Sydney Uni launches Reading Australian Literature program
Friday, 1 August 2014
Australian authors will reflect on their favourite Australian literary titles and discuss their value to society in a new series of public lectures at the University of Sydney. The inaugural Reading...
New residencies announced for NZ writers
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
New Zealand writers can apply for two three-month residencies to write essays of about 10,000 words on New Zealand life and culture. The D’Arcy Writers’ Residencies are located on Waiheke Island...
Whitcoulls announces Top 100 list
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Whitcoulls has announced its Top 100 list, as voted by New Zealand readers in 2014. The Fault in Our Stars (John Green, Penguin) is in first place, followed by The Book Thief...
New funding, prize categories for Scarlet Stiletto Awards
Friday, 11 July 2014
Crime Australia’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards have received a boost in prize funding. This year the short-story awards are offering $8800 worth of prize money, an increase of $1800 from the...
Pick-a-WooWoo wins small business award
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
WA-based Pick-a-WooWoo Publishing has won the South West Small Business of the Year Award for its excellence in the field of self-publishing, reports the West Australian. Founder and director Julie-Ann...
ACT Book of the Year eligibility changed
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Entrants to the 2014 ACT Book of the Year award must reside within the ACT’s boundaries under changes made to the award’s guidelines. Previously, entries were open to authors living...
Garner and Haigh to open Mildura Writers Festival
Monday, 30 June 2014
Tickets for the Mildura Writers Festival in regional Victoria are now on sale. This year’s festival will run from 17 to 20 July and will open with a session called...
Davis appears on ‘Australian Story’
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Perth author and bookseller Brooke Davis featured on an episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story on Monday 23 June. Davis’ debut novel Lost & Found (Hachette, July) caught the attention of the...
WHSmith Melbourne Central closes
Thursday, 19 June 2014
The WHSmith store at Melbourne Central Shopping Centre has closed. The store announced the news on its Facebook page in May. Its final day was 18 June. The store had been...
Indonesia launches translation grant program
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Indonesia has launched a translation grant program to assist translations of works by Indonesian authors into English and German as part of its ‘guest of honour’ status at the Frankfurt Book Fair...
Writers Victoria to run inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Writers Victoria will run its inaugural Manuscript Assessor Conference from 2-3 September 2014 at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. Manuscript assessors and editors are invited to the two-day event for a...
Australian Book Design Awards adds indie category
Thursday, 12 June 2014
The Australian Book Design Awards has added a new category to this year’s awards. ‘Affectionately dubbed the “Indie 1000”’, the new category is ‘designed for independent publishers and self-published books...
Radio National launches ‘storytelling’ program, ‘White Paper’ focus on writing
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
ABC Radio National has launched a new program it describes as ‘storytelling served with a twist’. Radiotonic, which launched on Sunday 1 June, is a ‘mix of fiction, nonfiction, essays...
Craig and Smith appointed to the MWF board
Thursday, 29 May 2014
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the appointment of Jill Craig and Jane Smith to the MWF board. Craig is currently group general manager, investor relations for the ANZ...
‘Sydney Review of Books’ expands newsletter
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The Sydney Review of Books has launched an expanded newsletter, which includes a weekly round-up of literary news and events. Editor James Ley told Books+Publishing that the website will be updated to...
Miller receives Melbourne Uni lifetime achievement award
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Alex Miller was presented in May with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to ‘an individual who has made an outstanding, long-term...
New Tasmanian literary journal launched
Monday, 26 May 2014
Tasmania-based Walleah Press publisher Ralph Wessman and writer Jane Williams have launched a new online-only literary journal. The first issue of Communion is online now and features poetry, fiction, essays,...
NSW Writers’ Centre announces Kids & YA Festival
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The NSW Writers’ Centre will hold a Kids & YA Festival on 28 June with panels, workshops and discussions on children’s writing and publishing, to be directed by author Aleesah Darlison....
NZ author wins Jim Baen contest
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
New Zealand author Sean Monaghan has won the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his short story ‘Low Arc’. The award, which is presented in the US by the National...
Auckland mayor announces new writers’ grant worth NZ$10,000
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Auckland mayor Len Brown has announced a new writers’ grant worth NZ$10,000 (A$9266) per year, reports Scoop. Speaking at the Auckland Writers Festival on 15 May, Brown announced that he will...
Alison Wong selected for writers’ exchange in China
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Author and poet Alison Wong will take part in an inaugural writers’ exchange in China this year, reports Booksellers NZ. Wong, a New Zealand writer living in Australia, will join seven...
Death in July festival to run in Ballarat
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria from 4-5 July. Running in partnership with...
New literary journal open for submissions
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
New biannual literary journal Gargouille has announced it is open for submissions. Founded by Sarah Wreford and Adriane Howell, the publication seeks ‘short stories, poetry, scripts, aesthetic essays, lost and found...
Canberra to hold Graham retrospective
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
The Canberra Museum and Gallery will hold a retrospective exhibition of illustrator Bob Graham’s work. ‘A Bird in the Hand: a Bob Graham Retrospective’ will run from 16 May to...
Wilkinson wins 2014 Peter Porter poetry prize
Monday, 12 May 2014
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the winner of the 10th Peter Porter poetry prize. Jessica L Wilkinson won the prize for ‘Arrival Platform Humlet’. Wilkinson’s poem was selected...
HGE competition winner to feature in ‘Billie B Mystery’ book
Monday, 12 May 2014
The winner of a new Hardie Grant Egmont competition will appear in a forthcoming ‘Billie B Mystery’ book by Sally Rippin. The competition was announced on the publisher’s Bookids Facebook...
Simsion shortlisted for Waverton Good Read Award
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (Text) has been shortlisted for this year’s Waverton Good Read Award in the UK. Also shortlisted were: Just What Kind of Mother Are You?...
Arnold named recipient of 2014 Seresin ‘Landfall’ Residency
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Sandra Arnold is the recipient of the 2014 Seresin Landfall Residency, reports Booksellers NZ. Arnold is the author of three books: A Distraction of Opposites (Hazard Press), Tomorrow’s Empire (Horizon...
Currency Press wins award for app
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Currency Press has won the ‘learning and education’ award in the ‘best of tablet’ category at this year’s Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards. Currency, together with the creative and...
Escape launches competition to name romance sub-genre
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Harlequin Australia’s digital-first imprint Escape Publishing has launched a competition to name one of its romance sub-genres. ‘In the next few months, the Escape Publishing website is being updated, and...
