Hepworth’s ‘The Family Next Door’ adaptation currently in production
Monday, 25 November 2024
A screen adaptation of Sally Hepworth’s novel The Family Next Door (Macmillan) will be produced as a television series for ABC TV. The six-part drama series follows a stranger as...
‘The Ministry of Time’ named Dymocks Book of the Year
Monday, 25 November 2024
Kaliane Bradley’s novel, The Ministry of Time (Sceptre), has been named the 2024 Dymocks Book of the Year. On accepting the award, Bradley said: ‘There isn’t a vote of confidence...
‘Praiseworthy’ longlisted for Climate Fiction Prize
Monday, 25 November 2024
Alexis Wright’s Praiseworthy (Giramondo) has been longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize. Chair of judges Madeleine Bunting said Praiseworthy ‘makes you giddy, plunging you into a distinctive form of...
Dymocks returns to Penrith
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Dymocks will return to Sydney’s western suburbs with a new franchise store in Westfield Penrith opening on Friday, 22 November. In a statement, Dymocks said new franchisee Farshid Kamal, a...
Australian bookshops sign up for Global Book Crawl initiative
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Local booksellers in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania are planning to take part in the Global Book Crawl, ‘a dynamic, community-centred event’ planned for the last week of...
New England Illustration Prize 2024 winners announced
Thursday, 21 November 2024
The New England Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of this year’s New England Illustration Prize for Children’s Picture Book Publishing. The winners of the 2024 award are: First prize...
‘Leading Wellbeing’ wins book of the year at the Australian Business Book Awards
Thursday, 21 November 2024
The winners of the 2024 Australian Business Book Awards have been announced. The winners are: Book of the year Leading Wellbeing (Fleur Heazlewood, Major Street) Communications and sales Self-Promotion Without...
Flanagan declines Baillie Gifford prize money
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Richard Flanagan, who was yesterday announced the winner of the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for his book Question 7 (Knopf), has declined to accept the £50,000 (A$97,227) cash...
‘Flawed Hero’ wins 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Chris Masters has won the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award for the book Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes (A&U). Prize judges said Flawed Hero ‘addresses...
Lloyd, Hart to launch Pink Shorts Press
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Co-founders Margot Lloyd and Emily Hart have announced the establishment of new publishing venture Pink Shorts Press, which will launch in Adelaide during Adelaide Writers' Week in March 2025. Lloyd...
QBD to open Ballarat store
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
QBD Books has announced it will open a new bookstore at Stockland Wendouree in Ballarat, Victoria. Authors appearing at the grand opening on 23 November will include Amy Doak with...
Australian authors launch Summer Reading for MPs campaign
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
A group of over 90 Australian authors and other members of the literary community have given Australian federal parliamentarians a ‘carefully curated package of books on the Middle East to...
Diversity Works outlines ‘areas for improvement’ in PANZ member ‘baseline’ survey report
Monday, 18 November 2024
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), in collaboration with Diversity Works, has released a report communicating findings from a diversity baseline...
Yen Press joins Hachette, ADS for ANZ sales and distribution
Monday, 18 November 2024
Hachette Australia, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand, and Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) have announced Yen Press has partnered with the organisations for their sales and distribution services throughout Australia and Aotearoa...
UWAP acquires Smith’s YA novel
Monday, 18 November 2024
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Pip Smith’s YA novel The Pull of the Moon. Inspired by the Janga/SIEV-221 tragedy in December 2010, The Pull of the Moon...
Jones receives Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
Monday, 18 November 2024
Gail Jones has won the Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, ‘recognising her impressive body of work and her ongoing mentoring of young writers’. The award ‘acknowledges the...
Inaugural DANZ festival announced
Monday, 18 November 2024
The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Award organisation (DANZ) has announced it is planning a children’s book festival. In a brief statement in which it launched...
Storylines Notable Book Award 2024 winners
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa has announced the 2024 Storylines Notable Book Award winners. This year’s winners are: Te Reo Māori A Ariā me te...
Saleh and Treloar joint winers of 2024 Barbara Jefferis Award
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced joint winners for the 2024 Barbara Jefferis Award: Sara M Saleh for Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm) and Lucy Treloar...
Booktopia announces staff appointments
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Online bookseller Booktopia has announced a number of staff appointments, following the acquisition of the business by digiDirect owner Shant Kradjian. Sophie Higgins, among whose previous roles is the position...
UQP acquires Wood middle-grade novel
Thursday, 14 November 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired ANZ rights to a new middle-grade novel by Fiona Wood, titled The Boy and the Dog Tree, in a two-book deal, via Katelyn...
A&U acquires Beaumont thriller
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Liar’s Game, the third book in Jack Beaumont’s Frenchman series of thrillers, via Laura Bonner of WME. In the new book,...
EWF announces inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced the inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers, in partnership with RMIT University. Open to Australian emerging writers studying at TAFE or university who...
Wong receives Burr/Tatham Trust Award
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Alison Wong is the recipient of the NZ$35,000 Burr/Tatham Trust Award, which is one of eight 2024 Laureate Awards presented by the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi to ‘celebrate and...
ADS to trial airfreight to NZ
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) has announced a new trial airfreight service designed to support Aotearoa New Zealand customers during the Christmas peak bookselling season. Aotearoa New Zealand customers will have...
Oliver children’s book withdrawn from sale
Monday, 11 November 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK has withdrawn Jamie Oliver’s children’s book Billy and the Epic Escape from sale in all countries where it holds rights, including Australia and the UK,...
Smith wins 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize
Monday, 11 November 2024
Overland has announced that Yasmin Smith is the winner the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers. Smith receives a $5000 cash prize, as well as an optional writing...
Pinkham to step down as Hardie Grant Publishing group managing director
Monday, 11 November 2024
Hardie Grant CEO Sandy Grant has announced that Hardie Grant Publishing group managing director Julie Pinkham is leaving her role at the end of 2024, moving to a non-executive advisory...
2025 MIRROR Mentorship recipients announced
Monday, 11 November 2024
Think+DO Tank Foundation and Scribble Books have announced the winners of the 2025 MIRROR Mentorship program for emerging bilingual writers and illustrators in children’s literature. The winners are: Leila Frijat...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival records ticket sales increase
Thursday, 7 November 2024
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced an increase of about one third in its aggregate ticket sales for its 2024 program, compared to the previous year. The 21st...
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