Melbourne Writers Festival 2017 program launched
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
The program for the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 25 August to 3 September, has been announced. Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Kim Scott will launch the festival...
PRH announces new $20,000 prize for an unpublished manuscript
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced a new literary prize for an unpublished manuscript, worth $20,000, to mark the formation of the publisher’s new literary division. The Penguin Random...
Educational Publishing Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource—Mathematics (Numeracy) Oxford Maths Student and...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $1.3m funding grants
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Fifty-six projects have received a total of $1.3m from the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Funding recipients in the various categories include: Children’s literature Children’s...
Inaugural crime writers festival to be held in Sydney
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
A new writers festival celebrating the crime genre will be held in Sydney from 2-3 September 2017. The two-day festival, BAD, is founded by academic Denis Tracey and writer Michael...
First authors announced for Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2017
Monday, 17 July 2017
The first authors have been announced for this year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, which runs from 25-29 October in Ubud, Bali. Among the international guests are Scottish crime writer...
‘The Strays’ shortlisted for UK historical fiction prize
Monday, 17 July 2017
The Strays by Emily Bitto (Affirm) is one of six titles shortlisted for the 2017 Goldsboro Crown for Historical Debut Fiction, presented by Goldsboro Books and the Historical Writers Association...
Australian bestsellers in June: women authors dominate fiction chart; Pape leads nonfiction
Friday, 14 July 2017
The 10 bestselling Australian fiction titles in June were by women authors, with half of the top 10 titles—including the top three—by Liane Moriarty. The combined sales of the regular...
Sydney Jewish Writers Festival 2017 program announced
Friday, 14 July 2017
The program has been announced for the 2017 Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, which runs from 26-27 August. The festival will be headlined by British novelist Rachel Seiffert, who will appear...
HGE acquires local rights to Neil Patrick Harris’ ‘The Magic Misfits’ children’s series
Friday, 14 July 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) will publish the first book in US actor and director Neil Patrick Harris’s debut children’s series, The Magic Misfits, as part of a worldwide release on...
Post-apocalyptic YA trilogy optioned for screen
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Melbourne-based author Justin Woolley’s YA trilogy ‘The Territory’ has been optioned for screen by Australian director Dana-Lee Mierowsky Bennett following negotiation by Alex Adsett Publishing Services. ‘The Territory’ is a...
RWA announces finalists for 2017 Valerie Parv Award
Thursday, 13 July 2017
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the finalists for its 2017 Valerie Parv Award for an unpublished manuscript. The finalists are: Kali Anthony Fiona Marsden Emily Michel Miranda...
MWF announces ‘digital storytellers’ for 2017 festival
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Melbourne Writers Festival will engage six ‘digital storytellers’ for its 2017 festival, running from 25 August to 3 September. The six bloggers and writers will report on the festival’s sessions,...
Morrison wins ALS Gold Medal
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Zoe Morrison has won the 2017 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her debut novel Music and Freedom (Vintage). Morrison’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six and a longlist of...
Walkley-Pascall, Arts Journalism awards finalists announced
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism and the new Arts Journalism Award. Walkley-Pascall Award for arts criticism Delia Falconer for ‘Out of...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2017 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years 1, 2, Pirate...
Thompson steps down as PRH New Zealand MD
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) New Zealand managing director Margaret Thompson will leave the company on 28 July. Thompson was appointed to the role in 2014 after serving as MD of...
Rolfe wins 2017 Mary Gilmore Award
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Aden Rolfe has won the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award for his poetry collection False Nostalgia (Giramondo). The award was presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) at...
Scribble sells North American rights to ‘The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade’
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Scribe’s children’s imprint Scribble has sold North American rights to Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ picture book The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade to Abrams Books. Abrams will publish the book as...
Davitt Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted works in each category are: Adult novel Dead...
Booktopia named finalist in Telstra Business Awards
Monday, 10 July 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards in the medium-sized category for New South Wales. The company has entered the awards six times and...
Little Brown signs self-published New Zealand author
Monday, 10 July 2017
In the UK, Little Brown imprint Piatkus has acquired two novels by self-published New Zealand author Tammy Robinson in a five-figure deal, reports the Bookseller. The first book Differently Normal,...
‘Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors’ shortlisted for the 2017 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year
Friday, 7 July 2017
Ian McConnelly’s Renniks Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors: The Premier Guide for Australian Pre-Decimal & Decimal Coin Errors (Renniks) is one of five books shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Diagram...
Magabala announces $10,000 award for Indigenous illustrators
Friday, 7 July 2017
Magabala Books has announced a new biennial award for Indigenous illustrators, with the winner to receive $10,000, a mentorship and the opportunity to illustrate a children’s story by Sally Morgan....
Bain to present Australian titles for APA’s ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’ program
Friday, 7 July 2017
Former UQP CEO Greg Bain will present up to 50 titles from Australian publishers to international publishers and agents as part of the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA) ‘Australia @ Frankfurt’...
Australian Christian Book of the Year 2017 shortlist announced
Friday, 7 July 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hermeneutics as Apprenticeship: How the Bible Shapes Our Interpretive Habits and Practices (David...
Black Inc. to be distributed by Ingram in UK, North America
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Ingram Publisher Services will distribute Black Inc., La Trobe University Press and Nero Books titles in the UK from September 2017, and in North America and the rest of the...
Book Bonding closes Essendon store
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Book Bonding owners Natasha Boyd and Mark Neicho closed their Essendon bookstore on 30 June after deciding to focus their energy on their Gisborne shop. Boyd told Books+Publishing that running...
HarperCollins acquires rights to Carly Findlay memoir
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to Say Hello: How I Became the Hero of My Story by Australian writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly Findlay. Findlay, who has the...
‘Small Things’ wins 2017 Gold Ledger Award
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
The winners of the 2017 Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics and graphic novels were announced in Sydney on the 19 June. The winner of the Gold Ledger was...
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