David Metzenthen and Jeannie Baker have been nominated by IBBY (International Board of Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Metzenthen... Read more
Inga Simpson’s Where the Trees Were (Hachette) has been longlisted for the Green Carnation Prize, a UK-based award recognising LGBT writers. Simpson’s novel is one of 10 titles on the... Read more
Adelaide novelist and essayist Stephen Orr has been awarded Australian Book Review’s (ABR) Eucalypt Fellowship for 2017. Orr will produce a nonfiction article on ‘any aspect of the Australian Eucalypt... Read more
The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) has regained the number one spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart, with First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan) and... Read more
In the UK, Hachette has launched the Future Bookshelf, a creative writing hub for writers who feel they aren’t well represented by the publishing industry, reports the Bookseller. The diversity... Read more
