McLean’s debut mystery novel sold in four territories
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Australian author Felicity McLean’s forthcoming debut novel The Van Apfel Girls are Gone (HarperCollins, April 2019) has been sold in four territories, including to Algonquin Books in North America and...
Orr, Groth named as finalists in Canadian children’s book awards
Monday, 10 September 2018
Two Australian authors are among the finalists of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s (CCBC) children’s book awards. Dragonfly Song (A&U) by Canadian-born Australian author Wendy Orr has been shortlisted for the...
Waterstones buys Foyles
Monday, 10 September 2018
British bookshop chain Waterstones has acquired independent bookselling chain Foyles, reports the Bookseller. Foyles has been a family-run business for 115 years, and currently operates four shops in London, and...
Puncher & Wattmann launches First Poetry Book Prize
Monday, 10 September 2018
Independent publisher Puncher & Wattmann (P&W) has announced the inaugural First Poetry Book Prize (FPBP). Open to Australian citizens and writers who have lived in Australia for at least three...
Jackson-Bourke named inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence
Monday, 10 September 2018
Auckland-based playwright Leki Jackson-Bourke has been announced as the inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Run by the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University of Wellington, the...
Hunter wins $10,000 for 2018 ACU poetry prize
Monday, 10 September 2018
Australian Catholic University (ACU) has announced Castlemaine-based poet Annie Hunter as the winner of the 2018 ACU Prize for Poetry, worth $10,000, for her poem ‘Athene noctua’. Judge Chris Wallace-Crabbe...
Over 30,000 take part in ILD; Fill a Bookshelf campaign raises over $51,000
Friday, 7 September 2018
Over 30,000 students, libraries and other organisations have taken part in the Great Book Swap campaign for Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), held this year on 5 September. The Indigenous Literacy...
Vietnamese publisher recalls book with disputed Chinese map
Friday, 7 September 2018
In Vietnam, Hanoi-based publisher the Gioi (World) Publishing House and its partner Dinh Ti Books Company have recalled an educational book, after readers spotted the controversial Chinese 'nine-dash line' on...
Subbed In 2018 Chapbook Prize finalists announced
Friday, 7 September 2018
The finalists for the 2018 Subbed In Chapbook Prize have been announced. The 14 manuscripts selected as finalists are: ‘Plunge the Mirkwood’ (Sumudu Samarawickrama) ‘Unicorns with Unibrows’ (Brianna Bullen) ‘Friends...
Australian Centre Literary Awards 2018 winners announced
Friday, 7 September 2018
The winners of the University of Melbourne’s Australian Centre Literary Awards have been announced. Wesley Michel Wright Prize ($4000) On the Outskirts (John Kinsella, UQP) Commended: Towards Light & Other...
Clan Destine Press acquires Ngaio Marsh winner
Friday, 7 September 2018
Clan Destine Press has acquired world (ex NZ) rights to Australian-born New Zealand-based author Jennifer Lane's debut novel All Our Secrets (Rosa Mira Books NZ). All Our Secrets recently won the...
Copyright Agency awards Create grants to five writers
Friday, 7 September 2018
Five writers and one visual artist have received Create grants, worth a total of $105,000, from the Copyright Agency. The grants went to the following writers: Peggy Frew ($20,000) Jennifer Mills...
RMIT students to host 2018 Odyssey Literary Festival on genre
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program will host the Odyssey Literary Festival in Melbourne on 13 September. This year’s festival, which is held at RMIT's Kaleide Theatre,...
National Translation Award 2018 shortlists announced
Thursday, 6 September 2018
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) has announced the shortlists for the National Translation Awards for poetry and prose. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Poetry Directions for Use (Ana...
New short story prize launched for adults writing for children
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Australian children’s literature electronic magazine Buzz Words has launched a new short story prize for adults writing for children. The Buzz Words Short Story Prize ‘celebrates excellence in short story writing...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2018 longlist announced
Thursday, 6 September 2018
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the longlist for the 2018 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
Devonport library reopens as part of $48m paranaple centre
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Tasmania's new Devonport Library has reopened as part of the $48 million multi-purpose building known as the paranaple centre, reports the Advocate. Jane Forward at Devonport Library said that the new...
NZ to host 2020 World Library and Information Congress
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has announced that Auckland will host the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in August 2020. Around 3000 library professionals will attend the...
PRH US changes library ebook lending terms
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
In North America, Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced a change in its library ebook lending model, beginning 1 October 2018, reports Publishers Weekly. The change of model, from a...
Rights deals up at 2018 Beijing International Book Fair
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) has reported a 7.9% increase in rights deals at this year’s fair compared with deals made at the 2017 fair. Organisers say that a...
Writers Vic to launch digital writers-in-residence program for carers in 2019
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Writers Victoria will launch a new digital writers-in-residence program for carers in 2019, after it received an arts grant from the City of Melbourne in its recent funding round. The...
Melbourne writers, literary organisations receive council arts grants
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $830,000 in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual arts grants program. Writers Victoria...
Ford’s ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ optioned for TV
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Clementine Ford's forthcoming Boys Will Be Boys: An Exploration of Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship (Allen & Unwin, October) has been optioned for television by Perth-based production company Metamorflix. Rights were...
US arts agency awards US$325,000 in translation grants
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
US federal arts-funding agency National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the 25 recipients of its Literature Translation Fellowships worth US$325,000 (A$451,000) in total. The fellowships enable American and...
Ebook marketer ordered to pay Amazon US$75,000
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Amazon has won US$75,000 (A$104,000) in an arbitration case against ebook marketer Thomas Glenn of the Dominican Republic, reports GeekWire. The case was one of five arbitration demands that the company...
‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series optioned for screen
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Five historical novels in Blanche d'Alpuget's ‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series (Ventura) have been optioned for television/film by Ironbark Media. Rights were sold via Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell...
Richell Prize 2018 longlist announced
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2018 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted works are: ‘She Is Bright Light and All Brilliance’...
City of Fremantle extends support and increases prize money for T A G Hungerford Award
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
The City of Fremantle has renewed its sponsorship of the T A G Hungerford Award, a biennial prize recognising the first full-length, unpublished work of fiction or creative nonfiction by an...
Audible UK revenue grows by 45%
Monday, 3 September 2018
Audible UK has reported a 45% growth in revenue in 2017 to £97 million (A$174.4m), up from £67.1 million (A$120.7m) in the previous year, reports the Bookseller. According to accounts filed...
Queensland Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) The...
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