Palmer wins 2024 Ernest Scott Prize
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and history on a Central Australian pastoral station (Shannyn Palmer, MUP) has won the 2024 Ernest Scott Prize for History. Award judges Grace Karskens and Frank...
ALS Gold Medal 2024 longlist announced
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. Longlisted works include: Frank (Jordie Albiston, NLA Publishing) The Prize (Kim E Anderson, Pantera) Like to...
Editorial and publishing assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Allen & Unwin Capable and organised assistant wanted at Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publishing house, to support several publishers and a busy editorial department. To thrive in...
Amba Press welcomes Andrew Fuller and Georgie Brooks
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Educational publisher Amba Press welcomes clinical psychologist Andrew Fuller (author of The A to Z of Feelings, Unlocking Your Child’s Genius, Your Best Life at Any Age, Tricky Behaviours, Tricky...
Changes in distribution sales & returns for Aconyte Books in Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Aconyte Books will no longer be distributed by Simon & Schuster Australia after 31 August 2024. All requests for returns authorisations must be with HEDS by 5 October 2024. Requests...
Book Face opens store in Northbridge, NSW
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Bookselling chain Book Face has opened its fifth store—a bookstore in the Sydney suburb of Northbridge. Store manager Luke Holmes said that the company opened a bookstore in the area...
‘Murdle’ wins book of the year at the 2024 British Book Awards
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Murdle, a collection of murder mystery puzzles by G T Karber (Souvenir Press), has won book of the year at the 2024 British Book Awards, as well as taking out...
Wellington bookstore Good Books closed
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Good Books, in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, has ceased trading. The bookshop, established in late 2020 by writers Catherine Robertson and Jane Arthur, had its final day of operation last...
Edgar Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 13 May 2024
Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television’ published or produced in 2023....
SLNSW offers new $50K creative writing fellowship
Monday, 13 May 2024
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the creation of a new $50,000 creative writing fellowship, as well as a new Summer Scholars Program. The $50,000 Imago Creative Writing...
NT Writers Festival announces 2024 program
Monday, 13 May 2024
The NT Writers Festival has announced the program for its 2024 festival, which will run from 27 to 30 June on Larrakia Country in Darwin (Garramilla). Events will take place outdoors at...
Aotearoa Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
Monday, 13 May 2024
The shortlist for the Aotearoa Book Industry Awards Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The 16 books in the running for the award, which will be voted for by booksellers,...
Pantera acquires Eley’s romantasy ‘The Rule’
Monday, 13 May 2024
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The Rule by Bronwyn Eley in a two-book deal. The Rule is a fantasy novel following Zinha, a member of the underground assassin...
The Voice to Parliament Handbook wins ABIA book of the year
Thursday, 9 May 2024
The winners of the 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced, with The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Thomas Mayo & Kerry O’Brien, HG Explore) taking out the overall book...
Hachette announces restructure, King to oversee international divisions
Thursday, 9 May 2024
Hachette has announced a restructure, involving changes to its UK and US operations, that the publisher says is ‘designed to meet consumer needs in all formats and fuel Hachette’s growth...
Birch, McMullin win 2024 Age Book of the Year awards
Thursday, 9 May 2024
The winners of the Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Tony Birch won the fiction award for his novel Women & Children (UQP) and Ross McMullin won...
Levitina shortlisted for UK Historical Novel Society’s First Chapters Competition
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Sydney author Julia Levitina has been shortlisted for the UK Historical Novel Society’s (HNS) First Chapters Competition. Levitina was shortlisted in the 20th-century historical fiction category for the opening chapters...
Pulitzer Prize 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
In the US, the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the book categories were: Fiction Night Watch (Jayne Anne Phillips, Fleet) Nonfiction A Day...
Vale Geoff Selig
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Executive director of IVE Geoff Selig has died. Print21 writes: The print community is reeling, as it mourns the passing of industry titan Geoff Selig, executive chair of IVE, who...
Wright wins second Stella; NSW, WA premiers’ lit awards shortlists; Hachette on Best Places to Work list
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Last Thursday Alexis Wright became the first author to win the Stella Prize twice, with her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (Giramondo), named the winner of the $60,000 award in a ceremony in...
Gohan by Emiko Davies takes out top cookbook prize
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Smith Street Books are delighted to announce that Emiko Davies’ Gohan has won the prestigious Fortnum & Mason Cookbook of the Year, as well as the André Simon Special Commendation...
Vote now in the University of Sydney People’s Choice Award within the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Voting is now open for this year’s University of Sydney People’s Choice Award as a part of the 2024 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Cast your vote now to go in...
Publicist, Melbourne
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Thames & Hudson Australia Thames & Hudson publishes beautiful, useful books on all aspects of culture and creativity. Family owned, resolutely independent and internationally minded, we aim to create a...
Unlock Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Unlock Books+Publishing, Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements...
PANZ 2024 conference first guests announced; Meredith appointed association director
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
The first guests for the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) International Conference, to be held in Auckland on 1 and 2 August, have been announced....
Slaughter wins 2024 Calibre Essay Prize
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Tracey Slaughter has won the 2024 Australian Book Review (ABR) Calibre Essay Prize. Slaughter’s essay, ‘why your hair is long & your stories short’, was chosen...
Varuna announces Roderick Centre Fellowship for Regional and Remote Writers
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Varuna, The National Writers’ House has announced a new fellowship program—the Roderick Centre Fellowship for Regional and Remote Writers. Described by Varuna as ‘the only national literary program in Australia...
S&S agrees to acquire Netherlands publisher VBK
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Netherlands publisher VBK (Veen Bosch & Keuning). ‘In the months since we became a standalone, independent publishing...
Fremantle Press’s Bookaburras program to receive support from Premier’s Summer Reading Challenge, KindiLink
Monday, 6 May 2024
Fremantle Press’s early reading program, Bookaburras, will launch a regional tour featuring Bookaburras Ambassadors across Western Australia, following the announcement of additional support from the Premier's Summer Reading Challenge and...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 6 May 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) The Sun Walks Down (Fiona McFarlane,...
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