Birrell joins Tablo as creative director Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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)...
Pages & Pages creates ‘anti-Trump’ reading list, donates to Refugee Council of Australia Archive
Monday, 20 February 2017
Sydney bookseller Pages & Pages has put together an anti-Trump reading list and has pledged to donate $1 to the Refugee Council of Australia for every book purchased from the list. The...
Five Mile to publish ‘Sally Rippin Presents’ list Archive
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...
Australian authors longlisted for 2017 Carnegie Medal Archive
Friday, 17 February 2017
Australian authors Zana Fraillon and Glenda Millard have been longlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal. Fraillon is longlisted for The Bone Sparrow (Hachette) and Millard for The Stars at Oktober...
OzCo announces VIPs project fund recipients Archive
Friday, 17 February 2017
The Australia Council has announced the recipients of its Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) 2015-16 project fund. The recipients are: Books+Publishing ($9790) Wenona Byrne ($9400) Giramondo ($7000) Mis Zalozba ($10,000) Benython...
New ‘Write-ability’ program to go rural, online Archive
Friday, 17 February 2017
Writers Victoria has announced a new three-year Write-ability program for aspiring writers with disability in regional Victoria. The Write-ability Goes Regional and Online program will begin in April in...
Asialink 2017 arts residencies announced Archive
Friday, 17 February 2017
The recipients of the University of Melbourne’s Asialink Arts Residencies Program for 2017 have been announced. Writers receiving residencies in Asian countries are: Lyn Dickens, India: Dickens will ‘work on...
Audible launches local ‘Listen to your book’ campaign Archive
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Audiobook provider Audible has launched its first local original advertising campaign, with the theme ‘Listen to your book’. The campaign features a two-minute video starring actor Craig McLachlan and comedian...
Ferguson appointed PANZ director Archive
Thursday, 16 February 2017
New Zealand Book Council CEO Catriona Ferguson has been appointed as Publishing Association of New Zealand (PANZ) director. Ferguson replaces outgoing director Anne de Lautour, who is stepping down from...
A&U, Books Illustrated to create Australian collective stand at Bologna Archive
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Allen & Unwin and Books Illustrated will combine their stands at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair to create an Australian collective stand. The Australian stand will also host four...
First ‘Librarians’ Choice’ top 10 list published Archive
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The first ‘Librarians’ Choice’ list of 10 highly recommended new-release titles has been published. The monthly listing aims to ‘harness the time-honoured value of “librarian’s picks” into a single nation-wide...
Seizure announces 2017 Viva la Novella shortlist Archive
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Seizure Viva La Novella competition has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Luke Horton for ‘The Peacock’ Amy Nicholls-Diver for ‘Falling Asleep’...
Rodriguez to leave Copyright Agency Archive
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Copyright Agency cultural fund manager Zoë Rodriguez has announced her departure after 13-and-a-half years at the organisation. Rodriguez joined the Copyright Agency as a lawyer, first coordinating and then leading policy...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hector (Rozzi Bazzani, Australian Scholarly Publishing) Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney...
Hardie Grant in two-book deal with ‘The Bachelor’ star Sam Wood Archive
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Hardie Grant Books has acquired two books from former star of Channel 10’s The Bachelor and personal trainer Sam Wood. The first title, 28 by Sam Wood, will ‘combine over...
Slatter, McDermott awarded Copyright Agency funding for mid-to-late career authors Archive
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Brisbane author Angela Slatter, Melbourne historian and author Alex McDermott, and WA visual artist Pilar Mata Dupont have been awarded funding from the Copyright Agency’s Create Career Fund for mid-to-late...
Screen Australia to fund development of ‘The Drover’s Wife’ feature adaptation Archive
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
A feature adaptation of playwright Leah Purcell’s Victorian Prize for Literature-winning The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press), a reimagining of Henry Lawson’s short story, is among the projects in Screen Australia’s...
APA announces editors for 2017 Residential Editorial Program Archive
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the editors selected to attend the 2017 Residential Editorial Program (REP), which will be held at the Melbourne Business School Conference Centre in...
Morton, agent in NSW Supreme Court over alleged contract breach Archive
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Literary agent Selwa Anthony is suing author Kate Morton in the New South Wales Supreme Court over an alleged breach of contract, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Anthony took legal...
New service to improve arts workers’ mental health launched in Melbourne Archive
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Literary organisations are among the 83 arts groups participating in a new service working towards improving Victorian arts workers’ mental health. The Wheeler Centre, Writers Victoria, the Emerging Writers Festival...
OzCo draws on cash reserve to fund small-to-medium sector Archive
Monday, 13 February 2017
The Australia Council will allocate $10m over two years from its reserves to provide grants to the small-to-medium sector. An Australia Council spokesperson told ArtsHub its board made the decision...
PRH to publish new McInerney novel in July Archive
Monday, 13 February 2017
Penguin Random House will publish a new novel by Monica McInerney, The Trip of a Lifetime, in July. The novel is set in South Australia’s Clare Valley and Ireland. The...
McFarlane longlisted for £30,000 International Dylan Thomas Prize Archive
Friday, 10 February 2017
Fiona McFarlane has been longlisted for the £30,000 (A$49,155) International Dylan Thomas Prize, run by Swansea University, for her short-story collection The High Places (Hamish Hamilton). McFarlane is one of...
Margaret River Short Story Competition 2017 winner announced Archive
Friday, 10 February 2017
Laura Elvery has won the 2017 Margaret River Short Story Competition for her story ‘Joiner Bay’. Competition judge Ellen van Neerven described ‘Joiner Bay’ as a ‘tender story about running...
MidnightSun celebrates fifth birthday Archive
Friday, 10 February 2017
Adelaide-based small press MidnightSun is celebrating its fifth birthday on 10 February. The publisher began in 2012 with the launch of founder Anna Solding’s novel The Hum of Concrete. ‘Because...
Program announced for second Rock & Roll Writers Festival; new Melbourne event Archive
Friday, 10 February 2017
The program for the second Rock & Roll Writers Festival, to be held at the Old Museum in Brisbane from 1-2 April, has been announced. Organisers have also announced a...
ACT government to provide extra $230,000 in arts funding after protest Archive
Thursday, 9 February 2017
The ACT government has announced it will provide an additional $230,000 for arts projects in 2017 after artists protested the drop in funding from the previous year. In December, ACT arts...
Australian publisher, NZ bookseller shortlisted for LBF International Excellence Awards Archive
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Australia’s CSIRO Publishing and New Zealand’s Time Out Bookstore have been shortlisted for the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. CSIRO Publishing is shortlisted for the Academic and Professional...
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