The finalists for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Picture Book Award Fuzzy Doodle (Melinda... Read more
Scribe has acquired world rights to former ABC journalist Kate Wild’s narrative nonfiction account of the fatal police-shooting of a mentally ill man, 24-year-old Elijah Holcombe, in NSW in 2009.... Read more
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.3% increase to minimum wages effective from 1 July 2017, lifting the minimum wage from $17.70 per hour to $18.29 per hour. The... Read more
Writers Rebecca Slater and Scott McCulloch and poet Caitlin Maling are among the 12 recipients of the 2017 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships, worth $50,000 each. Maling will use the scholarship... Read more
In the US, Cengage has introduced a certification seal on its course materials in a bid to combat piracy, reports Publishers Weekly. The certification seal includes a QR code and... Read more
