Friday, 21 February 2014
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) and Creative New Zealand have announced the guests that will participate in this year’s visiting international publisher program, Te Manu Ka Tau: Flying...

Thursday, 20 February 2014
The shortlist for the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The 12 shortlisted poems are: ‘Solstice’ (Carolyn Burns) ‘Of the Moment’ (Zenobia...

Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Books published by Oxford University Press Australia are now being licensed in international territories by the rights team at OUP UK, reports the Bookseller. Anne-Marie Hansen, head of rights at OUP UK,...

Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Random House has recalled all copies of A First Place by David Malouf (Knopf) due to a printing error. The publisher said in a statement this week that a reprint...

Wednesday, 19 February 2014
‘Development of indigenous content in a small market such as Australia poses enough risks without weakening publishers’ confidence by eroding the current laws that protect that investment. Creation of high...

Tuesday, 18 February 2014
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) have spoken out against the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) recommendation that the Australian Government introduce a broad ‘fair...

Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Western Australian poet Nandi Chinna has won the 2013 Tom Collins Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Cut and Paste Lake’. Chinna was announced as the winner of the $1000 prize...

Tuesday, 18 February 2014
The finalists for the 2013 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the categories announced are: Fantasy novel Lexicon (Max Barry, Mulholland)...

Tuesday, 18 February 2014
SalesFiction—Fremantle Press has sold North American rights to Whisky Charlie Foxtrot (Annabel Smith) to Source Books.  Children’s—Era Publications has sold Swedish rights to 24 ‘Wings Traditional Tales’ titles. Ford Street...

Monday, 17 February 2014
The film tie-in of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (Picador) is still number one on the bestsellers chart, while John Green’s YA novel The Fault in Our Stars (Penguin)—the film...

Monday, 17 February 2014
Literary journal Seizure has announced the shortlist for this year’s Viva La Novella competition. The eight shortlisted authors are: Daniel Davis Wood Ben Hobson Nicole Holyer Hoa Pham Julie Proudfoot Anna Snoekstra...

Friday, 14 February 2014
A book authored and edited by staff and students from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand has won the 2013 UK Art Book Prize, worth £1000 (A$1853). Art...

Friday, 14 February 2014
New Zealand children’s book Grandma McGarvey by Jenny Hessell and Trevor Pye (Scholastic) has won the 2014 Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book. The award is presented annually by...

Thursday, 13 February 2014
China’s biggest publishing company Phoenix Publishing & Media Group (PPMG) opened an office in Melbourne in October last year.PPMG is the parent company of 12 Chinese publishing houses that have a combined publishing...

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Children’s book publisher Koala Books is calling for picture book submissions for the first time since it was acquired by Scholastic in early 2013. Koala Books’ ‘Picture Book Festival of...

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
‘Let’s improve it, by all means, but let’s not transform it into a hub’—Author and Giramondo Books publisher Evelyn Juers argues against proposed changes to the State Library of NSW’s...

Tuesday, 11 February 2014
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australia Council for the Arts have announced the editors selected to attend the 2014 Residential Editorial Program (REP), which will be held at...

Monday, 10 February 2014
The film tie-in edition of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Picador) remains in number one spot on the bestsellers chart this week, followed by the film tie-in edition of The...