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Eckermann wins $215k Windham-Campbell Prize

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann is one of eight winners of the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize, which recognises English-language writers who ‘have left their mark on the world of literature or theatre’ and comes with...

VIPs announced for 2017 SWF

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2017 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) Program, to be held during the Sydney Writers’ Festival in May. The guests...

$4.1m in rights sales attributed to VIPs 2011-16 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Over four million dollars in rights sales have been attributed to the Australia Council’s Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program over the past five years, according to the Australia Council’s review...

CBCA Notable Books for 2017 announced

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2017. Older Readers The Hounded (Simon Butters, Wakefield Press) Waer (Meg Caddy, Text) Words in...

Hoy appointed sales director at A&U 

Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Allen & Unwin has appointed Matt Hoy as its sales director. Hoy is currently sales and marketing director of Murdoch Books, which is owned by Allen & Unwin. Previously he...

Riwoe, Wright win Viva la Novella

Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Seizure has announced Mirandi Riwoe and Stephen Wright as the winners of its fifth Viva la Novella competition. Riwoe’s ‘The Fish Girl’ tells the story of an Indonesian girl ‘whose...

Australian Romance Readers Awards 2016 winners announced

Monday, 27 February 2017
The winners of the 2016 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author for the...

Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Monday, 27 February 2017
The shortlist for the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Four Egrets’ by Ronald Dzerigian ‘Sentence to Lilacs’ by Louis Klee...

Kent, Smith longlisted for Walter Scott Prize

Friday, 24 February 2017
Australian author Hannah Kent and Australian-born, US-based Dominic Smith have been longlisted for the 2017 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Kent is longlisted for The Good People (Picador) and...

Readings in the running for store design award

Friday, 24 February 2017
Independent bookselling chain Readings is a finalist for the Customer Experience Store Design Award, as part of Inside Retail’s 2017 Retailer Awards. Readings was selected for the design of its...

Inky Awards 2017 longlists announced

Thursday, 23 February 2017
The longlists for the 2017 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

Fury awarded 2017 Kat Muscat Fellowship

Thursday, 23 February 2017
Melbourne writer Fury has been awarded the 2017 Kat Muscat Fellowship to work on a play ‘investigating the relationship between lesbians and gay men during the early AIDS crisis’. Fury...

Milne, Littleton promoted at HarperCollins 

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
HarperCollins Australia has announced several promotions in its general books division following the departure of publishing director Shona Martyn at the end of 2016. Publisher Catherine Milne has been promoted...

IPEd announces directory of freelance editors

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has introduced a new online directory of freelance editors. The Editors Directory is hosted on the IPEd website and is searchable by editors’ services,...

ALS Gold Medal 2017 longlist announced

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: One Hundred Letters Home (Adam Aitken, Vagabond) The Easy Way Out (Steven...

Birrell joins Tablo as creative director 

Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Former Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) artistic director Jemma Birrell has been appointed creative director of Melbourne-based online self-publishing platform Tablo. Birrell will build partnerships between Tablo and literary organisations, including...

Scribe increases US presence 

Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Scribe Publications has announced a change in North American sales and distribution arrangements, and will increase its US-based marketing and publicity team to boost support to its titles in the region....

Aurealis Awards 2016 finalists announced

Monday, 20 February 2017
The finalists for the 2016 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the categories are: Science fiction novel Watershed (Jane Abbott, Vintage)...

Five Mile to publish ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ list

Monday, 20 February 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia’s children’s imprint Five Mile will publish a ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ list of children’s books, with Rippin acting as editor-at-large. Rippin will work with Bonnier Publishing Australia CEO...

 

 

 

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