Mary Gilmore Award 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for the best first book of poetry published in the past...
Sinclair, Castrique win Nature Writing Prize 2019
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Jenny Sinclair and Sue Castrique have been named joint winners of the $10,000 Nature Writing Prize 2019, awarded biennially by the Nature Conservancy. Sinclair’s essay An Orchard for my Father...
No Vogel to be awarded this year
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
The judges for this year’s Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award have announced they will not award the prize this year, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. For the third time in the award’s...
Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo funding recipients
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Twenty-five writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the latest Australia Council grants round, which awarded $5.8 million to 192 projects. Grants in the literature category were worth...
Woollahra Digital Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Monday, 13 May 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards, for writing first published online or electronically, have been announced. Fiction ‘Toot toot’ (Rachel Ang, Going Down Swinging) ‘Osaka’ (Alexander Bennetts,...
Levy steps down at LEG; redundancy announced
Monday, 13 May 2019
The Leading Edge Group (LEG) has announced several changes to its staff, including a redundancy. In an email to suppliers, director of business services Kate Levy announced she would step...
Peter Carey Short Story Award 2019 longlist announced
Monday, 13 May 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. The 14 longlisted stories are: ‘Elisabeth Kubler Ross’ (Paige Clark) ‘Mother’s Arbour’ (Jessica Andretta) ‘Beasley’s Corner’ (Jessica...
Coleman shortlisted for Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards for speculative fiction
Monday, 13 May 2019
Claire G Coleman has been shortlisted in the debut category of the US-based Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for speculative fiction, for her novel Terra Nullius (Hachette). The award is...
‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’ sells to US publisher Coffee House Press
Friday, 10 May 2019
Brow Books has sold North American rights to Jamie Marina Lau's debut novel Pink Mountain on Locust Island to Coffee House Press, via the Barbara J Zitwer Agency. ‘Pink Mountain...
Carlomagno wins 2019 Rosie Award
Friday, 10 May 2019
Julia Carlomagno has won the 2019 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the ‘Rosie’, for her work on Adult Fantasy (Briohny Doyle, Scribe). Judges described Adult Fantasy as ‘a brilliant blend...
Lost in Books to host IBBY Honour Books exhibition
Friday, 10 May 2019
Multilingual children’s bookshop Lost in Books, situated in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield, is hosting the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Best Books of the World Exhibition,...
Gould steps down as Booksellers NZ CEO
Friday, 10 May 2019
Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln Gould is stepping down after 10 years in the role. Gould will work through to October, with the board aiming to choose a new CEO by...
NZ writer Harley Hern named Commonwealth Short Story Prize regional winner
Thursday, 9 May 2019
New Zealand writer Harley Hern has been named the regional winner for the Pacific in the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for her story ‘Screaming’. Hern’s story, about two friends...
black&write! Writing Fellowship 2019 winners announced
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
The 2019 black&write! Fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Adelaide-based writer Tania Crampton-Larking and Canberra-based writer Lisa Fuller. Crampton-Larking, who returned to her birthplace...
Hachette acquires junior fiction series ‘Kitty is Not a Cat’ in four-book deal
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to four junior fiction titles based on the children’s television series Kitty Is Not A Cat, via Melanie Ostell Literary. The animated television show,...
Over 15,000 attend Clunes Booktown Festival; Caro, Birch top bestsellers list
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Over 15,000 people attended Clunes Booktown Festival, held from 4–5 May in the former goldmining town of Clunes, Victoria. A spokesperson for Clunes Booktown told Books+Publishing that most of the...
First authors announced for Byron Writers Festival
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
The first authors have been announced for the 2019 Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 2–4 August. International guests include Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani (who will appear via livestream from...
Text Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
The shortlist has been announced for the 2019 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing. The five shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘Tellurian Blue’ by Danielle Clode, a debut fantasy novel...
Ventura sells debut novel to Random House Germany
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Ventura Press has sold German-language rights to Karyn Sepulveda’s debut novel Letters to My Yesterday to Random House Germany. Following a bidding war, agent Amanda Tokar sold the rights to...
Ractliffe to study consumer insights, digital data with $15,000 publisher fellowship
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
The Copyright Agency has announced Hachette Australia managing director Justin Ractliffe as the recipient of its $15,000 publisher fellowship. The fellowship ‘supports the pursuit of innovation and professional development from...
Australian Reading Hour nominated for international literacy award
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
The Australian Reading Hour is one of six projects shortlisted for the US$10,000 (A$14,340) Joy of Reading Award, established by Systematic and the Next Library conference to recognise initiatives that...
Labor pledges $2m for inclusive publishing
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has pledged $2 million for inclusive publishing if it wins government at the federal election on 18 May. In a release outlining the ALP's plans...
REAL Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 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...
Serong longlisted for £15,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize
Monday, 6 May 2019
Jock Serong has been longlisted for the £15,000 (A$28,230) Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize, for his novel Preservation (Text). Preservation is one of 12 titles longlisted for the prize, which celebrates...
Aurealis Awards 2018 announced
Monday, 6 May 2019
The winners of the 2018 Aurealis Awards for the best Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writing published in 2018 have been announced. The winning titles were: Best science fiction...
Cohen wins Russell Prize for humour writing
Monday, 6 May 2019
David Cohen has won the 2019 Russell Prize for humour writing for his short story collection The Hunter and Other Stories of Men (Transit Lounge). Cohen’s ‘eclectic collection’ was chosen...
Four writers named 2019 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists
Monday, 6 May 2019
Tom Lee (Coach Fitz, Giramondo), Robbie Arnott (Flames, Text), Jamie Marina Lau (Pink Mountain on Locust Island, Brow Books) and Ruby J Murray (The Biographer's Lover, Black Inc.) have been...
UQP sells world English rights to ‘The Lost Arabs’ to Andrews McMeel Universal
Monday, 6 May 2019
UQP has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Omar Sakr’s poetry collection The Lost Arabs to US-based Andrews McMeel Universal. UQP publishing director Madonna Duffy said the deal came...
ALS Gold Medal 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 3 May 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Aqua Spinach (Luke Beesley, Giramondo) Beautiful Revolutionary (Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Scribe) click here for...
McGraw-Hill and Cengage to merge
Friday, 3 May 2019
Education publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage have agreed to merge. In an announcement, the publishers said both companies’ boards of directors had signed off on ‘a definitive agreement to combine in...
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