Stephanie Bishop’s The Other Side of the World (Hachette) has won the 2015 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Bishop’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for... Read more |
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has cancelled a number of events in its 2015 program, which runs from 28 October to 1 November in... Read more |
The winners of the Young Australian’s Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced for 2015. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks... Read more |
The latest recipients of the Melbourne City of Literature Travel Fund have been announced. First launched in 2014, the travel fund provides grants of up... Read more |
Hachette Australia will publish a new novel by Steven Amsterdam in Australia and New Zealand in late 2016. Hachette Australia publisher Robert Watkins acquired ANZ... Read more |
Australian literary journal Kill Your Darling (KYD) has joined the Guardian’s new Books Network, a ‘curated selection of literary content’ from partner sites around the world.... Read more |
Christine Kenneally has won this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for her piece ‘The past may not make you feel better’, published in... Read more |
The shortlist for the second annual Five Mile Press Illustrator Prize has been announced. The shortlisted illustrators are: Aṥka (WA) Suzanne Houghton (NSW) Adam Celeban... Read more |
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winner of the 2015 Whitley Awards and its commended titles. The Whitley Medal was awarded to Biology... Read more |
‘The shift to a more inclusive editorial approach to gender is straightforward. There are many significant books by women published in Australia each year and... Read more |
Roger Williamson, a former sales rep at James Bennett, has died. Peter Blake writes: ‘Roger’s many friends in the Sydney and Melbourne book trade will be... Read more |
The forthcoming Harry Potter play, to open on West End in London next year, has been conceived as ‘the eighth story in the Harry Potter... Read more |
Frances Hardinge’s Cuckoo Song (Pan Macmillan) has become the first YA novel to win the award for best fantasy novel at the British Fantasy Awards,... Read more |
Scottish pop singer and author Colin MacIntyre has won this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) Book Award for his debut novel The Letters of... Read more |
Two Millie Marotta colouring books are at the top of the bestsellers chart for the second week in a row, with Tropical Wonderland and Animal... Read more |
‘This emotionally draining book is a personal account of the myriad effects of being one of the many affected by a major natural disaster. Sue... Read more |
The $45.5m Geelong Library and Heritage Centre in Victoria will open on Saturday 21 November with a weekend of celebrations. The five-floor library includes a... Read more |
The University of Sydney has become the first university in the southern hemisphere to join the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) Library Partnership. The OLH... Read more |
The State Library of Victoria (SLV) has released a report to help Victorian public libraries improve literacy in the community. Reading and Literacy for All:... Read more |
Birmingham library to undergo £2.1m refurbishment Two years after opening, the £188m (A$403m) Library of Birmingham in the UK will renovate its first floor at... Read more |
While many Australian publishers have outsourced their ebook production, there is a strong case for building those skills in-house, writes Simon Collinson. Read his article... Read more |
Richard Glover hosts the annual fun ILF Book Trivia night this coming Wednesday, 4 November at Paddington RSL Club (6.30-9.30pm). Your attendance supports the Foundation’s work in remote communities and you can for bid for one or more of a fantastic range of goods in the silent auction including: Sydney Dance Theatre Tickets, A-reserve tickets to Ballet, theatre tickets, wine, Adam Goodes signed shirt, stunning works of art, cosmetics and perfume, limited editions, cookbooks, DVDs and much more. Book on TryBooking http://www.trybooking.com/160304 for Tables of 8 or individual tickets @ $45. For any queries please call Indigenous Literacy Foundation on (02) 9280 0644 or email at info@ilf.org.au
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Black Inc. is delighted to distribute The Chaser Quarterly, with the first issue hitting shelves on Monday 2 November 2015.
From the team behind The Chaser’s War on Everything, The Chaser Quarterly is a journal of low-brow satire and high-brow toilet humour. The Chaser returns to its print roots for the first time in ten years. Featuring new work from Australia’s top comedy writers, including long-form satirical essays and stories, and short-form news satire and parodies. The perfect gift for fans of The Chaser who are also able to read. Perfect for reading when the battery on your smart phone goes flat.
Title: The Chaser Quarterly; Issue 1, Summer 2015
Author: The Chaser
ISBN: 9781863958233
Format: PB, full colour, 250 x 176mm, 96 pages
RRP: $19.95
Orders can be placed with United Book Distributors on orders@unitedbookdistributors.com.au or 1800 33 88 36.
www.blackincbooks.com
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