Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Attendance at the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Literature and Arts Festival, which ran from 29 May to 1 June at Kings College in London, was ‘strong’, according to festival...

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced the creation of a new digital business team within its marketing communications division. ‘The team’s task will be to grow digital revenue through the development of existing...

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Cristina Cappelluto to the newly created position of children’s publishing director. Cappelluto, who will report to HarperCollins CEO James Kellow, will head the ‘new,...

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Fergus Barrowman, publisher at Victoria University Press in Wellington, has been named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the publishing industry. Barrowman received...

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Books by Australian author Evie Wyld and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton have been shortlisted for the 2013 Encore Award for second novels.Wyld’s All the Birds, Singing (Vintage) and Catton’s...

Wednesday, 4 June 2014
A sell-out crowd of 500 attended the opening night of the inaugural Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival, which ran from 31 May to 2 June at the Lamm Jewish Library of...

Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Jessica Hart has won the inaugural Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, administered by Overland and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne.Hart was selected...

Tuesday, 3 June 2014
American writer and activist Maya Angelou has died, aged 86. Virago Publisher Lennie Goodings writes: ‘Virago is saddened by the death of Maya Angelou, one of the world’s most important...

Tuesday, 3 June 2014
SalesFiction—HarperCollins has sold Polish rights to Destined to Fly (Indigo Bloome). Random House has sold German rights to The Infinite Air (Fiona Kidman) and Drowning City (Ben Atkins).Nonfiction—HarperCollins has sold...

Monday, 2 June 2014
The standard and film tie-in editions of The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) are in first and second spot respectively on this week’s bestsellers chart. They are ahead...

Monday, 2 June 2014
The Brisbane Writers Festival has released its schools program for this year’s festival, which runs from 3 to 7 September. Among the guests at this year’s schools program, which runs...

Friday, 30 May 2014
Writers Bloc has announced the appointment of Patricia Tobin as social media manager. Tobin joins founder Geoff Orton, online editor Sam van Zweden, reviews editor Emma Kochn, designer Daniel Farrugia...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The winners of the 2014 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing have been announced.The first prize, worth $4000, was awarded to UNSW student Emily Riches for her short story ‘Unfruitful’.The...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
A UNESCO City of Literature Office will open in Melbourne in June.Victorian Arts Minister Heidi Victoria announced the news at the launch of the Emerging Writers’ Festival on 27 May....

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Melbourne writer, artist and Readings bookseller Miles Allinson has won the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript.Allinson was announced as the winner of the $15,000 prize at...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Penguin Random House hosted its inaugural National Book Bloggers Forum on 20 May.Sydney-based journalist, reviewer and book blogger Paula Grunseit reports:Around 40 book bloggers (including just two men) gathered at the...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Exisle has announced that it will represent US publisher Callisto Media in Australia and New Zealand.The deal comprises Callisto Media’s 14 imprints, including Rockridge Press, Garamond Press, Salinas Press, Healdsburg...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014
‘Consuming Australian culture is the best response to a deplorable budget’—Adam Ouston reflects on the community response to the arts budget cuts in an article in Crikey