S&S, Nielsen withdraw from LEB conference
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) and Nielsen Book Australia will not attend this year’s Leading Edge Books (LEB) Conference, which is due to run from 22–24 March in Brisbane. In...
ALIA cancels national conference due to coronavirus
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Due to concerns over coronavirus, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has cancelled the ALIA National 2020 Conference, which was scheduled to run 4–8 May at Sydney’s International Convention...
Unity Books Auckland wins Bookstore of the Year award at LBF
Thursday, 12 March 2020
Unity Books Auckland has won the Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2020 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards. Unity Books was cited for for ‘their wonderful and “dangerously...
ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Thursday, 12 March 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins imprint HQ Fiction have announced the inaugural shortlist for the ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. HQ Fiction publishers and...
WestWords to host day-long writing festival
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Western Sydney literature organisation WestWords will host a day-long event in celebration of the ways in which Western Sydney has ‘shaped many diverse and cultural stories’. A Celebration of Writing...
Rawson shortlisted for UK’s Kitschies awards for spec fic
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Jane Rawson's novel From the Wreck (Transit Lounge) has been shortlisted in the UK’s Kitschies awards, presented to ‘progressive, intelligent, and entertaining literature with a speculative element’. From the Wreck...
Wild honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Australian children's author Margaret Wild has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60...
Bell appointed publisher at A&U
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Davina Bell has been appointed publisher at Allen & Unwin (A&U), where she will work in the children and young adult division. ‘Davina’s passion, energy and enthusiasm will make her...
Shaw wins Neilma Sidney Prize
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Wellington-based writer Jenah Shaw has won Overland's Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction, worth $4000, for her story ‘The Houseguest’—about a woman, ‘new to the city and...
Hogan wins Judith Wright Poetry Prize
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Writer and primary school teacher Dan Hogan has won Overland’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets, worth $6000, for their poem ‘No Alarms’. Lou Garcia-Dolnik placed second...
Stella Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Friday, 6 March 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: See What You Made Me Do (Jess Hill, Black Inc.) Diving into Glass (Caro Llewellyn, Hamish Hamilton)...
Scale Free Network sells language rights to ‘Small Friends Books’
Friday, 6 March 2020
Language rights to four titles in the 'Small Friends Books' series of educational picture books, which are co-published by Scale Free Network (SFN) and CSIRO Publishing, have been sold to...
Pivet-Marsh appointed EWF artistic director
Friday, 6 March 2020
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has announced Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh as its new artistic director. Pivet-Marsh is a writer, producer and community organiser from Melbourne’s inner west, and has been a...
Blythe to leave Black Inc.
Friday, 6 March 2020
Black Inc. publicity and marketing manager Marian Blythe is leaving the company to head to the UK. Blythe, who has been in the position since January 2018, said, ‘I've been...
LBF cancelled: ‘missed opportunities’ for Oz publishers
Thursday, 5 March 2020
The London Book Fair, which was scheduled to run from 10–12 March, has been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Europe. In a statement, organisers Reed Exhibitions...
Bottomley to give keynote at ABA conference
Thursday, 5 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the full program for its 2020 conference, to be held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney from 21–22 June. International guest Nic Bottomley,...
Text sells ‘filmic romance’ to Germany in six-figure deal
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Text Publishing has sold German-language rights to debut author Hugh Breakey’s forthcoming novel The Beautiful Fall in a six-figure deal to Blanvalet (PRH Germany), where it was acquired by Diana...
Pomare, Maguire novels to be adapted by new production company
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Wooden Horse, a new Australian production company, has announced screen adaptations of J P Pomare's sophomore thriller In the Clearing (Hachette) and Emily Maguire's 2016 novel An Isolated Incident (Picador)...
Affirm signs Sakr’s debut novel
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Affirm Press has acquired Sydney poet and writer Omar Sakr’s debut novel, White Flu. White Flu is a work of literary speculative fiction and the publisher says early copies will...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Auē (Becky Manawatu, Mākaro Press) Pearly Gates (Owen Marshall, Vintage) A...
HarperCollins acquires new Holly Ringland novels in six-figure deal
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two new novels by Holly Ringland in a six-figure deal, via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. The first book in Ringland’s new deal,...
Book industry figures create climate action group
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Writer Sophie Cunningham, children's author Lorna Hendry and Berbay sales and marketing manager Kirsty Wilson have founded an industry action group to address climate change. The Book Industry for Climate...
Giramondo, Fitzcarraldo, New Directions establish award for lit fic
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
Giramondo Publishing has partnered with Fitzcarraldo Editions in the UK and New Directions in the US on a new award for literary fiction. Awarded biennially, the Novel Prize will be...
New $30,000 historical fiction prize
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) and infrastructure and facilities service provider ARA Group have announced a new $30,000 award for an outstanding historical novelist. The award is open to...
ABIA 2020 longlists announced
Monday, 2 March 2020
The longlists for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Bruny (Heather Rose, A&U) Call...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature winners announced
Monday, 2 March 2020
The winners of the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, presented biennially by the South Australian government, have been announced. The winning titles are: Premier’s Award for best overall published...
Clunes Booktown Festival 2020 program announced
Monday, 2 March 2020
The program has been announced for this year’s Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 2–3 May. Over 30 authors will appear at the festival, including Andy Griffiths, Garry Disher,...
Around 15,000 attend Perth Festival’s Literature & Ideas Weekend; Hill tops bestsellers
Monday, 2 March 2020
Around 15,000 people attended Perth Festival’s Literature & Ideas Weekend, which ran from 21–23 February. Perth Festival producer Anna Kosky said the audience was receptive to the new three-day format....
Lightning Source to remove books from catalogue for ‘content integrity’
Friday, 28 February 2020
Ingram’s print-on-demand service Lightning Source will remove from its catalogue print content that ‘does harm’ to buyers’ and affects the reputations of its retail and publishing partners. In a notice...
Azar longlisted for International Booker Prize 2020
Friday, 28 February 2020
Iranian-Australian writer Shokoofeh Azar has been longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize for her novel The Englightenment of the Greengage Tree (trans by Anonymous, Wild Dingo Press). Azar is...
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