Monday, 5 February 2018
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has launched a new survey to measure the health of the local book-design industry and generate data around the issues that book designers face....

Thursday, 1 February 2018
The Copyright Agency has published a report by Allen & Unwin head of publicity Louise Cornegé that examines how the digital revolution has changed the way publishers market and promote...

Wednesday, 31 January 2018
The Copyright Agency has announced it has boosted the value of its annual fellowship program from $120,000 to $285,000, including a new $80,000 fellowship for a specific work of nonfiction....

Tuesday, 30 January 2018
UPLIT has announced Carl Lindgren as the guest artistic director for the 2018 Brisbane Writers Festival. Lindgren will serve as guest artistic director until the end of 2018, while UPLIT’s...

Monday, 29 January 2018
A number of book industry figures have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Janet McCalman was made Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia,...

Thursday, 25 January 2018
Bonnier Publishing’s Echo imprint has acquired three new novels, set for release in 2018 and 2019. Echo had acquired world rights to the second novel by Heather Morris, whose debut,...

Tuesday, 23 January 2018
A number of writers have been awarded international residencies for 2018-19 as part of the Australia Council’s program. Authors Emily Bitto and Fiona McFarlane will each undertake a six-month residency...

Monday, 22 January 2018
Thirty-five arts organisations have received a total of $1.035m in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Literary organisations and projects that received funding in the...