Cotcher joins HarperCollins Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Sean Cotcher, currently Hachette Australia senior national accounts manager, has joined HarperCollins Australia as head of key accounts, replacing Amy Fox, who is departing the business on 16 July. Cotcher...
Four Centres Emerging Writers Publishing Program second round announced Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Fremantle Press has announced the Four Centres Emerging Writers Publishing Program has received government funding for a further two years, following a successful pilot program. The initiative between Fremantle Press,...
how to make a basket (Jazz Money, UQP) Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
‘don’t forget this place / where life begins / tell it to the bubs to pass onto theirs / when strangers come / when other trees fall’ Jazz Money writes...
Poppy Nwosu on ‘Road Tripping with Pearl Nash’ Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Road Tripping with Pearl Nash (Wakefield, September) is Poppy Nwosu's third romantic novel for young adults. It follows protagonist Pearl Nash on a road trip during the summer holidays before...
Local authors recognised overseas, new Perth indie bookshop Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Two local authors have been recognised in overseas awards: Michael Robotham won the CWA Steel Dagger for best thriller for his novel When She Was Good, while Laura Jean Mckay’s The...
‘Ginnie & Pinney, Learn & Grow’ series optioned for TV Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Big Sky Publishing’s educational children's series Ginnie & Pinney, Learn & Grow has been optioned for development as a television series by Australian animation studio Moody Street Productions. Created by...
Over My Dead Body Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
FOUR CASES FOUR KILLERS ONLY ONE MAN CAN STOP THEM An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN...
Booktopia restructures marketing team Archive
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Booktopia has restructured its marketing division following recent changes to the business—including its ASX listing and the acquisition of tertiary retailer the Co-op—as well the growth of its Booktopia Publisher...
Griffith Review announces emerging voices competition longlist Archive
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Griffith Review has announced the longlist for its inaugural emerging voices writing competition. The longlisted writers are: Claire Aman Brendan Colley Sonja Dechian Nicholas Duddy Declan Fry Alison Gibbs Lucas...
ACT Book of the Year 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 ACT Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Acting Like a Girl (Sandra Renew, Recent Work Press) Bodies of Men...
Centre for Stories announces Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship Archive
Monday, 5 July 2021
Perth's Centre for Stories has announced a new fellowship, the Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship for Writers. Open to mid-career writers under the age of 40, the annual fellowship is awarded to...
‘A Kind of Spark’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Archive
Friday, 2 July 2021
In the UK, Scottish author Elle McNicoll has won the overall £5000 (A$9215) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights of Media), reports the...
INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative recipients 2021 Archive
Friday, 2 July 2021
The recipients of the 2021 INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative, offered by the National Trust of Western Australia in partnership with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries,...
Robotham wins CWA Steel Dagger Archive
Friday, 2 July 2021
Michael Robotham has won the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award for best thriller for his novel When She Was Good (Hachette). The judges praised Robotham’s...
Sri Lankan writer D’Almeida wins overall Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Sri Lankan writer Kanya D’Almeida has been named the overall winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘I Cleaned The—'. D’Almeida’s story is about “‘dirty work’:...
‘The Animals in that Country’ shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award Archive
Thursday, 1 July 2021
In the UK, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe) has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction. McKay’s novel, which won the...
Dymocks to add 25 stores as part of three-year plan Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Dymocks will launch its own range of non-book items in August this year, and aims to increase the size of the chain by adding 25 stores as part of a...
Q&A with Dymocks CEO Mark Newman Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Dymocks CEO Mark Newman joined the bookselling chain just as the pandemic took hold around the globe. Its effects for Dymocks have been mixed. Newman says that while suburban and...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Nottingham’s Five Leaves Bookshop Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookshops in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. ‘The shop opened the...
Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Canberra-based editor, translator and author Theodore Ell has won the 15th Calibre Essay prize for ‘Façades of Lebanon’, his essay on the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Ell receives $5000...
Union action at bookshops, Pilkington departs Hachette Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
A majority of staff at the Readings bookselling chain have voted to negotiate an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, while in Sydney, union members at Better Read Than Dead are undertaking a...
Hachette acquires Yarwood debut in two-book deal Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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