Friday, 9 May 2014
The Kimberley Writers Festival in Western Australia has been postponed until 2015. Festival coordinator Joanne Roach said in a statement: ‘The challenge of raising sponsorship and grant contributions has proven...

Thursday, 8 May 2014
Scribe and the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) have partnered to offer a book club for ‘environmentally-minded book lovers’.The ACF is inviting its members to sign up to host or join...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
News and research website The Conversation has launched a new books column. Deakin University research fellow Michelle Smith announced on the website that her column, which previously focussed on television and...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The Wheeler Centre director Michael Williams will give the keynote address at this year’s Booksellers New Zealand 2014 conference. Williams will address the topic ‘Is the book world really changing’...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Ingram Content Group has announced the appointment of Deborah Lee as manager of content acquisition for Lightning Source Australia. Lee takes over from Susan Dunne, who replaced Nerida Fearnley-Gill in...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Andrew Hutchinson has won the ‘words and writing’ category in the 2014 Best Australian Blogs Competition for his blog ‘twenty six’.‘Words and writing’ category judge Brandon Van Over said Hutchinson’s blog ‘thoughtfully wades...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has restructured its business, resulting in three redundancies and the creation of three new positions. HGE managing director Natasha Besliev told Books+Publishing ‘the new model is...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The shortlist for the inaugural Sarah Broom Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poets are Emma Neale, C K Stead and Kirsti Whalen. The winner of the prize, which...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Norma K Hemming Award has been announced.Presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation, the award is for a work of speculative fiction published in Australia...

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
‘It’s not just about romance—the company has interesting capabilities’—HarperCollins chief executive Brian Murray on the publisher’s decision to acquire Harlequin. 

Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The shortlist for the 2014 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced.The shortlisted authors and their manuscripts are: David Burton for How to Be Happy, ‘a...

Tuesday, 6 May 2014
The Northern Territory Library has announced the shortlisted titles for this year’s Territory Read Awards and Northern Territory Literary Awards.The shortlisted titles in the Territory Read Awards are:Chief Minister’s Book...

Tuesday, 6 May 2014
The shortlisted works for the Ditmar Awards ballot have been announced and voting has commenced. The shortlisted works include: Best novel Ink Black Magic (Tansy Rayner Roberts, FableCroft) Fragments of...

Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Iranian-American author Marsha Mehran has died, aged 36. HarperCollins Australia writes:‘HarperCollins is deeply saddened to announce that Marsha Mehran, author of Pomegranate Soup and Rosewater and Soda Bread, has died...

Tuesday, 6 May 2014
SalesFiction—Random House has sold Romanian rights to The Mannequin Makers (Craig Cliff).Nonfiction—Exisle Publishing has sold World Spanish rights to Optimum Health the Paleo Way (Claire Yates). Random House has sold...