The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs from 22-28 May. More than 400 events featuring over 450 writers will be held across greater Sydney.... Read more
Allen & Unwin rights and international sales director Wenona Byrne has been appointed the Australia Council’s director of literature. Byrne will replace former director Jill Eddington, who was appointed CEO... Read more
The Institute of Professional Editors has announced some of the speakers for its biennial conference, to be held in Brisbane from 13-15 September. The keynote speakers are professor of applied... Read more
Books+Publishing’s latest Junior newsletter contains 16 reviews of books publishing in May and June 2017. Marlee Jane Ward’s YA novel Psynode (Seizure, May), the follow-up to her Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winning... Read more
In the UK, the shortlist for the relaunched Rathbones Folio Prize, which has been expanded to include nonfiction, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Vanishing Man (Laura Cumming,... Read more
Penguin Random House (PRH) has signed an agreement with Grupo Zeta to acquire its Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B. Ediciones B and its imprints will join Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial... Read more
