‘Smash All the Windows’ wins inaugural Selfies Award Archive
Monday, 25 March 2019
In the UK, Jane Davis’ self-published novel Smash All the Windows has won the inaugural Selfies Award for a self-published work of fiction. Smash All the Windows explores the emotional...
Scribe acquires debut novel by Horton Archive
Friday, 22 March 2019
Scribe has acquired world rights to Luke Horton's debut novel, The Fogging, which was highly commended in the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards unpublished manuscript prize. Rights were acquired at...
‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 Archive
Friday, 22 March 2019
In the UK, Onjali Q Raúf’s novel The Boy at the Back of the Class (Orion Children's Books) has won the £5000 (A$9230) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, reports the Bookseller....
Arena Magazine launches $1000 Alan Roberts Prize Archive
Friday, 22 March 2019
The Arena Foundation, in association with Arena Magazine, has launched an annual prize for the best essay related to ‘ecology, social life or a politics for the future’. Entries to...
Red Room Poetry fellowship shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 22 March 2019
Red Room Poetry has announced the shortlist for its 2019 fellowship, which recognises the achievements and artistic goals of contemporary Australian poets. The 11 shortlisted poets are: Richard James Allen...
‘Ninja Switch!’ tops Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
It’s no surprise that Allen & Unwin has snapped up the rights to three new children’s book series by Anh Do. The bestselling children’s author—who first came to the attention...
Big Sky Publishing lands 17-book US deal Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Big Sky Publishing has sold North American and US territories rights to 17 children’s books to independent educational publishing house Rosen Publishing. The deal includes the picture book Cat Spies...
Australian couple wins at France’s Prix Sorcières Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
The picture book Petit Soldat (Editions du Seuil) by Australia-based couple Pierre Jacques Ober and Jules Ober has won the Prix Carrement Beau Maxi (for most beautiful book in the...
Big Sky Publishing’s newest rights opportunities Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
New and upcoming titles from Big Sky Publishing include gripping YA historical fiction Hadamar: The House of Shudders, in which true-crime author and historian Jason Foster brings to light little-known...
Local voices on a global stage Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Two recent international rights successes for children’s books by Indigenous authors—Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina’s YA novel Catching Teller Crow (Allen & Unwin) selling into the UK and US, and a...
Big Sky, Follow After Me, Banner Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Report says up to 60 Big W stores could close Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Up to 60 Big W stores may be forced to close according to a recent Macquarie Wealth Management report, first reported in the Australian. Woolworths Group, which owns the discount...
Red Room Poetry expands Poetry in First Languages schools program to QLD, NT, ACT Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Red Room Poetry is expanding its Poetry in First Languages (PIFL) program in 2019 to include Queensland, the Northern Territory and the ACT. The PIFL program teaches poetry, music, dance...
US Christian bookstore chain to close 170 bricks-and-mortar stores Archive
Thursday, 21 March 2019
In the US, Christian bookstore chain LifeWay Christian Resources has announced that it will close all 170 of its physical stores by the end of 2019, reports Publishers Weekly. LifeWay...
Faber CEO calls on publishers to ‘have courage’ in face of Brexit Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
‘I fear there are those who believe that global English language markets are in their interests, both retailers and publishers. They are not.’—In his keynote at the London Book Fair’s...
ABDA: Awards presentation date confirmed Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the winners presentation for the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards will be held at the State Library of New South Wales on...
Publishers Publicity Circle: first Melbourne meeting on 21 March Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The recently launched Melbourne chapter of the Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC), will hold its first meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, 21 March, at the Penguin Random House offices in...
Meg McKinlay’s ‘Catch a Falling Star’ Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
'McKinlay’s gift for writing accessible characters for younger readers shines through in Catch a Falling Star, with a solid story grounded in the thoughtful exploration of grief.' ... read Tehani Croft's...
Forthcoming Wood novel sold to US, UK Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Charlotte Wood's forthcoming novel The Weekend (A&U, October) has been sold to Riverhead in the US and Weidenfeld & Nicolson (W&N) in the UK, reports the Bookseller. The novel, Wood's first...
Australian Library Design Awards 2019 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The winners of the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Design Awards for new and refurbished libraries have been announced. The winning libraries are: Public libraries Shellharbour City...
Trump budget proposes elimination of US federal library funding Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
US president Donald Trump’s 2020 budget proposes the permanent elimination of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) ‘and with it virtually all federal library funding’, reports Publishers...
ABC Books acquires ‘Makybe Diva’ by Trevor Marshallsea Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
ABC Books is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of the first substantial biography of the incredible Makybe Diva. Before Winx, before Black Caviar, there was Makybe Diva, the trailblazer...
2019 Voss Literary Prize open for entries Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations for the sixth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
Call for submissions for Commercial Fiction Fellowship for First Nation Writers Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Harlequin Australia at HarperCollinsPublishers has partnered with Flinders University and Writers SA to offer a commercial fiction fellowship for First Nations Writers. The fellowship offers a First Nations writer a...
PANZ Book Design Awards entries open Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Publishers Association of NZ (PANZ) has announced it has opened entries for the 2019 Book Design Awards. All entry forms and criteria are also available on the website. Entries close...
‘The Trauma Cleaner’ shortlisted for Wellcome Book Prize Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay and Disaster (Text) is one of six books shortlisted for the UK’s Wellcome Book Prize. The annual prize,...
2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
In the UK, the shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2019 have been announced. The works shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for an outstanding book for children and...
ABDA launches half-price student membership; announces 2019 awards date Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has introduced its first student membership. Available to full-time and part-time students studying graphic or communication design in Australia, the student membership is priced...
Muhling appointed EWF executive director Archive
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Alice Muhling has commenced in her role as executive director of the Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF). A creative producer and arts manager, Muhling has previously held the positions of acting...
The author next door: Stocking self-published books Archive
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Kelsey Oldham talks to booksellers about stocking self-published books. Most Australian bookshops acknowledge that stocking self-published books is important—in theory. In practice, however, store policies are often opaque or ad-hoc,...
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