Coley wins 2017 Richell Prize
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Adelaide-based writer Sam Coley has won the 2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for his entry ‘State Highway One’. Coley’s novel follows two siblings as they travel New Zealand’s State...
Affirm acquires memoir ‘Sophie’s Boys’
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Sophie’s Boys, a memoir by Sophie Smith, who lost her triplets after going into labour prematurely, as told to journalist Deborah Fitzgerald. Sophie’s...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Fiona Sussman’s The Last Time We Spoke (Allison & Busby) has won the 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. Sussman is the first female author to win the award, which...
YABBAs 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book (Andy...
SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2017 program announced
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) has launched the program for its 2017 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 16-18 November. The three-day conference...
CBCA NSW announces shortlist for 2017 mentorship program
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) NSW branch has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program for unpublished children’s writers. The three shortlisted writers are: Angela...
A&U acquires local crime-fiction debut with ‘major international buzz’
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Australian journalist Chris Hammer’s crime-fiction debut Scrublands for publication in August 2018. A&U reports that the novel is ‘causing major international buzz’,...
‘SRB’ to publish anniversary anthology
Monday, 30 October 2017
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) will publish an anthology of essays on Australian fiction, poetry and nonfiction to mark its five-year anniversary. Essays in The Australian Face, previously published...
Arts Tasmania 2018 Artist Investment Program recipients announced
Monday, 30 October 2017
Three writers have received grants in the 2018 round of Arts Tasmania’s Arts Investment Program, which provides funding for artists’ creative projects. Thirty-five successful applications shared in a total of...
‘Extinctions’ wins 2017 Colin Roderick Award
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Josephine Wilson’s Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Extinctions (UWA Publishing) has won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James...
‘The Dry’ wins CWA Gold Dagger
Friday, 27 October 2017
Australian author Jane Harper has won the 2017 UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Gold Dagger for her debut novel The Dry (Pan). The Dry was one of seven titles shortlisted...
WA government honours arts ‘champions’ in inaugural awards
Friday, 27 October 2017
The Western Australian government has announced the recipients of the inaugural State Arts and Culture Partnership Honours, which ‘acknowledge the outstanding contributions of individual philanthropists and businesses who partner with...
First authors announced for 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week
Friday, 27 October 2017
A number of authors have been announced for the 2018 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 3-8 March. Among the big-name international authors attending the festival are US novelist Barbara...
WAYRBA 2017 winners announced
Friday, 27 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The winners are: Picture book: Do Not Open This Book (Andy Lee, illus by Heath...
Scribe acquires ‘alarming report card’ on Trump’s first year
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Scribe has acquired ANZ rights to Brian Klaas’ The Despot’s Apprentice: Donald Trump’s Attack on Democracy, a study of Trump’s ‘increasingly authoritarian tactics and the threat they pose to American...
Spineless Wonders, Tablo, SLV to launch Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Publisher Spineless Wonders, online publishing platform Tablo and the State Library Victoria (SLV) have partnered to launch the Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, a new prize for writers of short-story...
Oscar-nominated screenwriter to write, produce ‘Nevermoor’ adaptation
Thursday, 26 October 2017
The Oscar-nominated US screenwriter, director and producer Drew Goddard will write and produce the film adaptation of Jessica Townsend’s children’s book Nevermoor (Lothian), reports the Hollywood Reporter. Goddard was a...
New Ventura Press imprint signs Meyer
Thursday, 26 October 2017
The debut novel by Melbourne writer and Echo Publishing commissioning editor Angela Meyer has been acquired by Ventura Press’ new Peter Bishop Books imprint. Martin Shaw, a literary agent at...
Harry Hartog to open eighth store in East Maitland
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Independent bookselling chain Harry Hartog will open a new store at Stockland Green Hills shopping centre in East Maitland in New South Wales. Harry Hartog Green Hills will be managed...
Broad interest across Australian publishers’ lists at Frankfurt 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Australian publishers who attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (11-15 October) reported interest across a broad range of titles, from literary debuts to ‘women’s commercial fiction’ to political memoirs. Allen...
Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Dodge Rose (Jack Cox, Text) Our Magic Hour (Jennifer Down, Text) Our Tiny, Useless Hearts...
Pozible campaign raises over $20,000 for ‘Some Girls’ picture book
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Australian comedian and broadcaster Nelly Thomas has successfully raised $20,925 for her self-published picture book Some Girls in a crowdfunding campaign on the website Pozible. Written by Thomas and illustrated...
Walker acquires debut Australian YA psychological thriller
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Walker Books has acquired world rights to debut author Sarah Epstein’s YA psychological thriller Small Spaces. Due for release in April 2018, Small Spaces is the story of 17-year-old Tash,...
‘The Windy Season’ wins 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Sam Carmody’s The Windy Season (A&U) has won the 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Carmody’s novel, which follows 20-year-old Paul as he travels to a fictional West Australian...
Echo acquires midlife dating guide
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Bonnier Publishing’s Echo imprint has acquired world rights to Kerri Sackville’s Out There: A Survival for Guide for Dating in Midlife via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown Australia. Out There...
HGE announces 2017 Ampersand Prize shortlist
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors. The six shortlisted authors and their works are: Lincoln Law for...
ABC’s ‘The Book Club’ to host year-end special, announces book industry’s favourite 2017 reads
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
ABC TV’s The Book Club will host a year-end special episode on 19 December when it will announce the results of its ‘five of the best’ reader poll for 2017....
Asher Award 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Asher Literary Award. The shortlisted titles are: Our Lady of the Fence Post (J H Crone, UWA...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ coming to Melbourne in 2019
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be coming to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in early 2019. The play, based on an original new story by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne...
Noted festival on hiatus in 2018
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Canberra’s experimental writers’ festival Noted will not be held in 2018. The festival announced on its website in September that it will spend the next year ‘looking at ways to...
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