Shortlists for 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Thursday, 1 August 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize Taking Liberty: Indigenous...
Boyd to retire as HarperCollins CFO
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
HarperCollins ANZ chief financial officer Malcolm Boyd will retire in October after 32 years with the company. Boyd was appointed financial controller of Williams Collins in 1987 and later, as...
NT Literary Awards 2019 winners announced
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short story award ($1000) ‘Centring’, by Glen Hunting Poetry award ($1000) ‘Lyapirtneme/No...
PRH to face Fair Work over ‘adverse treatment’
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) will face a hearing at the Fair Work Commission after refusing to withdraw a ‘first and final warning’ to an editor who tweeted in support...
Lucashenko wins 2019 Miles Franklin for ‘Too Much Lip’
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Melissa Lucashenko has won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her sixth novel, Too Much Lip (UQP). Lucashenko is the third Indigenous author to win the Miles Franklin in...
Lindfield Bookshop & Children’s Bookshop to close
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Lindfield Bookshop & Children’s Bookshop in Sydney’s North Shore will close at the end of August after 46 years of operation. Owner Scott Whitmont said it’s with ‘considerable sadness’ that...
Disher’s ‘Bitter Wash Road’ optioned for screen
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Producers Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell of Adelaide-based production company Dancing Road Productions have optioned the screen rights to Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road (Text), via Jenny Darling & Associates. First published in 2013,...
Dalla Rosa shortlisted for 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Australian writer Paul Dalla Rosa has been shortlisted for the £30,000 (A$54,500) Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Dalla Rosa is shortlisted for his story ‘Comme’, originally published in Granta...
WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
Monday, 29 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) The Sky Runs...
Berbay to expand publishing program in 2020
Monday, 29 July 2019
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay Books will double its publishing list from eight to 16 titles in 2020, as well as publishing its first graphic novel, chapter book and junior fiction...
Hammer shortlisted for UK Dagger award for first-time authors
Friday, 26 July 2019
Chris Hammer's novel Scrublands (A&U) has been shortlisted at the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards. Published in the UK by Wildfire, Hammer’s novel is shortlisted for the 2019...
Baskin wins industry recognition award at ORIAs
Friday, 26 July 2019
Booktopia deputy CEO and CTO Wayne Baskin has won in the industry recognition category at the 2019 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia was nominated for the best pureplay retailer...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2019 winners announced
Friday, 26 July 2019
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced the winners of the 2019 Book Design Awards. Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing (Sean Mallon & Sébastien Galliot, Te Papa Press),...
PRH acquires debut thriller in two-book deal
Friday, 26 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired world rights to Tasmanian author Kyle Perry’s crime/suspense thriller debut, The Bluffs, in a two-book deal with the Nash Agency. Set in the Tasmanian...
Ned Kelly Awards 2019 longlists announced
Thursday, 25 July 2019
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the longlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The longlisted titles in each category are: Best first fiction...
Melbourne City of Lit Booksellers in Residence announced
Thursday, 25 July 2019
The Melbourne City of Literature has announced the four Victorian booksellers who will spend a week in an overseas bookshop, as part of its Booksellers in Residence program. The Booksellers...
Constant Reader’s Jay Lansdown to take over Pages & Pages
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Jay Lansdown, owner of Sydney bookshop The Constant Reader, has agreed to take over the Pages & Pages Booksellers store in Mosman. Lansdown plans to move into the shop in...
‘Stone Girl’ wins 2019 Readings YA book prize
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Eleni Hale has won the 2019 Readings Young Adult Book Prize for her novel Stone Girl (Penguin). Hale’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $3000 prize,...
Work begins on new edition of government style manual
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
The federal government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has appointed Canberra-based communications agency Ethos CRS to lead the development of the seventh edition of the Australian government’s Style Manual, which for...
Wakefield sells debut YA novel to US
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Wakefield Press has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to debut novel Making Friends with Alice Dyson (Poppy Nwosu) to Walker Books US for a five-figure sum. Wakefield publisher Margot Lloyd...
The Lifted Brow & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Melbourne-based literary magazine The Lifted Brow and RMIT’s non/fictionLab have announced the shortlist for their Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Katerina Bryant, for ‘Where...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award shortlist announced
Monday, 22 July 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Shelley Burr for ‘Wake’ (fiction) Lisa Emanuel for...
Inky Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Friday, 19 July 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Inky Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by State Library Victoria (SLV) for local and international fiction, poetry, anthologies and graphic novels written...
Odyssey Books celebrates 10th anniversary; announces new imprints
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Small press Odyssey Books is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. Michelle Lovi founded Odyssey Books on 14 July 2009 and published its first title, Operation Trooplift: Postcards from Home...
Educational Publishing Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). This year's awards feature a new category for scholarly nonfiction book of the...
Hachette acquires VPLA winner in ‘competitive’ auction
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Hachette has acquired ANZ rights to Victorian Premier’s unpublished manuscript prize-winner Kokomo by Victoria Hannan in a two-book deal. Hachette head of literary Robert Watkins acquired rights from Pippa Masson...
Ferns appointed HarperCollins NZ general manager
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Karen Ferns has been promoted to the new position of HarperCollins NZ general manager, where she will take responsibility for all New Zealand sales, marketing and publishing activity. Ferns previously...
LoveOzYA relaunches with new committee
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Grassroots movement LoveOzYA is relaunching with a new committee and a 'reinvigorated mission'. According to a statement posted online, the LoveOzYA website was hacked earlier in the year but has...
Davitt Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2019 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted works in each category are: Adult novel This...
Van and Anderson awarded Overland writing residencies
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Literary journal Overland has announced the recipients of its two writing residencies, which aim to address a lack of opportunities for underrepresented writers. Lucy Van has been awarded the residency...
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