ANZ writers to feature in online literary event series ‘Comfort Food’ Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Dinner Party Press, a new not-for-profit literary events organisation, has launched a four-part web series featuring writers from Australia and Europe. The event series, titled Comfort Food, will celebrate food,...
Melbourne libraries re-close as second lockdown begins Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
In line with the stage three restrictions announced by Victorian premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday, Melbourne libraries including State Library Victoria (SLV) and all City of Melbourne Library branches will...
Walker launches biannual ‘Walker Wednesday’ to discover new writers Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Walker Books will accept unsolicited manuscripts on two specific dates in 2020 via an online portal as part of its new ‘Walker Wednesday’ initiative to ‘discover new Australian stories for...
‘Real Pigeons’ to be adapted for TV by James Corden Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Andrew McDonald, illus by Ben Wood, Hardie Grant Egmont) is being developed by host of the The Late Late Show James Corden as a TV series...
Canberra Writers Festival 2020 program launched Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The Canberra Writers Festival, which will run from 12 to 16 August, has launched its 2020 program. In a statement, the festival said artistic director Jeanne Ryckmans’ program would be...
Change for J. Ross Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Publisher: J. Ross Publishing ISBN prefix: 978160427; 9781932159 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Walker Books Australia to distribute North South in ANZ from September Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Walker Books Australia is delighted to announce that they have taken on the Australian and New Zealand distribution of award-winning Swiss publishing house, North South, beginning September, 2020. Peribo will...
Mary L. Trump’s book arriving in stores from July 15 Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Due to high demand and extraordinary interest Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump (S&S) will now be arriving in stores from 15 July 2020. In this revelatory,...
Johnson wins 2020 PEN Pinter Prize Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
In the UK, poet and reggae artist Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded the 2020 PEN Pinter Prize. Prize judge Claire Armitstead said: ‘Once we had laid our nominations on...
ABA: Online conference commences, Love Your Bookshop Day on 3 October Archive
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The first of the Australian Booksellers Association's (ABA) 2020 online conference events took place on Monday, 6 July, with ABA CEO Robbie Egan in conversation with Meryl Halls and Nic...
Verity La announces publishing break, apologises for ‘grave error’ Archive
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Online literary journal Verity La has announced it is taking a break from publishing to ‘reflect on the ways in which the journal has been complicit with systemic racism, sexism...
Furphy Literary Award 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
The shortlists for the inaugural Furphy Literary Award has been announced. The six shortlisted stories and writers in the open category are: 'Ando Gets Plastered' by Cate Kennedy 'Awakening' by...
Pham’s ‘The Coconut Children’ to be adapted for stage Archive
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
A stage adaptation of Vivian Pham's debut novel The Coconut Children (Vintage) has been commissioned as part of Playwriting Australia's Ignition program. The Coconut Children is one of seven major...
O’Callaghan longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize Archive
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Amanda O’Callaghan has been longlisted for the UK's £10,000 ($A17,900) Edge Hill Short Story Prize, for her collection This Taste of Silence (UQP). O’Callaghan is one of 12 authors on...
‘Taking Tom Murray Home’ optioned for screen Archive
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Sydney-based production company Soft Tread Enterprises has optioned Tim Slee's novel Taking Tom Murray Home (HarperCollins) for the screen. Taking Tom Murray Home was the inaugural winner of the Banjo...
‘Inclusive Publishing in Australia’ publisher survey launched Archive
Monday, 6 July 2020
A new research project is seeking to better understand the issues affecting the production of accessible content in Australia and asking publishers to contribute by completing a survey. ‘Inclusive Publishing...
UQP acquires new Chong poetry collection Archive
Monday, 6 July 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired Eileen Chong’s poetry collection A Thousand Crimson Blooms. Chong is the author of nine books, including her most recent poetry collection Rainforest, which...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 3 July 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years Are These Hen's...
Owusu wins 2020 £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize Archive
Friday, 3 July 2020
Derek Owusu has won the Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists for his verse novel That Reminds Me (#Merky Books). Owusu’s book, the semi-autobiographical story of a British-Ghanaian boy called...
Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 3 July 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) awards have been announced. The shortlisted poets in each category are: Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript Hailey Bonner...
Write-ability fellowships 2020 recipients announced Archive
Thursday, 2 July 2020
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of its 2020 Write-ability fellowships. The organisation this year awarded two additional fellowships: a poetry fellowship supported by an anonymous donor, and a one-off...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 longlist announced Archive
Thursday, 2 July 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted authors and their works are: 'Mood' by Roz Bellamy (nonfiction) 'Abomination' by Ashley Goldberg...
Workers share salaries for transparency, new Wheeler Centre CEO and more Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
A spreadsheet inviting Australian publishing workers to share their salaries is circulating on social media, with about 70 staff so far having shared information including their job titles, wage, gender identity, ethnicity...
Heiss on the surge in sales of Indigenous books Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
‘This increase in passion, in the desire to learn, to understand, to be part of the necessary process of change that requires ALL of society’s citizens to participate—that passion is...
Indian writer Pandey named overall winner of 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Indian writer Kritika Pandey has been named the overall winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’. Pandey’s story explores forbidden...
American university presses sales representation and distribution changes Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
The following publishers would like to announce new sales and distribution partnerships in Australia and New Zealand from 1 July 2020. Princeton University Press NewSouth Books for representation (marketing@newsouthbooks.com.au) Alliance...
Cooper joins UQP Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
UQP has appointed Chloë Cooper to the role of sales executive. Cooper has worked at Avid Reader and Where the Wild Things Are since 2016. She joins UQP on 6...
Zerbi joins Five Mile Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Rocco Zerbi has been appointed to the existing position of sales director at Five Mile. Zerbi began the position on 15 June 2020.
Gray joins Five Mile Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Jacqui Gray has been appointed to the existing position of trade sales manager at Five Mile. Gray began the position on 9 June 2020.
John Marsden prize renamed Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Archive
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Hachette and Express Media have confirmed YA author Will Kostakis will take over from John Marsden as mentor of the 2020 John Marsden/Hachette Australia Prize for Young Australian Writers, which...
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