MWF program, latest award winners
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Melbourne Writers Festival has revealed this year’s program, which runs from 3–12 September. Meanwhile, Writing NSW and the NT Writers Centre, as well as the NSW Central Coast’s Words on...
‘Still Alive’ sells to Fantagraphics
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Melbourne graphic novel publisher Twelve Panels Press has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) to Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive to Gary Groth at Fantagraphics, to be published under the Fantagraphics...
Cat Rabbit on ‘How to Make Friends: A Bear’s Guide’
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Cat Rabbit is a textile artist and designer based in Melbourne. In her latest picture book, How to Make Friends: A Bear's Guide (Berbay, October), Rabbit explores the struggles of...
Christie appointed HEAT editor
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Giramondo Publishing has announced the appointment of Alexandra Christie as the editor of the third series of HEAT literary journal. Christie joins the Giramondo team following four years as a...
Affirm Press Mentorship Award—open now
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Are you writing a story that reflects the diversity of contemporary life? The Affirm Press Mentorship Award is an excellent opportunity to be mentored by the Affirm Press editorial team...
New distributor for Bad Apple Press
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Independent book publisher Bad Apple Press has moved distribution from BPS to Peribo, effective from August 31. For all trade orders please contact info@peribo.com.au
Gaudry joins Hachette Australia
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Kelly Gaudry has been appointed to the existing position of senior national account manger at Hachette Australia in Sydney, replacing Sean Cotcher in the role. Gaudry begins the position on...
Prisoner
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
24 HOURS AFTER LEAVING HIS CELL HE WAS DEAD. CAN SHE FIND OUT WHY? 'S R White is the real deal.' —Chris Hammer, author of Scrublands. When a man is...
The Stoning (Peter Papathanasiou, Transit Lounge)
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
At dawn one Sunday, homicide detective George Manolis is woken with a call: a schoolteacher has been murdered in the outback town of Cobb, and the local police need his...
Folio Books announces closure
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
The owners of Brisbane bookshop Folio Books have announced it will not reopen ‘for the foreseeable future’. Folio Books, which opened in Elizabeth Street in 1979, was most recently located...
Melbourne bookshops create new initiative to attract customers
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Over the next four months, seven bookshops in the City of Melbourne will select a new book by a Victorian author and offer 25 percent off the cover price, in...
Suckling steps down from Copyright Agency; SLV CEO Torney to depart library
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
The Copyright Agency has announced that Adam Suckling will be stepping down as CEO, following his decision to not renew his contract for another three-year term. Copyright Agency board chair...
UK authors, illustrators protest mooted copyright changes
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
In the UK, over 2600 authors and illustrators have signed an open letter to protest the government’s reconsideration of copyright and trade laws, reports Publishing Perspectives. The letter comes after...
Fuller wins 2020 ACT Book of the Year for ‘Ghost Bird’
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Lisa Fuller has won the 2020 ACT Book of the Year award for her debut young adult novel Ghost Bird (UQP). The 2020 award was delayed due to Covid-19. Fuller,...
Age Book of the Year 2021 shortlist announced
Monday, 2 August 2021
The shortlist for the revived Age Book of the Year has been announced. The seven works of fiction in the running for the $10,000 prize are: The Rain Heron (Robbie...
US reading time up 21%
Friday, 30 July 2021
Survey results from the US Department of Labor found people were spending 21% more time reading in May–December 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, reports Publishers Weekly. According...
Boyle wins 2021 Text Prize for ‘Dancing Barefoot’
Friday, 30 July 2021
Victorian writer and teacher Alice Boyle has won the 2021 Text Prize for her YA novel Dancing Barefoot. According to Text, Dancing Barefoot is 'a story about finding love, figuring out...
Kuracca Prize 2021 winner announced
Friday, 30 July 2021
The winner and runners up in the inaugural Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature have been announced. Chosen from a longlist of 12 authors, Adam Brannigan won the $5000 prize for...
Polari Prize shortlists announced
Thursday, 29 July 2021
In the UK, the shortlists for the Polari Prizes for LGBTQ+ literature have been announced, reports the Bookseller. The titles shortlisted for the £2000 (A$3770) Polari Prize, which awards an...
New FNAWN writers residency, masterclasses
Thursday, 29 July 2021
The First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) has developed a new writers residency with the Regional Council of Goyder in South Australia. Due to current recent and ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns,...
MWF 2021 full program launched
Thursday, 29 July 2021
The program for the 2021 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which will run from 3–12 September, has been announced. In its 35th year, MWF will bring together celebrated figures in fiction,...
Ned Kelly Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best crime fiction Consolation (Garry Disher, Text)...
Diana Reid on ‘Love & Virtue’
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Diana Reid's debut novel Love & Virtue (Ultimo, October) explores feminism, power and sex through the lives of two young women at an Australian university. Reviewer Georgia Brough calls Love &...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Quebec’s Librairie Hannenorak
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. In 2009,...
Welbeck to launch Australian subsidiary, Booker Prize longlist
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Independent UK publisher Welbeck is establishing a new standalone Australian subsidiary in partnership with Booktopia, with aims to publish 50 local titles a year. The NT Writers Festival has launched...
HarperCollins Publishers Australia is thrilled to announce it will publish Lisa Wilkinson’s memoir
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
HarperCollins Publishers Australia is thrilled to announce it will publish Lisa Wilkinson’s memoir, It Wasn’t Meant to Be Like This, on 27 October 2021. The long-awaited autobiography from one of...
NT Writers Fest launches 2021 program, new residency for NT writers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
The program for the 2021 NT Writers Festival (NTWF), which will be held at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Mparntwe/Alice Springs from 26–29 August, has been announced. Storytellers from...
Taylor, Wasley receive 2022 KSP residencies
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
The Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre in the Perth Hills has announced Josephine Taylor as its 2022 Emerging Writer-in-Residence and Sasha Wasley as its Established Writer-in-Residence. KSP’s residency program...
Booker Prize 2021 longlist announced
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced. The 13 books longlisted for the £50,000 (A$93,600) prize are: A Passage North (Anuk Arudpragasam, Granta) Second Place (Rachel Cusk,...
Mary Gilmore Award 2021 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Mary Gilmore Award, for the best first book of poetry published in the previous year, has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Cadaver Dog (Luke...
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