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PANZ launches New Zealand Books website 

Wednesday, 23 March 2022
The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has launched a new website, NewZealandBooks.com, to ‘overcome the tyranny of distance and the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19...

Beatnik named Bologna publisher of the year, Oceania

Beatnik logo Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Beatnik Publishing is the winner of the Oceania category of the 2022 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year. The Bologna Children’s Book...

UQP acquires Sakr poetry collection 

Monday, 21 March 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired Non-Essential Work, the third poetry collection by Sydney-based Arab Australian poet Omar Sakr. UQP says Sakr's 'much-anticipated' follow-up to his 2019 collection The...

QBD opens new Adelaide store 

Monday, 21 March 2022
QBD Books will open its biggest store to date in Adelaide's Rundle Mall in late March. The new store at 138 Rundle Mall will have 300 square metres of books...

New Holland sells NZ business to Upstart 

Friday, 18 March 2022
New Holland Publishing Group has sold its Aotearoa New Zealand publishing business to Auckland-based independent publisher Upstart Press. Nonfiction publisher New Holland has been publishing in NZ for over 20...

Williams to leave SWF after 2022 festival

Friday, 18 March 2022
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) artistic director Michael Williams has announced that the upcoming festival, to be held 16–22 May, will be his last. Williams was appointed to the role of...

ABA conference 2022 program announced

Friday, 18 March 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the first guests for its two-day conference, to be held in person 12–13 June at the the Sheraton Grand Hyde Park in Sydney....

Pandiella joins Welbeck ANZ 

Thursday, 17 March 2022
Welbeck ANZ has announced the appointment of Anabel Pandiella as head of publicity and marketing. Pandiella joins the publisher from Simon & Schuster (S&S), where she was appointed marketing and...

Australian Book Design Awards 2022 longlists announced

Wednesday, 16 March 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best...

Varuna Pitch Me! inaugural fellows announced

Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Varuna has announced the two recipients of the inaugural Pitch Me! Fellowship, established to connect Australian writers with the publishing industry. The two successful applicants, chosen from 39 submissions, are:...

Floods devastate Lismore Library, Book Warehouse

Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Lismore Library and the Book Warehouse Lismore have both been badly affected by the floods that have devastated the Northern Rivers area in New South Wales. Lismore Library has had...

HarperCollins acquires Blurton memoir 

Tuesday, 15 March 2022
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to The Bachelorette star Brooke Blurton's memoir Big Love, in a publishing deal across all editions including audio. Blurton is also collaborating with Bigambul and Wakka...

Penguin Literary Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Friday, 11 March 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'On a Bright Hillside in Paradise' by Annette Higgs, about a...

ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize shortlist announced

Friday, 11 March 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins publishing division HQ have announced the shortlist for the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The winner will receive...

Warburton appointed ALIA CEO

Thursday, 10 March 2022
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the appointment of Cathie Warburton as its new CEO, replacing Sue McKerracher who left the organisation in January. Warburton has experience...

ASA, writers festivals receive RISE funding 

Wednesday, 9 March 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Australian Short Story Festival and the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival have each received funding in the seventh and final round of...

Chidgey, Mason longlisted for 2022 Women’s Prize

Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writers Catherine Chidgey and Meg Mason have been longlisted for the £30,000 (A$54,000) Women’s Prize for Fiction. Chidgey, the author of six novels, is longlisted for Remote Sympathy,...

Wang appointed Australian Children’s Laureate 2022–23

Wednesday, 9 March 2022
The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) has named Gabrielle Wang as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2022–23. Melbourne-based Wang is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 20 books, including...

A&U acquires trans and gender diverse anthology 

Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the anthology Nothing to Hide: Voices of trans and gender diverse Australia. Edited by Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees and...

A&U acquires Kostakis YA novel 

Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to a new novel by YA author Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something. The queer contemporary YA novel is, according to the publisher,...

 

 

 

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