NZ readers biased against local fiction: Book Council
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
A New Zealand Book Council research report into New Zealand’s reading attitudes and behaviours has found most readers had ‘an extremely negative reaction’ to New Zealand fiction, despite enjoying the...
Radio host Andy Lee’s children’s book sells 40,000 copies in first two days
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Radio host Andy Lee’s debut picture book Do Not Open This Book, illustrated by Heath McKenzie, has sold 40,000 copies in its first two days, reports the Age. The book,...
Thirty writers, literary orgs among OzCo June grant round recipients
Monday, 12 September 2016
Thirty writers, publishers and literary organisations have received funding in the Australia Council’s June grant round. Fifteen writers received individual grants of up to $50,000 each: Donna Abela, Jeannie Baker,...
BWF schedules ‘right of reply’ to Lionel Shriver’s controversial BWF keynote
Monday, 12 September 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has responded to US author Lionel Shriver’s controversial opening keynote by scheduling a ‘right of reply’ event. Shriver spoke about cultural appropriation and political correctness...
Queensland Literary Awards 2016 shortlists announced
Friday, 9 September 2016
The shortlists for the 2016 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP) Between a Wolf and a Dog...
‘Wake in Fright’ TV adaptation in production; several book-to-screen projects receive Screen Australia funding
Friday, 9 September 2016
Network Ten has commissioned a two-part TV adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s 1961 novel Wake in Fright (Text), to screen in 2017. The show will be produced by Lingo Pictures in...
Birch wins 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
Friday, 9 September 2016
Tony Birch has won the $25,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing for his novel Ghost River (UQP). Birch’s novel, ‘a coming-of-age story’ about two friends ‘who find freedom...
Watson wins Indigenous poetry prize
Friday, 9 September 2016
Samuel Wagan Watson has won the 2016 Scanlon Award for Indigenous Poetry for his collection Love Poems and Death Threats (UQP). The judges said Watson’s voice is ‘provocative’ and his...
Griffin Press launches ‘world-first’ digital production line
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Australian printer Griffin Press has launched a ‘world-first’ end-to-end digital book production line in Adelaide, including a new digital cover production facility. The printer collaborated with technology companies HP, Kolbus...
McWatters wins €3000 ‘Moth’ short story prize
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Australian author Nikki McWatters has won the €3000 (A$4400) Moth Short Story Prize for her story ‘Yellow Belly’. The Irish award is open to all international writers regardless of their...
QWC/Hachette Australia 2016 Manuscript Development Program writers announced
Thursday, 8 September 2016
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Hachette Australia have announced the writers selected for their annual Manuscript Development Program. The successful writers and their manuscripts are: Shelley Banks for her...
HarperCollins partners with CBCA NSW on mentorship program
Thursday, 8 September 2016
HarperCollins Australia is partnering with the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch for the CBCA’s annual Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s authors. Awarded as part of...
Patrić the top-selling author at MWF
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) CEO and artistic director Lisa Dempster has reported this year’s festival’s box office and attendance ‘exceeded expectations’. Final figures are still being tallied for the festival,...
Readings launches Young Adult Book Prize
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the formation of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, open to first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir by Australian authors....
Robinsons to open Werribee store in November
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Melbourne independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop will open its ninth store at Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Melbourne’s south-west in November. Co-owner Susanne Horman said that ‘with very few bookshops...
Foxtel to screen ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ adaptation in 2017
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Foxtel will screen a TV adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock in 2017, reports Fairfax. The ‘re-imagined’ adaptation is being produced by Fremantle Media and is...
Spinifex to host 25th-anniversary celebration
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Melbourne-based feminist publisher Spinifex Press will host a two-day event this week to celebrate its 25th anniversary. ‘That’s Radical Feminism’ runs from 9-10 September at the Lithuanian Club in North...
Hachette launches online SFF community
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
Hachette Australia and New Zealand has launched an online community for its science-fiction, fantasy and horror readers. ‘The Realm’ launched on 2 September on Facebook and Twitter, with Instagram, Snapchat...
Wilderness Society announces 2016 children’s book award winners
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature have been announced. The winning books in each category are: Fiction The River and the Book (Alison Croggon, Walker...
Moriarty, Catton to be adapted for screen
Monday, 5 September 2016
Australian author Liane Moriarty and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton have had their books picked up for screen adaptations. Film rights to Moriarty’s latest novel Truly Madly Guilty (Macmillan) have...
Close to 5000 attend inaugural Canberra Writers Festival
Monday, 5 September 2016
Just under 5000 visitors attended the inaugural Canberra Writers Festival, which ran from 26-28 August at various locations across the city. Festival director Vickii Cotter told Books+Publishing organisers were ‘blown...
Inaugural Australian Short Story Festival program launched
Monday, 5 September 2016
The program has been launched for the inaugural Australian Short Story Festival, which runs from 21-23 October in Perth. Cate Kennedy will deliver the opening address and Kim Scott will...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2016 winners announced
Monday, 5 September 2016
The winners of the 2016 New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) Australia’s Boldest Experiment: War and Reconstruction...
Waverley Council partners with St Albans Writers’ Festival for Nib announcement
Friday, 2 September 2016
Waverley Council in Sydney will present the 2016 Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature shortlist at a special session at the St Albans Writers’ Festival, which runs from 16-18 September...
Hachette, EWF announce 2016 Richell Prize shortlist
Friday, 2 September 2016
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the shortlist for the 2016 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The five shortlisted writers and their works are: ‘The Illusion...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2016 shortlist announced
Friday, 2 September 2016
The shortlist for the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP) Inside My Mother (Ali Cobby Eckermann,...
Text celebrates its 100th ‘Text Classic’ with promotions, events
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Text Publishing has released the 100th title in its ‘Text Classics’ series, Mena Calthorpe’s out-of-print 1961 novel The Dyehouse, and is marking the occasion with events, an advertising campaign, trade...
City of Literature announces Known Bookshops grant recipients
Thursday, 1 September 2016
The Melbourne City of Literature office has announced the first recipients of its Known Bookshops grants. The stores and their projects are: Blarney Books in Port Fairy will host spoken-word...
Rowe wins 2016 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Josephine Rowe has won the 2016 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Glisk’. Rowe was awarded the $7000 prize at a ceremony during the Melbourne...
Colin Roderick Award 2016 shortlist announced; prize money doubles to $20,000
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
The finalists for the Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, have been announced. The seven...
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