‘Future of Publishing’ survey now online
A major survey of publishers, authors and others within the Australian publishing industry is underway. Commissioned by the Australia Council and Copyright Agency Limited and conducted by Bloom Partners, the...
APA and Literature Board Announce successful applicants to 2008 Residential Editorial Program
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Literature Board of the Australia Council have announced the 12 editors who have been selected to attend the fifth biennial Residential Editorial Program (REP), to...
OzCo emeritus awards for Koch and Murnane
The Australia Council's annual accolade for writers over 65, the $50,000 writers' emeritus award, will be shared by Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane. Koch is a two-time winner of the Miles...
OzCo, CAL and Bloom Partners look to the future
The Australia Council and Copyright Agency Ltd have commissioned book industry consultants Bloom Partners to conduct a new study into the future impact of digital technology on the publishing industry....
Lit Board offers $40,000 to break new ground
The Literature Board of the Australia Council has announced a new one-off grant for established writers and picture book/graphic novel illustrators. The $40,000 ‘Breaking new ground' grant will support the...
VIP guests announced for Adelaide
The Australia Council-sponsored Visiting International Publisher (VIP) program will be held this year in conjunction with Adelaide Writers' Week.The list of confirmed participants to date is:Richard Beswick, managing director, Little,...
APA and OzCo seek applicants for biennial Residential Editorial Program
[this item ran last week with a number of typographical errors: WBN apologises for any inconvenience caused] The Australian Publishers Association and the Literature Board of the Australia Council are...
APA and Ozco seek applicants for biennial Residential Editorial Program
The Australian Publishers Association and the Literature Board of the Australia Council are calling for applicants to attend the fifth biennial Residential Editorial Program (REP) in late May 2008. ‘Nurturing a...
Big names announced for 2008 Adelaide Writers’ Week; VIP program to Adelaide
A number of big-name expat Australian authors will be returning home for next year's Adelaide Writers' Week, which has just announced its author line-up. Pater Carey, whose new novel His...
More Australian literature in WA, NSW schools
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and the Australia Council have welcomed developments in Western Australia and New South Wales intended to increase the study of Australian literature in schools....
Antipodean contingent prepares for Frankfurt
The annual Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest rights fair, officially starts next week on 10 October. This year's Guest of Honour is the Catalan Culture.Seventy Australian and 25 New...
In brief
Buyer wanted for Judith Wright’s homeThe chief executive of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Canberra is looking for a buyer for poet Judith Wright’s bushland home. The Australian National...
Australian literature summit: Government should help publishers keep Australian classics in print
An Australia Council-hosted round table discussion of the study of Australian literature in schools and universities held in Canberra yesterday has recommended that the federal government should ‘consider establishing a...
Ozco, CAL funds project to promote speculative Australian fiction in US
The organisers of the speculative fiction festival Conflux have received funding from the Australia Council's Literature Board and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) to promote Australian fantasy and science fiction authors at...
In brief
Ex-MP sued for defamation by ex-NSW policeFormer NSW parliamentarian Peter Breen is being sued for defamation by two retired police officers over references in Breen's self-published book Life as a...
OzCo Literature Board announces grants
The Literature Board of the Australia Council has released its latest round of funding. A total of $746,012 was awarded to 74 applicants, in four categories--‘presentation', ‘promotion', ‘skills and arts...
Industry and Ozco address the future
While book publishing�so far has not been as affected by the advent of the web and digisation as other media industries, it was unrealistic to expect that situation to last,...
SWF wraps up
The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) has wrapped up for another year, with new festival director Wendy Were concluding that her first program had ‘been successful on every level.'Attendances at this...
Tenth SWF kicks off
The 2007 Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) is underway, under the banner 'a city transformed by words.'By the time the festival's official opening address is presented tonight by award-winning British writer Andrew O'Hagan, more...
VIPs call for appointments
The Australia Council is now calling for appointments with the 12 guests of this year's Visiting International Publisher (VIP) Program.Meetings will take place at 30-minute intervals on Thursday 31 May...