The program for the second Rock & Roll Writers Festival, to be held at the Old Museum in Brisbane from 1-2 April, has been announced. Organisers have also announced a... Read more
Fiona McFarlane has been longlisted for the £30,000 (A$49,155) International Dylan Thomas Prize, run by Swansea University, for her short-story collection The High Places (Hamish Hamilton). McFarlane is one of... Read more
Adelaide-based small press MidnightSun is celebrating its fifth birthday on 10 February. The publisher began in 2012 with the launch of founder Anna Solding’s novel The Hum of Concrete. ‘Because... Read more
Laura Elvery has won the 2017 Margaret River Short Story Competition for her story ‘Joiner Bay’. Competition judge Ellen van Neerven described ‘Joiner Bay’ as a ‘tender story about running... Read more
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains nine reviews of books publishing in February and March 2017. Garth Nix’s YA novel Frogkisser! (A&U, March) scored five stars from reviewer Dani Solomon. She... Read more
