Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the playscript by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (Hachette), was the highest selling book in Australia in 2016 with 426,000 copies... Read more
A number of writers and literary organisations have received funding in the Australia Council’s October 2016 grant round. Sixteen writers received arts projects grants of up to $50,000 each. There... Read more
The Stella Prize’s 2017 fundraising and awareness campaign Stella Sparks will focus on women’s nonfiction writing. Readers will be encouraged to share their ‘nonfiction Stella Spark’ on social media using... Read more
In the UK, book sales in 2016 rose five percent to £1.6bn (A$2.64bn) in year-on-year figures to December according to Nielsen BookScan data, reports the Guardian. Book sales were up... Read more