Walkley Book Award 2015 longlist announced
Friday, 23 October 2015
The longlist for the 2015 Walkley Book Award, which recognises excellence in Australian nonfiction literature and long-form journalism, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Rise and Fall of...
Dempster reappointed MWF director
Friday, 23 October 2015
Lisa Dempster has been reappointed as CEO and director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) for another two years. Dempster was initially appointed to the role for three years to deliver the...
The Nib’s Anzac Centenary Literary Prize announced, shortlist released
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, will include an additional award this year to mark the Anzac centenary. The Nib’s Anzac Centenary Literary Prize, worth $3000,...
Voss Literary Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist of 10, are: The Tribe (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Giramondo) In Certain Circles...
Stella Count publishes gender breakdown of reviews in ‘Saturday Paper’, ‘Sydney Review of Books’
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The Stella Prize, with assistance from Books+Publishing, has published statistics showing the gender breakdown of reviews in the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) and the Saturday Paper. The Stella Count ‘Redux’...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for literary achievement 2015 announced
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
The winners of the 2015 New Zealand Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement have been announced. Joan Metge, a social anthropologist who has written several books on Māori history and society...
Fletcher wins $5000 top prize at Victorian Community History Awards
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Meredith Fletcher has won the top prize at the Victorian Community History Awards (VCHA) for her book Jean Galbraith: Writer in a Valley (Monash University Publishing). Fletcher’s biography of Galbraith,...
New hall a success for Australian publishers at Frankfurt
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
With reports of a steady level of professional attendance and no standout books or themes at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, the biggest talking point among Australian publishers was their...
Atkinson wins 2015 CHASS Australia Book Prize
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Alan Atkinson’s The Europeans in Australia: Volume Three: Nation (NewSouth) has won the 2015 Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500,...
McFarlane and Park form children’s publishing consultancy service
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Children’s book authors and publishers Susannah McFarlane and Louise Park have launched Stories Inc., a children’s publishing consultancy service for Australian publishers. Stories Inc. will help publishers create children’s book...
CLNZ Educational Publishing Awards 2015 finalists announced
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
The finalists for this year’s Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Educational Publishing Awards have been announced. The finalists in each of the categories are: Best Resource in Primary Education ‘Connectors’ fiction...
Book Council of Australia takes shape but invitees await further details
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Each of the individuals and organisations invited to sit on the new Book Council of Australia have confirmed their acceptance, although several have told Books+Publishing they have not heard any more from the government since...
Flanagan named Melbourne University’s inaugural Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The University of Melbourne has appointed author Richard Flanagan as the Boisbouvier Founding Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne, a new professorship to ‘advance the teaching, understanding...
Australians nominated for 2016 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Several Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the UK....
UK indie publisher signs two Australian authors
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
UK independent publisher Legend Press has acquired the rights to titles from two Australian authors, reports the Bookseller. The publisher has purchased the rights to Emily Bitto’s Stella Prize-winning novel...
Inaugural Australian Sports Book of the Year award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The shortlist for the inaugural Australian Sports Book of the Year award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Roy Higgins (Patrick Bartley, Penguin) The Short Long Book (Martin Flanagan, Random House) Sonny...
ABA, Leading Edge conferences to be held in Canberra in 2016
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Leading Edge Books will hold their 2016 conferences at the QT Hotel in Canberra. This is the fourth year in a row that the...
SPN announces 2015 Independent Publishing Conference program; Indyk, Chapman to deliver keynotes
Monday, 19 October 2015
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the program for its 2015 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run in Melbourne from 19-21 November. The conference kicks off with an Industry...
Six Oz, two NZ authors and illustrators nominated for 2016 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 16 October 2015
Six Australians and two New Zealanders have been nominated for the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Australians Ursula Dubosarsky, Libby Gleeson, Morris Gleitzman, Alison Lester, Melina Marchetta and Markus Zusak...
ClubsNSW seeking legal advice over Peter Garrett’s memoir ‘Big Blue Sky’
Friday, 16 October 2015
ClubsNSW is ‘continuing to seek legal advice’ in relation to Peter Garrett’s memoir Big Blue Sky, which was published by Allen & Unwin on 14 October. In a statement, the...
Christmas Press awarded $10,000 grant to set up new imprint
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Children’s book publisher Christmas Press has received $10,000 from Australia Post’s ‘Our Neighbourhood’ grant program to set up a new imprint. The publisher, which is based in Armidale, NSW, will use...
Ban lifted on NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’
Thursday, 15 October 2015
The New Zealand Film and Literature Board has lifted a ban on the sale and supply of New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s YA novel Into the River. The Board’s decision...
Melbourne writers, literary organisations receive council arts grants
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $1m in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual Arts Grants program. The First...
JCU Colin Roderick Award 2015 winner announced
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University has awarded Michael Wilding the $10,000 Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal 2015 for his book Wild Bleak...
Tozer, Rowell win 2015 Inky Awards
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
The winners of the 2015 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, were announced at the State Library of Victoria on 13 October. Gabrielle Tozer won the Gold...
Momentum plans second #pitchmentum event after ‘several hundred’ responses
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Pan Macmillan’s digital-only imprint Momentum plans to run a second Twitter pitch event ‘sometime in 2016’ after its first event, which ran on 25 September, attracted several hundred responses. Authors were...
New website for Echo Publishing
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Echo Publishing has launched its website. The mobile-friendly site, which was launched in early October, features dedicated author pages with links to authors’ social media and websites, book extracts, reviews...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
‘I will never turn my back on my beloved traditional publishers. But if I write a book that doesn’t fit the mainstream, then I’ll go wherever I can to find...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Sales Poetry—Curtis Brown has sold UK rights to Love & F**k Poems (Koraly Dimitriadis) to Honest Publishing. (See news.) Acquisitions Fiction—Scribe has acquired ANZ rights to The Love of a...
1700 Dymocks members vote for favourite children’s book of all time
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
More than 1700 Dymocks Booklovers members have voted for their favourite children’s book of all time, with 13 Australian titles making the top 51. The ‘Treehouse’ series by Andy Griffiths and...
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