First authors announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week Archive
Friday, 28 October 2016
The first line-up of authors has been announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 4-9 March 2017. Among the international guests are UK true-crime writer Kate Summerscale; US essayist...
NZ publishing projects awarded CLNZ funds Archive
Thursday, 27 October 2016
A number of New Zealand publishers and authors have received funding in the latest round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand’s (CLNZ) Contestable Fund. Established in 2014, the fund supports ‘strategic...
New literary podcast to launch in November Archive
Thursday, 27 October 2016
A new literary podcast featuring Australian writers talking about the craft of writing will be launched in November. The Garret podcast is hosted by Nicolas Brasch, author and chair of...
Labor MP calls for retention of PIRs Archive
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Federal Labor MP and opposition spokesperson for tourism Anthony Albanese has written an opinion piece for the Fairfax papers arguing against the repeal of parallel import restrictions (PIRs). In his...
YABBAs 2016 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
The winners of the 2016 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Pig the Fibber (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) Fiction...
OzCo literature funding drops to 2.7% Archive
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Funding for literature has dropped to 2.7% of the Australia Council’s overall funding in 2015-16, according to the Australia Council’s recent annual report. In 2015-16, literature received $4.6m in funding...
More than 50 guests announced for Sisters in Crime’s 25th-anniversary convention Archive
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Sisters in Crime Australia will celebrate its 25th anniversary at a one-day convention at the St Kilda Town Hall in Melbourne on 19 November, with more than 50 guests appearing...
Frew wins Barbara Jefferis Award for ‘Hope Farm’ Archive
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Peggy Frew has won the 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award for her second novel, Hope Farm (Scribe). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), is presented...
Voss Literary Prize 2016 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Coming Rain (Stephen Daisley, Text) The Life of Houses (Lisa Gorton, Giramondo) A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones,...
Affirm announces new kids’ list to launch in 2017 Archive
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Affirm Press is introducing a new list of books for children and young adults in March 2017. Publishing director Martin Hughes told Books+Publishing that he is ‘really pumped about it, and...
Australians nominated for 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals Archive
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been included in the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals nominations, which were announced in the UK on 24 October. The three Australian titles...
New Women in Comics festival to be held in Melbourne Archive
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Melbourne comics bookstore All Star Comics will present the first Women in Comics Festival, to be held in the store from 10-11 December. The festival bills itself as a celebration of...
Publishing software company Typefi wins Qld Premier’s Export Award Archive
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Publishing software company Typefi has won the Small Business Award in the Queensland Premier’s Export Awards, recognising its ‘outstanding success and contribution’ to the state’s trade output. The Sunshine Coast-based...
Australian author’s middle-grade trilogy acquired at auction Archive
Monday, 24 October 2016
A middle-grade trilogy from debut Australian author Jessica Townsend has been acquired at auction by Hachette UK, US and Australia, reports the Bookseller. The first book in the trilogy tells...
Nine Australian authors and illustrators nominated for 2017 Astrid Lindgren Award Archive
Monday, 24 October 2016
Nine Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Randa Abdel-Fattah, Ursula Dubosarsky, Libby Gleeson, Morris Gleitzman, Gus Gordon, Leigh Hobbs, Alison Lester, Kirsty...
Scribe signs 2016 Vic Prem’s Unpublished Manuscript finalist Archive
Friday, 21 October 2016
Scribe has signed a two-book deal with young writer Jay Carmichael, who was shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for his novella Ironbark. Ironbark is...
Womersley signs three-book deal with Picador Archive
Friday, 21 October 2016
Chris Womersley’s fourth novel will be published by Picador in 2017 as part of a three-book deal. Set against the backdrop of 17th-century France and based on historical events, City...
Walkley Book Award 2016 longlist announced Archive
Friday, 21 October 2016
The 2016 Walkley Book Award longlist has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Phillip Schuler: The Remarkable Life of One of Australia’s Greatest War Correspondents (Mark Baker, A&U) The Squad...
Booktopia shelves ASX listing due to ‘cooling market sentiment towards retailers’ Archive
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Online bookseller Booktopia has backed away from its plan to list on the Australian Stock Exchange due to institutional investors’ cooling market sentiment towards retailers, reports the Australian. The feedback...
‘A Guide to Berlin’ wins 2016 Colin Roderick Award Archive
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Gail Jones’ A Guide to Berlin (Vintage) has won the 2016 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook...
A&U to publish ‘dinosaur robots’ series from McFarlane and Park Archive
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Allen & Unwin has announced it will publish a new ‘high-concept adventure series’ about ‘dinosaur robots’ from authors Susannah McFarlane and Louise Park. ‘D-Bot Squad’, which will be published under...
SWF’s ‘Russ the Story Bus’ to make first trip to regional NSW Archive
Thursday, 20 October 2016
The Sydney Writers Festival’s (SWF) Russ the Story Bus tour will visit regional NSW towns for the first time, as part of SWF’s Children’s Festival of Moving Stories from 31...
Fremantle Press illustrators longlisted for FBF prize Archive
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Australian illustrators Kyle Hughes-Odgers and Chris Nixon have been longlisted for the inaugural Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) Global Illustration Award, which has a prize pool of €30,000 (A$42,660). Hughes-Odgers and...
Digital Writers Festival 2016 program announced Archive
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
The program for the Emerging Writers’ Festival’s Digital Writers’ Festival, which runs from 1-11 November, has been announced. More than 20 events will take place online during the festival, including panels,...
New Pantera imprint Lost the Plot targets millennial readers Archive
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Pantera Press is launching a new imprint aimed at millennials at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The Lost the Plot imprint, which is created by Pantera CEO and founding director Alison...
‘Music and Freedom’ wins 2016 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction Archive
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Zoë Morrison’s Music and Freedom (Vintage) has won the 2016 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $4000 prize, which was...
Fraillon shortlisted for 2016 ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize Archive
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Australian author Zana Fraillon’s The Bone Sparrow (Lothian) has been shortlisted for the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize. Fraillon’s novel for middle-grade readers is a coming-of-age story about the friendship...
Victorian Community History Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Pam Baragwanath and Ken James have won the top prize at the 2016 Victorian Community History Awards (VCHA) for their self-published book These Walls Speak Volumes: A History of Mechanics’...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 17 October 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Forever Young (Steven Carroll, HarperCollins) The Life of Houses (Lisa Gorton,...
Carmel Bird wins 2016 Patrick White Literary Award Archive
Monday, 17 October 2016
Author Carmel Bird has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2016. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his 1973...
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