London wins 2015 Patrick White Literary Award
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Joan London has won the 2015 Patrick White Literary Award. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature, and is...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 29 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers has been announced. The shortlisted stories are: ‘The Conservation of the Stars’ (Michalia Arathimos)...
Scottish pop singer wins Edinburgh first book prize
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Scottish pop singer and author Colin MacIntyre has won this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book Award for his debut novel The Letters of Ivor Punch (Orion), reports the...
Kenneally wins 2015 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Christine Kenneally has won this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for her piece ‘The past may not make you feel better’, published in her book The Invisible History...
Melbourne City of Literature announces new travel fund recipients
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
The latest recipients of the Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund have been announced. First launched in 2014, the travel fund provides grants of up to $3000 to help people...
Hachette Australia to publish new Steven Amsterdam novel in 2016
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Hachette Australia will publish a new novel by Steven Amsterdam in Australia and New Zealand in late 2016. Hachette Australia publisher Robert Watkins acquired ANZ rights to the book from...
International library news
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Birmingham library to undergo £2.1m refurbishment Two years after opening, the £188m (A$403m) Library of Birmingham in the UK will renovate its first floor at a cost of £2.1m (A$4.5m)...
New library to open in Geelong
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
The $45.5m Geelong Library and Heritage Centre in Victoria will open on Saturday 21 November with a weekend of celebrations. The five-floor library includes a print and digital ‘news lounge’,...
SLV releases literacy report for Victorian public libraries
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has released a report to help Victorian public libraries improve literacy in the community. Reading and Literacy for All: A Strategic Framework for Victorian...
Sydney Uni joins international open-access library partnership
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
The University of Sydney has become the first university in the southern hemisphere to join the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) Library Partnership. The OLH is ‘dedicated to publishing open...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
‘The shift to a more inclusive editorial approach to gender is straightforward. There are many significant books by women published in Australia each year and a large pool of critics—male...
RiP Roger Williamson
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Roger Williamson, a former sales rep at James Bennett, has died. Peter Blake writes: ‘Roger’s many friends in the Sydney and Melbourne book trade will be saddened to hear of his...
Five Mile Press Illustrator Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
The shortlist for the second annual Five Mile Press Illustrator Prize has been announced. The shortlisted illustrators are: Aṥka (WA) Suzanne Houghton (NSW) Adam Celeban (NSW) Juliette Rajak (SA) Amy...
‘Kill Your Darlings’ partners with ‘Guardian’ Books Network
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Australian literary journal Kill Your Darling (KYD) has joined the Guardian’s new Books Network, a ‘curated selection of literary content’ from partner sites around the world. KYD publisher Rebecca Starford told...
YA novel wins British Fantasy Award
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Frances Hardinge’s Cuckoo Song (Pan Macmillan) has become the first YA novel to win the award for best fantasy novel at the British Fantasy Awards, reports the Guardian. Cuckoo Song...
Whitley Awards 2015 winner announced
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winner of the 2015 Whitley Awards and its commended titles. The Whitley Medal was awarded to Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians (Gordon Grigg...
‘The Other Side of the World’ wins 2015 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Stephanie Bishop’s The Other Side of the World (Hachette) has won the 2015 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Bishop’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $4000 prize, which was established...
YABBAs 2015 winners announced
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
The winners of the Young Australian’s Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced for 2015. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Pig the Pug (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...
Harry Potter play conceived as ‘eighth story in the series’
Monday, 26 October 2015
The forthcoming Harry Potter play, to open on West End in London next year, has been conceived as ‘the eighth story in the Harry Potter series’, according to the Pottermore...
Ubud cancels sessions following government scrutiny
Monday, 26 October 2015
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has cancelled a number of events in its 2015 program, which runs from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia, on the advice...
Walkley Book Award 2015 longlist announced
Friday, 23 October 2015
The longlist for the 2015 Walkley Book Award, which recognises excellence in Australian nonfiction literature and long-form journalism, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Rise and Fall of...
Disney to launch digital subscription service in Europe
Friday, 23 October 2015
Disney is launching a digital subscription service that bundles movies, books, TV series and music in the one app, reports TechCrunch. The DisneyLife service, which will launch in the UK...
‘Kirkus’ Prize 2015 winners announced
Friday, 23 October 2015
US publication Kirkus Reviews has announced the winners of its second annual literary prize. Hanya Yanagihara won the fiction prize for A Little Life (Picador), with the judges observing: ‘The phrase...
Dempster reappointed MWF director
Friday, 23 October 2015
Lisa Dempster has been reappointed as CEO and director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) for another two years. Dempster was initially appointed to the role for three years to deliver the...
Court rules in favour of Google book-scanning after decade-long dispute
Thursday, 22 October 2015
In the US, a federal appeals court has ruled that Google has not violated copyright laws by digitising more than 20 million books, reports CNBC. The 2nd US Circuit Court...
The Nib’s Anzac Centenary Literary Prize announced, shortlist released
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, will include an additional award this year to mark the Anzac centenary. The Nib’s Anzac Centenary Literary Prize, worth $3000,...
Voss Literary Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The shortlist for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist of 10, are: The Tribe (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Giramondo) In Certain Circles...
Stella Count publishes gender breakdown of reviews in ‘Saturday Paper’, ‘Sydney Review of Books’
Thursday, 22 October 2015
The Stella Prize, with assistance from Books+Publishing, has published statistics showing the gender breakdown of reviews in the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) and the Saturday Paper. The Stella Count ‘Redux’...
On Tour: Meet the author Mary Norris
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Mary Norris is a copyeditor for the New Yorker and the author of Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen (Text). She will be appearing at the Wheeler...
Future reading: Nonfiction top picks for 2016
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Be Mindful and Simplify Your Life (Kate James, January) is ‘a cracking way to start the year’, says Affirm Press publisher Martin Hughes. This book of useful and positive bite-size tips will be...
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