The Sweet Spot by Peter Hartcher and Mine-Field by Paul Cleary have both been shortlisted for the 2013 Ashurst Business Literature Prize.
Events
Sydney Writers' Festival 2013
Anna Krien, Catherine Deveny, Robert Manne, Anna Goldsworthy, Benjamin Law, Amanda Lohrey, Frank Bongiorno, Tanya Levin, Andrew Ford and Annabel Crabb will be guests at the Sydney Writers' Festival from 20 May -26 May. For more information about their events, visit the festival website.
Monday 20 May
Australian Literature 102: Les Murray’s Selected Poems
Join James Ley and David Astle to discuss Les Murray’s poetry.
Monday 20 May
Time: 6.15pm
Venue: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Tickets: Free event, to book visit The Wheeler Centre website.
Venue: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Tickets: Free event, to book visit The Wheeler Centre website.
News
Gaysia by Benjamin Law is a finalist in the 2013 Australian Book Industry Awards.
Toyo by Lily Chan has been longlisted for the 2013 Dobbie Literary Award and The Weight of a Human Heart by Ryan O'Neill has been shortlisted for the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing in the 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
Black Inc. is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeanne Ryckmans as Publisher for the re-launch of our commercial imprint, Nero. Nero publishes international mass market titles and will now expand to include Australian authors of non-fiction: biography, pop culture, sport, humour and much more.
Congratulations to James Boyce who has won the 2013 Tasmania Book Prize for 1835.
Black Inc. is pleased to announce the editors of this year's Best Australian Stories, Poems and Essays anthologies. Please visit the Best Australian Writing website for more information.
1835 by James Boyce has been shortlisted for the Tasmania Book Prize and the Margaret Scott Prize and Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey has been shortlisted for the Margaret Scott Prize in the 2013 Tasmanian Literary Prize.
Black Inc. is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Roger Horton, and our thoughts are with his friends, colleagues and family. Roger's generosity, kindness and passion for books and publishing was unsurpassed, and he will be greatly missed by all.
Reading Group Notes for The Happiness Show are now available. You can download them here
Amanda Lohrey has won the 2012 Patrick White Award for Literature.