Tuesday, 25 August 2015
The ninth Indigenous Literacy Day will take place around Australia next Wednesday 2 September.Indigenous Literacy Day at the Sydney Opera House will be hosted by NITV newsreader Natalie Ahmat, and...

Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Readings has announced the titles shortlisted for its $4000 New Australian Writing Award.The shortlisted titles are: The Other Side of the World (Stephanie Bishop, Hachette) Last Day in the Dynamite...

Monday, 24 August 2015
The winners of the 2015 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the ‘RUBYs’, were announced on 22 August at the RWA’s 24th national...

Monday, 24 August 2015
The three winning novellas in the 2015 Seizure Viva La Novella competition have been announced.The End of Seeing by Christy Collins, Formaldehyde by Jane Rawson and Welcome to Orphancorp by Marlee Jane Ward were...

Monday, 24 August 2015
Paul Kelly has won the 2015 John Button Prize for writing on policy and politics for his book Triumph and Demise (MUP).Kelly’s book was selected for the $20,000 prize ahead...

Monday, 24 August 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria for local and international...

Friday, 21 August 2015
The winners of the 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced in Melbourne on 21 August, marking the official launch of Children’s Book...

Friday, 21 August 2015
The 10% GST will be applied to all goods purchased online from overseas retailers from 1 July 2017, following a meeting between federal and state government treasurers in Canberra on Friday.Australian...

Friday, 21 August 2015
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) presented the winners of this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing at a Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) event on Saturday 22 August.Candice Fox...

Thursday, 20 August 2015
The founder and director of the Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and the Arts, Jon Slack, has stepped down from his position. Slack told Books+Publishing that executive director...

Wednesday, 19 August 2015
A new writers’ and readers’ centre, Writers Activation, has opened on the Gold Coast.The centre is run by writer Helen Stubbs, who was awarded a grant by the Gold Coast...

Wednesday, 19 August 2015
The Guardian is taking its writing Masterclasses to the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. The course is designed for aspiring authors who want to spend structured time on their writing, and will be...

Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Bible Society Australia has acquired Christian bookstore chain Koorong.The organisation, which translates, publishes, distributes and promotes the bible in Australia and internationally, takes over Koorong’s 15 bricks-and-mortar stores across Australia,...

Monday, 17 August 2015
The State Library of Queensland has announced the shortlist for the Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year award, as part of the 2015 Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) program. The...

Monday, 17 August 2015
Designer and university lecturer Zoë Sadokierski has been appointed president of the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA).Sadokierski replaces outgoing president Alex Ross in the role. Scribe art director Miriam Rosenbloom was...

Friday, 14 August 2015
The shortlists for the 2015 New South Wales Premier’s History Awards have been announced.The shortlisted titles in each category are:Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Bush (Don Watson, Hamish Hamilton) The...

Friday, 14 August 2015
The finalists for the $10,000 Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, have been announced.The seven...