Monday, 2 April 2012
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has scrapped the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, according to a statement sent to Brisbane Times. The cut is part of the Liberal National Party's promised ‘plan...

Sunday, 1 April 2012
Amy Barker was announced as the winner of the 2012 Ena Noël Award, the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Australia Encouragement Award for Children’s Literature, on Saturday 31 March....

Sunday, 1 April 2012
The Australia-China Publishing Forum was held in Beijing from 13-16 March, with various Australian publishers attending. Ten Australian publishers attended the forum including MUP CEO and publisher Louise Adler, UQP...

Wednesday, 28 March 2012
The Romance Writers of America (RWA) has announced the finalists for the 2012 RITA and Golden Heart Awards and several Australian authors are included in the honours. More than 1200...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
The longlist for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Blood (Tony Birch, UQP) The Spirit of Progress (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate) Spirit House...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Australian author Sonya Hartnett has been shortlisted for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Hartnett’s book The Midnight Zoo (Viking) is one of eight titles shortlisted for this year’s medal, which...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Twenty-one percent of Australian web users surveyed earlier this year had purchased an ebook in the six months prior to the survey. The survey, undertaken by Bowker Market Research’s Global...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
A poet and an author—Queensland writers Christopher Currie and Michelle Dicinoski—are two of the five winners of this year’s Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships. The scholarship for poetry was awarded to...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Hachette Australia has announced it is accepting unsolicited manuscripts via its website. This follows initiatives set up by other major publishers, including Penguin with 'the Monthly Catch’, Allen & Unwin...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Hachette Australia has announced that Suzanne O'Sullivan will join Hachette in April as commissioning editor on the Lothian Children's Books list, replacing Jon Appleton.  O’Sullivan was senior editor at Walker...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
'Consumers may get cheap or free postage from overseas online retailers but because of the International Postal Union Treaty, Australia Post has to pay for it to be delivered'— Australian...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012
With the film adaptation of the first book in the ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy (Scholastic) hitting Australian cinemas last week, the charts are populated with Suzanne Collins’ novels this week. The...

Monday, 26 March 2012
US-based publisher Pegasus Books has announced that it will expand its distribution into Australia and New Zealand this year, as well as into the UK. Pegasus Books senior editor Jessica...