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Staff changes at the Small Press Network

Monday, 16 July 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the appointment of Tim Coronel as general manager. Coronel, who was previously communications manager for SPN, takes over from Matthia Dempsey, who has...

Copyright Agency announces recipients of $50k Ignite funding grants

Friday, 13 July 2018
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced 16 recipients of its 2018 Ignite grants. The $50,000 pool of funding is aimed at supporting training and mentorship programs for those in...

Scale Free Network sells ‘The Invisible War’ to US

Friday, 13 July 2018
Melbourne-based art-science collaborative and micro-publisher Scale Free Network (SFN) has sold North American rights to the graphic novel The Invisible War (Ailsa Wild, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti et al) to...

Family memoir wins 2018 PEN/Ackerley Prize

Friday, 13 July 2018
Richard Beard's family memoir The Day That Went Missing (Vintage) has been awarded the 2018 PEN/Ackerley Prize for a work of memoir or autobiography. Beard received a cheque for £3000 (A$5330)...

Hachette acquires ‘Lambs of God’ ahead of TV miniseries adaptation

Friday, 13 July 2018
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to 1997 novel Lambs of God (Marele Day), ahead of the release of a four-part TV miniseries adaptation of the novel produced by Foxtel....

ABA to trial one-day training session in Brisbane

Friday, 13 July 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is hosting a one-day booksellers’ training session in Brisbane on 21 August. The all-day program, which runs from 9am to 5pm, will include sessions on...

Victorian independent bookstore Book Bonding up for sale

Thursday, 12 July 2018
The owners of Gisborne-based independent bookshop Book Bonding have put the shop up for sale amid plans to return to Melbourne next year. Husband-and-wife duo Natasha Boyd and Mark Neicho...

Pantera appoints Hirst publisher

Thursday, 12 July 2018
Lex Hirst has joined Pantera Press in the newly created role of publisher. Hirst, who was most recently commissioning editor at Penguin Random House Australia, starts in the new role...

European Amazon workers plan strike for Prime Day

Thursday, 12 July 2018
In Spain, unions have asked 1000 Amazon workers to go on strike during Amazon Prime Day, reports the Independent. Amazon Prime Day, which begins at noon AEST on 16 July and...

PRH seeks contributions from young writers in children’s anthology

Thursday, 12 July 2018
Penguin Random House is seeking submissions from young writers for a new humorous short story collection, Total Quack Up! (October 2018), edited by children's authors Sally Rippin and Adrian Beck, and...

Over 250 attend EWF National Writers’ Conference; writing prizes, pitching and podcasts discussed

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
More than 250 writers, publishers, performers and guests attended the 2018 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) National Writers’ Conference, which ran from 23-24 June in Melbourne at the State Library of...

Podcast spotlight: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Established in 2012, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry is a Sydney-based podcast founded and hosted by Lee Tran Lam. In each episode she talks to chefs, cookbook authors, critics, bar...

35% of US business libraries report cuts to staff in past two years

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
In the US, a survey of corporate and business libraries by Business Wire has found that 35% of the libraries sampled have lost one to three full-time employee positions over...

John Oxley Library awards winners announced

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The State Library of Queensland has announced the winners of the 2018 John Oxley Library Fellowship, John Oxley Library Award, and John Oxley Library Community History Award, collectively known as...

Banksy to help keep Bristol libraries open

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
In the UK, anonymous street artist Banksy has offered support to keep all of Bristol's libraries open, reports the Bristol Post. Bristol City Council had announced budget cuts in February last...

US print sales rose 2% in first half of 2018

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
US print sales in the first half of 2018 have increased 2% in volume compared to the first six months of 2017, reports Publishers Weekly. Volume sales in the first...

Sexual abuse victim seeks compensation from NLA

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The National Library of Australia (NLA) is being pursued for compensation by a Balinese man who was the victim of sexual abuse revealed in a book of diary entries by...

‘Good Reading’ launches podcast

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Good Reading magazine has launched a new books podcast aimed at helping readers ‘discover [their] next favourite read’. The Good Reading podcast comprises weekly episodes featuring author interviews and book...

Melbourne Prize Trust thanks you—record entries across all categories!

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
The Melbourne Prize Trust would like to thank the many publishers and authors who have entered the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 & Awards as well as the literary sector...

Indie Publishing Forums launched

Wednesday, 11 July 2018
A number of Australian book industry organisations have joined together to launch the Indie Publishing Forums, a series of events aimed at small publishers, self-publishers, aspiring writers, established authors, students of publishing...