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First OzCo Book2 grants recipients announced
The Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts has announced the first three writers to receive grants through its Book2 program. Nam Le, Anna Krien and Favel Parrett will each receive a $...
2011 John Button Prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's John Button Prize for writing on public policy has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Quarterly Essay 40: Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Er...
'The Circle of Silence' wins Walkley
Shirley Shackleton won the 2010 Walkley Book Award for The Circle of Silence: A Personal Testimony Before, During and After Balibo (Murdoch Books), announced at the Walkley Awards ceremony i...
On Fancy Goods this week
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: B Owen Baxter reviews Killing Richard Dawson (Robin Baker, Pantera Press); Deborah Crabtree reviews Taller When Prone (Les Murray, Black Inc.); Paula Grunseit review...
Rights round-up
In rights news this week: Rights soldFiction--Random House has sold German language rights in Paul Cleave's forthcoming crime title Blood Men to Heyne Verlag. Nonfiction--Rando...
A&U, Black Inc. and Exisle partner with RHYW
ReadHowYouWant (RHYW) has announced new partnerships with publishers Allen & Unwin, Black Inc. and Exisle to create ‘accessible formats' of the publishers' titles. RHYW, which re-purpos...
In brief
Parallel importation debate continuesMainstream media coverage of the debate surrounding the Productivity Commission's study of parallel importation continued this week, with an op ed piece from Dymoc...
In brief
Warhaft leaves the Monthly Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz has announced the departure of Sally Warhaft, former editor of the Monthly magazine, which is also owned by Schwartz. ‘Sally and th...
'I am Melba' wins National Biography Award
The winner of the 2009 National Biography Award, worth $20,000, is Ann Blainey for I Am Melba (Black Inc.) ‘Ann Blainey has had to peel away layers of the cult of celebrity to rediscover a...
Schwartz launches 'Slow TV'
Schwartz Media, publisher of the Monthly magazine, Quarterly Essay and Black Inc., has launched a new internet TV venture, SlowTV (slowtv.com.au). SlowTV will deliver online video...
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