‘Boom Bah!’ and ‘Night Watch’ presented to royal couple
Monday, 28 April 2014
Two children’s books by Phil Cummings have been presented to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to commemorate their visit to the Playford Library in Elizabeth as part of their...
Malouf named inaugural ‘ABR’ laureate
Thursday, 24 April 2014
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has named David Malouf as the magazine’s inaugural laureate, reports the Age. ABR editor Peter Rose told the Age that ‘the idea is to highlight...
Latest Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowships announced
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas in Melbourne has announced the successful applicants for its latest round of Hot Desk Fellowships. The successful applicants are: André Dao, Aurelia Guo, Bernadette Hince,...
Random House to publish competition winner in ebook collection
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Random House Australia has announced a romance fiction competition, with the winner to be published in an ebook collection by the company. Random House is running the competition, to promote...
‘Overland’ launches Story Wine Prize
Friday, 11 April 2014
Literary journal Overland has launched a new short story prize. The Overland Story Wine Prize is for original short fiction of up to 1000 words in length. The winning story will be published on...
Lonely Planet develops travel accessories range
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Lonely Planet has developed a range of travel accessories that are now available for sale in bookstores. Branded with the Lonely Planet logo, the items include neck pillows, travel adaptors, luggage scales, combination...
New ABA Conference closing speaker announced
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Writer, actor and comedian Shaun Micallef will replace Richard Flanagan as the closing keynote speaker at this year’s Australian Booksellers Associated (ABA) conference. The ABA said in a statement that...
Preston shortlisted for International Thriller Writers award
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Australian author Luke Preston has been shortlisted for a 2014 International Thriller Writers (ITW) award for Out of Exile (Momentum). Preston’s novel has been nominated in the ‘best ebook original...
‘Reader’s Digest’ pulls novel after LA Larkin refuses Chinese censorship
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Reader’s Digest has pulled LA Larkin’s Thirst (Pier 9) from an anthology of condensed novels after a Chinese printing company refused to print the book due to its references to...
Gwyn Jones signs ‘nonfiction novel’ for Scribe UK
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Scribe UK editor-at-large Philip Gwyn Jones has signed his first deal for the publisher: a ‘nonfiction novel’ based on the life of killer Raoul Moat by journalist Andrew Hankinson. The Bookseller...
Crime fiction commissioned for ‘Fashion Detective’ exhibition
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has commissioned short stories from several Australian crime writers for its forthcoming Fashion Detective exhibition. The exhibition, which runs from 9 May to 31 August at the Ian Potter...
Piper wins 2014 Calibre Prize
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Christine Piper has won the eighth Australian Book Review (ABR) Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay, for her essay ‘Unearthing the Past’. Piper’s essay was chosen by judges Morag Fraser...
EWF announces festival ambassadors
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced its festival ambassadors for 2014. The five ‘established writers’, who will participate in a series of events at this year’s festival, are: authors...
Vogel to be awarded this year
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Allen & Unwin will announce the winner of this year’s Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award on the evening of 22 April 2014, with the book to be available for sale from 23...
‘EJ12 Girl Hero’ to be adapted for television
Friday, 28 March 2014
Susannah McFarlane’s young readers series ‘EJ12 Girl Hero’ (Lemonfizz Media) is to be adapted into a children’s television series. The series, which is expected to screen in Australia in late...
Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing expands to New Zealand
Friday, 21 March 2014
The Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing has opened up submissions to New Zealand students for its 2014 award. The award for emerging literary writers, presented by Monash University in conjunction...
MC announced for 2014 ABIAs
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Satirist and musician Casey Bennetto will host this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). Bennetto, who has previously hosted several Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, said he will ‘wear a spiffy...
Janaczewska among Windham Campbell Prize winners
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Australian playwright Noëlle Janaczewska is one of eight writers to win the 2014 Windham Campbell Prizes, presented by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. Janaczewska’s plays...
‘Huxtabook’ author to design gala menu at ABA conference
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that Daniel Wilson, chef and owner of Melbourne restaurants Huxtable and Huxtaburger and author of the Huxtabook cookbook (Hardie Grant), will design the...
Random House launches teen writing comp with Movellas.com, Sony
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Random House has partnered with online writing community Movellas.com and the Sony Reader Store to launch a writing competition for Australian teen writers. The Sony Young Movellist of the Year...
Galleguillos joins ILF board
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Teacher and Indigenous education specialist Sharon Galleguillos has joined the board of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), replacing Martin Nakata, who has finished his directorship. The ILF said in a...
Bolinda audiobook announced as finalist in Audie Awards
Thursday, 20 February 2014
The audiobook Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein, narrated by Sasha Pick and produced by Australian audiobook company Bolinda, is a finalist in the Teen category of the Audie Awards,...
‘These Broken Stars’ to be adapted for television
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
These Broken Stars, the first title of the YA science-fiction ‘Starbound’ trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (A&U), will be adapted for a television series in the US, reports...
Black Inc. announces ‘Best Australian’ editors
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Black Inc. has announced the editors for this year’s ‘Best Australian’ series of anthologies. Amanda Lohrey is the editor of The Best Australian Stories 2014 and Robert Manne is the...
Murdoch joins PANZ Council
Monday, 10 February 2014
Te Papa Press publisher Claire Murdoch has joined the council of the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ), replacing former Huia Publishers managing director Robyn Bargh who has retired. Murdoch will...
Dempster shortlisted for ‘Women’s Agenda’ Leadership Awards
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Melbourne Writers Festival director Lisa Dempster has been shortlisted in this year’s Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. Dempster, who has been director and CEO of the festival since the end of...
‘Writers in Conversation’ literary journal launched
Monday, 3 February 2014
The first issue of the Writers in Conversation open-access literary journal is now available. The journal, which focuses on interviews with authors, editors and translators of literary works, is jointly...
Catton to be awarded honorary doctorate
Thursday, 30 January 2014
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, reports Booksellers NZ. Catton, whose second novel The Luminaries (Granta) won the 2013 Man Booker...
‘The Broken Shore’ to screen on ABC TV this weekend
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
The television adaptation of Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore (Text) will screen on ABC Television at 8.30pm on Sunday 2 February. The telemovie stars Don Hany, who has appeared in...
Booktopia counting down top 50 ‘Favourite Australian Novelists’
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Booktopia is counting down the top 50 finalists in its annual ‘Australia’s Favourite Novelist’ promotion. On 20 January, Booktopia announced the top 50 to 41 finalists, which included Kate Grenville,...
