UQP acquires Araluen poetry collection
Thursday, 11 July 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to a new poetry collection from Evelyn Araluen, author of the Stella Prize–winning Dropbear (also UQP). Araluen’s new collection, The Rot, ‘dramatises the bad faiths...
ACT Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
Thursday, 11 July 2024
The winners of the ACT Literary Awards, previously known as the ACT Notable Book Awards and presented by the Canberra writing organisation Marion, have been announced. The 2024 winners are:...
Lanchester to step down from ASA
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) CEO Olivia Lanchester will be stepping down after five years in the role. Lanchester was appointed CEO in 2019 after four years working as the...
Hachette acquires Woodard YA debut
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Hachette has acquired world rights to Scott Woodard’s debut contemporary YA novel, Poster Boys, via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. Poster Boys is a coming of age story...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2024 longlist announced
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
The longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $50,000, has been announced. The 14 longlisted titles, chosen from 235 entries, are: Saltwater...
Walker acquires YA novel from Kate, Angourie Rice
Monday, 8 July 2024
Walker Books has acquired rights to a second young adult novel from Angourie Rice and Kate Rice. Titled Operation School Ball, the novel is described by the publisher as ‘an edgy...
Weissman wins 2024 Crystal Kite award
Monday, 8 July 2024
US-born author Elissa Weissman, who lives in Aotearoa New Zealand, has won the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented by the...
Authors among 2024 NAIDOC Week award finalists
Monday, 8 July 2024
The National NAIDOC Committee has announced the winners of the 2024 NAIDOC Week Awards. Among the winners was artist and cultural leader Alick Tipoti, who is a fluent Kala Lagaw...
Wright wins 2024 ALS Gold Medal
Monday, 8 July 2024
The winner of the 2024 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal is Alexis Wright for Praiseworthy (Giramondo). The win is the third for Wright, who joins Patrick White and David...
Varuna announces 2024 Writer’s Space recipients
Monday, 8 July 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the 12 recipients of the 2024 Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability and/or who are D/deaf. Participants in the 2024 program will...
APA pauses Educational Publishing Awards
Thursday, 4 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has paused the Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) for 2024. In a statement, the APA said that its Schools Educational Publishing Committee (SEPC), as project...
Hachette appoints Naoum as publishing director, promotes Collett
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Hachette has appointed Joel Naoum as publishing director, effective 22 July, and has promoted Katrina Collett to the position of product and production director, effective immediately. Naoum joined Pan Macmillan...
NewSouth acquires Rawson creative nonfiction book
Thursday, 4 July 2024
NewSouth has acquired world rights to a creative nonfiction book from Jane Rawson, titled Human/Nature: On life in a wild world, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. Human/Nature is described by the...
MidnightSun acquires Gold novel
Thursday, 4 July 2024
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to the novel Shift by Irma Gold, via Sarah McKenzie of Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Set in the South African township where the 1955...
Affirm acquires Lishman self-help book
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Marny Lishman’s self-help book Crisis to Contentment, via The Lifestyle Suite. Lishman is a health and community psychologist, wellbeing and mindset coach, keynote...
Hachette acquires Brooks memoir
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Geraldine Brooks’ memoir Memorial Days. Described by the publisher as a ‘heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace’,...
Merkel wins 2024 Hope Prize
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
John Merkel has won the 2024 Hope Prize, presented by Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S), for the story ‘Shadows Cast by the Moon’. Merkel won the inaugural award, worth $10,000,...
Miles Franklin 2024 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist announced in May, are: Only Sound Remains (Hossein Asgari, Puncher & Wattmann)...
PRH acquires Bindi Irwin picture book
Monday, 1 July 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired rights to Bindi Irwin’s debut picture book, titled You Are a Wildlife Warrior! Saving animals & the planet, illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki (Sisters...
Dao wins Pascall Prize
Monday, 1 July 2024
André Dao has won the 2024 Pascall Prize for Cultural Criticism, worth $5000. Dao received the award for pieces published in the Saturday Paper, Meanjin and Liminal Review of Books: ‘Review of Nam...
Bradley appointed Campion Group CEO
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Education resource supplier Campion Group has appointed Tom Bradley as its CEO. Bradley was previously the general manager of customer experience at Kmart Group Ltd. As CEO of Campion, Bradley...
Heyman, Hoey recipients of Varuna exchange
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Australian writer Kathryn Heyman and Aotearoa New Zealand writer Dominic Hoey are the recipients of the 2024 New Zealand–Australia Residency Exchange, an international residency program held by Varuna, The National...
Jane Harrison steps down from Blak & Bright
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Blak & Bright has announced that Jane Harrison has stepped down from her role as artistic director and CEO. Harrison has been in the role since the four-day First Nations...
PLR/ELR payments up $3.3m as digital lending included
Thursday, 27 June 2024
The total value of payments made to Australian creators through the Public and Educational Lending Right (PLR/ELR) schemes for the 2023–24 period totalled $26.6 million, an increase of $3.3 million...
Scribe acquires new Horton novel ‘Time Together’
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Scribe has acquired world rights to Time Together, a new novel from Luke Horton, via Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. The publisher said Time Together is ‘a novel about...
APA CEO Gordon-Smith steps down, Di Biase-Dyson promoted
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced CEO Michael Gordon-Smith will retire from the position at the end of June, after 11 years in the role, with current APA chief...
Inaugural recipients announced for NZSA mentorships
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa Te Kaituhi Māori (NZSA) has announced the inaugural recipients of its NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki programs....
Upswell acquires White’s essay collection
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Upswell has acquired world rights to Jessica White’s collection Silence Is My Habitat: Ecobiological essays. Upswell publisher Terri-ann White said White’s new book of essays ‘contains multiple dimensions’, with ‘a...
Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre receives $100K for inclusion program
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
The Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre in Perth, Western Australia, has been awarded approximately $100,000 from Creative Australia to run its Inclusive Residency Pilot Program for emerging Australian writers...
Farr wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Tracy Farr has won the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) (NZSA) Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize for Wonderland, an alt-history set on...
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