HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, a forthcoming cosy crime novel from Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, via Danielle Binks and Jacinta di Mase of...
Canberra Writers Festival moves to October
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
The 2024 Canberra Writers Festival will run from 23–27 October. With the new dates occurring late in the year, organisers said that the 2024 festival is planned to ‘kick off...
UQP acquires Behrendt novel
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to Alchemy, a new novel from Larissa Behrendt. Alchemy is described by UQP as ‘an intertwining story about the blurred lines between science and supernatural, the...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $440k in Cultural Fund grants
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Twenty-seven arts organisations have received a total of $439,840 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, which will also support nine writers' festivals. Among the...
Kroetsch appointed Writers SA CEO
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Writers SA has appointed Laura Kroetsch as its new CEO. In an announcement on behalf of the Writers SA board, chair Tanya Wilkins said: ‘I look forward to working closely...
Funder longlisted for inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction
Monday, 19 February 2024
Anna Funder is longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), for her book Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life (Hamish Hamilton). The fifteen other titles longlisted for the award...
BookPeople announces conference guest authors
Monday, 19 February 2024
BookPeople has announced its first guests for this year's conference—the authors who will speak at its 100th anniversary gala dinner and awards night. Helen Garner will be the pre-dinner speaker....
A&U acquires Beer middle-grade novel
Monday, 19 February 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Thunderhead, a debut illustrated middle-grade novel by picture book author and illustrator Sophie Beer, via Annabel Barker at Annabel Barker Agency....
Rodrick wins inaugural Pearl Prize
Monday, 19 February 2024
Spencer M F Rodrick has won the inaugural Pearl Prize, presented by queer arts and cultural organisation Midsumma. Rodrick, who was chosen from a list of 15 finalists, and was...
DANZ Children’s Book Award shortlists announced
Thursday, 15 February 2024
The shortlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from longlists announced last month, the shortlisted titles in each...
Blak & Bright Festival 2024 program announced
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Blak & Bright Festival has announced its 2024 program, with the festival to run from 13 to 17 March in Naarm/Melbourne. The biennial First Nations literature festival will this year...
Ultimo acquires Holmes debut
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Ultimo has acquired Commonwealth rights (ex Canada) to a debut novel from Gail Holmes, titled In the Margins. Calling Holmes ‘a remarkable new voice in historical fiction’, the publisher described...
Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
In the UK, Australian author Bob Graham has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration), which was announced along with...
Dorph, Webb-Pullman join VIPs committee, 2024 program dates announced
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Creative Australia has announced that the 2024 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) Program will run alongside the Sydney Writers' Festival in May this year. The 2024 VIPs Program will run from...
‘Meanjin’ announces two new residencies
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Literary journal Meanjin has announced two new residencies, offered in partnership with non-profit arts and cultural organisation InPlace, to ‘support writers of shorter works with dedicated writing time, much-needed funds, and...
Abadee, Barnes, Mayo join Indigenous Literacy Foundation board
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced the appointment of Nicole Abadee, Amara Barnes and Thomas Mayo to the ILF board. Abadee was a barrister and then a legal academic...
Robinson receives Scotland fellowship
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Varuna has announced Brooke Robinson is the recipient of the 2024 Cove Park International Fellowship. Robinson’s debut novel, The Interpreter, was published in 2023 with Harvill Secker/Penguin Random House (PRH)...
Bundyi acquires Stan Grant memoir
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) imprint Bundyi has announced that it has acquired world rights to A Song of Time, a memoir by author, media commentator and public intellectual Stan Grant....
Booktopia reports first-half results down, revises forecast
Monday, 12 February 2024
In a trading update, Booktopia has announced 'results were down year-on-year' to the end of the first half of the 2024 financial year. While the company experienced revenue growth year-on-year...
Ena Noël Award 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 12 February 2024
The shortlists for the biennial Ena Noël Award has been announced by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The shortlisted authors and illustrators are:...
Affirm acquires Micallef anthology
Monday, 12 February 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Slivers, Shards and Skerricks, a comedy anthology from television personality and author Shaun Micallef. The publisher described Micallef’s forthcoming anthology as ‘a spectrum...
Bookseller, authors argue for fixed price law
Monday, 12 February 2024
In an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald, journalist Raymond Bonner, a co-owner of Bookoccino Bookshop in Avalon, has called for a 'fixed-price' law in Australia. Stating that fixed-price laws...
Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced
Thursday, 8 February 2024
Several rural and regional writers’ festivals have revealed programs for their 2024 events. After a seven-year hiatus, the Whitsundays Writers Festival is returning to Airlie Beach in Queensland from 6...
New York Publishers’ Program 2024 to take place next week
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Creative Australia’s 2024 New York Publishers’ Program will take place between 12 and 16 February, with nine delegates to accompany Creative Australia senior officer, literature projects, Jo Simpson as part...
Rippin appointed Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) has named Sally Rippin as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2024–25. Rippin has written over 100 books for children and young adults, including the...
Hamilton to leave Writers Victoria
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Writers Victoria has announced CEO Lucy Hamilton will step down from the role and leave the organisation in March after three-and-a-half years. Said Hamilton: ‘I’m proud of my time at...
Vallance promoted to CYA publisher at UQP
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
At University of Queensland Press (UQP), Cathy Vallance has been promoted to the role of children’s and young adult publisher. Vallance, who has been with UQP for about 10 years,...
Larrikin acquires Betoota Advocate series
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to an as-yet-untitled nonfiction series from satire publication the Betoota Advocate. The publisher said the series, which is for readers aged 8 to 12,...
Writers SA to launch national literary journal
Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Writers SA is launching a national literary journal. With the title and online presence to be announced in May 2024, the journal will publish new fiction, nonfiction, poetry and literary...
Upswell sells Ekhō to Soft Skull Press
Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Upswell Publishing has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Ekhō (Roslyn Orlando) to Soft Skull Press. The deal was brokered between Sophy Williams, publisher and international director at Black Inc....
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