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ABR announces Behrouz Boochani Fellowship

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced its inaugural $10,000 Behrouz Boochani Fellowship, presented in association with the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne. The fellowship...

Keefe, Burns win 2019 Orwell Prize

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
In the UK, two authors writing about the conflict in Northern Ireland have been awarded £3000 each (A$5470) as part of the Orwell Prize, reports the Guardian. Patrick Radden Keefe,...

Hachette acquires local rights to debut thriller

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Gold Coast-based author Allie Reynolds' debut novel Shiver, in partnership with Headline UK. Headline’s fiction publishing director Jennifer Doyle won a 10-way auction...

O’Sullivan wins 2019 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Jane O'Sullivan has won the 2019 Lip magazine Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for her short story 'Limpet Teeth'. Judge Melanie Joosten said O'Sullivan's piece, chosen from a shortlist of 10,...

Better Reading to feature booksellers and librarians

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Better Reading is looking for great bookshops and libraries, booksellers and librarians to feature on our site. Our BR community is highly engaged across social media and loves hearing your...

Changes at Five Mile

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Five Mile has new staff members joining its team in newly created positions. Amanda Rae is appointed to the position of global sales executive and Caitlin Peak is appointed as...

Lorne Beach Books for sale

Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Bookshop for sale Lorne Beach Books, Lorne, Vic Opened in 1999 by David and Meryl Bartak after 20 years of owning and operating Black Mask Books in Toorak Rd, South...

‘A Room Called Earth’ sold to US, Canada

Tuesday, 25 June 2019
North American rights to Victoria-based writer Madeleine Ryan's forthcoming debut novel A Room Called Earth have been sold to Penguin Random House USA imprint Penguin Press. Rights were sold by...

Former Finch staff launch Bad Apple Press

Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Two former Finch Publishing staff have launched Bad Apple Press, a ‘boutique’ publisher of local nonfiction specialising in memoir. Bad Apple Press was founded by former Finch managing editor Samantha...

Scholastic acquires two books by Rove McManus

Monday, 24 June 2019
Scholastic Australia has acquired world rights to two children’s books by TV personality Rove McManus. Scholastic will publish the picture book Disgusting McGrossface in September and Rocky Lobstar, the first...

MWF reveals first international guests

Monday, 24 June 2019
Sonic Youth co-founder and author of the memoir Girl in a Band (Faber) Kim Gordon, Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt, and Black Lives Matter activist and author DeRay Mckesson are the...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 24 June 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...

BWF 2019 program announced

Friday, 21 June 2019
The program has been announced for the 2019 Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs from 5–8 September. Over 160 writers will appear at the festival, which in recognition of the...

Naher, Heifetz announce new literary agency

Friday, 21 June 2019
Agents Gaby Naher of The Naher Agency and Grace Heifetz of Curtis Brown Australia have partnered to form a new literary agency called Left Bank Literary. Launching on 1 July...

ANU launches Australian Common Reader database

Friday, 21 June 2019
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have launched a searchable database of Australian library records spanning 1861 to 1928. The Australian Common Reader website provides a snapshot of the...

YA debut ‘What I Like About Me’ sold to US and France

Thursday, 20 June 2019
US and Canadian rights and French-language rights have been sold to Jenna Guillaume’s YA debut What I Like About Me (Pan) to Peachtree Publishing and Pocket Jeunesse, respectively. What I Like About...

YA books shortlisted for Readings Prize

Thursday, 20 June 2019
The shortlist has been announced for the Readings Young Adult Prize, presented by the Australian independent bookseller for debut or second YA books. The shortlisted titles are: Highway Bodies (Alison...