Tuesday, 12 July 2016
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced its first line-up of artists for its 2016 program, which runs in Newcastle from 29 September to 2 October. The writers announced include Omar Musa,...

Tuesday, 12 July 2016
A number of literary organisations are among the 90 recipients of the 2017-2020 funding round of Creative Victoria’s Organisations Investment Program, worth a total of $113m over the next four...

Monday, 11 July 2016
The Northern Territory Writers’ Centre has announced the shortlist for the Chief Minister’s Book of the Year, as part of this year’s Territory Read Awards. The shortlisted titles are: Nona...

Wednesday, 6 July 2016
The program for the 2016 WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival, which runs from 24-28 August, has been announced. Among the international guests attending this year’s festival, which embraces the...

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2016 National Biography Award for biographical writing and memoir. The shortlisted titles are:  Battarbee and Namatjira (Martin Edmond, Giramondo) Comrade...

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Writer and critic Jane Howard has been appointed as Digital Writers’ Festival director. Howard has worked with numerous Adelaide-based arts organisations, been commissioned for work by the Lifted Brow and...

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The 2016 Australian Christian Book of the Year shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Post-God Nation: How Religion Fell Off the Radar in Australia and What Might be...

Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the first of its international authors who will appear at the 2016 festival, which runs from 26 August to 4 September. The line-up...

Friday, 1 July 2016
Booktopia CEO Tony Nash has been named at number nine on a list of Australia’s top 30 influencers on the retail ecommerce sector in Australia and New Zealand. Nash was...

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Eight small publishers based in Victoria have been selected for the Small Press Network’s (SPN) mentorship program. The publishers are: Celapene Press, Empowering Resources, Monash University Publishing, Miscellaneous Press, Three...

Wednesday, 29 June 2016
A new PR agency has been launched by former Melbourne University Publishing publicists Terri King and Dina Kluska and former Black Inc. publicist Anna Lensky. Pitch Projects ‘specialises in publicity,...

Tuesday, 28 June 2016
South Australian senator Nick Xenophon outlined his objections to the Productivity Commission’s draft recommendation to repeal parallel importation restrictions (PIRs) at a press conference at Matilda Bookshop in Adelaide on...