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
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...
Text, Writing NSW launch Boundless Indigenous Mentorship Program
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Text Publishing and Writing NSW have launched a new nationwide mentoring program for an unpublished Indigenous writer. The Boundless Indigenous Mentorship Program will pair an emerging Indigenous writer who has...
Shortlist for ‘Lip’ magazine’s 2018 Rachel Funari Prize announced
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The shortlist for Lip magazine’s annual Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: 'A Landing' (Phoebe Chen) 'Fishing for Yabbies' (Laura McCluskey) 'Highway' (Alice...
‘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...
2017 Stella Count reveals drop in percentage of women reviewed
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
The 2017 Stella Count has found that four out of 12 publications surveyed reviewed more books by women than men—the same ratio as 2016’s count—but that the overall percentage of...
Grenville, book industry figures recognised in 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
A number of Australian authors and industry figures were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Author Kate Grenville was made Officer in the General Division of the Order of...
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...
Longlist for 2018 ‘KYD’ Unpublished Manuscript Award announced
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted works, and their authors, are: ‘Blindside’ (Beth Amos) ‘The Eulogy’ (Jacqueline Bailey) ‘Behind the...
‘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...
Harvey and Whittaker announced as poets in residence for QPF 2018
Friday, 8 June 2018
The Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) has announced two poets in residence for the 2018 festival: African-American poet Yona Harvey and Gomeroi poet Alison Whittaker. Harvey is a poet, literary artist...
Foundry658 to offer $20,000 seed funding to creative entrepreneurs
Friday, 8 June 2018
A new business development program, Foundry658, has been launched in Victoria to help creative entrepreneurs and organisations develop start-ups. Ten Victorian individuals or teams will be offered seed funding of...
UQP celebrates 70th anniversary with anthology and events
Friday, 8 June 2018
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) is celebrating its 70th birthday this year. Established in 1948, UQP was originally founded as a traditional university press, but it later branched out...
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...
Nunn and Gleitzman named ambassadors for Australian Reading Hour 2018
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Australian Reading Hour has announced authors Judy Nunn and Morris Gleitzman as the national ambassadors for the initiative in 2018, which will be held this year on 20 September. This...
‘Warm and respectful’ response to FWF 2018 Victorian program
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The Feminist Writers Festival’s (FWF) 2018 Victorian Program, which was held in Melbourne and Geelong from 25-27 May, received ‘really positive’ feedback and a ‘strong following’ online, according to FWF...
HGE, ASRC to release three bilingual editions of ‘My Two Blankets’
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Publisher Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) have partnered to publish three bilingual editions of the picture book My Two Blankets (Irena Kobald, illus by...
NZ Book Awards for Children and YA 2018 finalists announced
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The finalists for the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The awards aim to celebreate the contribution New Zealand’s children’s authors and illustrators...
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...
‘IndigenousX’ and the ‘Monthly’ launch Indigenous arts critic mentorship
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
The Monthly and IndigenousX have launched a new mentorship for an emerging Indigenous arts critic. The joint initiative will offer the successful candidate a six-month fellowship, during which time they...
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