The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2018 has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile (Jo Sandhu, Penguin) Nevermoor: The Trials... Read more
Five Australian and New Zealand publishers have been nominated for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The shortlisted publishers are Magabala Books,... Read more
Adelaide-based writer Cameron Raynes’ novel First Person Shooter (MidnightSun) has been optioned for film by Perth production company Factor 30 Films. First Person Shooter is a coming-of-age story set in... Read more
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Beejay Silcox as the recipient of its $10,000 Fortieth Birthday Fellowship. Silcox will contribute several articles and review essays to ABR throughout 2018,... Read more
Melbourne-based writer Ana Maria Gomides has been awarded the 2018 Kat Muscat Fellowship. Gomides will use the fellowship to work on a book of short stories, personal essays and narrative... Read more
Bloomsbury has announced it will publish a new book by Khaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Hosseini’s new book, Sea Prayer, takes the... Read more