SLV 2018 fellowships announced Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced the recipients of its 2018 fellowships, including the inaugural Indigenous Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Research Fellowship. The recipients of the Creative Fellowships, worth $15,000 for...
Smith to leave Bonnier Zaffre UK Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
In the UK, Mark Smith is stepping down from the position of CEO of Bonnier Zaffre after selling his equity stake in the firm, reports the Bookseller. Smith was named...
Melbourne Writers Festival 2018 program launched Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
The program for the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which runs from 24 August to 2 September, has been announced. This year's festival will open with a gala celebration featuring...
Educational Publishing Awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Educational Publishing Awards Australia. The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource: Arts/Science/Humanities/Social Sciences/Technologies/Health and Physical Education/Languages...
Namoi retires from A&U Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Angela Namoi will retire from her position as rights and international sales director (children’s) at Allen & Unwin (A&U) on 3 August. During her career, Namoi sold the 'Tashi' series...
Scribble sells North American rights to ‘Under the Love Umbrella’ Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Scribe’s children’s imprint, Scribble, has sold North American rights to Under the Love Umbrella (Davina Bell, illus by Allison Colpoys) to Simply Read Books. Rights to the title have previously...
WORD Christchurch 2018 program announced Archive
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
The program for the 2018 WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival, which runs from 29 August to 2 September, has been announced. Among the international guests attending this year’s festival...
UK study reveals only 4% of children’s books feature a BAME character Archive
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
In the UK, a new report has found that only 4% of children’s books published in the UK in 2017 featured black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) characters, and only...
Castagna’s ‘No More Boats’ sold into North America Archive
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Giramondo has sold North American rights to Felicity Castagna’s No More Boats to Europa Editions editor-in-chief Michael Reynolds in a pre-empt, via Rach Crawford at literary agency MacKenzie Wolf. The Miles Franklin-shortlisted...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years At the Zoo...
Triggs, Scott announced in first line-up for Ubud 2018 Archive
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has made its first announcement of guests joining the 2018 festival, which will run from 24-28 October in Ubud, Indonesia. The announcement included...
Canberra Writers Festival 2018 program launched Archive
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Canberra Writers Festival has announced the full line-up of guest speakers for its festival program, running from 23-26 August. International guests appearing at the festival include Scottish author Irvine Welsh,...
PRH announces two-year partnership with National Literacy Trust Archive
Monday, 16 July 2018
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced a two-year partnership with the National Literacy Trust (NLT), an independent charity that works with disadvantaged children to develop their literacy skills. PRH will...
Audible appoints Naparstek as director of original content Archive
Monday, 16 July 2018
Audible Australia has appointed Ben Naparstek as director of original content. In the new role, Naparstek will oversee the development of original audio shows, series and dramatisations. The announcement comes...
QWC/Hachette Australia Manuscript Development Program adds YA and nonfiction Archive
Monday, 16 July 2018
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and Hachette Australia Manuscript Development Program has broadened its submissions criteria this year, and will for the first time accept YA and general nonfiction submissions....
PRH acquires sequel to ‘The Woolgrower’s Companion’ Archive
Monday, 16 July 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Oceania rights to a sequel to Joy Rhoades' The Woolgrower’s Companion (Bantam), in a deal brokered by Stephanie Koven from Cullen Stanley International in...
Staff changes at the Small Press Network Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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