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McTiernan shortlisted for 2018 Irish Book Awards

Friday, 26 October 2018
Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. McTiernan’s debut, The Ruin (HarperCollins), was one of six shortlisted titles in the category for Irish Independent Crime Fiction...

Subbed In announces six winners of 2018 Chapbook Prize

Friday, 26 October 2018
Subbed In has announced six winners of its 2018 Chapbook Prize. The winning entries, chosen from a shortlist of 14, will be published by Subbed In. They are: When I...

Creative Vic announces Creators Fund grant recipients

Friday, 26 October 2018
Creative Victoria has announced the second-round recipients of the Creators Fund program, who will share in $900,000 worth of funding. Among the 24 recipients are: Sarah Firth ($30,000) for a...

Bookshops prepare for NZ Bookshop Day

Thursday, 25 October 2018
Booksellers NZ's fourth annual NZ Bookshop Day will be held on Saturday, 27 October, with bookshops around the country hosting events and promotions. To mark 10 years of Nielsen operating...

Fremantle sells world English rights to Sally Morgan board book ‘I Love Me’

Thursday, 25 October 2018
Fremantle Press has sold world English-language rights to Sally Morgan’s board book I Love Me (illus by Ambelin Kwaymullina) to Andrews McMeel Publishing, part of Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU), in...

Australian children’s books shortlisted for Japan’s Sakura Medal

Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Five Australian children's books have been shortlised for Japan's Sakura Medal. Jeannie Baker's picture book Circle (Walker) has been nominated in the picture books category, while in the chapter books category, Paul...

Mununggurr-Williams wins 2018 Australian Poetry Slam

Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Darwin-based Djapu poet Melanie Mununggurr-Williams has won the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam national final, reports the Guardian. At the national final held at the Sydney Opera House on 21 October,...

Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced

Wednesday, 24 October 2018
The winners of the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) were announced on 23 October. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction ($15,000) Taboo (Kim Scott, Picador) Nonfiction ($15,000) Tracker...

Le, Saleh awarded inaugural Affirm Press Mentorship for Sweatshop Writers

Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Vietnamese-Australian writer Shirley Le and Palestinian-Australian poet Sara Saleh, of Western Sydney-based literacy collective Sweatshop, have been announced as the inaugural recipients of a new mentorship for Sweatshop writers, run in...

Birch to give inaugural State of the (Writing) Nation oration

Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Writers Victoria in partnership with State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced a new annual oration called State of the (Writing) Nation. Each year, Writers Victoria will choose a prominent Australian...

CLNZ announces recipients of 2018 Contestable Fund Grants

Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) has announced the recipients of this year’s round of the Contestable Fund Grants. The fund supports strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand’s publishing growth and...

UWAP celebrates 10 years of publishing Australian poetry

Monday, 22 October 2018
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has celebrated its 10th anniversary of publishing Australian poetry. UWAP’s first poetry collection, Martin Harrison’s Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems, was published in 2008, and the...

Mostly Books celebrates 41st birthday

Monday, 22 October 2018
Adelaide bookshop Mostly Books will celebrate its 41st birthday with a free event on 8 November. Situated in the inner-southern suburb of Torrens Park, Mostly Books was founded by Jacqueline...

‘Pulse Points’ wins 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction

Friday, 19 October 2018
Jennifer Down's short story collection Pulse Points (Text) has won the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Pulse Points was chosen from a shortlist of six by a judging panel comprising...

‘Liminal’ founder McIntosh nominated for Victorian Young Australian of the Year

Friday, 19 October 2018
Founder and editor-in-chief of Liminal magazine Leah Jing McIntosh has been announced as one of four nominees for Victorian Young Australian of the Year. A writer and photographer, McIntosh created Liminal in response to the...

2019 Scribblers Festival Schools Program announced

Friday, 19 October 2018
The program for the Scribblers Festival Schools Program, which runs from 8-10 May 2019 in Claremont, Western Australia, has been announced. Launched last year, Scribblers Festival celebrates children’s literature and...

Redgum Book Club acquires school book fair provider Central Book Suppliers

Friday, 19 October 2018
Redgum Book Club has acquired school book fair provider Central Book Suppliers (CBS). Established in 2014, Redgum provides in-school book clubs to schools nationwide, with emphasis on Australian authors, illustrators...

Most Underrated Book Award 2018 shortlist announced

Friday, 19 October 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Most Underrated Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: Gwen (Goldie Goldbloom, Fremantle Press) Living in Hope (Frank Byrne with Gerard...

Walkley Book Award 2018 longlist announced

Friday, 19 October 2018
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2018 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Trace: Who Killed Maria James? (Rachael Brown, Scribe) A Long Way from No Go (Tjanara Goreng...

Affirm acquires middle-grade debut at auction; opens unsolicited submissions for kids list

Thursday, 18 October 2018
Affirm Press has acquired middle-grade novel Hattie Maxwell and the Library of Lost Words by debut Melbourne author Julianne Negri at auction via Jacinta di Mase Management. The story follows...

Hachette offers booksellers direct download of digital assets

Thursday, 18 October 2018
Hachette Australia has launched a new digital asset sharing system via its website. The new system allows booksellers to login and download digital marketing assets that can be used across...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Long Way from Home (Peter Carey, Hamish Hamilton) Border...

Māori, Pasifika writers to travel to London for Oceania exhibition

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Five New Zealand writers will travel to the UK in November to showcase Māori and Pasifika literature alongside the Oceania art exhibition at the Royal Academy London, reports Booksellers NZ. Creative...

‘Dinner Detectives’ creators win global pitching competition

Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Australian children’s book creators Yves Stening and Nigel Buchanan have won a pitching competition at the world’s biggest children’s entertainment industry event, MIPJunior, reports the Herald Sun. Stening and Buchanan’s...