Thursday, 1 May 2014
A number of Australian and New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Works by Australian and New Zealand writers shortlisted for the prize are: ‘The...

Thursday, 1 May 2014
The program for this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), to be held in Melbourne from 27 May to 6 June, has been announced.The festival begins with an ‘opening night extravaganza’...

Wednesday, 30 April 2014
‘The Stella Prize is like the Brownlow Medal of the literary world: all muscle and spine, with a touch of glamour’—2014 Stella Prize winner Clare Wright

Monday, 28 April 2014
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) is in first place on this week’s bestsellers chart, ahead of seven titles in Veronica Roth’s ‘Divergent’ trilogy (HarperCollins), including regular, adult and...

Monday, 28 April 2014
Kobo has cut 63 from its workforce of more than 400 worldwide, reports the Toronto Star.Kobo spokesperson René d’Entremont told the newspaper that the leadership team had ‘realigned the organisation’s...

Monday, 28 April 2014
The program for the 2014 Clunes Booktown Festival has been released. Among the authors due to appear at this year’s weekend event, to be held on 3 and 4 May...

Monday, 28 April 2014
Penguin Books Australia has announced the launch of a children’s ‘multilayered story experience’ that will include ‘travelling education labs’.In a partnership with media and educational company Connected Sparks, the publisher launched ‘Lyka’s...

Thursday, 24 April 2014
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the recipients of the KYD Copyright Agency Investigative Journalism Mentorships (CAIJM).Daniel Burdon, Alexandra Potter and Royce Kurmelovs will each receive a cash prize of...

Thursday, 24 April 2014
Penguin Australia has acquired Quicksand, the second novel by Steve Toltz, whose debut A Fraction of the Whole was published by Penguin in 2008.A Fraction of the Whole was shortlisted...

Thursday, 24 April 2014
Penguin Random House Australia has announced it will hold a ‘National Book Bloggers Forum’ in Sydney on 20 May during the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Random House Australia marketing and publicity director...

Thursday, 24 April 2014
‘In this constantly-evolving media landscape, readers now get their information from many different platforms and as part of this we recognise that blogs are an increasingly important source of information...

Wednesday, 23 April 2014
After Darkness by Christine Piper is the winner of this year’s Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award.Piper’s novel was chosen by Vogel winner Danielle Wood, bookseller Fiona Stager and Australian literary editor Stephen...

Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Malcolm Broun, founding member of the Co-op (formerly the University Co-operative Bookshop), has died, aged 78.The Co-op writes:‘The Co-op is saddened by the passing of one of its founding members, Malcolm Broun OAM...

Wednesday, 23 April 2014
US novelist and naturalist Peter Matthiessen has died, aged 86. Matthiessen was awarded the National Book Award for general nonfiction for The Snow Leopard (Vintage) in 1980, and for fiction for Shadow...

Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died, aged 87. A novelist, short story writer, playwright and journalist, Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. His...

Tuesday, 22 April 2014
A couple of blockbuster films dominate this week’s bestsellers chart, led by the The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin)—the film adaptation is in cinemas in June—in first place....

Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Australian author Mark T Barnes has been shortlisted in the Gemmell Fantasy Awards, announced at the British national science-fiction convention EasterCon. Barnes has been shortlisted for the Morningstar Award for Best Debut Novel for...

Tuesday, 22 April 2014
New Zealand Book Month has been postponed until 2015.The organisers of the month-long promotion said in a statement that it will now take place in August 2015. Chair of the...

Thursday, 17 April 2014
The Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) has announced the winners of its 2013 National Literary Awards. Among the winners were Hannah Kent, who received the FAW Christina Stead Award for...

Thursday, 17 April 2014
DK Australia is celebrating the DK imprint’s 40-year anniversary with a program to ‘give back’ to the community.  Troy Lewis, head of media, brands and entertainment at Penguin Australia, told...