‘Enthusiastic’ response to inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival Archive
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
The inaugural Rock & Roll Writers Festival, which was held at The Brightside in Brisbane from 2-3 April, received ‘enthusiastic coverage and feedback’ from media and audiences, according to Fiona...
Co-op opens six SA stores Archive
Monday, 11 April 2016
The Co-op has opened four stores at the University of South Australia and will open two more at Flinders and Adelaide universities by the end of the month. The stores...
Byron Bay Writers Festival, Captain Honey partner for self-publishing marquee Archive
Friday, 8 April 2016
The Byron Writers Festival has partnered with publisher Captain Honey for the festival’s Self-Published Marquee, which will run from 5-7 August. The marquee gives self-published authors an opportunity to showcase...
Woodley appointed MD of ALS Library Services Archive
Friday, 8 April 2016
ALS Library Services general manager Simon Woodley has been promoted to the role of managing director. Woodley replaces ALS owner Patricia Genat in the role. ALS said in a statement...
Wordstorm 2016 program released Archive
Thursday, 7 April 2016
The 2016 Northern Territory writers’ festival Wordstorm program has been launched. Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, author of Beauty is a Wound (Text), will be the international guest at this year’s...
Book Island wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing Archive
Thursday, 7 April 2016
New Zealand publisher Book Island has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. Book Island was chosen from a shortlist of three,...
Storylines National Writers’ Awards 2016 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the 2016 winners of its three national writers’ awards . The winning entries in each category are: Joy Cowley Award...
Horin appointed Five Mile Press publishing director Archive
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Hardie Grant Egmont publisher Niki Horin has joined Bonnier Publishing Australia as Five Mile Press publishing director. Horin began her publishing career at Five Mile Press 13 years ago as...
Dempsey joins SPN as general manager Archive
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Former Books+Publishing editor-in-chief Matthia Dempsey has joined the Small Press Network as general manager. Dempsey takes over from Hannah Cartmel, who is returning to freelance editing. Cartmel has been acting...
Australian titles featured on USBBY outstanding international books list Archive
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Two Australian titles have been selected for the 2016 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults. Irena Kobald’s...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
The longlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP) Coming Rain (Stephen Daisley, Text) Hope Farm (Peggy Frew,...
S&S to manage sales, distribution of VIZ Media manga catalogue Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Simon & Schuster has announced an Australian and New Zealand sales and distribution agreement to manage VIZ Media’s manga catalogue, which includes more than 1600 titles, with another 300 added...
Better Reading to host live-streamed book club Archive
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Cheryl Akle’s Better Reading website will host a new monthly book club via Facebook’s video-streaming feature. Akle will be joined by ‘special guests’ each month, with viewers able to interact...
‘Writing Clementine’ wins Ena Noël Award Archive
Monday, 4 April 2016
Kate Gordon’s YA novel Writing Clementine (A&U) has won the 2016 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
CYL launches Inky Awards Ambassador Program Archive
Monday, 4 April 2016
The Centre of Youth Literature (CYL) at the State Library of Victoria has launched its new Inky Awards Ambassador Program, with four schools from across Australia selected as ‘Ambassador Schools’...
Oz, NZ writers shortlisted for 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Friday, 1 April 2016
A number of Australian and New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. They are: ‘Black Milk’ (Tina Makereti, New Zealand) ‘Charmed’ (Jane Downing, Australia)...
SWF 2016 program launched Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The 2016 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been launched and is now available online. Sixty international writers will attend this year’s festival, which runs from 16-22 May, with UK novelist,...
Williamson appointed Picador publisher Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Editor, reviewer and author Geordie Williamson has been appointed publisher of Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint following the departure of Alex Craig. Williamson’s previous roles include chief literary critic of the...
‘The Water Diviner’ shortlisted for Audie Award Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The audiobook edition of The Water Diviner (Andrew Anastasios & Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, narrated by Jack Thompson, Bolinda) is a finalist in the Audiobook of the Year category in the US-based...
Text acquires new novel from Simsion, Buist Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Text has acquired world rights to a new novel co-written by husband and wife authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. The novel Left Right, which does not yet have a...
Readings to return as MWF festival bookseller Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will return as the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) official bookseller in 2016, replacing Dymocks, which has run the festival bookstore for the past few years. Managing...
EWF 2016 ambassadors announced Archive
Thursday, 31 March 2016
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced its festival ambassadors for 2016. The five ‘established writers’ are cookbook author and TV presenter Adam Liaw; cartoonist First Dog on the Moon;...
Booktopia appoints advisers ahead of potential $150m IPO Archive
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Booktopia has appointed investment banks Ord Minnett and Morgans as lead advisers as it targets an initial public offering (IPO) for the second half of the year. The online bookstore...
Oz authors nominated for 2016 RITA Awards Archive
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Two Australian authors have been nominated for the 2016 RITA Awards, presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA) for ‘excellence in published romance novels and novellas’. M J Scott is...
Zusak tops Dymocks 101 reader poll for third year in a row Archive
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Picador) has topped the Dymocks Top 101 books of all time list for the third year in a row. Twenty three Australian books made...
Ditmar, Norma K Hemming winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
The winners of the 2016 Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing were announced at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention: Contact2016 in Brisbane on 27 March. The...
Aurealis Award 2015 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
The winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia have been announced. The winning titles were: Best Fantasy Novel Day Boy (Trent...
Treloar shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize Archive
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Australian author Lucy Treloar has been shortlisted for the UK’s Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for her novel Salt Creek (Picador). Salt Creek is one of six books shortlisted...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2015 winners announced Archive
Thursday, 24 March 2016
The winners of the 2015 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Anne Gracie named Favourite Australian Romance Author. Gracie also...
‘The Natural Way of Things’ wins Indie Book of the Year for 2016 Archive
Thursday, 24 March 2016
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood (A&U) has been named Indie Book of the Year at the 2016 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books in Sydney on...
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