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Mudgee Readers’ Festival announces 2018 program

Thursday, 14 June 2018
The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has released its 2018 program. The annual event will run from 10-12 August in regional NSW and, for the first time, the festival will also hold...

UK exchange program Intersect launches

Thursday, 14 June 2018
The British Council and Diversity Arts Australia have launched a new exchange program, Intersect, for British and Australian arts professionals from culturally diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds....

Berbay sells Canty picture books to US

Thursday, 14 June 2018
Berbay Publishing has sold rights to Melbourne author and illustrator John Canty’s Heads and Tails: Insects in three territories, including North America. Rights to the picture book, which is the...

Booktopia shortlisted for online retail awards

Booktopia logo Thursday, 14 June 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted in several categories in the 2018 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist for Best Mobile Commerce Site/Application and Best Pureplay Online...

‘The Bad Guys’ feature film in development with DreamWorks

Wednesday, 13 June 2018
DreamWorks Animation has begun development on a feature animated film based on Aaron Blabey’s illustrated chapter book series The Bad Guys (Scholastic). Foundation Media Partners and Northside Services negotiated the...

Byron Writers Festival 2018 program announced

Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The full program for the 2018 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 3-5 August, has been announced, featuring 140 writers, thinkers and commentators. International guests include UK-based novelists Matt Haig...

Payne resigns from UQP 

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
University of Queensland Press (UQP) nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne has resigned from the position after 11 years with the company. In a statement, UQP announced Payne will step down from...

Coleman, Meadows win Norma K Hemming Awards 2018

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The winners of the 2018 Norma K Hemming Awards were announced on Friday, 8 June. Western Australian writer Claire G Coleman won in the long work category for her novel Terra...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2018 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best illustrated book Aberhart Starts Here...

‘The Scared Book’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award

Friday, 8 June 2018
Children’s picture book The Scared Book (Debra Tidball, illus by Kim Siew, Lothian) has won in the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards,...

Sharp appointed CEO of SWF

Friday, 8 June 2018
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has appointed Chrissy Sharp as its new CEO. Sharp, who was previously the inaugural director of the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 2009 to 2011, will...

Brio launches Fantastica Prize for sci-fi manuscripts

Thursday, 7 June 2018
Brio Books has launched the Fantastica Prize, an unpublished manuscript prize for local science-fiction. Open to Australian and New Zealand writers, the prize is seeking submissions of science-fiction manuscripts of...

New England Writers’ Centre launches new pitch program 

Thursday, 7 June 2018
New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) has launched a new pitch program, Pitch Independent, to connect regional writers and illustrators with small and independent presses and literary magazines. Pitch Independent will...

Barrett joins Pantera Press

Thursday, 7 June 2018
Bloomsbury Australia sales director Lucy Barrett will join Pantera Press in the newly created role of chief operating officer. ‘Lucy has a proven track record of growing sales and her...

NT Writers’ Festival Wordstorm 2018 wraps up 

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The 2018 Northern Territory Writers’ Festival was held over four days from 24-27 May in Darwin. With the theme ‘exploring outside the margins’, this year’s program featured more than 40...

NSW Writers’ Centre rebrands as Writing NSW

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The NSW Writers’ Centre has rebranded as Writing NSW, and launched a new website. Writing NSW CEO Jane McCredie  said the new name, which came into effect on 29 May,...

Davitt Awards 2018 longlists announced

Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the longlists for the 2018 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 101 titles have been longlisted, including...