Thursday, 14 April 2016
The shortlists for this year’s New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced, including a new biennial prize for Indigenous writers. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories...

Thursday, 14 April 2016
The 2016 Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards longlists have been announced. The seven longlisted titles for the $30,000 Kibble Literary Award for an established Australian female writer are: The Women’s...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2016 Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book Guilt (Matt...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Readings has won the inaugural Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2016 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. Readings was cited for ‘its community outreach, support of Australian authors...

Wednesday, 13 April 2016
New Zealand publisher Auckland University Press (AUP) has won the Academic and Professional Publisher Award at this year’s London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards, presented on 12 April. AUP...

Tuesday, 12 April 2016
The Copyright Agency has announced a new fund to support mid-to-late career authors and visual artists. The Create Career Fund will offer two $50,000 rounds each year, comprised of grants...

Monday, 11 April 2016
The Co-op has opened four stores at the University of South Australia and will open two more at Flinders and Adelaide universities by the end of the month. The stores...

Friday, 8 April 2016
ALS Library Services general manager Simon Woodley has been promoted to the role of managing director. Woodley replaces ALS owner Patricia Genat in the role. ALS said in a statement...

Thursday, 7 April 2016
The 2016 Northern Territory writers’ festival Wordstorm program has been launched. Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, author of Beauty is a Wound (Text), will be the international guest at this year’s...