Inaugural Ultimo Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Ultimo Press has announced the winners of the inaugural Ultimo Prize for poetry and short fiction. The 30 winning writers, who each receive $200 and whose winning pieces will be...
SRB among Australia Council Re-imagine funding recipients
Monday, 31 May 2021
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) is among 39 successful applicants for the Australia Council's Re-imagine: Sector Recovery Initiatives fund. SRB receives $47,500 for ‘Works Cited’, ‘a weekly online literary...
QBD to open new Hervey Bay, Coffs Harbour stores
Friday, 28 May 2021
The QBD Books chain is opening two new regional stores. A store in Hervey Bay, Queensland, will officially open today, with an event featuring authors Jody Allen (Earn at Home...
Mullane receives Copyright Agency Publishing Industry Career Development grant
Friday, 28 May 2021
Ultimo Press commissioning editor Brigid Mullane has received this year’s Copyright Agency Cultural Fund Publishing Industry Career Development grant, worth $5000. The grant will support Mullane to develop strategies to...
ALIA Online Storytime pilot distributes over $50,000
Friday, 28 May 2021
Since its launch at the beginning of 2021, the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Online Storytime pilot has generated $54,875 to be distributed to publishers, authors and illustrators. As...
Varuna announces inaugural Writer’s Space fellows
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the 12 recipients of the inaugural Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability or who are D/deaf. This program offers six in-person residencies...
Ultimo acquires debut memoir ‘Found, Wanting’
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Found, Wanting, the debut memoir by Natasha Sholl. On Valentine’s Day, after a night of red wine and pasta and planning for their...
Hassett joins Pantera Press as publisher
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Pantera Press has announced that Katherine Hassett will join the company as publisher and Lex Hirst is going on parental leave. Hassett was most recently associate publisher for nonfiction international...
Booktopia restructures merchandise team
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Booktopia has restructured its merchandise teams, with several changes to key personnel. Jo Lewin, formerly head of trade product, has been appointed to the newly created role of head of...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2021 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlists for the 2021 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the inaugural Humour Writing for Young People Award. The books shortlisted for...
Anderson, Elisara awarded 2021 black&write! fellowships
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
The 2021 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Susie Anderson and Tylissa Elisara. Each fellowship is worth $10,000 and includes editorial development from...
Hardie Grant acquires Ampersand Prize–shortlisted YA novels
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has acquired two additional titles from the Ampersand Prize 2020 shortlist: Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James and We Who Hunt the Hollow by...
Splice acquires Ouston debut novel ‘Clouds’
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
UK independent press Splice has acquired world English rights to debut novel Clouds by Hobart author Adam Ouston, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. According to Shaw, Clouds is 'an...
Amazon opens POD facility in Western Sydney
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Amazon has opened its first Australian print on demand (POD) facility at its Western Sydney fulfilment centre. Publishers and self-published authors will need to enrol their titles in the POD...
ABA 2021 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Monday, 24 May 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2021 ABA Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the...
Copyright Agency goes to tribunal over new schools deal
Monday, 24 May 2021
The Copyright Agency has asked the Copyright Tribunal of Australia to help design a new way to collect data on the copying and sharing of content at schools. The Copyright...
Civica library index: Australians turn to local fiction during pandemic
Monday, 24 May 2021
Civica has released its 2021 Libraries Index, which looks at the borrowing data from 34 million loans across 104 regional and metropolitan libraries in Australia and New Zealand between 1...
Robotham shortlisted for CWA Steel Dagger
Friday, 21 May 2021
Australian author Michael Robotham has been shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in the 2021 Crime Writers Association (CWA) Daggers crime writing awards. Robotham, who has twice won the...
Centre for Stories receives funding for $300K writing program
Friday, 21 May 2021
Perth's Centre for Stories has been awarded a $185,000 grant from the Ian Potter Foundation, which, combined with $83,708 from the Australia Council for the Arts and contributions from donors,...
SWF 2021 ‘emphasised the power and importance of live events’
Thursday, 20 May 2021
The 2021 Sydney Writers' Festival, which wrapped up earlier this month having run from 26 April to 2 May, achieved sales and attendance levels ‘that would have been significant even...
‘The Yield’ optioned for screen
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Tara June Winch's 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel The Yield (Penguin) has been optioned for screen adaptation. Winch is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary with the option and purchase...
Australia Reads announces 2021 special edition books
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Australia Reads has announced four new Australia Reads Special Editions publishing in late 2021 to coincide with Australian Reading Hour on Tuesday, 14 September. The following four books, valued at...
BWF 2021: rebuilding audiences in ‘a slightly strange time’
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Brisbane Writers Festival, which was held in May for the first time this year, was ‘experimental in a number of ways’ according to festival CEO Sarah Runcie. The festival was...
Byron Writers Festival announces first guests for 2021 event
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
The Byron Writers Festival, scheduled to run 6 to 8 August this year, has announced its first guests. Julia Baird (Phosphorescence, Fourth Estate), will appear on a number of festival...
Amazon picks up ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ series adaptation
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Amazon Prime Video has announced it has commissioned production on a seven-part series adaptation of Holly Ringland's 2018 novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate), with Sigourney Weaver set...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 12 longlisted novels are: Amnesty (Aravind Adiga, Picador) The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) At the...
Brio Books becomes part of Booktopia
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Booktopia has announced independent publisher Brio Books will become part of its publishing business. Booktopia will continue publishing books under the Brio imprint as part of its Booktopia Publishing division,...
Gibson wins 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Australian writer Katerina Gibson has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for their story ‘Fertile Soil’. Judge Tina Makereti, representing the Pacific region, said ‘the...
Melbourne Prize announces new categories
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced two new award categories in the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. In addition to the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature, which was won by...
Google bans ebooks on Shopping ads
Monday, 17 May 2021
Google has announced that as of 18 May, the platform will no longer allow the advertising of ebooks on Google Shopping ads. ‘This means that all Shopping ads for digital...
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