Thursday, 5 May 2016
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has raised $285,000 in the first quarter of 2016, and has secured a new $10,000 sponsorship from 1010 Printing, which will fund three of its...

Thursday, 5 May 2016
New Zealand writer Tina Makereti has been announced as one of five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story ‘Black Milk’. Makereti’s coming-of-age story won...

Wednesday, 4 May 2016
The Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature has launched a new website and a grant program for bookstores. The website includes an events calendar, which organisations can upload their events to;...

Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Australian spec-fiction author Deborah Kalin has been shortlisted in the Shirley Jackson Awards for ‘outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic’. Kalin is in...

Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Affirm Press will publish an illustrated autobiography by former Test cricketer Dennis Lillee in November as part of its ‘Icon’ series of sports autobiographies. The book will include previously unseen...

Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Ellen van Neerven has won this year’s Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, administered by Overland and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne. Van Neerven was selected for the prize...

Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Overland has announced a new residency program ‘aimed at addressing a lack of opportunities for marginalised writers’, with the inaugural program to focus on women writers who are the sole...

Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Five literary sector organisations have received a total of $140,200 from the Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund as part of its first annual $12m funding round, announced on 2 May....

Monday, 2 May 2016
The shortlists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. They are: General fiction book of the year The Lake House (Kate Morton, A&U) Close Your Eyes (Michael Robotham,...

Thursday, 28 April 2016
The winners of the 2016 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry, were announced by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) on 27 April. The...

Wednesday, 27 April 2016
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has launched an online platform for the Great Book Swap, which is designed to make it easier for schools, businesses and other groups to take...

Friday, 22 April 2016
Entries have opened and the judging panels have been revealed for the ninth annual Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs). Awards will again be presented in six categories: fiction, nonfiction, YA,...

Thursday, 21 April 2016
The Dunedin City Council has appointed Nicky Page as its City of Literature director, reports Booksellers New Zealand. Page has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, including roles...

Wednesday, 20 April 2016
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced the successful applicants for its latest round of Hot Desk Fellowships. The successful applicants are: Didem Caia, Bec...