Colin Roderick Award 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The...
Australia Council report finds decline in reading from 2013-2016
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
The number of Australians reading creative writing has declined over the past three years, according to the Australia Council’s third National Arts Participation Survey. The survey found that eight in...
Twelfth Planet Press reaches $20,000 Kickstarter goal for new anthology
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Genre publisher Twelfth Planet Press has reached its $20,000 Kickstarter campaign goal to produce Mother of Invention, an ‘ambitious’ anthology of stories about gender as it relates to artificial intelligence...
Black Inc. signs Deborah Cass prize winner Giovannoni; acquires new books by Hunt, De Kretser
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Black Inc. has acquired 2015 Deborah Cass award winner Moreno Giovannoni’s book of linked tales about a Tuscan village and the lives of its occupants, Tales of San Ginese. World rights...
Government boosts funding for ArtsReady internship program
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The federal government has announced an additional $200,000 in funding for its ArtsReady internship program, which assists arts and culture sector employers in providing 12-month traineeships to graduates. ArtsReady offers...
A&U acquires second book from Clementine Ford
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a second book from Fight Like a Girl author Clementine Ford, to be published in late 2018. Boys Will Be Boys ‘will examine toxic...
Antidote festival to replace Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
The Sydney Opera House will host a new two-day festival dedicated to progressive ideas and activism from 2-3 September. The Antidote festival replaces the Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous...
Writers Victoria announces $300,000 literary travel fund
Monday, 26 June 2017
Writers Victoria has announced a new literary travel fund, providing $300,000 in grants to writers, editors, agents, publishers, booksellers and other literary professionals over the next three years. The travel...
The ‘Monthly’ to increase online reviews in ‘conscious move’ to counter media’s decreased arts coverage
Friday, 23 June 2017
The Monthly magazine will increase its online arts and culture reviews, including books, films, TV, theatre, music and art, in a ‘conscious move to counter the decrease in media coverage...
HGE to publish Micallef’s debut children’s book in October
Friday, 23 June 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) will publish Shaun Micallef’s debut children’s book, Tales From a Tall Forest, on 16 October. The book will be published in hardback and will feature illustrations...
Spinifex acquires local rights to three new international titles
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Spinifex Press has recently acquired ANZ rights to three new international titles, include UK author Jules Grant’s Steel Dagger Award-longlisted debut crime novel We Go Around in the Night and Are...
Shortlist for ‘KYD’ Unpublished Manuscript Award announced
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The shortlist for the inaugural Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Ashley Kalagian Blunt for ‘Full of Donkey: Travels in...
Over 300 attend 2017 ABA Conference; Mutter, Daunt offer advice on combatting Amazon
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Over 300 booksellers, exhibitors and guest speakers attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Melbourne from 18-19 June. ABA chief executive Joel Becker said it...
National Bookshop Day rebranded
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has rebranded its annual National Bookshop Day as Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD). This year, on 12 August, Australian booksellers are being encouraged to throw...
A&U to distribute eight new Wilbur Smith titles, 34 backlist titles
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Allen & Unwin will distribute eight new books and 34 backlist books by Wilbur Smith in the ANZ market, after UK agency partner Bonnier Zaffre acquired global rights to the...
Full program for IPEd National Editors Conference announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 13-15 September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running under...
Wheeler Centre podcast ‘The Messenger’ wins international radio program award
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Wheeler Centre and Behind the Wire’s co-produced podcast The Messenger won a Grand Award at the New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards on 19 June. The podcast reports...
Philp wins 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Lip magazine’s 2017 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been presented to Alexandra Philp for her story ‘Pools 2007’. The award is open to all women, female identifying and non-binary...
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards have been announced. A number of Australian titles were among the winners and runners-up. Special Awards Prestige Awards Joint winner: Travels through Dali (Zhang...
Government delays plan to introduce GST on all online purchases
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The federal government has delayed its plan to repeal the $1000 GST-free threshold for online purchases from overseas retailers from 1 July this year to 1 July 2018. The ABC...
‘The Birdman’s Wife’ wins ABA Booksellers Choice Award; booksellers of the year announced
Monday, 19 June 2017
Melissa Ashley’s The Birdman’s Wife (Affirm) has won the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award at the 2017 ABA conference awards night, held in Melbourne on 19 June. Ashley’s...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2017 shortlist announced
Monday, 19 June 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced at the Australian Booksellers Association’s gala dinner in Melbourne on 18 June. The shortlisted titles are: An Isolated Incident...
Magabala celebrates 30th anniversary
Monday, 19 June 2017
Broome-based publisher Magabala Books is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. Magabala CEO Anna Moulton told Books+Publishing the anniversary is an opportunity to ‘celebrate the foresight of the Kimberley Aboriginal...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival 2017 program out now
Friday, 16 June 2017
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2017 program. The event, which runs from 10-13 August in regional NSW, will feature Melanie Joosten, Holly Throsby, Ali Alizadeh, Michael Robotham, Sarah...
Bill to simplify copyright materials for libraries, education and people with disabilities passes Parliament
Friday, 16 June 2017
A Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials for libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities passed Federal Parliament on 15 June. From...
Booktopia shortlisted for several online retail awards
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted in several categories in the 2017 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist for Best Pureplay Online Retailer, Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application...
Over 300 attend sold-out Reading Matters conference; teen autonomy, diversity discussed
Thursday, 15 June 2017
A capacity crowd of 320 librarians, booksellers, writers, publishers and YA enthusiasts attended the 2017 Reading Matters conference, held from 1-2 June at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. The two-day...
School supplier The Booklegger to close its print distribution business
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Australian school supplier The Booklegger will close its print distribution business at the end of June ‘due to a monumental decline in school library purchasing’, managing director Rick Susman has...
Nagle appointed CEO of NZ Society of Authors
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Jenny Nagle has joined the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ) as CEO, replacing former CEO Jackie Dennis. Nagle has worked in management, sales and marketing in trade and...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 longlist announced
Thursday, 15 June 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The longlisted works are: Dead Lemons (Finn Bell, self-published) Pancake Money (Finn Bell, self-published)...
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