Friday, 7 April 2017
The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs from 22-28 May. More than 400 events featuring over 450 writers will be held across greater Sydney....

Thursday, 6 April 2017
Allen & Unwin rights and international sales director Wenona Byrne has been appointed the Australia Council’s director of literature. Byrne will replace former director Jill Eddington, who was appointed CEO...

Thursday, 6 April 2017
The recipients of Varuna’s 2017 Publisher Introduction Program have been announced. The program offers writers a one-week residency at Varuna and the opportunity to have their manuscript considered for publication...

Wednesday, 5 April 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) Between a Wolf and a...

Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Four Australians are among the 21 writers shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2017. The shortlisted Australian writers and their works are: Ruth Lacey, for ‘Gauloises Blue’ Chloe Wilson,...

Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the fourth Nakata Brophy Prize for the best short story by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Allanah...

Tuesday, 4 April 2017
The Australian Embassy in Beijing has announced the authors participating in the tenth Australian Writers Week in China, which runs from 10-18 May. Authors Tom Keneally, Geraldine Brooks, John Marsden...

Tuesday, 4 April 2017
Catherine Bishop has won the 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize for her book Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney (NewSouth). Bishop was presented with the $30,000 prize at...

Monday, 3 April 2017
Macmillan managing director Greg Browne has said the idea that introducing a ‘fair use’ exception into the Copyright Act is a terminal threat to Australian culture and education is ‘rubbish’,...

Friday, 31 March 2017
The State Library of NSW will host a symposium examining the legacy of the publisher Angus & Robertson (A&R) on 10 April. Speakers at the ‘Waratah & Thistle: Angus &...

Thursday, 30 March 2017
The ABC has announced ‘The Book Club’ will return for a new season, running from 18 April to 6 June. The premiere episode features crime writer Michael Robotham and feminist writer...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Amazon plans to be fully operational in Australia by the end of 2018, Fairfax reported on 28 March. Fairfax has since removed the story from its websites. Former Amazon global logistics senior...

Wednesday, 29 March 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Ernest Scott Prize for history, presented by the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: A History of New...

Tuesday, 28 March 2017
A Bill amending the Copyright Act 1968 to simplify the use of copyright materials by libraries, educational institutions, archives and people with disabilities was tabled in Federal Parliament on 22 March....