SLV staff, board reportedly discussed cancelled Bootcamp writers’ political views
Thursday, 18 July 2024
State Library Victoria board members and senior staff discussed the political views of writers who were to host the library’s Teen Writing Bootcamp workshop series before the events were cancelled,...
Booktopia administrators identify $60 million in debt
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Keith Crawford, of Booktopia administrators McGrathNicol, has told the ABC the company had identified debts of $60 million held by the online bookseller, following the first meeting of creditors on 15 July. Crawford...
‘Big Time’ sells to UK, Italy and Russia
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold UK/Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to Jordan Prosser’s debut novel, Big Time, to publishing director Harriet Hirshman at Dead Ink, in a deal brokered...
Thames & Hudson to move distribution to UBD
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Thames & Hudson (T&H) ANZ has announced it will move its Australia and New Zealand distribution from Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) to United Book Distributors (UBD) in February 2025. T&H...
Red Paper Kite for sale
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Perth-based independent press Red Paper Kite is up for sale. Founder and publisher Sandra van Doorn told Books+Publishing the press is ‘on the cusp of a greater success’ but ‘demands a...
Melbourne Books acquires O’Connor’s ‘Bob Dylan for Beginners’
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Chris O’Connor’s debut nonfiction music title, Bob Dylan for Beginners: You don’t need a weatherman. The publisher said Dylan has been hailed as...
Booktopia orders not being filled ahead of first meeting with creditors
Monday, 15 July 2024
The Booktopia website is not taking orders, and customers with outstanding orders will need to make a claim of debt against the company. In a circular to customers with unfulfilled...
Magabala announces new chair, board changes
Monday, 15 July 2024
Magabala Books has announced its 2024 board, with current deputy chair Steve Kinnane stepping into the role of chair, as well as three new directors joining the board. Kinnane’s new...
S&S in distribution partnership with Authors Equity
Monday, 15 July 2024
US publishing company Authors Equity has partnered with Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia for sales and distribution of its titles in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. As previously reported by...
Buchanan wins 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize
Monday, 15 July 2024
Author Jeffrey Buchanan is the winner of the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer. Chosen from a shortlist of four, Buchanan wins...
Hogan wins Mary Gilmore Award, Priest wins Magarey Medal
Thursday, 11 July 2024
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced that Dan Hogan is the winner of the 2024 Mary Gilmore Award and Ann-Marie Priest is the winner of...
Australian Jewish Book Awards adds unpublished manuscript prize
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Not-for-profit organisation Shalom Australia has announced the inaugural Australian Jewish Book Awards will include a new $4000 prize for an unpublished manuscript that engages with Jewish experience. The Award for...
UQP acquires Araluen poetry collection
Thursday, 11 July 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to a new poetry collection from Evelyn Araluen, author of the Stella Prize–winning Dropbear (also UQP). Araluen’s new collection, The Rot, ‘dramatises the bad faiths...
ACT Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
Thursday, 11 July 2024
The winners of the ACT Literary Awards, previously known as the ACT Notable Book Awards and presented by the Canberra writing organisation Marion, have been announced. The 2024 winners are:...
Lanchester to step down from ASA
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) CEO Olivia Lanchester will be stepping down after five years in the role. Lanchester was appointed CEO in 2019 after four years working as the...
Hachette acquires Woodard YA debut
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Hachette has acquired world rights to Scott Woodard’s debut contemporary YA novel, Poster Boys, via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. Poster Boys is a coming of age story...
Birch, Lucashenko inaugural Hage Award mentors
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Sweatshop Literacy Movement has announced multi-award-winning authors Tony Birch and Melissa Lucashenko will mentor the recipients of the inaugural Hage Award for First Nations Writers. As previously reported by Books+Publishing,...
National Biography Award 2024 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works, selected from a record 107 entries and including five...
Ultimo Press acquires Watts novel
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Elegy, Southwest, the second novel by Madeleine Watts, in a deal brokered by Lucy Luck at C&W Agency, London, on behalf of Anna...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2024 longlist announced
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
The longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $50,000, has been announced. The 14 longlisted titles, chosen from 235 entries, are: Saltwater...
Walker acquires YA novel from Kate, Angourie Rice
Monday, 8 July 2024
Walker Books has acquired rights to a second young adult novel from Angourie Rice and Kate Rice. Titled Operation School Ball, the novel is described by the publisher as ‘an edgy...
Weissman wins 2024 Crystal Kite award
Monday, 8 July 2024
US-born author Elissa Weissman, who lives in Aotearoa New Zealand, has won the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented by the...
Authors among 2024 NAIDOC Week award finalists
Monday, 8 July 2024
The National NAIDOC Committee has announced the winners of the 2024 NAIDOC Week Awards. Among the winners was artist and cultural leader Alick Tipoti, who is a fluent Kala Lagaw...
Wright wins 2024 ALS Gold Medal
Monday, 8 July 2024
The winner of the 2024 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal is Alexis Wright for Praiseworthy (Giramondo). The win is the third for Wright, who joins Patrick White and David...
Varuna announces 2024 Writer’s Space recipients
Monday, 8 July 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the 12 recipients of the 2024 Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability and/or who are D/deaf. Participants in the 2024 program will...
APA pauses Educational Publishing Awards
Thursday, 4 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has paused the Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) for 2024. In a statement, the APA said that its Schools Educational Publishing Committee (SEPC), as project...
Hachette appoints Naoum as publishing director, promotes Collett
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Hachette has appointed Joel Naoum as publishing director, effective 22 July, and has promoted Katrina Collett to the position of product and production director, effective immediately. Naoum joined Pan Macmillan...
NewSouth acquires Rawson creative nonfiction book
Thursday, 4 July 2024
NewSouth has acquired world rights to a creative nonfiction book from Jane Rawson, titled Human/Nature: On life in a wild world, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. Human/Nature is described by the...
MidnightSun acquires Gold novel
Thursday, 4 July 2024
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to the novel Shift by Irma Gold, via Sarah McKenzie of Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Set in the South African township where the 1955...
Transit Lounge acquires Sayer memoir
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to No Dancing in the Lift, a memoir from author Mandy Sayer, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Described by Transit Lounge...
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