Melbourne Prize for Literature finalists announced
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced the finalists for the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. The finalists are: Melbourne Prize for Literature ($60,000) Jordie Albiston Maxine Beneba Clarke Pi O...
Bray to leave Bloomsbury Australia
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Bloomsbury Australia managing director Liz Bray has decided to step down from the role later this year. In a statement, Bray said she is leaving ‘to create some time and...
Merriman YA novels optioned for screen
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Screen adaption rights to YA novels Catch Me When You Fall and Invisibly Breathing by New Zealand author Eileen Merriman have been optioned by Enjoy Entertainment, in a deal negotiated...
‘The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name’ sells to North America
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has sold North American rights to The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira to Abrams Books. The deal,...
Hachette acquires Burr crime debut in two-book deal
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Hachette has acquired world rights to two crime novels by Canberra debut author Shelley Burr in a ‘hotly contested’ international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck between Hachette Australia...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021 winners announced
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2021 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Selected from shortlists announced in June, the winning titles in each category are: Picture fiction...
Bourke wins 2021 Stanner Award
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Sarah Bourke has won the 2021 Stanner Award, presented biannually by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) to the best academic manuscript written by an...
Booktopia secures new Enfield facility
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Booktopia has secured an additional 13,500 sqm of warehousing and distribution space at Enfield in Sydney’s South West. The new facility will complement Booktopia’s existing major distribution centre in Lidcombe,...
Ingram announces local name change
Monday, 13 September 2021
Ingram has announced that its local operation Lightning Source Australia has been renamed Ingram Content Group Australia. The company said the name was changed in order to ‘create a more consistent...
NZ awards news: Kake wins NZ Writers’ Award, Yang wins Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize
Monday, 13 September 2021
Jade Kake has won the 2021 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Writers’ Award, worth NZ$25,000 (A$24,150)....
Awards this week
Friday, 10 September 2021
In awards news this past week, Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron won the revived Age Book of the Year award; the winners of the $10,000 ACU Poetry Prize and NSW...
EPAA 2021 winners announced
Friday, 10 September 2021
The winners of the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The winners in each category are: Secondary publisher of the year Jacaranda Primary publisher of the year...
Queensland Literary Awards 2021 winners announced
Friday, 10 September 2021
The winners of the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. Visual artist Fiona Foley was awarded the $25,000 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for her...
Ghosh to headline Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Perth
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Writing WA has announced the program for the inaugural Ubud Readers & Writers Festival (URWF) Perth, running from 8–10 October at the Rechabite Hall in Perth's CBD. UWRF Perth will...
UQP opens bookshop
Thursday, 9 September 2021
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced the opening of UQP Bookshop, an on-campus bookshop at the university's main campus in St Lucia, Brisbane. The shop will exclusively stock...
$100k Historical Novel Prize longlists announced
Thursday, 9 September 2021
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlist for the second annual ARA Historical Novel Prize and the inaugural longlist for its children's and young adult (CYA) category....
Lonely Planet announces staff changes, looks to ‘inevitable rebound’
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Chris Zeiher to the newly created role of senior director, trade sales and marketing, in which he will lead the travel publisher's global...
Banjo Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
HarperCollins Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘My Father the Whale’ (Gina Perry) ‘The Wishbone...
Auckland booksellers remain in level four lockdown, unable to sell online
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Booksellers in Auckland remain under level four lockdown, with guidance from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to the Publishers Association of New Zealand, Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ)...
Murchison wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Hobart-based poet Anna Murchison has won the 2021 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Poetry Prize, Australia's richest poetry award. Murchison receives $10,000 for her poem ‘Child of Gath-hepher’. Carolyn Masel was...
Australian Short Story Festival 2021 program announced
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
After being cancelled in 2020, the Australian Short Story Festival (ASSF) will be held in Adelaide from 5–7 November 2021. The 2021 program features established authors including Maxine Beneba Clarke...
‘The Rain Heron’ wins Age Book of the Year
Monday, 6 September 2021
Robbie Arnott has won the 2021 Age Book of the Year for his novel The Rain Heron (Text). It's the 40th time the award has been presented following a nine-year hiatus....
Australia Reads, Online Storytime receive RISE funding
Monday, 6 September 2021
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) will receive $300,000 for new initiatives by the Australia Reads campaign from the federal government’s Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund. The Australia...
Richell Prize 2021 longlist announced
Monday, 6 September 2021
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the longlist for the 2021 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted writers will be judged on the first three...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2021 winners announced
Monday, 6 September 2021
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2021 NSW Premier's History Awards, worth $15,000 each. Selected from shortlists announced in August, the winning titles in...
Wright wins 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
Friday, 3 September 2021
David Thomas Henry Wright has won the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for A Condensed History of the Australian Camel. Judge Roanna Gonsalves described Wright’s entry as ‘a work...
New bookshop opens in Melbourne’s west
Friday, 3 September 2021
New independent bookshop The Chestnut Tree has opened in West Footscray, a suburb in Melbourne’s inner west. Located on a corner of the main street in West Footscray, The Chestnut...
‘Ghost Bird’ sells to UK
Thursday, 2 September 2021
UK independent publisher Old Barn Books has bought UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada and ANZ) rights to Lisa Fuller's YA novel Ghost Bird from University of Queensland Press (UQP). The...
Writers SA, Liminal announce new partnership
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Writers SA has partnered with literary platform Liminal magazine to launch two new initiatives that will provide writing and mentorship opportunities for Asian-Australian writers and editors based in South Australia....
Stella Prize rebrands, expands eligibility
Thursday, 2 September 2021
The Stella Prize has revealed a new identity and website in a rebranding announcement to mark 10 years of the prize. Under its new identity the organisation has announced changes...
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