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New website for Fremantle Press  Archive

Thursday, 13 August 2015
Fremantle Press has launched a new website, which includes dedicated sections for schools and book clubs. The site, which is customised for mobile phones, emphasises reader engagement with authors through social...

Elizabeth Jolley Prize 2015 shortlist announced  Archive

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Australian Book Review has announced the shortlist for this year’s Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, worth $8000. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Borges and I’ by Michelle Cahill (Aus); ‘Crest’ by...

Stella to launch schools program in NSW  Archive

Wednesday, 12 August 2015
The Stella Prize is launching its School Program in NSW on 9 September, with a free event in Sydney for teachers, librarians and students.The event, to be held at the Sydney...

Stead named NZ Poet Laureate  Archive

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The National Library of New Zealand has named C K Stead as the 2015-17 New Zealand Poet Laureate.Stead, the author of numerous collections of poetry, short stories, novels and literary criticism, will...

LearningField re-signs OUP, CUP, Pearson  Archive

Tuesday, 11 August 2015
The Copyright Agency has re-signed Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Pearson to its etextbook subscription service LearningField for a further three years.The three publishers join a number of other publishers offering ongoing support...

Ned Kelly 2015 shortlists announced  Archive

Monday, 10 August 2015
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing.The shortlisted works in each category are:Best novel Sweet One (Peter Docker,...

On tour: Meet the author Jack Andraka  Archive

Thursday, 6 August 2015
Young scientist Jack Andraka is the author of Breakthrough (with Matthew Lysiak, Scribe), a memoir about growing up, being bullied and developing an early-detection test for pancreatic, ovarian and lung...

Japanese readers spend the most on ebooks  Archive

Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Japanese ebook users are spending the highest average amount of money on ebooks, according to a report released by online statistics portal Statista. Japanese ebook users will spend an estimated average of US$104.55(A$141.77) on ebooks in 2015, followed...

HarperCollins Brasil launched  Archive

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
HarperCollins and its Brazilian partner Ediouro Group have launched HarperCollins Brasil, a subsidiary that will publish around 350 titles a year, reports Publishers Weekly. The list will include children’s, Christian...

NT Literary Awards 2015 winners announced  Archive

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
The Northern Territory Library has announced the winners of the Northern Territory Literary Awards.The 2015 winners are:Short story ($1000) ‘It’s a Privilege to Live in Arrernte Country’ (Jo Dutton)  Poetry ($1000)...

Property developer to sponsor NZ Book Awards  Archive

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Auckland-based property developer Ockham Residential has taken over sponsorship of the New Zealand Book Awards.The announcement follows the withdrawal of previous sponsor the New Zealand Post Group last year, with a...

RiP Kat Muscat  Archive

Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Kat Muscat, a Melbourne writer and former editor of the magazine Voiceworks, has died, aged 25.Adolfo Aranjuez, who was deputy editor of Voiceworks during Muscat’s editorship, writes:‘I first met Kat...

‘SRB’ announces new editor  Archive

Monday, 3 August 2015
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has appointed Catriona Menzies-Pike as its new editor.Menzies-Pike is a former arts editor for the Conversation and managing editor of New Matilda. She has...