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Award winners to look out for

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Illustrated books Open Your Heart to Country by Dharug author/illustrator Jasmine Seymour (Magabala) won in the children’s category of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) and is described by Books+Publishing...

Meet the agent: Lisa Fuller at Alex Adsett Literary

Photograph of Lisa Fuller Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Lisa Fuller is a Wuilli Wuilli woman from Eidsvold, Queensland, and is also descended from Gooreng Gooreng and Wakka Wakka peoples. Her debut YA novel Ghost Bird won numerous awards...

Australian authors recommend

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Australian creators tell us the most recent book they have read and loved, and why. Anton Clifford-Motopi is the debut author of the novel To and Fro (Allen & Unwin...

The Midnight Rose

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Leo is an apprentice at the Alchemical Court when one night changes everything. When the castle is attacked and Leo is told to flee, he hurriedly draws a new portal...

Making Shadows

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Making Shadows spans the years 1941 to 1992. It focuses on a group of Australian veterans and their post-war struggles. Readers can expect an escalation of organised crime, mental illness,...

Administrative assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Rockpool Publishing Administrative Assistant Role description This is a full-time on-site role for an Administrative Assistant at Rockpool Publishing Pty Ltd located in Leichhardt, NSW. The Administrative Assistant will provide...

Voss Literary Prize 2024

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the tenth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...

Learning consultant primary (QLD), Brisbane

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Cengage Learning Pty Ltd About us Cengage is a leading educational content, technology, and services company for the higher education, vocational, school, professional and library markets. We provide superior content,...

Thames & Hudson Australia to distribute Enchanted Lion

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Previous distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Thames & Hudson Australia Changeover date: 1 March 2024 NewSouth Books will be accepting all Enchanted Lion returns until 31 May. Thames & Hudson...

Learning consultant primary (WA/SA), Perth

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Cengage Learning Pty Ltd About us Cengage is a leading educational content, technology, and services company for the higher education, vocational, school, professional and library markets. We provide superior content,...

Media & communications coordinator, Queenscliffe/remote

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Queenscliffe Literary Festival The Media and Comms Coordinator is responsible for promoting QLF through traditional media, social media, newsletters, website, and marketing materials. This is a contract position from early...

HANA: The audacity to be free

Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Hana Assafiri is a much loved and revered social activist and radical entrepreneur. Through the medium of food and dining in her now-renowned Moroccan Soup Bar, Hana has worked tirelessly...

CBCA 2024 shortlists announced

CBCA shortlist Tuesday, 19 March 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its shortlist for the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted books in each category, selected from the 2024...

Skate appointed Writers Victoria CEO

Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Writers Victoria has appointed Julie Skate as its new CEO. Skate takes over the role from Lucy Hamilton, who in February announced she would depart after three-and-a-half years with the...

Auckland Writers Festival program announced

Monday, 18 March 2024
The program for the Auckland Writers Festival, which will run 14–19 May 2024, has been announced. Fiction headliners include prize-winning novelist Ann Patchett; international bestselling author Celeste Ng; Pulitzer Prize–winning...

Aurealis Awards shortlists announced

Monday, 18 March 2024
The shortlists for the 2023 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among longer-form works shortlisted for this year’s awards are: Best...

‘The Bee Sting’ wins Nero Book Prize

Cover of The Bee Sting Monday, 18 March 2024
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (Hamish Hamilton) has won the overall Nero Book Prize, worth £30,000 (A$57,684). Murray’s novel was chosen unanimously as the winner by a judging panel chaired...

Local publishers nominated for Bologna Prize

Thursday, 14 March 2024
Australian publishers Affirm Press, Fremantle Press and Hardie Grant Children's Publishing and Aotearoa New Zealand publishers Scholastic New Zealand and Huia Publishers have been shortlisted for this year’s Bologna Prize...

Affirm Press signs Sweatshop mentees Nour and Barnette

Thursday, 14 March 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to books by Egyptian-Australian writer and journalist Daniel Nour and African-American Australian writer Tyree Barnette. Nour and Barnette were recipients of the 2021 Affirm...

Carnegie Medal 2024 shortlists announced

Thursday, 14 March 2024
In the UK, the 2024 shortlists for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration) and the Carnegie Medal for Writing have been announced....

Fullagar wins 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

An image of Kate Fullagar Thursday, 14 March 2024
Social and cultural historian Kate Fullagar is the winner of the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, worth $20,000. Fullagar was awarded the fellowship for her proposed biography, ‘The Secret Life...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards closing date 19 March

Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Entries close soon for the richest literary prize in the nation. Up to $100,000 will be awarded in each of the six categories: fiction, non-fiction, young adult literature, children’s literature,...

Global book report highlights growing book prices

Wednesday, 13 March 2024
A new Nielsen BookData-GfK study of the global book market has found that publishing revenue and book prices grew in many countries in 2023, reports Publishing Perspectives. The Global Book...