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Get YA Words Out and Fremantle Press are seeking original works from the LGBTIQA+ community for an anthology of YA literature titled, An Unexpected Party, to be published in 2023.
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Netflix has released the trailer for Blonde which is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ 2000 novel of the same name which provides a moving portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
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Shaun Tan’s illustrated book Tales from Outer Suburbia is being adapted into an animated series.
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The winners of the 2022 Furphy Literary Award have been announced with acclaimed writer and poet Cate Kennedy winning first place for her short story ‘Art and Life’.
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Over half the library books borrowed in 2022 were by Australian authors, continuing an upward trend from the past three years.
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The film adaptation of Delia Owens’ 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing is playing in cinemas now.
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This year’s Orange Readers and Writers Festival, hosted by Central West Libraries, will include a variety of non-fiction and fiction authors.
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NAIDOC Week is held from 3 July – 10 July and celebrates the history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Australian author and essayist, Frank Moorhouse, who is best known for the 'Edith' trilogy, has died aged 83.
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The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing have been announced.
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The film rights for Charlotte Wood’s novel, The Weekend, has been optioned to Brouhaha Entertainment.
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Ruth Ozeki’s novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
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Christopher Waltz is set to play filmmaker Billy Wilder in a film adaptation of Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe.
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The winners of the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced.
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NT Writers Festival returns to beautiful Larrakia land for four days of talks and immersive events celebrating story, language and culture shaped by place.
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Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel Black Cake is getting a series adaptation with Adrienne Warren set to star.
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Arcadia has begun development on Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer's bestselling book 'Tuscan Cookbook' as a film.
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Margaret Atwood’s short story Stone Mattress is being adapted for film with Sandra Oh and Julianne Moore set to star in it.
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In light of the rise in book bans across the world, Margaret Atwood has announced an ‘unburnable’ edition of her novel, The Handmaid’s... View More»
The Book Awards shortlists for the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) has been announced.
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Director Robert Connolly and actor Eric Bana who previously worked together on the film ‘The Dry’, are reuniting for another film based on Jane Harper’s novel, Force of Nature.
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Author Nell Pierce has won this year's Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award for her novel, A Place Near Eden.
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NT Writers Festival returns to beautiful Larrakia land for four days of talks and immersive events celebrating story, language and culture shaped by place.
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Graham Norton’s debut novel, Holding, has been adapted for the small screen and will air on SBS TV.
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Our podcast with Caroline Petit, author of The Natural History of Love marks our 200th Good Reading podcast!
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Columbia University have announced the winners and nominated finalists of the 106th Pulitzer Prize via video stream.
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Actor Jeff Daniels has been cast in the lead role in Netflix’s A Man in Full, a limited series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s novel of the same name.
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The 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced. The prize seeks to highlight the best fiction by women across the world, regardless of their age, race, nationality or background.
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Jayne Allen's 'Black Girls' trilogy of novels is getting a television adaptation with AGC studios.
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Award winning and number one bestselling author Dervla McTiernan is releasing a new standalone thriller this year called The Murder Rule.
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Lily Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens and Finn Wittrock are set to star in Sony’s film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's Downtown Owl.
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The character Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is coming back in a new trilogy to be written by Swedish... View More»
The Danish animated documentary Flee which received three Oscar nominations is being adapted into a graphic novel, the Hollywood Reporter reports.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid is being adapted into a Netflix film by Liz Tigelaar, the creator of Little Fires... View More»
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced this year’s Book of the Year Awards Shortlist and that this year’s final prize pool will exceed $100 000 for the first time.
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Reese Witherspoon is partnering with Dolly Parton and James Patterson to adapt their novel, Run, Rose, Run into a feature film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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Australian independent booksellers have announced the winners of the 2022 Indie Book Awards.
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An auction of signed and dedicated copies of books, submission package critiques and mentoring sessions from writers and editors are raising money for Ukraine.
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Jon Krakauer’s book Under the Banner of Heaven is set for a limited series adaptation on Hulu and will feature Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones,... View More»
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Road, Cormac McCarthy, has two novels coming out this fall in the US.
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The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation have appointed Gabrielle Wang as the new Australian Children’s Laureate for 2022-23.
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William Jackson Harper will be staring in the film adaptation of M T Anderson’s science fiction novel Landscape with Invisible Hand.
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Children’s author and illustrator, Shirley Hughes, who was best known for creating the Alfie book series and the picture book, Dogger, has died age 94.
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Pan Macmillan Australia have announced Australian and international bestselling author Jane Harper's next novel, Exiles, which will be released on 20 September.
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Conservative commentator and satirist, PJ O’Rourke has died at age 74 of complications from lung cancer.
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Lianne Moriarty's novel, The Husband's Secret is set for a film adaptation, according to deadline.
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The new TV series ‘Reacher’ which is based on Lee’s Childs mystery series has been renewed for a second season just days after premiering on February 4.
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Author R A Spratt has revealed the process behind the cover of her latest book in the popular Friday Barnes series, Friday Barnes 10: Undercover, which follows young detective Friday as she solves a mystery in Norway.
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Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has announced its full program for the 2022 festival which will be held across six days from March 5 – March 10 and will include a total of 165 guests.
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