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Australian Romance Readers Convention authors announced

Friday, 11 November 2016
Over 70 authors will participate in the 2017 Australian Romance Readers Convention (ARRC), which runs from 24-26 February in Melbourne. Headlining the festival are US authors Courtney Milan and Kristen Callihan,...

McGuire appointed SWF artistic director

Thursday, 10 November 2016
The Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has appointed Michaela McGuire as its artistic director, taking over the curation of the 2017 festival. McGuire will leave her role as director and co-CEO...

Macquarie Uni announces new poetry prize for young writers

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Macquarie University has announced the inaugural Sophia Nugent-Siegal Poetry Prize for writers aged 30 and under. The prize is in honour of poet Sophia Nugent Siegal, who died in 2014...

KROC Awards 2016 winners announced

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
The winners of this year’s Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Pig...

Kindle Unlimited launches in Australia

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Amazon’s ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited has been made available in Australia. Amazon is charging A$13.99 per month for the Australian Kindle Unlimited service, which has a library of almost...

TitlePage to return to the APA

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Direct management of the Australian book industry’s price and availability service TitlePage will return to the Australian Publishers Association (APA), the organisation has announced in a statement. TitlePage has been...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2016 winners announced

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
The winners of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced on 8 November in Canberra. The winners in each category are: Fiction (joint winners) The Life of Houses (Lisa...

Booksellers NZ proposes World Booksellers Conference for Dunedin in 2018

Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Booksellers NZ has made a formal proposal for the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) to hold its 2018 conference in Dunedin, New Zealand. The two-day conference would be held...

Booktopia wins ‘Smart Company’ top retailer award

Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Online bookseller Booktopia has won the top retailer award at the Smart Company Smart50 category awards. Booktopia was chosen from a shortlist that also included: Noosa Chocolate, Factory, Adore Beauty,...

Macquarie Dictionary launches podcast

Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Macquarie Dictionary has launched a new podcast that investigates the histories behind Australian words and phrases. Word for Word will go behind-the-scenes with dictionary editors and interview some of Australia’s...

Sales, acquisitions successes for Australian publishers at Frankfurt

Monday, 7 November 2016
‘New voices in literary fiction’, crime fiction, nature writing and ‘narrative nonfiction for female readers’ were among the trends observed by Australian attendees at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, which...

Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2016 White Ravens list

Monday, 7 November 2016
A number of books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2016 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles...

Edwards resigns from S&S

Monday, 7 November 2016
Simon & Schuster Australia head of publishing Larissa Edwards has resigned from the company to pursue interests outside of publishing. Simon & Schuster managing director Dan Ruffino said sales at...

KOALAs 2016 winners announced

Friday, 4 November 2016
The 2016 winners of New South Wales’ annual children’s choice awards, the Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), have been announced. The winners and honour books in each category are:...

2016 AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards nominees announced

Friday, 4 November 2016
The nominees for the 2016 AusRomToday Reader’s Choice Awards have been announced. The nominees in each category, are: Best New Author Caroline Beecham Melanie Coles Athena Daniels Diane Demetre Marilyn...

Twentieth Century Fox options rights to ‘Nevermoor’

Friday, 4 November 2016
Twentieth Century Fox has optioned the film rights to Australian author Jessica Townsend’s forthcoming middle-grade novel Nevermoor, the first book in a trilogy acquired by Hachette US, UK and Australia...

First authors announced for Perth Writers Festival 2017

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The first guests have been announced for the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 23-26 February. UK author Ben Rawlence will give the opening address on the issue of...

Memoir ‘Learning Polish’ wins T.A.G. Hungerford Award

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Jay Martin has won the 2016 T.A.G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript for Learning Polish, a memoir about living as a diplomat’s wife in Poland. The award was presented at...

Small Press Network’s MUBA 2016 shortlist announced

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The Small Press Network (SPN) had announced the shortlist for this year’s Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA), sponsored by Booktopia. The shortlisted titles are: The Floating Garden (Emma Ashmere, Spinifex...

Beneba Clarke to deliver Word for Word Festival keynote

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The program has been announced for the third annual Word for Word nonfiction festival, running in Geelong from 18-20 November. Author Maxine Beneba Clarke will deliver the opening keynote address,...

Chan’s ‘Dark Heavens’ series optioned for film

Thursday, 3 November 2016
Alex Adsett Publishing Services (AAPS) has optioned the film rights to Kylie Chan’s nine-book ‘Dark Heavens’ fantasy series to Hollywood production company Keller Entertainment. Chan’s agent Alex Adsett negotiated the deal...