Varuna announces recipients of 2017 Residency Fellowships Archive
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Varuna, the Writers House has announced the recipients of the 2017 Varuna Residency Fellowships. The writers and their projects are: The Mick Dark flagship fellowship Rebecca Giggs for ‘The Whale...
Eleven new writers on ‘Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors’ list Archive
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
In the US, 11 new writers have made the Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Most Powerful Authors’ 2016 list. Among the first-time listees are Ernest Cline (12th), whose science-fiction novel Ready Player One...
Nix’s forthcoming ‘Frogkisser!’ to be adapted for musical film Archive
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Garth Nix’s forthcoming middle-grade novel Frogkisser! (A&U, February 2017) is being adapted into a live-action/animation musical film by US-based Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios. The film will follow the...
WA Premier’s Book Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
The winners of the biennial WA Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction ($15,000) The Golden Age (Joan London, Vintage) Nonfiction ($15,000) This House...
Harlequin to fully integrate into HarperCollins ANZ Archive
Monday, 3 October 2016
Harlequin Australia is to fully integrate into HarperCollins ANZ, with the Harlequin publishing division sharing HarperCollins’ sales network and in-house services, including contracts, rights, pre-press, supply and data solutions, HarperCollins...
Apple releases exclusive enhanced ebook of ‘Game of Thrones’ Archive
Monday, 3 October 2016
Apple has released an exclusive enhanced ebook edition of George R R Martin’s A Game of Thrones to mark the 20th anniversary of the novel’s first publication, reports the Guardian....
T.A.G. Hungerford 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 3 October 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Catherine Gillard for ‘The Incidental...
The market down under Archive
Friday, 30 September 2016
Book sales edged up in Australia for the second year in a row as the market continues its recovery after several years of decline. Brad Jefferies presents an overview of...
Kurniawan wins $52k Emerging Voices award for ‘Man Tiger’ Archive
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan has won the US$40,000 (A$52,010) prize for best novel at the Emerging Voices awards in New York for his novel Man Tiger (Text), reports the Financial...
Greenhill wins Richell Prize Archive
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Tasmanian author Susie Greenhill has won the 2016 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her entry ‘The Clinking’, described as an ‘ecological love story’. In a statement, Emerging Writers’ Festival...
Danish publishers withdraw ebooks from libraries Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Danish publishers have withdrawn their ebooks from libraries in opposition to to the lack of restrictions around digital lending in the country, reports Digital Book World. Several Danish publishers, including...
Small publisher spotlight: UWA Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
UWA Publishing was launched in 1935 at the University of Western Australia in Perth to produce textbooks for its students, and has since expanded into general fiction, poetry and nonfiction....
SLV Google Expedition launches Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
The State Library of Victoria’s (SLV) Google Expedition, which uses virtual reality to create the experience of an immersive field trip, was launched in Mildura on 16 September. The expedition...
Rural library introduces 24-7 access service Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Tullamore Library in Central NSW has claimed to be the first Australian library to be open to the community 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An open day...
Giller Prize 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 (A$98,820) Scotiabank Giller Prize 2016 for the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English has been announced. The shortlisted works...
Carter to receive international sports autobiography prize Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
New Zealand rugby player Dan Carter will receive the best autobiography prize at the 2016 Sportel Awards, to be held in Monaco on 25 October, for his book Dan Carter:...
Film Vic gives funding to Boori Monty Pryor web-series Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
A documentary web-series looking back on the life of Indigenous author and activist Boori Monty Pryor, to be screened on the ABC’s iview portal, is one of 17 Victorian film...
Affirm mentorship award winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Affirm Press has announced the winners of its second Affirm Mentorship Award, run in partnership with Varuna, the Writers’ House. The writers and their projects are: Angela J Williams, for her creative...
New monthly Australian poetry podcast launched Archive
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
The Poet’s Voice has launched a new podcast series, called ‘The necessary poet’, which presents Australian writers, thinkers and poets discussing the work of a poet they consider to be...
Printer turns down anti same-sex marriage title due to its ‘subject matter and content’ Archive
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
McPherson’s Printing Group, a division of parent company Opus Group, has declined the job of printing an anti same-sex marriage book from niche publisher Connor Court, citing that it wouldn’t...
Texas bans 15,000 books from state prisons Archive
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
In the US, the banning of Dan Carter’s Wolf Boys (A&U) in Texas prisons has highlighted the state’s aggressive stance on banning books, reports the Guardian. Carter’s nonfiction book about...
‘The 65-Storey Treehouse’ tops Australian children’s bestsellers charts Archive
Monday, 26 September 2016
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s The 65-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has topped the Australian children’s bestsellers chart for July 2015-June 2016, selling an astounding 347,000 titles over this period. This is...
Video game developer Ubisoft launches in-house book line Archive
Monday, 26 September 2016
Video game developer Ubisoft is launching an in-house publishing initiative that will release two books in November in the US based on its Assassin’s Creed franchise, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Inaugural Excellence in Translation medal shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 26 September 2016
The shortlist for the inaugural Medal for Excellence in Translation, administered by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, has been announced. The shortlisted translators and their works are: John Minford,...
Bestsellers this week Archive
Monday, 26 September 2016
Children’s books make up four of the top five bestsellers in this week’s charts, with the top three spots taken by The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan),...
UK study finds parents spend less on books for boys Archive
Friday, 23 September 2016
In the UK, a new study into the media consumption of pre-schoolers has found parents spend on average £6 (A$10.20) per month on books for boys, 25% less than the...
‘The Dressmaker’, ‘I Quit Sugar’ top 2015-16 Australian adult bestsellers charts Archive
Friday, 23 September 2016
Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker (Duffy & Snellgrove) and Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar: Simplicious (Macmillan) have topped the Australian adult fiction and nonfiction bestsellers charts for July 2015-June 2016, respectively....
Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2016 longlist announced Archive
Friday, 23 September 2016
In the UK, the 2016 longlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The 10 longlisted titles are: Second-hand Time (Svetlana Alexievich,...
Peat wins inaugural CLNZ Writer’s Award Archive
Thursday, 22 September 2016
Wildlife photographer and author Neville Peat has won the inaugural NZ$25,000 (A$24,195) Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Writers Award for nonfiction, to help support his project The Invading Sea. Peat...
Kirkus Prize 2016 finalists announced Archive
Thursday, 22 September 2016
The finalists have been announced for the 2016 Kirkus Prize, sponsored by the US publication Kirkus Reviews. The awards are presented in three categories—fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature—and each...
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