Booksellers in Auckland remain under level four lockdown, with guidance from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to the Publishers Association of New Zealand, Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ)... Read more
Hobart-based poet Anna Murchison has won the 2021 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Poetry Prize, Australia’s richest poetry award. Murchison receives $10,000 for her poem ‘Child of Gath-hepher’. Carolyn Masel was... Read more
After being cancelled in 2020, the Australian Short Story Festival (ASSF) will be held in Adelaide from 5–7 November 2021. The 2021 program features established authors including Maxine Beneba Clarke... Read more
Books sales in the Chinese retail book market in the first half of 2021 are up 11.45% compared to the same time last year, according to Open Book Data. Sales... Read more
