New report shows government funding for literature and writing lags other artforms
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
A report prepared for the Department of Communications and the Arts has found that Australian federal, state and territory, and local governments contributed $5.8b to cultural activities in 2015-16, with...
A&U to publish Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Allen & Unwin will publish AFL player Nick Riewoldt’s autobiography in November, following the St Kilda captain’s announcement that he will retire at the end of the season. The publisher said...
‘The Chaser’s’ Andrew Hansen and wife Jessica Roberts sign two-book deal with Walker Books
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Comedian Andrew Hansen, best known for his work on ‘The Chaser’, and his wife, designer Jessica Roberts, have signed a two-book deal with Walker Books. The books will be the...
The Lifted Brow launches imprint Brow Books
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
The Lifted Brow (TLB) has announced its new books imprint, Brow Books. In a statement on its website, the imprint said it will publish ‘across a variety of genres, styles...
New festival to focus on Indigenous and culturally diverse writers
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
The NSW Writers’ Centre and Bankstown Arts Centre have announced a new writers’ festival that focuses on Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers and writing. The inaugural Boundless festival will...
Screen rights to ‘The Good People’ optioned
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Australian production company Aquarius Films has optioned the film and TV rights to Hannah Kent’s The Good People (Picador) via Curtis Brown Australia. Aquarius producers Angie Felder, Polly Staniford and Cecilia...
Dorrington steps down as PWF program manager
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Perth Writers Festival (PWF) program manager Katherine Dorrington has left the organisation after 12 years in the role. Perth International Arts Festival artistic director Wendy Martin said in a statement:...
‘Before Rupert’ wins National Biography Award
Monday, 31 July 2017
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced Tom D C Roberts’ Before Rupert: Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty (UQP) as the winner of this...
Dymocks Waurn Ponds wins top award at Dymocks conference
Monday, 31 July 2017
Dymocks Waurn Ponds in Geelong has won the Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence at the 2017 Dymocks national conference, which was held on the Gold Coast from 23-25 July. Dymocks...
New ABC TV ‘Story Time’ series to screen during Children’s Book Week
Monday, 31 July 2017
A new ABC TV series called Story Time will screen during Children’s Book Week in August. The Play School spin-off series will feature Australian celebrities—including journalist Leigh Sales, comedian Rove...
Canberra Writers Festival 2017 program launched
Friday, 28 July 2017
The program has been announced for the second annual Canberra Writers Festival, which will run from 25-27 August. International guests appearing at the festival include UK novelist Samantha Shannon, Dutch...
Affirm to publish junior fiction series by ‘Bondi Rescue’ lifeguard
Friday, 28 July 2017
Affirm Press will publish a children’s fiction series by Bondi Rescue lifeguard Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell in 2018. The series will be co-written by David Lawrence, author of the ‘Fox Swift’...
Harper shortlisted for UK Dagger award for best crime novel
Friday, 28 July 2017
Jane Harper has been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2017 Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year. Harper’s novel is one of six novels...
Government review seeks to stem the decline in WA writers
Thursday, 27 July 2017
The WA Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) has published its final report from a review of the state’s writing sector, as well as recommendations made by a reference...
NT Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Thursday, 27 July 2017
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short Story Award ‘This is where you come from’ by Miranda Tetlow...
Fox wins Walkley Women’s Leadership in Media Award
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Catherine Fox has won the Walkley Foundation’s Women’s Leadership in Media Award for her nonfiction book Stop Fixing Women (NewSouth), as well as articles for the ABC and the Australian....
Writers Victoria launches professional development series for women of colour
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Writers Victoria has announced it will run a series of professional development opportunities for women of colour writers in late 2017 and 2018. The program will include paid commissions of new...
Solomun launches The Rights Hive agency
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Former Penguin Random House (PRH) and Five Mile Press rights manager Natasha Solomun has launched a new rights agency, The Rights Hive, to provide representation of foreign and subsidiary rights...
Create NSW to fund ‘creative hubs’ in Western Sydney
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Create NSW has contributed over $400,000 in funding to create eight hubs for a ‘diverse mix of arts, screen and digital projects and organisations’ in Western Sydney. The Western Sydney...
‘The Bone Sparrow’ wins inaugural Readings YA Prize
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Zana Fraillon has won the inaugural Readings YA Prize for her novel The Bone Sparrow (Hachette). Fraillon’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $3000 prize, which...
Brisbane Writers Festival program announced
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival, which runs from 6-10 September. Over 100 authors will appear at the festival, including Canadian novelist Anosh Irani, who...
WA government defers multi-year arts funding
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The WA Department of Culture and Arts has announced it will undertake a ‘comprehensive review’ of its Organisations Investment Program (OIP) and defer the opening of the second OIP funding...
MUP unveils new website
Monday, 24 July 2017
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has launched a new website featuring book extracts, author interviews and book tour details, among other overhauled features. The publisher said that ‘with ninety-five years of...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 21 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winning title in each category is: Best book Cazador: Game, Offal and...
ASA launches International Marketplace
Friday, 21 July 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new digital marketplace to showcase and sell the work of writers to international publishers, agents and literary scouts. The ASA said...
‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction longlist announced
Friday, 21 July 2017
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the longlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The longlisted works are: ‘Hasard Objectif’ by Joanna Walsh ‘Atlantis Minor’ by...
‘ABR’ announces Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlist
Thursday, 20 July 2017
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘The Leaching Layer’ by Dominic Amerena...
Carmine wins inaugural ‘KYD’ unpublished manuscript award
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Onyx B Carmine (S J Norman) as the winner of its inaugural unpublished manuscript award for their short story collection ‘Permafrost’. Carmine...
Australian author’s fairytale retelling acquired by Hodder & Stoughton
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Canberra-based author Leife Shallcross’ novel The Beast’s Heart has been acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The Beast’s Heart is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale...
Text announces new NZ literary prize for an unpublished novel
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Text Publishing has announced the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, a new literary prize for New Zealand writers worth NZ$10,000. The winner will also receive a contract for...
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