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‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ wins National Biography Award Archive

Tuesday, 7 August 2018
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett (Text) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award. The judges said...

‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced Archive

Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The shortlisted works are: ‘Occupy’ by Ashley Lee ‘List of the Affected’ by...

Rubbo awarded ‘Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award’ Archive

Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Managing director of Readings Mark Rubbo has been jointly awarded the Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award at the 2018 Creative Partnerships Awards. Rubbo shared the award with philanthropist, volunteer and advocate...

‘The Choke’ sold to UK, Europe, Commonwealth Archive

Monday, 6 August 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold UK, Europe and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to Sofie Laguna’s The Choke to London-based Gallic Books, reports the Bookseller. A&U rights associate Maggie Thompson...

Thorne’s ‘The Hating Game’ to be adapted for film; ‘The Simpsons’ producer attached Archive

Monday, 6 August 2018
The Simpsons producer David Mirkin will direct a film adaptation of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game (Piatkus), reports Deadline. Mirkin’s directing credits include Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Heartbreakers. He...

Edify to promote OUP’s global catalogue in NZ Archive

Friday, 3 August 2018
Auckland-based educational publishing and distribution company Edify has signed a marketing agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) whereby Edify will promote OUP’s global catalogue to New Zealand customers. In effect...

‘The Big Issue’ announces 2018 fiction edition Archive

Friday, 3 August 2018
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its 2018 fiction edition, which will be distributed by vendors on 10 August. Traversing themes of race, identity, body...

Book-to-film adaptations receive development funding from Screen Australia Archive

Thursday, 2 August 2018
Three book-to-film adaptations feature among the projects receiving story development funding from Screen Australia. The projects, and their producers, are: A feature film adaptation of the novel, The Natural Way...

‘A Ghost in My Suitcase’ adapted for stage Archive

Thursday, 2 August 2018
Gabrielle Wang’s novel for younger readers, A Ghost in My Suitcase (Puffin), has been adapted to a theatre production and will premiere at the Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne from October 18-21...

‘Griffith Review’ 2018 Novella Project winners announced Archive

Thursday, 2 August 2018
The winners of the Griffith Review’s Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: 'All the things I should have given' by Miriam Sved 'Distance' by...

NT Literary Awards 2018 winners announced Archive

Thursday, 2 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Zip Print Short Story Award ($1000) ‘The Virgin Mary and Katrina Sparks’...

Kidman secures film, TV rights to Moriarty’s ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Archive

Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Nicole Kidman’s production company Blossom Films and Australian producer Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories have purchased film and television rights to Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers (Macmillan), reports the Sydney...

PRH NZ sells basketballer’s memoir to US Archive

Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRH NZ) has sold North American rights to My Life, My Fight by New Zealand basketball player Steven Adams to Hachette Books in the US. ...

Winners of 2018 Affirm Press Mentorship Award announced Archive

Wednesday, 1 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Affirm Press Mentorship Award have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: ‘The Things She Owned’ by Katherine Arguile, set in Tokyo during...

HarperCollins to publish Thai cave rescue book in December Archive

Tuesday, 31 July 2018
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to a Thai cave rescue book by ABC Southeast Asia correspondent Liam Cochrane. Cochrane, who is based in Bangkok, reported on the rescue effort...

Ned Kelly Awards 2018 shortlists announced Archive

Tuesday, 31 July 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction...

Territory Read Book of the Year 2018 winners announced Archive

Tuesday, 31 July 2018
The winners of this year’s Territory Read Awards have been announced. The winners in the Territory Read Awards are: Chief Minister’s Book of the Year ($5000) Broken (Mary Anne Butler,...

Winton’s ‘Dirt Music’ begins casting, announces locations Archive

Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Sydney-based production company Aquarius Films has begun casting for the film adaptation of Tim Winton's 2001 novel Dirt Music (Penguin), reports ABC News. Winton's story of 'fragile characters, secrets, strangers and revenge...

Booktopia wins ORIA for best online retailer Archive

Monday, 30 July 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia was awarded a 2018 Online Retail Industry Award (ORIA) in the Best Pureplay Online Retailer category at an awards ceremony in Sydney on 26 July. Booktopia has...

Creative Vic launches inaugural Learning Partnerships program Archive

Monday, 30 July 2018
Two Victorian schools have received government funding for projects that work in partnership with local writers as part of the inaugural Creative Learning Partnerships (CLP) program. A partnership between the...

ABA announces 2019 conference dates Archive

Friday, 27 July 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will hold its 2019 conference and trade show in Melbourne at Pullman Melbourne on the Park on 23-24 June. ABA CEO Joel Becker said, ‘We’re...

‘ABR’ announces Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist Archive

Friday, 27 July 2018
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘Vasco’ by Claire Aman (NSW) ‘Between...

Viskic, Clark shortlisted for UK Dagger awards Archive

Friday, 27 July 2018
Australian authors Emma Viskic and Sherryl Clark have been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2018 Dagger awards. Viskic’s Resurrection Bay (Echo) has been shortlisted in two categories:...

Text acquires debuts from Bishop, McPhee-Browne Archive

Friday, 27 July 2018
Text Publishing has acquired two fiction debuts from Melbourne-based writers. Text acquired world rights to Alice Bishop’s debut short-story collection, A Constant Hum, which explores the Black Saturday bushfires and...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2018 winners announced Archive

Friday, 27 July 2018
The winners of the 2018 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. New China Eyewitness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the Art of Museum Diplomacy...

Mckenzie wins inaugural Affirm Press/Tablo crime writing competition Archive

Thursday, 26 July 2018
Dinuka Mckenzie, a Sydney-based writer and environmental planner, has won the inaugural Affirm Press/Tablo ‘The Perfect Crime’ competition for her manuscript 'Flood Debris'. Mckenzie receives an editorial and publishing mentorship...

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