Avon Books acquires debut thriller from Ingrid Alexandra
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
HarperCollins imprint Avon Books has acquired world rights to a psychological thriller from debut Australian author Ingrid Alexander, reports the Bookseller. The book, titled The New Girl, is described as...
OUP’s Walker appointed APA president
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
School publishing director of Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand (OUP ANZ) Lee Walker has been appointed president of the Australian Publishers Association (APA). Walker, who commences the position...
‘Animalia’ author develops educational app for iconic picture book
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Graeme Base, author and illustrator of the iconic Australian picture book Animalia, has launched an educational app called Animalia Education, based on the 1986 bestseller. The app, aimed at children...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The shortlist for the 2017 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Losing Streak: How Tasmania Was Gamed by the Gambling Industry (James Boyce, Black Inc.)...
EWF announces 2018 festival ambassadors
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced the five writers appointed ambassadors for the festival’s National Writers’ Conference, which runs from 23-24 June at the State Library of Victoria. The...
Consumer group calls for gift card expiry dates to be scrapped nationwide
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
National consumer group Choice is lobbying for nationwide changes to gift card expiry dates, with an aim to remove expiry dates completely, reports SmartCompany. The growing calls for changes to gift...
Robinsons to open Hobart store in May
Monday, 9 April 2018
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop is opening a new store in Hobart in May. The store is Robinsons’ 12th and its second outside of Melbourne, after it opened its first...
Aussie book industry figures listed in ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia list
Monday, 9 April 2018
Three Australians in the book industry have been listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. Founder and CEO of Australian online self-publishing platform Tablo Ash Davies and author...
Magabala to launch Daisy Utemorrah Award
Monday, 9 April 2018
Broome publisher Magabala Books will launch a new unpublished manuscript award in the second half of 2018 to find the best children’s or YA novel by an Aboriginal or Torres...
ABA announces 2018 conference program; Currie, Batistich to give keynotes
Friday, 6 April 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the program for its 2018 conference, to be held at QT Hotel in Canberra from 17-18 June. The conference will be organised around...
The Little Bookroom launches in-store parent-teacher events
Friday, 6 April 2018
Melbourne children’s bookstore The Little Bookroom has launched its first in-store information event for parents and teachers. The first event in what the store hopes to turn into a once-a-term...
Davitt Awards open to self-publishers
Friday, 6 April 2018
Sisters in Crime has decided to open its annual Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women writers to self-published authors for the first time. The decision was...
Instagram launches in-platform shopping function for retailers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Australian retailers on the social media platform Instagram now have the ability to link products in their posts through to online stores for purchase. The feature, Instagram shopping, has been...
Shortlist for the 2017 Nakata Brophy Prize announced
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the fifth Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Jazz Money, for ‘as...
Royalle wins 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Poet and performer Candy Royalle has won the 2018 Red Room Poetry fellowship. Royalle was chosen from a shortlist of 11 poets. The prize is worth $10,000 in total, including...
Melbourne bookshop launches event series to showcase ‘fresh new voices’
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Melbourne bookshop Brunswick Bound is launching a monthly event series featuring authors published by small presses and self-published authors. Called First Chapters, the monthly event series will feature three to...
Affirm partners with Tablo on crime writing project
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Small publisher Affirm Press has partnered with Australian online publishing platform Tablo to review a selection of crime writing published on the Tablo platform. Affirm will read submissions on the...
Croggon to publish new middle-grade fiction with Walker
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Alison Croggon, author of the 'Pellinor' series for young adults, will publish her first middle-grade fantasy adventure title, The Threads of Magic, with Walker Books. Walker Books acquired world rights in all...
Fremantle Press announces inaugural Minderoo Editorship winner
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Fremantle Press has announced that its inaugural Minderoo Editorship has been won by Armelle Davies. The three-year program is designed to ‘foster new Western Australian publishing talent by helping entry-level...
Kostakis wins IBBY Ena Noël award
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Will Kostakis’ YA novel The Sidekicks (Penguin) has won the 2018 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young...
NZ publisher OneTree House wins Bologna Prize for children’s publishing
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
New Zealand publisher OneTree House has won the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. OneTree House was chosen from a shortlist of five,...
Aurealis Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
The winners of the 2017 Aurealis Awards for the best Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing published in 2017 have been announced. The winning titles were: Best science-fiction novel From...
Australians nominated for 2018 Hugo Awards
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Several Australian writers and artists are among the finalists for this year's Hugo Awards for science-fiction. Australian author Foz Meadows has been named a finalist in the Best Fan Writer...
Ditmar Awards 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
The winners of the 2018 Ditmar Awards for Australian science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing were announced at the 43rd Swancon Convention in Perth on 1 April. The winners are: Best novel...
Fremantle Press to publish ‘Meet Me at the Intersection’ anthology
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Fremantle Press will publish an inaugural anthology of 'Own Voice' stories from emerging and established writers who identify as one or more of First Nations, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ or...
Harry Potter series tops Dymocks 101 reader poll 2018
Thursday, 29 March 2018
The Harry Potter series (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury) has topped the annual Dymocks Top 101 books of all time list, dethroning All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Fourth...
Australian #TimesUp initiative NOW to combat workplace sexual harassment
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Journalist Tracey Spicer and a group of prominent media figures have partnered to launch the NOW initiative to tackle sexual harassment in Australia in the wake of the #MeToo and...
Bonnier Publishing to restructure Australian publishing arm; 35 staff redundancies announced
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Bonnier Publishing has announced it is restructuring its business in Australia, with the majority of staff at Bonnier Publishing Australia to enter into redundancy consultation. In a statement released on...
PRH recalls Tucker’s ‘The Prisoner’
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has recalled Kerry Tucker’s memoir The Prisoner from sale, after receiving a legal claim in relation to the book. The book, which is co-written with Craig...
OzCo announces eight delegates for New York Publishers Program
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Eight Australian publishers, rights managers and literary agents will travel to New York City from 4 to 8 June this year as part of the Australia Council’s New York Publishers...
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