Monday, 5 October 2015
Paul Cleave has won the 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award for his novel Five Minutes Alone (Penguin NZ). This is the second time Cleave has won the award, named after Christchurch...

Monday, 5 October 2015
The shortlist for Overland’s Story Wine Prize 2015 has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘I am Ali’ by Clint Caward ‘417—BVB—820’ by Lauren Foley ‘Woodsmoke’ by Melissa Manning ‘First fish’...

Thursday, 1 October 2015
A new bookstore in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, will exclusively stock small press titles, including print-on-demand and some self-published books, to showcase local authors, reports Stuff.co.nz.   Writer’s Plot, Readers...

Thursday, 1 October 2015
A new Australia Council for the Arts report has found that network development is the most common overseas activity for Australian writers and publishers, while access to funding is the biggest...

Thursday, 1 October 2015
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Friday 2 October in Victoria, tomorrow’s Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published.

Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Australian author Michael Robotham has won the 2015 UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for his novel Life or Death (Sphere). Life or Death was one of seven books...

Wednesday, 30 September 2015
‘A really cool author would tell you that literary prizes don’t mean very much—they’re like baby pageants where everybody thinks their little darling should win—but I’m not very cool. Tonight...

Monday, 28 September 2015
The Wheeler Centre has announced a two-day festival ‘Interrobang’ to run on 27-28 November, which will include events both online and at various Melbourne locations. The festival program will be...

Monday, 28 September 2015
The University of South Australia has announced the formation of the biennial $100,000 Sir Terry Pratchett Memorial Scholarship, funded by a $1m endowment to the university made by the UK...

Monday, 28 September 2015
Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi will close its ebookstore on 30 September, with customers given the option to move their accounts, including their digital libraries, to the Kobo platform. The JB...

Monday, 28 September 2015
The Co-op has launched a book podcast featuring conversations with authors and publishers. The Co-Op Book Podcast, which is hosted by interviewer Rob Kaldor, has broadcast six episodes since it...

Monday, 28 September 2015
The Western Australian state government will present Robert Drewe, Joan London and Dave Warner with State Living Treasures Awards at a ceremony on 16 October. The awards, which were previously...

Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Mitch Fifield has replaced George Brandis as Arts Minister and Kelly O’Dwyer has replaced Bruce Billson as Small Business Minister under cabinet changes introduced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.In a...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Responsibility for copyright and classification matters and legislation have been moved from George Brandis’ Attorney-General portfolio to the new Communications and Arts Minister Mitch Fifield.Fifield’s Communications department will deal with...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Nina Kenwood has been promoted to Readings’ marketing manager, replacing former head of marketing and communications Emily Harms, who has joined the Wheeler Centre.Kenwood has been with Readings for three...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015
The longlist for the inaugural Australian Sports Book of the Year award has been announced.The 12 longlisted titles are: Roy Higgins (Patrick Bartley, Penguin) Eddie: The Rise and Rise of...