Arnott, Mahood win Age Book of the Year awards
Friday, 5 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. Robbie Arnott won the fiction award for Limberlost (Text) and Kim Mahood won the nonfiction prize for...
Vallance wins 2023 Rosie Award
Thursday, 4 May 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) senior editor Cathy Vallance has won the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie, for her editorial work on Zana Fraillon’s middle-grade verse novel...
BookPeople gift card program, new research
Thursday, 4 May 2023
BookPeople launched its new gift cards program last month, selling both digital and physical cards which can be redeemed at BookPeople member bookshops and Collins and Dymocks shops across Australia....
Romance Writers of Australia Conference 2023 program announced
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) annual conference will be held in Sydney from 11–13 August at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. Under the theme of ‘All That Glitters’, the program...
Books without barriers: a new guide to accessible inclusive publishing
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
The product of two years’ work by IPEd’s Accessibility Initiative Working Party, based on a review of the international literature and a survey of local publishers, the new publication Books...
Vale John Tranter
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Poet, editor and critic John Tranter has died, aged 79. The Copyright Agency writes: 'We’re saddened to hear of the passing of John Tranter, renowned Australian poet, editor, critic, reviewer,...
Local authors on Daggers longlist
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In the UK, the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) has announced the longlists for its Dagger Awards. Authors from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are among those longlisted for the annual...
B&N workers at flagship store launch union drive
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In the US, workers at the flagship Barnes & Noble (B&N) shop in New York City’s Union Square have requested a union election with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store...
Vale Jock Zonfrillo
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Scottish-born chef and MasterChef host Jock Zonfrillo has died, aged 46. Simon & Schuster published Zonfrillo's autobiography Last Shot in 2021. S&S commercial nonfiction publisher Emma Nolan writers: 'Jock was...
Vale Barry Humphries
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Australian comedian, actor, and author Barry Humphries has died. He was the author of numerous books, including two autobiographies and two novels. Hachette Australia said staff are saddened to hear...
All That’s Left to Say
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
A heart-wrenching teen mystery about one girl who is willing to risk everything to find the truth. An exciting new direction for award-winning Young Adult author, Emery Lord. Someone gave...
Bookseller, Melbourne
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Jeffreys Books Jeffreys Books is looking for a bookseller for 30+ hours per week. We’re looking for someone who reads avidly and loves the thrill of sharing knowledge to sell...
Marketing manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books Australia is an award-winning publishing house. For nearly thirty years, we have published outstanding children’s books for readers of all ages. We have...
Publicist or senior publicist, Melbourne
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Text Publishing Text Publishing is looking for a full-time Publicist or Senior Publicist, depending on industry experience, to join its energetic, highly effective publicity team. Duties include initiating and running...
Dale wins 2023 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Queensland Poetry has announced that Madeleine Dale has won the 2023 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for her manuscript The Water-Bearers. Dale receives $2000 and a publishing contract with UQP. Judges...
Best Australian Yarn prize pool grows to $75,000
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
The 2023 Best Australian Yarn short story competition has a $75,000 prize pool, with $50,000 to be awarded to the competition winner. This year’s award includes two new categories, the...
Fagan files suit against A&U
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Allen & Unwin (A&U) publisher Kelly Fagan has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her employer, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. On 31 March, Justice Robert Bromwich ordered A&U ‘not...
Wheeler Centre 2023 Hot Desk fellows
Monday, 1 May 2023
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2023 Hot Desk Fellowships. The 21 Hot Desk fellows are: moirra Caroline Arnoul Sienna Barton Sue deGennaro Elese Dowden Anneliz...
NT Writers Festival launches 2023 program
Monday, 1 May 2023
The NT Writers Festival has launched the program for this year's event, which takes place from 1–4 June 2023 in the Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Mparntwe/Alice Springs on Arrernte...
Reynolds reportedly settles with publisher, journalist over alleged defamation in ‘Ego’
Monday, 1 May 2023
Former federal minister Linda Reynolds has settled with journalist Aaron Patrick and publisher HarperCollins over allegedly defamatory statements made in the book Ego: Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party’s civil...
Ellis wins 2023 Calibre Essay Prize
Friday, 28 April 2023
Sydney writer Tracy Ellis has won the 2023 Australian Book Review (ABR) Calibre Essay Prize for her essay ‘Flow States’. Ellis, who won the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story...
Open Book 2023 interns announced
Friday, 28 April 2023
The successful applicants for the 2023 Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship have been announced. Selected from over 220 applications were Enchinea Close-Brown, Keerthana Ravindran and Isabelle Webb. Close-Brown, who will...
Hachette on AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list
Friday, 28 April 2023
Hachette Australia has been included in this year’s Best Places to Work list, published annually by the Australian Financial Review and BOSS magazine. The publisher placed seventh in the Retail, Hospitality,...
Shapiro named Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners
Friday, 28 April 2023
In the UK, James Shapiro has won the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award—being held to celebrate the prize’s 25th anniversary—for his book 1599: A year in the life of...
De Kretser shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize
Friday, 28 April 2023
In the UK, Michelle de Kretser has been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s (RSL) Ondaatje Prize, for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). Scary Monsters is one of five books shortlisted...
Holland-Batt wins 2023 Stella Prize for ‘The Jaguar’
Friday, 28 April 2023
Sarah Holland-Batt has won the 2023 Stella Prize, worth $60,000, for The Jaguar (UQP). It’s the second time a poetry collection has won the award, following Evelyn Araluen’s win last...
ABS survey finds children are reading less
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Children’s participation in reading for pleasure has dropped from 79% in 2017–18 to 72% in 2021–22, according to a survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The survey on...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 27 April 2023
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. The books shortlisted for the...
Women’s Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 April 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 International Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six titles shortlisted for the award are: Black Butterflies (Priscilla Morris, Duckworth Books) Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver, Faber) Fire...
UK survey of debut authors finds lack of support from publishers
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
In the UK, a survey by the Bookseller has found more than half of debut authors (54%) report that publishing their book had a negative effect on their mental health....
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