cold Vein’, an account of her daughter’s battle with anorexia. Judge Maggie Mackellar said Tonner’s memoir had a...
Stella Prize 2017 longlist announced
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Stella Prize has been announced. This year’s longlisted titles are: Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird, HarperCollins) Between a Wolf and a Dog (Georgia Blain, Scribe)...
Shortlist announced for UK’s inaugural BAME prize
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
The shortlist for the UK’s inaugural Jhalak Prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has been announced, reports the Guardian. The shortlisted titles are: The Girl of Ink...
NZ online children’s books magazine ‘Sapling’ reaches crowdfunding goal
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
A New Zealand online magazine about children’s books has reached its NZ$10,000 (A$9546) crowdfunding goal just over a week into its month-long campaign. The Sapling project is run by Sarah...
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