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Forrest wins Newcastle Short Story Award

Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Western Sydney writer Patrick Cruz Forrest has taken first place in the 2023 Newcastle Short Story Award for his short story ‘Kuya’. The winners, which will be published in an...

Horman, Robinsons Books apologise for X comments

Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Susanne Horman, owner of Robinsons Bookshop, has apologised for comments about diverse books posted to her X account, reported the Age yesterday. On the weekend, Instagrammer @coffeebooksandmagic posted screenshots from...

Hardie Grant to move distribution to TDLC 

Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Hardie Grant Publishing will move its Australian distribution from HEDS (Harper Entertainment Distribution Services) to TDLC (The Distribution and Logistics Company). Distribution with TDLC will commence on 1 July 2024,...

Authors among Australia Day honours

Monday, 29 January 2024
Several authors have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Aotearoa New Zealand children's writer and illustrator Pamela Allen has been appointed as a Member of the Order of...

A&U acquires Scolyer memoir 

Photograph of Richard Scolyer Monday, 29 January 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced it has acquired world rights to a memoir from Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer. Scolyer and Georgina Long, co–medical directors of the Sydney-based...

Bacon nominated for Philip K Dick Award

Cover image for Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon Monday, 29 January 2024
Local author Eugen Bacon is among the six nominees for the 2024 Philip K Dick Awards. Nominated titles include: Danged Black Thing (Eugen Bacon, Apex Book Company) The Museum of...

Staff changes at Red Room Poetry

Red Room Poetry logo Thursday, 25 January 2024
Red Room Poetry has announced several staff changes, including appointments of joint artistic directors, a new CEO, and two new managers, as part of the organisation's 'restructured director and management...

Ultimo acquires debut Evans novel 

An author photograph of Liz Evans Thursday, 25 January 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Liz Evans’ debut novel, Catherine Wheel, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown in a two-book deal. The publisher described the book as 'a...

Gecko Press acquired by Lerner Publishing Group 

Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand publishing house Gecko Press has been acquired by US Lerner Publishing Group, reported the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ). According to an...

Hachette acquires Hampton, Daniher picture books 

A photograph of Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher and their family in an outdoor environment Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Hachette has acquired world rights to two picture books celebrating First Nations culture by Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher via Rochelle Fernandez at Alex Adsett Literary. According to the publisher,...

Hogan wins 2024 ABR Peter Porter Poetry Prize 

Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Australian poet Dan Hogan has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) 2024 Peter Porter Poetry Prize for their poem ‘Workarounds’. Hogan receives $6000, while the other four shortlisted poets—Judith Nangala Crispin,...

S&S acquires Aston’s ‘The Chairman’s Lounge’ 

An author photograph of Joe Aston Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to The Chairman’s Lounge, an ‘explosive work of narrative nonfiction’ with 'fresh interviews and revelations' about Qantas’s handling of the Covid-19...

First Nations Storytelling funding recipients announced 

Creative Australia logo Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Creative Australia has announced the recipients of its Elevate: First Nations Storytelling (Literature) career development funding. The six successful applicants to share almost $60,000 through the program are: Tisha Perrurle...

Australian Romance Readers Awards 2023 finalists announced

Friday, 19 January 2024
The finalists for the 2023 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Ten authors have been shortlisted for the favourite Australian romance author category. They are: Alissa Callen Amy Andrews...

ANZ authors among 2024 Dublin Literary Award longlistees

Friday, 19 January 2024
Several books by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the €100,000 (A$166,000) International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work...

Strong Christmas boosts 2023 book sales 

Cover of Lola in the Mirror Thursday, 18 January 2024
While book sales for the year overall were down on 2022 figures, 2023 finished strong, with Christmas sales up overall according to Nielsen BookScan figures. According to Nielsen, Australian sales...

DANZ Children’s Book Award longlists announced

DANZ logo Thursday, 18 January 2024
The longlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Echo (Lisa...

Roberts to leave Scribe 

Photograph of Cora Roberts Thursday, 18 January 2024
Scribe Publications has announced Cora Roberts is leaving her role as publicity director after more than 12 years at the company. Scribe publisher and CEO Henry Rosenbloom said: ‘Cora has been...

HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel 

Photograph of Paul Dalgarno in front of a wooden fence Wednesday, 17 January 2024
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to The Travelling Library by Paul Dalgarno, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. The Travelling Library is 'a tender coming-of-age story...

Küster appointed as director of CSIRO Publishing 

Photograph of Arend Kuster in front of greenery Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Arend Küster has been appointed as director of CSIRO Publishing. Previously in the role the director, academic affairs at Springer Nature, Küster had focused on building strategic relationships with government...

Australian book market down 2.1% in value 

Wednesday, 17 January 2024
The book market was down in Australia by 2.1% in value and 1.7% in volume, according to figures from Nielsen BookData's BookScan service. Nielsen's 2023 snapshot, covering 1 January to...

Indie Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced

logo for the Indie Book Awards Wednesday, 17 January 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books, have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Fiction Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth...

Gougoulis to depart Text 

Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Alaina Gougoulis is departing her role as senior editor at Text Publishing, after almost 15 years at the company. Said Gougoulis: ‘I’ve worked at Text for nearly fifteen years, so...

Bookshop in Kerang to close

Tuesday, 16 January 2024
The Little Blue Book Shop in Kerang, Victoria, has announced that it will close at the end of March. Bookseller Amanda Day told Books+Publishing: ‘The business was doing okay until...

Pearl Prize finalists announced

Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Midsumma Festival has announced the 15 finalists for its inaugural Pearl Prize. The prize accepted entries of short pieces of unpublished prose and/or poetry from LGBTIQA+ writers and their allies...

S&S announces staff restructure, new appointments 

Monday, 15 January 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced several staff changes, including the creation of several new roles, in a restructure following the resignation of international and client product director Caitlin...

 

 

 

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