Hachette acquires Yarwood debut in two-book deal
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sydney author Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel The Wakes in a 'hotly contested' international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck with Catherine Drayton...
Stories from the City
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Love may be simple, but relationships are complex, and this group of thirty-somethings is discovering just how complicated life can get when romance is involved. Stories from the City by...
Last day for discounted bookmarks and bookplates
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Australian Bookmarks and Bookplates is closing today. Everything now discounted by 70%. Bookmarks: $2.40 per pack of 6, ex GST. Fantasy, animals, humorous, inspirational and zodiac designs. Bookplates: $1.03 per...
Entries open: Melbourne Prize for Literature 2021 & Awards
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
To enter please visit melbourneprize.org / Prize & Award pool over $90,000 / Two new categories offered / Open to published Victorian resident authors only / Finalists receive $1000 each...
Colin Roderick Award 2021 longlist announced
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
The longlist for the $20,000 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The 15 longlisted titles are: The...
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients announced
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Writers Victoria has announced the sixth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Round six was delayed in early 2020 due to Covid-19 and travel restrictions, and...
Desperate Literature Prize 2021 winner announced, Australians shortlisted
Monday, 28 June 2021
London writer Paige Cowan-Hall has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, while Australia-based writers Phillippa Finkemeyer, Campbell Andersen and Erin Scudder made the...
Smith, Yaffa win 2021 Orwell Prizes
Monday, 28 June 2021
UK novelist Ali Smith and US journalist Joshua Yaffa have won this year’s Orwell Prizes for political fiction and political writing respectively, reports the Bookseller. Smith was awarded the political...
Holland-Batt awarded $100,000 Judy Harris fellowship
Monday, 28 June 2021
Australian poet, writer and critic Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the University of Sydney’s $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence fellowship at the Charles Perkins Centre. Holland-Batt, who is associate...
Black Inc. acquires Clode’s book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’
Friday, 25 June 2021
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to biologist and natural history author Danielle Clode’s new book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’, via Jenny Darling & Associates. Black Inc. publisher...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced
Friday, 25 June 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in April, the winners in each...
Yang joins Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Anthea Yang has joined Books+Publishing as editorial assistant.
Byron Writers Festival 2021 full program announced
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Byron Writers Festival has revealed the full program for its 2021 event, which runs the weekend of 6–8 August at various locations throughout Byron Bay, NSW. In its 25th year,...
NewSouth acquires Kamenev’s ‘Kin’
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
NewSouth has acquired ANZ rights to Kin: Family in the 21st century by journalist Marina Kamenev via Melanie Ostell Literary. In Kin, Kamenev will investigate how traditional ideas of family...
Chow wins 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Keshe Chow has won the 2021 Lip magazine Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for her story ‘Lady Finger’. Judge Nicola Redhouse said Chow’s story ‘achieved a wonderful balance of surprise,...
Blessed
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Who is Rampaging Roy Slaven? An Australian icon, a raconteur, an athlete of unsurpassable—and some may say improbable—sporting feats. Whether it was riding Rooting King to another Melbourne Cup victory,...
Final days: 70% discount on bookmarks and bookplates
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Australian Bookmarks and Bookplates is closing on 30 June. Everything now discounted by 70%. Bookmarks: fantasy, animals, humorous, inspirational and zodiacs. Bookplates: eight designs, including the popular Wise Owl on...
Change for BenBella Books
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Publisher: BenBella Books Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Penguin Random House Australia Changeover date: 1 July 2021 Returns cut-off: 29 October 2021 Contact URL: orders@unitedbookdistributors.com.au
Annie Smithers on ‘Recipe for a Kinder Life’
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Chef, cookbook author and writer Annie Smithers's Recipe for a Kinder Life (Thames & Hudson, August) blends memoir, philosophy and practical tips on sustainability based on the author's experience running...
Booktopia shortlisted for online retail awards
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted for the 2021 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist in the Best Pureplay Retailer category for 'online-only retailers who demonstrate best...
‘Fight Like a Girl’ to be adapted for TV
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Aquarius Films has acquired all development and production rights to Clementine Ford’s nonfiction book Fight Like a Girl (A&U), in a deal negotiated by Jacinta Dimase at Jacinta Dimase Management....
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021 shortlists announced
Monday, 21 June 2021
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2021 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL). The shortlisted titles in each category are: Nonfiction The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants (Philip...
Mantel wins Walter Scott Prize for ‘The Mirror & Light’
Monday, 21 June 2021
In the UK, Hilary Mantel has won the £25,000 (A$46,155) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Mirror & the Light (Fourth Estate)—11 years after the first book in...
ABA 2021 Booksellers’ Choice winners announced
Monday, 21 June 2021
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2021 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Adult Fiction Book of...
Lui wins Russell Prize for Humour Writing, Bunting wins inaugural writing for young people award
Friday, 18 June 2021
Nakkiah Lui has won the $10,000 biennial Russell Prize for Humour Writing for Black is the New White (A&U), the book of her play of the same name. Judges Mark...
Black Inc. partners with ASRC on ‘Seeking Asylum: Our stories’
Friday, 18 June 2021
Black Inc. will partner with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) to publish Seeking Asylum: Our stories in commemoration of the ASRC’s 20th year. The book will capture the experiences...
ALS Gold Medal 2021 shortlist announced
Friday, 18 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cadaver Dog (Luke Best, UQP) The...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Friday, 18 June 2021
The shortlists for this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000) Father of the...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designers of the Year: George Saad
Thursday, 17 June 2021
In the lead-up to the 2021 Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing spoke to the two shortlisted nominees for Emerging Designer of the Year. In this first instalment we talk to...
Watson wins 2021 Penguin Literary Prize
Thursday, 17 June 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced that Denizen by James McKenzie Watson has won the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize. Dubbo-based Watson receives $20,000 as an advance against royalties, with...
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