CHASS Australia Book Prize 2019 longlist announced
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the longlist for the 2019 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
National Book Award 2019 fiction longlist announced
Monday, 23 September 2019
In the US, the National Book Award fiction longlist has been announced. The finalists in the fiction category are: Fleishman Is in Trouble (Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Wildfire) Trust Exercise (Susan Choi,...
Hoffmann’s ‘inclusive, uplifting’ picture books sold to US
Monday, 23 September 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold US rights to Susann Hoffmann’s Girls are Pretty ... (smart, clever, fast) and Boys Will Be ... (kind, calm, creative) to Penguin Philomel. Girls are...
S&S acquires Mildenhall’s ‘The Mother Fault’ in two-book deal
Monday, 23 September 2019
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights at auction to Kate Mildenhall’s ‘genre-busting’ sophomore novel The Mother Fault in a two-book deal, via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. S&S...
US$75k Cundill History Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 23 September 2019
In North America, the shortlist has been announced for the Cundill History Prize, which rewards ‘the best history writing in English’. The shortlisted titles are: Orphans of Empire: The fate...
National Book Award 2019 longlists announced
Friday, 20 September 2019
In the US, longlists in four categories of the National Book Award have been announced. The longlists announced so far are: Nonfiction Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A...
A&U acquires ‘Larrimah’ for six-figure sum
Friday, 20 September 2019
Allen & Unwin has acquired rights to Larrimah: An outback town, a missing man and 11 people, who mostly hate each other by journalists Kylie Stevenson and Caroline Graham. ANZ...
May Gibbs trust announces 2020 fellows
Friday, 20 September 2019
The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust has announced six fellows for 2020. The recipients of the fellowship are: Mark Carthew Deb Fitzpatrick Sadami Konchi Meg McKinlay Chrissie Perry Michelle Vasiliu....
NewSouth to publish Bryant’s debut ‘Hysteria’
Friday, 20 September 2019
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to Hysteria, the debut nonfiction book by Adelaide writer Katerina Bryant, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Hysteria is a hybrid memoir that explores chronic mental...
‘Antarctica’ picture book sold to the US
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Fremantle Press has sold US rights to Moira Court’s forthcoming picture book Antarctica to Massachusetts-based children’s publisher Charlesbridge. ‘Charlesbridge’s roots are in nature nonfiction, which is what attracted them to...
Who’s Your Real Mum?
Thursday, 19 September 2019
When Nicholas wants to know which of Elvi’s two mums is her real mum, she gives him lots of clues. Her real mum is a circus performer, and a pirate,...
‘Young Dark Emu’ tops Australian children’s/YA nonfiction bestsellers chart
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Since we last checked in on the Australian children’s/YA nonfiction bestsellers in April, there are five new releases in the chart. Young Dark Emu, a younger readers edition of Bruce...
Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!
Thursday, 19 September 2019
The first book for children from renowned author and environmentalist Professor Tim Flannery, exploring the world’s weirdest and most fascinating animals in all their bizarre glory. Are zombie jellyfish real?...
Twelfth Planet Press launches ‘inclusive’ imprint for pre-teens
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Australian genre publisher Twelfth Planet Press has launched a new imprint for pre-teen readers that will specialise in diverse stories, ‘with the aim to reflect the diversity of sexuality, race,...
Lynette Noni wins Gold Inky Award
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Australia’s bestselling YA author Lynette Noni has won the Gold Inky Award for her dystopian novel Whisper (Pantera), the first in a new series by the author of ‘The Medoran...
Highway Bodies
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Who will you rely on in the zombie apocalypse? Bodies on the TV, explosions, barriers, and people fleeing. No access to social media. And a dad who’ll suddenly bite your...
Industry-first EBA voted in at PRH; FWC dispute settled
Thursday, 19 September 2019
The first union-negotiated enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) in Australian publishing history has been voted in at Penguin Random House Australia (PRH). PRH delegates in the editorial and publicity departments have...
Stella Count 2018: ‘Sustained and significant advances in the representation of women authors’
Thursday, 19 September 2019
The 2018 Stella Count has found that 49% of all book reviews in Australia were of books by women authors—up from 46% in 2017, and the previous high of 48%...
US Justice Department files suit against Edward Snowden, Macmillan
Thursday, 19 September 2019
In the US, the Department of Justice has filed a suit against whistleblower Edward Snowden and his publisher Macmillan, looking to seize proceeds from Snowden’s new memoir Permanent Record, reports...
Longlists for Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes announced
Thursday, 19 September 2019
The longlists for the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The longlisted works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in any...
Lucashenko, Wright announced for inaugural Bangkok literary festival
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Australian authors Melissa Lucashenko and Clare Wright will feature among 25 speakers at the inaugural Neilson Hays Bangkok Literature Festival, running from 16–17 November. Lucashenko will speak at the festival's...
Quebec City, Melbourne to host City of Literature exchange
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Victorian book industry professionals will have the chance to visit Quebec City in April next year as part of a new exchange program between the Melbourne and Quebec Cities of...
Book industry orgs support climate strike
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Booksellers, publishers and other industry organisations across Australia are participating in the global climate strike, taking place on Friday, 20 September. With almost 100 locations across Australia registered to strike,...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘Getting cliterate’ (Melissa Fyfe, Good Weekend) ‘When planetary catastrophe is your...
Victoria’s Libraries After Dark program rolls out to another six libraries
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
The Victorian state government is expanding its Libraries After Dark program—which funds social evening activities in libraries as an alternative to gambling venues—to another six libraries. Dandenong, Springvale, Sebastopol, Moe,...
WA researchers warn of ‘alarming’ loss of teacher librarians in public schools
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Researchers in Western Australia have warned student literacy will continue to suffer unless an ‘alarming loss’ in the number of teacher librarians is reversed, reports ABC News. Edith Cowan University...
My Dark Vanessa
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
‘A package of dynamite’—Stephen King ‘The book everyone will be talking about in 2020’—Louise O’Neill ‘Riveting, compulsive, urgent’—Elizabeth Day An era-defining novel about the relationship between a 15-year-old girl and...
Drawn to writing: Rove McManus on ‘Disgusting McGrossface’
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Aussie television personality Rove McManus makes his foray into children’s books with picture book Disgusting McGrossface (Scholastic, September) and younger readers novel Rocky Lobstar (Scholastic, October). Kelsey Oldham spoke to...
Book designer spotlight: Hannah Janzen
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Hannah Janzen began designing books at Sydney design studio Xou Creative, before turning to freelance, specialising in children’s books. She was recently elected president of the Australian Book Designers Association...
Walker Books Australia announces new Jon Klassen picture book for 2021
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Bestselling and award-winning picture book creator Jon Klassen will publish a new book to be released worldwide in March 2021. The Rock from the Sky is a hilarious meditation on...
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