Amazon launches Prime in Australia
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Amazon has launched its subscription service Prime on the company's Australian website, offering users free delivery and subscription access to ebooks, videos and games. The service will include free ‘expedited...
Inaugural storytelling festival StoryFest to launch in regional NSW
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
A new festival celebrating storytelling will be held in the Milton, Mollymook and Ulladulla area of New South Wales south coast from 21-22 June in 2019. Next year’s inaugural StoryFest...
Writers Vic announces winners of Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Writers Victoria has announced the 2018 winners of the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. The winner in the fiction category was Amanda Hildebrandt for her story ‘Market Day’. Margaret Hickey...
A&U to distribute Echo; Meyer promoted to publisher
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) and UK publisher Bonnier Zaffre have announced a new sales and distribution arrangement for former Bonnier Publishing Australia imprint Echo Publishing (Echo), with A&U to start...
Australian podcast network Broadwave launched
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Melbourne-based radio producers Izzy Roberts-Orr, Areej Nur and Bethany Atkinson-Quinton have launched Broadwave, a curated network of Australian podcasts focused on telling 'community-driven stories'. The network aims to 'provide a genuine, intelligent and...
Hansell receives Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
New Zealand musician, writer and artist Jessica Hansell, also known as Coco Solid, has received the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, which will see her produce a body of...
Clifford thriller sells to US
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Melbourne author and bookseller Aoife Clifford’s forthcoming thriller, Second Sight (S&S, July), has sold to US publisher Pegasus Books for publication in the US Summer of 2019. North American rights...
Becker to leave ABA
Monday, 18 June 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that CEO Joel Becker will step down from the position at the end of 2018. Becker has served as CEO for eight years,...
UQP sells ‘Call of the Reed Warbler’ in UK, US; Lukins debut to Italy
Monday, 18 June 2018
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold UK and US rights for Charles Massy’s Call of the Reed Warbler to Chelsea Green, and Italian-language rights to The Everlasting Sunday by...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2018 shortlist announced
Monday, 18 June 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Life to Come (Michelle de Kretser, A&U) The Last...
‘Nevermoor’ wins ABA Booksellers Choice Award; booksellers of the year announced
Monday, 18 June 2018
Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor (Lothian) has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award at the 2018 ABA conference awards night, held in Canberra on 17 June. Townsend’s novel was...
Dorothy Hewett award to retain name
Friday, 15 June 2018
University of Western Australia (UWA) Publishing has announced it will continue the Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript under its current name, following allegations made by Hewett’s two adult...
Connaughton announced as editor of ‘Saturday Paper’
Friday, 15 June 2018
Writer and broadcaster Maddison Connaughton has been appointed editor of the Saturday Paper. Connaughton has worked most recently as features editor at Vice, and is a finalist in this year’s...
Book Depository to remit GST from July
Friday, 15 June 2018
Amazon-owned online retailer Book Depository has confirmed it will collect and remit GST on overseas purchases from July, when the new tax laws come into effect, reports the Australian Financial...
USyd library establishes $5000 printer in residence program
Friday, 15 June 2018
The University of Sydney’s Fisher Library has established a printer in residence program, offering a $5000 grant and residency within the library’s printing workshop. The eight-week residency is open to...
Booksellers NZ 2018 conference program released
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The program for the 2018 Booksellers NZ Conference, which runs from 25-26 August, has been announced. Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln Gould says this year’s conference is ‘all about the book,...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival announces 2018 program
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2018 program. The annual event will run from 10-12 August in regional NSW and, for the first time, the festival will also hold...
UK exchange program Intersect launches
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The British Council and Diversity Arts Australia have launched a new exchange program, Intersect, for British and Australian arts professionals from culturally diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds....
Berbay sells Canty picture books to US
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Berbay Publishing has sold rights to Melbourne author and illustrator John Canty’s Heads and Tails: Insects in three territories, including North America. Rights to the picture book, which is the...
Booktopia shortlisted for online retail awards
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted in several categories in the 2018 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist for Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and Best Pureplay Online...
Text, Writing NSW launch Boundless Indigenous Mentorship Program
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Text Publishing and Writing NSW have launched a new nationwide mentoring program for an unpublished Indigenous writer. The Boundless Indigenous Mentorship Program will pair an emerging Indigenous writer who has...
Shortlist for ‘Lip’ magazine’s 2018 Rachel Funari Prize announced
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The shortlist for Lip magazine’s annual Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: 'A Landing' (Phoebe Chen) 'Fishing for Yabbies' (Laura McCluskey) 'Highway' (Alice...
‘The Bad Guys’ feature film in development with DreamWorks
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
DreamWorks Animation has begun development on a feature animated film based on Aaron Blabey’s illustrated chapter book series The Bad Guys (Scholastic). Foundation Media Partners and Northside Services negotiated the...
Byron Writers Festival 2018 program announced
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The full program for the 2018 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 3-5 August, has been announced, featuring 140 writers, thinkers and commentators. International guests include UK-based novelists Matt Haig...
2017 Stella Count reveals drop in percentage of women reviewed
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The 2017 Stella Count has found that four out of 12 publications surveyed reviewed more books by women than men—the same ratio as 2016’s count—but that the overall percentage of...
Grenville, book industry figures recognised in 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
A number of Australian authors and industry figures were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Author Kate Grenville was made Officer in the General Division of the Order of...
Payne resigns from UQP
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
University of Queensland Press (UQP) nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne has resigned from the position after 11 years with the company. In a statement, UQP announced Payne will step down from...
Coleman, Meadows win Norma K Hemming Awards 2018
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The winners of the 2018 Norma K Hemming Awards were announced on Friday, 8 June. Western Australian writer Claire G Coleman won in the long work category for her novel Terra...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best illustrated book Aberhart Starts Here...
Longlist for 2018 ‘KYD’ Unpublished Manuscript Award announced
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted works, and their authors, are: ‘Blindside’ (Beth Amos) ‘The Eulogy’ (Jacqueline Bailey) ‘Behind the...
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