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Harper shortlisted for UK Dagger award for best crime novel

Friday, 28 July 2017
Jane Harper has been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2017 Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year. Harper’s novel is one of six novels...

Government review seeks to stem the decline in WA writers

Thursday, 27 July 2017
The WA Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) has published its final report from a review of the state’s writing sector, as well as recommendations made by a reference...

NT Literary Awards 2017 winners announced

Thursday, 27 July 2017
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short Story Award ‘This is where you come from’ by Miranda Tetlow...

Fox wins Walkley Women’s Leadership in Media Award

Thursday, 27 July 2017
Catherine Fox has won the Walkley Foundation’s Women’s Leadership in Media Award for her nonfiction book Stop Fixing Women (NewSouth), as well as articles for the ABC and the Australian....

Writers Victoria launches professional development series for women of colour

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Writers Victoria has announced it will run a series of professional development opportunities for women of colour writers in late 2017 and 2018. The program will include paid commissions of new...

Solomun launches The Rights Hive agency

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Former Penguin Random House (PRH) and Five Mile Press rights manager Natasha Solomun has launched a new rights agency, The Rights Hive, to provide representation of foreign and subsidiary rights...

Create NSW to fund ‘creative hubs’ in Western Sydney

Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Create NSW has contributed over $400,000 in funding to create eight hubs for a ‘diverse mix of arts, screen and digital projects and organisations’ in Western Sydney. The Western Sydney...

‘The Bone Sparrow’ wins inaugural Readings YA Prize

Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Zana Fraillon has won the inaugural Readings YA Prize for her novel The Bone Sparrow (Hachette). Fraillon’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $3000 prize, which...

Brisbane Writers Festival program announced

Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival, which runs from 6-10 September. Over 100 authors will appear at the festival, including Canadian novelist Anosh Irani, who...

WA government defers multi-year arts funding

Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The WA Department of Culture and Arts has announced it will undertake a ‘comprehensive review’ of its Organisations Investment Program (OIP) and defer the opening of the second OIP funding...

MUP unveils new website

Monday, 24 July 2017
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has launched a new website featuring book extracts, author interviews and book tour details, among other overhauled features. The publisher said that ‘with ninety-five years of...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced

Friday, 21 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winning title in each category is: Best book Cazador: Game, Offal and...

ASA launches International Marketplace

Friday, 21 July 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new digital marketplace to showcase and sell the work of writers to international publishers, agents and literary scouts. The ASA said...

‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced

Friday, 21 July 2017
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘Hasard Objectif’ by Joanna Walsh ‘Atlantis Minor’ by...

‘ABR’ announces Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlist

Thursday, 20 July 2017
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘The Leaching Layer’ by Dominic Amerena...

Carmine wins inaugural ‘KYD’ unpublished manuscript award

Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Onyx B Carmine (S J Norman) as the winner of its inaugural unpublished manuscript award for their short story collection ‘Permafrost’. Carmine...

Australian author’s fairytale retelling acquired by Hodder & Stoughton

Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Canberra-based author Leife Shallcross’ novel The Beast’s Heart has been acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The Beast’s Heart is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale...

Text announces new NZ literary prize for an unpublished novel

Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Text Publishing has announced the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, a new literary prize for New Zealand writers worth NZ$10,000. The winner will also receive a contract for...

Melbourne Writers Festival 2017 program launched

Wednesday, 19 July 2017
The program for the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 25 August to 3 September, has been announced. Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Kim Scott will launch the festival...

PRH announces new $20,000 prize for an unpublished manuscript

Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced a new literary prize for an unpublished manuscript, worth $20,000, to mark the formation of the publisher’s new literary division. The Penguin Random...

Educational Publishing Awards 2017 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 18 July 2017
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource—Mathematics (Numeracy) Oxford Maths Student and...