YA authors to run book club on a train
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Contributors to the #LoveOzYA anthology Begin, End, Begin (HarperCollins) will be running a book club discussion on a Melbourne train on 14 September as part of Australian Reading Hour. Authors...
MidnightSun sells Swedish rights for ‘A Cardboard Palace’
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
MidnightSun Publishing has sold Swedish rights for Allayne L Webster’s middle-grade novel A Cardboard Palace to B. Wahlströms Bokförlag. This is the publisher’s first middle-grade book to sell overseas. Publishing...
Black Inc. acquires Dovey book on Coetzee
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Black Inc. has signed Ceridwen Dovey to contribute to its ‘Writers on Writers’ series with a book on Nobel Prize-winning South African and Australian author J M Coetzee. Dovey’s book...
Richell Prize 2017 longlist announced
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...
Hamilton appointed CEO of Express Media
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Lucy Hamilton has been appointed general manager/CEO of Express Media, replacing Pippa Bainbridge in the position. Hamilton was previously partnerships coordinator for Regional Arts Victoria. Express Media chair Tracy O’Shaughnessy...
Crawford named University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Writer and artist Anwen Crawford has been selected as the University of Technology Sydney’s New Writer in Residence for 2017-18. Crawford will use the residency to work on her second...
More than 330 libraries, bookshops register for Australian Reading Hour
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
More than 330 libraries and bookshops have registered to participate in Australian Reading Hour on 14 September 2017, with over 100 Australian authors to take part in events in their...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Amanda Niehaus has won the 2017 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for new and emerging writers for her story ‘Breeding Season’. Chosen from a shortlist of 10, ‘Breeding Season’...
Government declines support for fair use in Productivity Commission response; industry groups respond
Monday, 28 August 2017
The federal government has declined to support the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to introduce a fair use exception to copyright law, and will instead consult on developing more flexible copyright exceptions next year....
People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year shortlist announced
Monday, 28 August 2017
The shortlist for the $10,000 Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year, as part of the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Birdman's...
‘The Dry’ wins best novel at 2017 Davitt Awards
Monday, 28 August 2017
Jane Harper’s debut novel The Dry has won best adult novel at the 2017 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. The Dry also...
Black Inc. acquires Kate Holden true-crime book
Friday, 25 August 2017
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to a true-crime book by Kate Holden on the murder of New South Wales state environment officer Glen Turner in 2014. Scheduled for release...
Shortlists for 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Friday, 25 August 2017
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australia’s War...
‘Our Mob, God’s Story’ wins 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year
Friday, 25 August 2017
Our Mob, God’s Story: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists Share Their Faith (Louise Sherman & Christobel Mattingley, Bible Society) has been named the Australian Christian Book of the Year...
Hachette acquires Inga Simpson picture book ‘The Peach King’
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Hachette has acquired world rights to Inga Simpson’s first picture book, The Peach King. The book, which was acquired by commissioning editor Robert Watkins, is based on the fairytale that...
Second ‘Overland’ residency program open to Indigenous writers
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Literary journal Overland’s second residency program, which is ‘aimed at addressing a lack of opportunities for marginalised writers’, has opened for entries from Indigenous writers at any stage of their...
HarperCollins partners with Bolinda to produce audiobooks
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
HarperCollins will partner with audiobook publisher Bolinda to jointly produce audio editions of HarperCollins’ Australian titles. About 50 titles from HarperCollins’ frontlist and backlist will be published for the launch...
TitlePage relaunches on APA platform
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Australian book industry’s price and availability service TitlePage relaunched on the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) platform on 23 August. The APA said users will notice ‘some design improvements’, as well...
RMIT students to host Odyssey literary festival
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program are hosting a literary festival in Melbourne on 6 September. The Odyssey: Line by Line festival, which was first held in...
A&U acquires Jack Heath’s ‘grisly’ adult debut; rights sold into five territories
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired children’s and YA author Jack Heath’s debut adult thriller Hangman, to be published in January 2018. Hangman is a ‘grisly crime novel about a cannibal...
S&S acquires debut thriller from ABC journalist Tim Ayliffe
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to the debut thriller—the first in a trilogy—by ABC News managing editor of television and video, Tim Ayliffe. The Greater Good was...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: Allan Drew for ‘Wharekaho Beach, 1944’ Amanda Niehaus...
Readings announces 2017 New Australian Fiction Award shortlist
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2017 New Australian Fiction Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Windy Season (Sam Carmody, A&U) Australia Day (Melanie Cheng, Text) Jean Harley Was...
NZ publishing projects awarded CLNZ funds
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
A number of New Zealand publishers will share in NZ$75,000 (A$69,248) of funding in the latest round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand’s (CLNZ) Contestable Fund. The successful publishers and authors...
Ubud releases festival program for 2017
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the full program for its 2017 festival, which will run from 25-29 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...
Parliament passes legislation to impose GST on low-value online imports
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Federal parliament has enacted legislation to impose a 10% GST on low-value imports purchased from online overseas sellers from 1 July 2018. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the government first...
NZ Book Industry Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The winners of the 2017 New Zealand Book Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on 19 August. The winners in each category are: Bookshop of the Year Time Out Bookstore,...
Mem Fox receives CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Monday, 21 August 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented Mem Fox with the 2017 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to Australian children’s literature. The award was presented on...
S&S acquires debut novel by Australian ‘book ninjas’
Monday, 21 August 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to the debut novel by Australian ‘book ninjas’ Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus. Berg, a copywriter and co-founder of Melbourne advertising agency...
Hardy appointed MWF artistic director
Friday, 18 August 2017
Writer and producer Marieke Hardy has been appointed artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), with general manager Shona Barrett to take on the role of CEO. As previously...
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