Australian authors and industry figures recognised in 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
The recipients of the 2020 Queens Birthday Honours have been announced. Among the recipients were Australian authors and industry figures including Marcia Langton, Sean Dorney, Herb Wharton, Karen Williams, Scott...
Perlego book ‘streaming’ service launches in Australia and New Zealand
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Textbook ‘streaming’ service Perlego, first established in 2016 by London-based founders Gauthier Van Malderen and Matt Davis, has launched in Australia and New Zealand. Van Malderen told Books+Publishing Australian demand...
UQP acquires debut essay collection by Nyuon
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired a collection of essays on identity by South Sudanese–Australian lawyer, community advocate, writer and public speaker Nyadol Nyuon. Nyuon is a lawyer...
Booksellers’ Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced
Friday, 5 June 2020
The shortlists for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the 2020 awards are: Adult fiction book...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2020 finalists announced
Friday, 5 June 2020
The finalists for the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlists in each category, chosen from a record 178 entries, are: Picture...
Wright hosts new web series
Friday, 5 June 2020
The State Library of Victoria and University of Melbourne have partnered to present a new three-part web series hosted by award-winning author Alexis Wright. Signposts: Stories for our fragile times...
S&S acquires Pickett life story ‘Belief’
Friday, 5 June 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired Belief, the life story of Richmond Tigers player Marlion Pickett from the Jane Novak Literary Agency via Pickett’s agent, Anthony Van Der Wielen...
REAL Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Thursday, 4 June 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards—which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards) and...
ASA calls for JobKeeper extension amid ‘slow and long’ Covid fallout
Thursday, 4 June 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has called for an extension of the federal government’s JobKeeper payments beyond the end of September for creators who currently can't access the scheme due...
S&S acquires two books by Kailas Wild
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired illustrated book The 99th Koala and an as yet untitled memoir by Kailas Wild, the climbing arborist who received widespread attention for his...
EWF 2020 program; CWF plans for live events; BWF confirms ‘small online offering’
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The program for the 2020 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), which usually takes place in Melbourne but this year will take place entirely online, has been announced. The event will run...
Book industry job ads show sharp decline from mid-April
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Data from Books+Publishing's Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) shows a sharp decline in job advertisements coinciding with the beginning of widespread restrictions related to Covid-19. WBN, published each Wednesday, features job...
Readings YA Book Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Readings Young Adult Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Devil’s Ballast (Meg Caddy, Text) The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling (Wai...
Macleod wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Australian writer Andrea E Macleod has won the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for her story ‘The Art of Waving’. Judge Nic Low, representing the Pacific...
Yves Rees wins 2020 Calibre Essay Prize
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Writer and historian Yves Rees has won the $5000 2020 Calibre Essay Prize for their essay ‘Reading the Mess Backwards’, in which they re-examine their youth in light of coming...
National Simultaneous Storytime attracts ‘more than ever’ as libraries reopen
Monday, 1 June 2020
Social distancing restrictions did not reduce the number of participants who took part in National Simultaneous Storytime, with ‘more than ever’ joining the 2020 Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)...
Peter Carey Short Story Award 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 1 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of 18 by judge Elizabeth Tan, the shortlisted stories are: ‘Tight Lines’ (Allee...
Davitt Awards 2020 longlists announced
Monday, 1 June 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the longlists for the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 124 titles have been longlisted, including...
Avila shortlisted for Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript
Friday, 29 May 2020
Brisbane-based writer Jacob P Avila has been shortlisted for the UK’s Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript, which is open to unpublished and self-published works. Avila has...
Copyright Agency announces additional $125,000 emergency funding
Friday, 29 May 2020
The Copyright Agency has announced an additional $125,000 of Emergency Action Funding, to be drawn from the Agency’s Future Fund and allocated in part to unsuccessful applicants to the Agency’s...
Fedler novel ‘Things Without a Name’ optioned for screen
Friday, 29 May 2020
Film and TV rights to Sydney author Joanne Fedler's novel Things Without A Name (Joanne Fedler Media) have been optioned by Bunya Productions, producers of the ABC series Mystery Road....
‘The Whole Fish Cookbook’ named 2020 James Beard Book of the Year
Friday, 29 May 2020
Sydney chef Josh Niland has won two James Beard Media Awards for his debut book The Whole Fish Cookbook (Hardie Grant). The Whole Fish Cookbook was awarded in the restaurant...
Frankfurt to go ahead, but Australian publishers must wait and see
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair announced on Wednesday, 27 May that the 2020 fair will go ahead as scheduled from 14–18 October, but at decentralised locations throughout Frankfurt and...
Australian War Memorial establishes $10k Les Carlyon Literary Prize
Thursday, 28 May 2020
The Australian War Memorial has established a new literary prize in honour of the late historian, author and journalist Les Carlyon. The $10,000 Les Carlyon Literary Prize will be awarded...
MidnightSun acquires Gold’s debut novel ‘The Breaking’
Thursday, 28 May 2020
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired debut novel The Breaking by Irma Gold. ‘Vivid and sharply observed, The Breaking is an intensely moving story about the magnetic bond between two young women,...
NLA among institutions able to reopen 30 May
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The National Library of Australia is among the national collecting institutions that will be able to reopen to the public from 30 May, according to an announcement from Minister for...
A&U acquires Bowditch’s ‘The Day the Diet Died’
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a new nonfiction title from musician Clare Bowditch, from Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. The Day the Diet Died will explore...
Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne writers fests among latest recipients of Copyright Agency emergency funding
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Among the latest successful recipients of the Copyright Agency’s Covid-19 Emergency Action Fund are the Brisbane and Canberra writers festivals, which have each received funding to move online, and Word...
Blanchard historical fiction novels top sales of 100k
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced that Tania Blanchard’s debut novel The Girl from Munich and its follow-up Suitcase of Dreams have sold more than 100,000 copies in Australia....
Shilton, Tan, Jonsberg win 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
The NT Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. The winners in each category are: Best fiction book Walking With Camels: The story...
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