International authors dominate book sales at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Attendance and book sales were up again at this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week (27 February to 3 March), with international authors dominating book sales at the event. Festival director Laura...
On tour: Patrick deWitt
Canadian author Patrick deWitt’s latest novel Undermajordomo Minor (Granta) is a black comedy of manners. He will be visiting the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February. What...
On tour: Muriel Barbery
French author Muriel Barbery’s latest novel The Life of Elves (Text) is the story of two children whose amazing abilities ‘bring them into contact with magical worlds’. She will travel...
On tour: Patrick Gale
British writer Patrick Gale’s latest book, A Place Called Winter (Tinder Press), follows the life of Edwardian gentleman Harry Cane as he is forced to relocate to the newly colonised...
On tour: Joanna Walsh
British writer Joanna Walsh has been published in Granta, the London Review of Books, and the Guardian. Her latest book Hotel (Bloomsbury) is a cultural study of hotels that is...
Mouillot, Dessaix bestsellers at Adelaide Writers’ Week
Book sales were up 17% at this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week with memoirs from Miranda Richmond Mouillot and Robert Dessaix the top-sellers at the festival bookshop, reports festival director Laura...
Authors announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week
Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the line-up for its 2015 festival. Among the international guests are UK authors John Lanchester, Michel Faber, Esther Freud and Tom Rob Smith; US author...
Attendance up at Adelaide Writers’ Week 2014; Kent tops bestsellers list
‘Audiences were up’ and sessions were ‘consistently at capacity’ at this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, reported festival director Laura Kroetsch, who said that final attendance figures were still being calculated. The event ran...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2014 winners announced
Frank Moorhouse has won the overall Premier’s Award, worth $25,000, in the 2014 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature for the third book in his ‘Edith’ trilogy, Cold Light (Vintage). The...
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2014 program launched
The 2014 Adelaide Writers’ Week program has been launched.The event will run from Saturday 1 March to Thursday 6 March at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide, South Australia....
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2014 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2014 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each of the categories are: Fiction ($15,000) A World of Other People (Steven...
Adelaide Writers’ Week launches Copia-powered ebookstore
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has launched an ebookstore that is powered by Copia. The ebookstore went live at the end of October to coincide with the launch of the 2014...
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2014 guests announced
The line-up for the 2014 Adelaide Writers’ Week has been announced. The event will be held at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden in Adelaide, South Australia, from Saturday 1 March...
Attendance at Adelaide Writers’ Week ‘consistent with last year’; de Courcy tops bestseller list
Attendance figures at this year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week were ‘pretty consistent with last year’s numbers’, reported festival director Laura Kroetsch, who said that ‘some of the sessions ran to well...
2013 Adelaide Festival program launched
The program for the 2013 Adelaide Festival, to be held between 1 and 17 March 2013, has been launched. Next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week will be held between 2 and...
SA Govt increases cash prize for Adelaide Festival Awards
The South Australian Government has announced that it will offer an extra $15,000 for the Premier’s Award at the next Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, reports Adelaide Now. The additional...
Book sales ‘up slightly’ at Adelaide Writers’ Week; Hollinghurst tops bestseller list
Book sales were 'up slightly on 2010' at this year's Adelaide Writers' Week, reported festival director Laura Kroetsch, who said it was 'a relief given the retail price of books...
Adelaide Writers Week kicks off; visiting UK publisher laments Amazon ‘stranglehold’ on ebooks
Blue tarpaulin shades have replaced the (famously hot) white tents at this year's Adelaide Writers' Week. It's one of new director Laura Kroetsch's biggest changes to the now-annual event, which...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2012 winners announced
The winners of the 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature were announced in Adelaide on Saturday 3 March. The Premier's Award, worth $10,000, was awarded to That Deadman Dance by...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2012 winners announced
The winners of the 2012 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature were announced in Adelaide on Saturday 3 March. The Premier's Award, worth $10,000, was awarded to That Deadman Dance by...