Thursday, 11 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the book-related categories are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) and nominees...

Wednesday, 10 April 2013
A number of Australian and New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Books by Australian authors shortlisted for the...

Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Older Readers:...

Monday, 8 April 2013
The European Commission has cleared the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House. The commission announced its decision in a statement on 5 April, saying that ‘the transaction would not...

Monday, 8 April 2013
Random House has partnered with advertising agency BMF on a new book donation campaign, which involves specially designed dust jackets doubling as pre-paid envelopes. The idea behind the campaign is...

Monday, 8 April 2013
A number of Australian authors have made the longlist for the 2013 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, one of the world’s largest prizes for short story collections. The longlisted...

Wednesday, 3 April 2013
The finalists for the 2013 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books A Great Cake (Tina Matthews, Walker Books)...

Thursday, 28 March 2013
New Zealand publisher Gecko Press has won the Oceania category in the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year. The Wellington-based children’s publisher was announced as one...

Wednesday, 27 March 2013
The program for the 2013 Reading Matters conference, run by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria (SLV), has been announced. The conference will kick off with a welcome address...

Tuesday, 26 March 2013
The longlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Floundering (Romy Ash, Text) Lola Bensky (Lily Brett, Hamish Hamilton) Street to Street (Brian...

Monday, 25 March 2013
The Light between Oceans by M L Stedman (Vintage) has been named Indie Book of the Year at the 2013 Independent Booksellers of Australia Awards, presented at Berkelouw Bookstore in...

Saturday, 23 March 2013
James Boyce has won the overall Tasmania Book Prize in this year’s Tasmanian Literary Prizes, presented on 22 March as part of the Ten Days on the Island festival. Boyce...

Thursday, 21 March 2013
The winners of the inaugural Most Beautiful Books Australia and New Zealand (MBBANZ) award have been announced. The winners are: Anthology of New Zealand Literature (ed by Jane Stafford &...

Wednesday, 20 March 2013
The shortlist for the inaugural Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Burial (Courtney Collins, A&U) Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser, A&U) The Sunlit Zone (Lisa...

Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Children’s book author and illustrator Patricia Mullins will be awarded the 2012 Dromkeen Medal at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) on 20 March. Mullins is the author and illustrator of...

Tuesday, 19 March 2013
BBC Worldwide has sold Lonely Planet to US-based media company NC2 Media, owned by billionaire Brad Kelley. BBC Worldwide said in a statement that it has sold the Melbourne-based publisher...

Monday, 18 March 2013
The shortlist for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Darkness on the Edge of Town (Jessie Cole, Fourth Estate) Questions of Travel (Michelle de...

Thursday, 14 March 2013
Local authors including Peter Carey, J M Coetzee and Anna Funder are among more than 110 members of an academy that will select the winner of the inaugural Folio Prize...

Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Sydney has started selling a new ereading device this week. The BeBook Touch is a dedicated ereader with an eInk screen and wifi access, and is...

Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Australian authors M L Stedman and Carrie Tiffany and New Zealand author Emily Perkins have been longlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction in the UK. The longlist for...