Screenwriter Jane Allen and author Jesse Blackadder have been jointly awarded the 2018 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. Allen and Blackadder will travel to Antarctica in late October, staying at the... Read more
Ten authors and illustrators from Australia and New Zealand and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula... Read more
Kill Your Darlings magazine (KYD) will publish an annual print collection of short fiction, with the inaugural collection to be released in October 2019. New Australian Fiction will include 15... Read more
Nine Perfect Strangers (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) is back at the top of this week’s bestsellers chart after debuting at number one two weeks ago, relegating The Barefoot Investor for Families (Scott Pape, HarperCollins), which... Read more
A succession of phishing scams targeting publishers and agents has prompted responses from several global publishers, reports the Bookseller. Penguin Random House (PRH) North America sent an urgent email to... Read more
