Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Friday, 17 November 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) The Last Days...
‘Tincture’ literary journal to close
Friday, 17 November 2017
Australian online literary journal Tincture has announced that it will close at the end of the year. The quarterly journal was established in 2013 and has featured fiction, poetry and...
Hachette acquires ‘The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village’ in two-book deal
Friday, 17 November 2017
Hachette has acquired world rights to debut author Joanna Nell’s The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village in a two-book deal negotiated by Haylee Nash at The Nash Agency. The...
National Book Awards 2017 winners announced
Friday, 17 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 US National Book Awards have been announced. Jesmyn Ward has won the fiction award for the second time for her novel Sing, Unburied, Sing (Bloomsbury),...
Kroetsch to step down as AWW director
Friday, 17 November 2017
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) director Laura Kroetsch will step down from the role after the 2018 festival, which runs from 3-8 March. Kroetsch was appointed in 2010 to direct the...
‘The Town’ sold to US, European territories
Friday, 17 November 2017
Faber has sold the rights to Shaun Prescott’s novel The Town, published in Australia by Brow Books, into the US and several European territories. The novel has been sold to...
Bonnier closes UK self-publishing platform Type & Tell
Friday, 17 November 2017
In the UK, Bonnier has closed its self-publishing platform Type & Tell eight months after it was launched, reports the Bookseller. According to the Bookseller, around 500 UK users were...
‘Overland’ Fair Australia Prize 2017 shortlists announced
Friday, 17 November 2017
Literary journal Overland has announced the shortlists for this year’s Fair Australia Prize. Shortlists have been released for the Essay Prize, Fiction Prize, Poetry Prize, and Cartoons and Illustrations Prize....
Laveau-Harvie wins 2018 Finch Memoir Prize for ‘Okotoks Erratic’
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize for her manuscript ‘Okotoks Erratic’, a ‘gripping, black humoured drama’ about the power play between Laveau-Harvie’s parents and its ramifications. Judges...
Barker wins Goldsmiths Prize for ‘H(a)ppy’
Thursday, 16 November 2017
In the UK, Nicola Barker has won the $10,000 2017 Goldsmiths Prize for H(a)ppy (William Heinemann), reports the Bookseller. The prize rewards British and Irish fiction which ‘breaks the mould...
Tony Birch wins 2017 Patrick White Award
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Author Tony Birch has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2017. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his...
ABA announces 2017 Vic, NSW reps of the year
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Mandy Wildsmith from Hardie Grant Books has been named Victorian Rep of the Year by the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), while Nicky Luckie from Hachette has been named NSW Rep...
‘Boy’ wins 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Phil Cummings and Shane Devries’ picture book Boy (Scholastic) has won the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award. Boy, which tells the story of a young deaf...
Staff changes at the Wheeler Centre
Thursday, 16 November 2017
The Wheeler Centre has announced a number of staff changes. Head of programming Emily Sexton, general manager Jaclyn Booton and series producer Gemma Rayner are leaving the organisation in December....
Christmas predictions: Kath Pigou from Dymocks Adelaide
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Dymocks Adelaide store...
UWAP announces 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Teresa Bell for ‘Lunation’, an ‘ambitious’ novel...
‘Books+Publishing’ invites responses for sexual harassment survey
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Books+Publishing is inviting anyone working in the Australian book industry to complete a survey on sexual harassment in the industry. The decision to conduct a survey was prompted by evidence...
A&U, Hachette to release new Shaun Tan books in 2018
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Allen & Unwin and Hachette will be releasing new books by award-winning author Shaun Tan in 2018. Allen & Unwin will publish Tales from the Inner City, a companion volume...
PRH UK to offer employees loans for rental deposits
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) will offer employees loans to cover the cost of rental property deposits, reports the Bookseller. The Home Sweet Loan scheme will allow employees...
ALIA, federal government promote Be Connected grants
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is working with the federal government to promote its Be Connected grants to support digital inclusion programs for older Australians. The grants, worth $20m...
Russia, Israel to digitise disputed collection of ancient Hebrew texts
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Russian and Israeli state libraries have agreed to digitise and make available to the public a 14,000-item collection of medieval books, rare works of Jewish ritual law and mysticism,...
Lamond to leave Little Hare
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Margrete Lamond has stepped down as publisher of Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) imprint Little Hare Books. HGE said in a statement that it will not replace the publisher role, and...
A&U pulls Clive Hamilton’s China book citing threat of legal action
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Allen & Unwin has decided not to publish Clive Hamilton’s book Silent Invasion: How China is Turning Australia into a Puppet State, citing the threat of legal action from the...
Finch Memoir Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The shortlist for the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Tin Gypsy’ (Alan Sampson), a ‘heartfelt’ account of a father’s relationship with his son who...
Booktopia makes ‘AFR’ Fast 100 for the eighth time
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Online bookseller Booktopia has made the Australian Financial Review (AFR) annual Fast 100, formerly the BRW Fast 100, for the eighth time. Booktopia came in 75th place on the list,...
ASA announces winners of 2017 Ray Koppe Residency, ASA Medal
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Ray Koppe Residency Award and ASA Medal. Western Australian writer Holden Sheppard has won the Ray Koppe...
OzCo report finds Australian artists working more, earning less
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The Australia Council has released a new report that examines the economic conditions faced by practising professional artists in Australia. One of the key findings of Making Art Work by...
Asher Award 2017 winners announced
Monday, 13 November 2017
Ruth Clare’s memoir Enemy (Viking) and Libby Hathorn’s picture book A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy (illus by Phil Lesnie, Lothian) have jointly won the 2017 Asher Award. Clare and...
Walkley Book Award 2017 shortlist announced
Monday, 13 November 2017
The Walkley Book Award shortlist for 2017 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird, HarperCollins) Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia...
First authors announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week
Monday, 13 November 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Perth Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. The guests include UK author Alan Hollinghurst, Canadian author Louise Penny and local...
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