Savage appointed director of Writers Victoria
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Angela Savage has been appointed director of Writers Victoria, effective from 25 September. Savage’s appointment follows the departure of Kate Larsen, who served as director since March 2013. The current acting...
Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo funding recipients
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
Thirty-two writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the latest Australia Council grants round, which awarded $6.1 million to 221 projects. Grants in the literary category were worth...
Inaugural Boundless festival launches program
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
The full program has been launched for the inaugural Boundless festival for Indigenous and culturally diverse writers. Ellen van Neerven, Julie Koh, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Benjamin Law, Sarah Ayoub and...
PRH acquires new Tim Winton novel for March 2018
Monday, 11 September 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to a new Tim Winton novel, The Shepherd’s Hut, to be published in March 2018. Literary agency Jenny Darling also sold UK...
Melbourne writers, literary organisations receive council arts grants
Monday, 11 September 2017
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of about $800,000 in funding from Melbourne City Council. Among the recipients are Australian Poetry, for its Melbourne Eco! Slam; poetry...
Monash University Publishing to publish contemporary Australian literature series
Monday, 11 September 2017
Monash University Publishing will launch a new series of literary criticism in 2018 focusing on contemporary Australian writers. The press will publish two volumes in the ‘Contemporary Australian Writers’ series...
Wilson wins 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award for ‘Extinctions’
Friday, 8 September 2017
Josephine Wilson has won the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel Extinctions (UWA Publishing). Wilson was named as the winner at an event at the State Library of...
Line-up for Bundaberg’s WriteFest announced
Friday, 8 September 2017
The program for WriteFest 2017, running in Bundaberg from 6-8 October, has been announced. Author Arnold Zable headlines the festival program, joining other guests including Aleesah Darlison, Helena Pastor, Cindi...
Academy of the Humanities, communications firm to deliver arts advocacy program
Thursday, 7 September 2017
The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) and communications firm Newgate have been chosen to deliver a $1.65m program that will champion investment and return in arts and culture. As...
Audiobooks added to Kobo app
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Kobo has added an audiobook service to its smartphone and tablet app, with a monthly one-book membership costing $12.99. The service launched on 6 September in Australia. Members can also...
Berbay launches junior fiction series
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Berbay Publishing will release its first junior fiction series, ‘Norton’, in 2018, by Melbourne writer and illustrator John Dickson. The series focuses on seven-year-old Norton, who is ‘finding his way...
WestWords and Pinerolo announce recipients of illustrator residency
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Delene White and Sadami Konchi have been selected for the 2017 WestWords / Pinerolo Illustrators in Residence program, aimed at extending emerging illustrators’ knowledge of ‘picture book creation and design,...
Reni Eddo-Lodge tops MWF bestseller chart; keynotes sell out
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) attracted ‘big, diverse audiences for important conversations on race, identity, politics and feminism’, reports CEO and artistic director Lisa Dempster. Attendance figures are still...
‘Penguin Bloom’ and ‘The Dry’ adaptations among Screen Australia funding
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Feature adaptations of Penguin Bloom (Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom, ABC Books) and The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan) are among the latest book-to-screen projects to receive funding from Screen...
Text acquires Wakefield’s ‘Youth’
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Text has acquired world rights to a new YA novel by Friday Brown and Ballad for a Mad Girl author Vikki Wakefield. Youth is a story about breaking the cycle...
Australian authors raise funds for Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
A number of Australian authors have started the ‘Authors for Asylum’ campaign on Twitter to raise funds for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). The campaign was started on 31...
Queensland Literary Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley, Affirm Press) Vancouver (Nick Earls, Inkerman...
Marsh named NZ Poet Laureate
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
The National Library of New Zealand has named Selina Tusitala Marsh as the 2017-19 New Zealand Poet Laureate. Marsh, the author of three poetry collections and a lecturer at the...
Melbourne City of Literature Office announces Reading Victoria project
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
The Melbourne City of Literature Office will commission 52 original pieces of writing, each titled after a Victorian town or suburb, to be published on its website every Monday morning...
S&S to launch Scribner Australia imprint; acquires literary novel by Olsson
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia will launch the literary imprint Scribner in Australia and New Zealand in 2018 with a new novel by Kristina Olsson. Shell is ‘a sweeping literary novel...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017 longlist announced
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the longlist for the 2017 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
Era launches ‘WINGS’ children’s book series in China
Monday, 4 September 2017
South Australia-based publisher Era Publications has partnered with Chinese publisher New Century Publishing to publish 1.7 million copies of its ‘WINGS’ children’s reader series in China. Launched at the Beijing...
McKinty, Harper win 2017 Ned Kelly Awards
Monday, 4 September 2017
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The best fiction award was presented to Adrian McKinty for...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2017 shortlist announced
Monday, 4 September 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: James Bradley for ‘Fish Have Feelings Too’ (the Monthly) Jo Chandler...
Winners of the 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Monday, 4 September 2017
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) From the...
Comic Art Workshop raises more than $11,500 for artists’ residency
Friday, 1 September 2017
The Comic Art Workshop has successfully raised more than $10,000 on Kickstarter to help fund its 2017 residency program. The Kickstarter campaign was launched on 11 August and successfully reached...
Myer to stock Amazon Kindle
Friday, 1 September 2017
Myer will stock Amazon Kindle devices and accessories in its stores and online as part of a new partnership, reports Inside Retail. ‘We are thrilled to announce our program with...
Page wins 2017 ACU Poetry Prize
Friday, 1 September 2017
Poet Geoff Page has won the 2017 ACU Poetry Prize, worth $10,000, for his poem ‘Charles S. Ryan to Alice E. Sumner’. Judge Chris Wallace-Crabbe said Page’s winning poem, which...
Guest, Riggs win ‘Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction
Friday, 1 September 2017
Literary journal the Lifted Brow has selected Stephanie Guest and Kate Riggs as the winners of its 2017 Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for their essay ‘An Architecture of Early Motherhood’....
Avid Reader launches ‘Avid Kitchen + Garden’
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Brisbane bookstore Avid Reader is relaunching its café and courtyard space under the new name Avid Kitchen + Garden. The West End bookstore has hired new management to take over...
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