The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 3-5 August. International guests include British author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist... Read more
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The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has released its 2018 Word Play program, designed for students from prep to year 12. The Word Play program will run from 4-7 September at... Read more
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Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold world French rights to Karen Viggers’ forthcoming novel, The World Beneath the Trees, to publisher Les Escales, following the Melbourne author’s exceptional sales record... Read more
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The Ballarat branch of Collins Booksellers has relocated to a heritage-listed building on Lydiard Street in the Ballarat city centre. Formerly located about a block and half away on Sturt... Read more
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Palestinian feminist writer Khulud Khamis’ Australian-published novel, Haifa Fragments (Spinifex) has placed second in the Premio Letterario Citta di Siena Italian literary award. Khamis’ novel, which originated with Spinifex Press,... Read more
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In the UK, the shortlists for the Forward Prizes for Poetry have been announced. The shortlist for the £10,000 (A$17,570) Forward Prize for Best Collection is: Venus as a Bear... Read more
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