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Cece wins 2017 Text Prize

Thursday, 4 May 2017
Adelaide-based author Adam Cece has won the 2017 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for his middle-grade manuscript ‘The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls’. The...

New ‘Books+Publishing’ reviews out now 

Thursday, 4 May 2017
Books+Publishing’s latest Reviews newsletter contains eight reviews of books publishing in June and July 2017. The two highest scoring books were Steven Lang’s Hinterland (UQP, July) and Mark Brandi’s Wimmera...

Four publishers selected for Austrade China-Korea trip

Thursday, 4 May 2017
Representatives from four Australian publishers have been selected to participate in the 2017 Austrade China-Korea Publisher Visits program. The delegation, led by Penguin Random House senior rights manager Nerrilee Weir,...

Arthur C Clarke Award 2017 shortlist announced

Thursday, 4 May 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2017 Arthur C Clarke Award for science-fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: A Closed and Common Orbit (Becky Chambers, Hodder)...

Crime teen investigation: Tristan Bancks on ‘The Fall’

Wednesday, 3 May 2017
In Tristan Bancks’ middle-grade novel The Fall, 12-year-old Sam Garner finds himself investigating a crime after witnessing a body falling from his apartment building. Bancks spoke to reviewer Braiden Asciak....

SA library launches soft toy echidna into space

Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Tea Tree Gully library in South Australia has launched a soft toy echidna into space to encourage local children’s interest in the history of space exploration, reports the ABC. After...

EWF Monash Writing Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Fifteen writers have been shortlisted for the 2017 Emerging Writers’ Festival’s (EWF) Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing. The shortlisted stories and their authors are: ‘Femina’ by Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor ‘Unmoored’...

Foxlee wins 2017 Readings Children’s Book Prize

Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Karen Foxlee has won the 2017 Readings Children’s Book Prize for her middle-grade novel A Most Magical Girl (Piccadilly). Foxlee’s title was chosen from a shortlist of six. She receives $3000. The...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2017 longlist announced

Tuesday, 2 May 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette) An Isolated Incident (Emily Maguire, Picador) The...

Byron Writers Festival unveils StoryBoard Bus

Tuesday, 2 May 2017
The Byron Writers Festival has launched its StoryBoard Bus, a travelling creative writing program that will take authors and illustrators into schools across NSW’s Northern Rivers region. The bus, which...

Barnes & Noble appoints new CEO amid sales slump

Tuesday, 2 May 2017
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has appointed Demos Parneros as its CEO, replacing interim chief Len Riggio, reports Publishers Weekly. Riggio has served as CEO since August...

ABIA 2017 shortlists announced

Monday, 1 May 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley,...

McKinty wins 2017 Edgar Award

Monday, 1 May 2017
Melbourne-based Irish author Adrian McKinty has won the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original for his novel Rain Dogs (Serpent’s Tail). Rain Dogs is the fifth book...

Government to consult further with stakeholders on safe harbour 

Thursday, 27 April 2017
The federal government will undertake further consultation with stakeholders on extending safe harbour provisions in the Copyright Act prior to introducing amended legislation. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the Australian...