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Colmer shares IMPAC Dublin award
Amsterdam-based Australian translator David Colmer is the co-winner of this year's International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his translation of The Twin by Gerband Bakker (Scribe) from Dutch into ...
Quote of the week
‘While there's no clear way forward, we've come to the conclusion that we know as little about it as anyone else does, so we might as well learn by doing'--Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom on t...
Scribe launches e-list, Harlequin, New Holland, Fremantle build ebook offering
Scribe Publishing has announced the launch of its ebooks list. The publisher has launched its list with new-release titles I Say Tomato (Katie Wall), The Authenticity Hoax (Andrew Potter) ...
'A Darker Music' by Maris Morton wins inagural CAL Scribe prize
Scribe has announced that A Darker Music by Maris Morton is the winner of its inaugural CAL Scribe Fiction Prize. Morton, who was born in 1938, beat shortlisted authors Meg Mundell and Jane Sullivan. ...
CAL Scribe Fiction Prize longlist announced
Scribe has announced the longlisted authors for the inaugural CAL Scribe Fiction Prize. The authors are: George Dunford (A Butterfly Goodbye)Angus Gaunt (Under the Ha-Ha)Leah Kaminsky (The Waitin...
Scribe/CAL launch fiction prize for over-35s
The CAL Scribe Fiction Prize is a new unpublished manuscript prize for writers over 35, who may or may not have been published before.The winner will receive a publishing contract with Scribe, plus $1...
Productivity Commission recommends open market
As reported in a WBN special bulletin yesterday, the Productivity Commission's final report on Australia's book parallel importation laws has been released, recommending the government repeal Australi...
Joint winners for Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
Tom Griffiths and Robert Kenny have jointly been awarded the 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History, for their books Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica (New South) and The Lamb En...
Campbell appointed Scribe 'editor at large'
Scribe has appointed former Brisbane Writers' Festival (BWF) director Michael Campbell ‘editor at large'. ‘The idea occurred to me when Michael came round to our office earlier this year, ...
Australian book trade critical of PC draft report
As reported in a WBN special bulletin on Friday, the Productivity Commission has recommended that some of Australia's ‘parallel importation restrictions' (PIRs) be retained, but that the current...
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