Friday, 4 January 2013
The category winners for the 2012 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Novel Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel, Fourth Estate)   First novel...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Notions Unlimited Bookshop in Chelsea, Victoria, which specialises in science-fiction, fantasy and horror books, has created a range of YouTube videos to promote the store. The videos include a clip...

Wednesday, 12 December 2012
The prize money for the Miles Franklin Literary Award will increase to $60,000 in 2013, up from $50,000 this year. The Trust Company, as trustee of the Miles Franklin Literary Award,...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Several authors are featured in the 20 Most Influential Female Voices of 2012 list, published by online news site Daily Life. The list, selected from more than 2000 nominations, includes academic...

Tuesday, 11 December 2012
An overview of Bookseller+Publisher’s reviews pages over the past year reveals some interesting statistics about the Australian publishing industry. In total, 239 Australian and New Zealand originated titles published in...

Monday, 10 December 2012
The People Smuggler: The True Story of Ali Al Jenabi by Robin de Crespigny (Viking) has won this year’s Human Rights Literature Award. The People Smuggler was selected from a shortlist...

Monday, 10 December 2012
Melbourne-based writer Maria Tumarkin has been awarded one of the 2013 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, worth $160,000 over two years. As one of the seven Sidney Myer Creative Fellows, Tumarkin...

Friday, 7 December 2012
Bill Gammage has won the 2012 Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award for The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (A&U). Gammage’s book was selected from...

Thursday, 6 December 2012
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced that general manager Zoe Dattner will step down from her role in January. The SPN said in a statement that Dattner and the...

Thursday, 6 December 2012
Penguin Books Australia has launched a one-day seminar for aspiring writers of commercial fiction, called the Penguin School of Popular Writing. The seminar, which will be held on 19 January...

Thursday, 6 December 2012
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that Jill Eddington has been appointed as director of the Literature Board. The Australia Council said in a statement that Eddington will...

Thursday, 6 December 2012
Bundaberg-based author and festival convener Sandy Curtis has won the 2012 Johnno Award, presented by the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) for outstanding contributions to writing in Queensland. Curtis has written six...

Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Tim Winton’s novel Cloudstreet (Penguin) has been voted by readers as the number one Australian book to read before you die, in a competition held by the ABC’s First Tuesday...

Monday, 3 December 2012
The winners of this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary and History Awards were announced on 30 November at the State Library of New South Wales. In the Premier’s Literary...

Monday, 3 December 2012
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) is calling for submissions from creative organisations and networks to run collaborative events during the 2013 festival. The ampers&nd project is aimed at organisations such...