The Victorian government will spend $115m over four years to ‘grow the state’s cultural capital’ as part of its first ‘Creative State’ creative industries strategy. Creative State initiatives will roll... Read more
The shortlisted titles for the 2016 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award have been announced. The four titles on this year’s shortlist are: The Memory Artist by Katherine Brabon, an ‘intelligent, moving, Russia-themed... Read more
Two new releases have entered this week’s top 10 bestsellers: Nora Roberts’ The Obsession (Hachette) is this week’s overall bestseller, while Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s autobiography Life As I... Read more
In the UK, neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan has won the 2016 Wellcome Book Prize for her study of psychosomatic illness, It’s All in Your Head (Vintage), reports the Bookseller. The annual... Read more
Authors Elena Ferrante, Marilynne Robinson and Ta-Nehisi Coates are on Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, reports Shelf Awareness. In Time, Lauren Groff... Read more
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