Monday, 2 March 2015
The West Australian newspaper will cut its Tuesday-edition book coverage by 50%, reducing the double-page spread to a single page.In a statement, writingWA said it was ‘dismayed’ to learn about...

Monday, 2 March 2015
American Sniper (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice, HarperCollins) is back at number one this week as last week’s number one, The Ruby Circle (Richelle Mead, Viking), drops to...

Monday, 2 March 2015
The finalists for the 2014 Aurealis Awards, presented for science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced.Among the categories are:Fantasy novel Fireborn (Keri Arthur, Hachette) This Shattered World...

Monday, 2 March 2015
The Copyright Agency has established nine fellowships ‘to support innovation in writing, publishing and copyright research’, worth $120,000 annually.The first round of fellowships consist of four Publisher Fellowships, worth $10,000 each,...

Monday, 2 March 2015
Four books by Australian authors have been selected for the 2015 United States Board of Books for Young People (USBBY) list of Outstanding International Books for children and young adults.The...

Friday, 27 February 2015
Canberra’s ‘experimental’ writers’ festival Noted has launched its first program.The program is divided into three streams—live, digital and professional development—and features a range of emerging writers and artists.The live stream...

Thursday, 26 February 2015
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction.The shortlisted works are: Sophia O’Rourke for ‘Flaming June: Still Life and the Anthroposcene’ Scott...

Thursday, 26 February 2015
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has declined to publish former Queensland premier Campbell Newman’s memoir, citing Newman’s axing of the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards as the reason, reports the...

Wednesday, 25 February 2015
‘This is the first truly collaborative initiative that we’ve undertaken together’—Small Press Network general manager Mary Masters on the new Victorian Indigenous literature officer role, which was developed by The...

Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Random House has published a retraction and apology over an allegation against senator Nick Xenophon in Julia Gillard’s autobiography.In a statement the publisher said that ‘on page 320 of the first...

Monday, 23 February 2015
This week’s bestsellers chart has a new number one, with Richelle Mead’s The Ruby Circle (Viking) placed first in both the top 10 bestsellers and the highest new entries charts. This...

Monday, 23 February 2015
A Texas jury has ruled that American Jennifer Lynn Pedroza was defrauded by Australian Amanda Hayward over royalty rights to the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ series, reports Reuters.  Pedroza was...

Monday, 23 February 2015
Three new awards will be presented for the first time at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).Two of the new awards, the Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year and...

Monday, 23 February 2015
The first line-up for the Australian and New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London has been announced. Kate Grenville, Steve Toltz, Alan Duff, Howard Jacobson, Omar Musa, Dylan...

Monday, 23 February 2015
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will host the inaugural Melbourne Art Book Fair on 1-3 May.Local and international book designers and publishers will exhibit fine art, architecture and design...

Friday, 20 February 2015
Australia Post will increase the price for some parcel deliveries and prepaid parcels from 2 March, among wider changes to pricing for its services. Parcels over 500g and up to...

Friday, 20 February 2015
Scribe has announced that it has signed another winner of its Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers.Briohny Doyle was the co-winner of the inaugural prize in 2013, along with Oliver...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced.The longlisted titles are: Drowning City (Ben Atkins, Random House) Five Minutes Alone (Paul Cleave, Penguin)...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
The program for the 2015 Newcastle Writers Festival, to be held on 20-22 March, is now available online. The opening night of the festival will feature Helen Garner, Jessica Rudd...

Thursday, 19 February 2015
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2015.To mark the anniversary, ACWA has partnered with Kill Your Darlings (KYD) to publish the winner of the...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
‘The downgrading of the Premier’s Book Awards from an annual to a biennial event could be seen as Western Australia losing its literary AAA rating in the eyes of other states’—WA...

Wednesday, 18 February 2015
A new online bookshop selling print books about Tasmania directly from the authors has been launched.Tasmanian Books, which was launched in January by local author Andrew Wilson, aims to ‘bring all of...