The program for the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 25 August to 3 September, has been announced. Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Kim Scott will launch the festival... Read more
Text Publishing has announced the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, a new literary prize for New Zealand writers worth NZ$10,000. The winner will also receive a contract for... Read more
Canberra-based author Leife Shallcross’ novel The Beast’s Heart has been acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The Beast’s Heart is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale... Read more
Issue 3 of Books+Publishing magazine is out now! Reviews: Plenty of forthcoming Christmas highlights are among the 13 adult books reviewed in this issue, with Sofie Laguna’s The Choke (A&U, September), the... Read more
