Auckland Writers Festival program announced
Thursday, 11 March 2021
The program for the 2021 Auckland Writers Festival, which runs from 11–16 May, has been announced. In-person guests include fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and his partner, singer and author Amanda...
Ultimo acquires Moore-Gilbert memoir
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s memoir, in a joint venture with James Erskine at Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Australian–British academic Moore-Gilbert was imprisoned for 804 days...
Byrne to adapt ‘The Geography of Friendship’ for TV
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Sally Piper's 2018 novel The Geography of Friendship (UQP) will be adapted for television as a six-part series. Dollhouse Pictures, a creative collective and independent production company founded by actress...
Black Inc. sells world rights to ‘Return to Uluru’
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna to Stephen Morrow at Dutton, Penguin USA. McKenna’s history–true crime hybrid addresses the actions...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘Bidjigal Double Brick Dreaming’ by Brooke Scobie ‘Border...
Island launches nonfiction prize
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Island magazine has launched a new nonfiction prize. With support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize will award the winner $3000, a subscription to Island...
Overland announces Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Overland has announced the 2020 shortlist for the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. The shortlisted stories, chosen from over 500 entries, are: ‘Crossroads' by Adam Thompson 'Six Facts About Monarchs'...
S&S acquires Betts autobiography
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired the autobiography of AFL footballer Eddie Betts. Betts, who has played over 300 games for Carlton and Adelaide during his career and kicked...
‘Intoxicating’ wins André Simon Food and Drink book award
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
In the UK, Max Allen's Intoxicating: Ten drinks that shaped Australia (Thames & Hudson) has won the 2020 Drink Award at the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards. Awards judge...
joanne burns Microlit Award 2021 winners announced
Friday, 5 March 2021
Writers Jane O’Sullivan and Deborah Van Heekeren have each been awarded prizes in the 2021 joanne burns Microlit Award. This year the prize invited writers to submit fiction or prose...
Centre for Stories’ Wood named Westpac Social Change Fellow
Friday, 5 March 2021
Creative director of Perth's Centre for Stories Robert Wood has won a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. Valued at $50,000, the national prize is awarded by the Westpac Foundation to 10...
Stella Prize 2021 longlist announced
Friday, 5 March 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts...
PRH acquires Abdel-Magied nonfiction book
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Talking About a Revolution, a new nonfiction title by Sudanese-Australian writer Yassmin Abdel-Magied, from Clare Forster of Curtis Brown. In...
ASA writers and illustrators mentorship program winners announced
Thursday, 4 March 2021
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of its 2021 Award Mentorship Program for Writers and Illustrators. Children’s and YA Inda Ahmad Zabri Bianca Breen Kay Crabbe...
Sayer wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2021
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Writers Victoria has announced that Mandy Sayer has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Australian silent filmmakers the McDonagh sisters. Between 1926 and...
Wollongong Writers Festival to close
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Wollongong Writers Festival has announced it is closing following the loss of Create NSW annual organisations funding. Founded in 2013 by writer Chloe Higgins, the not-for-profit festival received annual funding...
S&S signs three ‘Halifax’ novels
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex Canada) to three novels by television writer and creator Roger Simpson, featuring his Halifax f.p. television character Jane...
Hachette Australia reports record year, revenue up 26%
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Hachette Australia has reported a record year in net sales in 2020, with an increase of 26% on 2019. Hachette UK also reported a record year for sales, while Hachette...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
The shortlists for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from longlists announced in January, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize...
Oswald, McGahan, St John TV adaptations receive funding
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Television adaptations of novels The Family Doctor (Debra Oswald, A&U), The Rich Man's House (Andrew McGahan, A&U) and The Ladies in Black (Madeleine St John, Text) are among 21 projects sharing...
Byron Writers Festival announces Restart funding program
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Byron Writers Festival has announced a new residency program funded by Create NSW, which has granted the festival $185,000 to be disbursed in residencies as well as free workshops for...
S&S Australia reports record year, sales up 15%
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Total sales at Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia grew to more than $50 million for the first time, up 15% on 2019, the company reports. S&S Australia managing director Dan...
Pantera acquires debut thriller
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The Scarlet Cross, a ‘gripping debut psychological thriller’ by Lyn McFarlane, from Jane Novak Literary Agency. McFarlane said she is ‘delighted to be...
UQP to publish Indigenous speculative fiction anthology
Monday, 1 March 2021
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) will publish an anthology of Indigenous speculative fiction in collaboration with Koori and Lebanese writer Mykaela Saunders, who will curate and edit the collection....
Scribner acquires Cave’s ‘Into the Rip’
Monday, 1 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia’s Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Into the Rip: How the Australian way of risk made my family braver, happier … and less American by...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Friday, 26 February 2021
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2021 has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted titles, for readers aged 5 to 12, are: The Power of Positive Pranking...
Transit Lounge acquires Bacon short story collection
Friday, 26 February 2021
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Eugen Bacon’s short story collection Danged Black Thing. Bacon is an African-Australian computer scientist and writer of speculative fiction, whose previous titles have...
Wakefield acquires Roff debut short fiction collection
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Wakefield Press has acquired world rights to the debut short fiction collection, provisionally titled Third Heaven, by Adelaide writer Andrew Roff, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. ‘Roff’s daring, irreverent...
ARRA 2020 finalists announced
Thursday, 25 February 2021
The finalists for the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Association's (ARRA) annual awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Favourite paranormal romance Alpha Night (Nalini Singh, Gollancz) Famine...
UQP acquires Atkins picture book
Thursday, 25 February 2021
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Egg, the first picture book by YA author Clare Atkins. A ‘multi-layered picture book with thought-provoking metaphors around environment, generational...
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