Thursday, 15 May 2014
New biannual literary journal Gargouille has announced it is open for submissions. Founded by Sarah Wreford and Adriane Howell, the publication seeks ‘short stories, poetry, scripts, aesthetic essays, lost and...

Thursday, 15 May 2014
Sleepers Publishing has made its first nonfiction acquisition with a memoir from editor Paul Dalgarno. Publisher Louise Swinn told Books+Publishing that Sleepers was ‘thrilled’ to be publishing the as-yet-untitled memoir...

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
The Federal Government has announced its decision to cease funding of the Get Reading! program in the 2014-15 Budget.  ‘The Government will achieve savings of $6.4 million over four years...

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Sydney publisher Brandl & Schlesinger is celebrating its 20th birthday this year.The anniversary is being celebrated with ‘a very strong and varied list’, which began in February with the release...

Wednesday, 14 May 2014
‘We believe this to be a retrograde step by the government that we trust will be rethought as a matter of priority’—Australian Booksellers Association CEO Joel Becker on the defunding...

Tuesday, 13 May 2014
The Five Mile Press has launched a prize for unpublished Australian illustrators with the winner to receive a publishing contract worth $4000.‘We are offering a guaranteed publishing contract to the winner...

Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Australia Post managing director and CEO Ahmed Fahour has announced that Australia Post corporate offices will open for Saturday trading from next Christmas, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.Fahour said on...

Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival has announced the program for its three-day festival entitled Eat My Words, running from 16-19 July. Held annually in Mackay, Queensland, the festival features children’s...

Tuesday, 13 May 2014
The newly incorporated Australian Book Design Association (ABDA) is now open for individual memberships.Individual annual memberships cost $50, with the fee going to building the association’s ‘virtual home’, which will...

Monday, 12 May 2014
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Victoria branch has elected a new committee at its AGM on 8 May. Mary Moore remains president. Newly elected vice presidents Meg Moores...

Monday, 12 May 2014
Queensland bookseller Pulp Fiction is moving.The bookseller announced in a statement on its website that it was moving its store after nearly 19 years in the Anzac Square Building Arcade...

Monday, 12 May 2014
WritingWA has announced the appointment of Margaret Whiskin as regional engagement officer. Whiskin is currently publisher at Magabala Books. ‘Margaret has been appointed to a newly created, full-time position to...

Monday, 12 May 2014
Maeve Binchy’s posthumously published short-story collection Chestnut Street (Hachette) has climbed from outside the top 10 last week to take first spot on this week’s bestsellers chart, and is also this week’s...