Walsh, Kozlowski to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; Chapman wins 2019 Rising Star award Archive
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Publisher and author Richard Walsh and children’s book specialist Kathy Kozlowski will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Thursday, 2...
Local writers awarded Krakow City of Literature residency Archive
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Two Australian authors, one New Zealand author and another from the UK have been awarded a two-month residency in Krakow, Poland as part of a Cities of Literature program. Melbourne...
HarperCollins acquires Waterland’s commercial fiction debut in two-book deal Archive
Thursday, 18 April 2019
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to the commercial fiction debut by author and comedian Rosie Waterland, in a two-book deal. Waterland’s yet-to-be-titled first novel tells the story of Olive Alexander,...
Deakin University replaces Scribe as partner for Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers Archive
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Express Media has partnered with Deakin University to present the 2019 Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The prize began as a joint venture between Scribe and Express Media in 2013....
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 18 April 2019
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Russell Prize for Humour Writing. The shortlisted works are: The Hunter and Other Stories of Men (David Cohen,...
Text sells book on Indigenous thinking to US for six-figure sum Archive
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Text Publishing has sold North American rights to Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World (Tyson Yunkaporta) to HarperCollins imprint HarperOne in a six-figure pre-empt. Agent David Forrer at...
ABDA Book Design Awards 2019 shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best designed commercial fiction cover Dinner...
Ractliffe resigns as Hachette Australia managing director Archive
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Justin Ractliffe has resigned from his role as managing director of Hachette Australia and will leave the company on 1 July. Hachette Australia & New Zealand CEO Louise Sherwin-Stark said...
Winners announced for ASA and Copyright Agency Writers’ and Illustrators’ Mentorship Program Archive
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of its 2019 Writers’ and Illustrators’ Mentorship Program. The winners are: Adult fiction Chloe Adams Lou Green Andy Muir Diana...
Nugent wins Readings Children’s Book Prize 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Carly Nugent has won the 2019 Readings Children’s Book Prize for The Peacock Detectives (Text). Nugent’s title was chosen from a shortlist of six, announced in February. She receives $3000....
HarperCollins acquires three new McTiernan novels Archive
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to three new books from crime writer Dervla McTiernan, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown Australia. The first book in McTiernan’s new deal, which is...
Wheeler Centre 2019 Hot Desk fellowships announced Archive
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2019 Hot Desk Fellowships. This year, the Wheeler Centre is offering three new fellowships for regional and interstate writers, who...
Text announces Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished novel shortlist Archive
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors have announced the shortlist for the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished novel. The three manuscripts and their authors are:...
Clan Destine Press acquires UK small publisher Archive
Monday, 15 April 2019
Melbourne-based genre specialist Clan Destine Press has acquired Improbable Press, a small UK publisher. Improbable Press began in London in 2015 as a publisher of Sherlock Holmes titles, but will...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 15 April 2019
The shortlist for the 2018 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Big Four: The Curious and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Ian...
2019 Scribblers Festival full program announced Archive
Friday, 12 April 2019
The line-up for the second annual Scribblers Festival, which celebrates children's literature and arts, has been announced. Running from 8–12 May in the Perth suburb of Claremont, Scribblers Festival will...
‘Steve Smith’s Men’ wins Wisden Book of the Year 2019 Archive
Friday, 12 April 2019
In the UK, Geoff Lemon’s Steve Smith’s Men (Hardie Grant) has won the Wisden Book of the Year award. Lemon’s book is an on-the-ground account of the Test cricket cheating...
Pantera sells 10 Rowland Sinclair mysteries to UK Archive
Friday, 12 April 2019
Pantera Press has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to the first 10 books in the 'Rowland Sinclair Mysteries' series (Sulari Gentill) to independent UK publisher Oldcastle...
ABIA 2019 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
The shortlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Scrublands (Chris Hammer, A&U) The Lost Flowers...
George Robertson Award 2019 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
The winners of the 2019 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry, were announced by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) on 4 April. The...
Hardie Grant Egmont to publish ‘period guide’ by Yumi Stynes, Melissa Kang Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has acquired world rights to a guide for pre-teens about getting their period, written by journalist Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang, the longest-serving expert behind the ‘Dolly...
New ambassadors, initiatives for 2019 Australian Reading Hour announced Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Australian Reading Hour has announced its ambassadors and several new initiatives for this year’s event, which will be held on 19 September. Mick Elliott, Anthony Field, Karen Manbulloo, Sally Rippin...
Andrada wins Anne Elder Award 2018 for ‘Flood Damages’ Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Australian Poetry has announced Eunice Andrada as the winner 2018 Anne Elder Award for her collection Flood Damages (Giramondo). The Anne Elder Award, established in 1977, is awarded annually to...
NZ, Oz writers shortlisted for 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Two New Zealanders and one Australian writer are among the finalists for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. New Zealand writer Maria Samuela was shortlisted for ‘Bluey’, as was Harley...
Laveau-Harvie wins 2019 Stella Prize for debut ‘The Erratics’ Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won the 2019 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her memoir The Erratics (Fourth Estate). Judging panel chair Louise Swinn said The Erratics, which tells the story of...
NewSouth to publish new play series; acquires ‘The 13-Storey Treehouse’ adaptation Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
NewSouth will publish Richard Tulloch’s playscript The 13-Storey Treehouse as part of its new play series in August 2019. NewSouth said the play ‘brings to life all the imaginative wonders’...
Brow Books acquires two Lau novels, Pham debut Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Brow Books has acquired world rights to two novels by Jamie Marina Lau. Gunk Baby, which will be published in 2020, follows the character Leen, who has just opened an...
Scribe acquires Guardian bureau chief’s book on Pell trial Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Scribe has acquired world rights in a pre-empt to a book by the Melbourne bureau chief of the Guardian, Melissa Davey, on the trials of Cardinal George Pell. A Fair...
The Paperback Bookshop celebrates 50 years Archive
Monday, 8 April 2019
The Paperback Bookshop in Melbourne's CBD is celebrating its 50th anniversary in April. Current co-owner Rosy Morton, who has owned the shop since 2000, said that she’s heard differing accounts...
Young shortlisted for 2019 Folio Prize Archive
Friday, 5 April 2019
New Zealand writer Ashleigh Young has been shortlisted for the UK's Rathbones Folio Prize. Her Windham-Campell Prize-winning essay collection Can You Tolerate This? (Giramondo) is one of eight books in...
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