Kellow to step down at Ultimo
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Hardie Grant has announced that Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow will step down from the position at the end of June. Kellow spent 14 years living and working in...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The six longlisted novels, chosen from a longlist of 11 announced in May, are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak...
Crozier wins 2023 Text Prize
Monday, 19 June 2023
Lauren Crozier has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. Text said the novel was 'a dazzling adventure loaded with larger-than-life characters,...
ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 shortlists
Monday, 19 June 2023
The shortlist for the ACT Notable Book Awards, which highlight and celebrate the excellence and talent of writers in and around the ACT region, have been announced. The shortlisted works...
BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year winners announced
Monday, 19 June 2023
BookPeople has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards, formerly the Booksellers Choice awards, and the Bookseller of the Year awards. The winning titles and booksellers...
Iltners wins 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award
Monday, 19 June 2023
Kirsty Iltners has won the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her entry Depth of Field. Iltners, a writer and freelance photographer living in Brisbane, receives a...
Menzies-Pike wins Pascall Prize, Hughes plagiarism coverage wins journalism award
Friday, 16 June 2023
Sydney Review of Books (SRB) outgoing editor Catriona Menzies-Pike has won the 2023 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism for two SRB book reviews, 'Critic Swallows Book' on Trent Dalton's Boy...
‘Immaculate’ wins 2023 Vogel
Friday, 16 June 2023
Immaculate by Meanjin/Brisbane-based actor and writer Anna McGahan has won this year's $20,000 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age of 35. Described by...
Penguin Literary Prize 2023 winner announced
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced Jade and Emerald by Michelle See-Tho as the winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize. Jade and Emerald is the story of a...
Inaugural First Nations fellowship in Cambridge open to applications
Thursday, 15 June 2023
A new fellowship offers First Nations writers the opportunity become a writer-in-residence at the University of Cambridge. Philanthropic organisation Cambridge Australia Scholarships (CAS) is providing the fellowship for an Aboriginal...
Little Book Press sales and distribution to Affirm
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Affirm Press will sell and distribute titles by Little Book Press (LBP), the publishing arm of Raising Literacy Australia founded in 2017. All proceeds from LBP are directed to the...
Former Hill of Content employee files federal court suit
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
A former employee of the Hill of Content Bookshop has filed a claim against the employer in the federal circuit court, alleging that her dismissal from employment at the bookshop...
Dymocks opens Eastgate Bondi Junction store
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Bookstore chain Dymocks opened has opened a new franchise store at the Eastgate Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Franchise owners Bill Wang and Candy Liu said they...
Booksellers, publishers, authors recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Booksellers and authors were among those recognised in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours. Avid Reader owner and former Australian Booksellers Association president Fiona Stager was recognised with a medal in...
Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award shortlist announced
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
The shortlist has been announced for the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award 2023, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age of 35. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Don’t They Know...
‘Elizabeth and John’ and ‘Te Motunui Epa’ joint 2023 Ernest Scott Prize winners
Friday, 9 June 2023
Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm (Alan Atkinson, NewSouth) and Te Motunui Epa (Rachel Buchanan [Taranaki, Te Ātiawa], Bridget Williams Books) have jointly won the 2023 Ernest Scott...
Varuna 2023 First Nations Fellowships announced
Friday, 9 June 2023
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its First Nations Fellowships for 2023. The 12 fellowship recipients and their projects are: Bebe Backhouse for their collection of...
‘The Rush’ sells to US, France
Friday, 9 June 2023
Melanie Ostell has sold world English (ex ANZ) and French rights to Michelle Prak’s debut thriller The Rush (S&S) on behalf of the author. French rights were sold to HarperCollins in...
Transit Lounge aquires Holland novel
Friday, 9 June 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Patrick Holland’s fifth novel, Oblivion. ‘I was transfixed by the atmospheric story of a diplomat drifting through Asia's business world and aspiring to...
Creative Vic latest Creators Fund recipients announced
Thursday, 8 June 2023
The latest round of the Creative Victoria Creators Fund has been announced. Among the 25 recipients across various artforms are: Susan Anderson ($28,950) Poet and nonfiction author Susan Anderson will undertake...
APA, ALIA consulting on AI inquiries
Thursday, 8 June 2023
The Australian Publishers Association (APA), along with other organisations representing creators, has contacted the government to express concerns about the risks generative AI presents to rights holders. According to the...
BookUp 2023 to explore AI, book pricing, First Nations publishing
Thursday, 8 June 2023
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced this year's BookUp Conference will take place on 16 August at State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, with early bird tickets now on...
Hachette, A&U drop ins detail Roberts-Smith case
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Both Hachette Australia and Allen & Unwin (A&U) have announced the publication of drop in titles on the defamation trial brought by former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith against Fairfax Media Publications,...
Rachel Funari Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Pink’ by Jean Flynn ‘Schism’ by Helen Booth ‘Days that Swing Outwards’...
Hachette signs two new books from Lester
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two books by historical fiction novelist Natasha Lester, as part of an ANZ and UK deal made in conjunction with Little, Brown Book...
IPEd partners with black&write!
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has partnered with State Library of Queensland to support its black&write! editor internship program, and provide free membership to black&write! intern editors for the...
Over 2.3 million participate in ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) was the biggest in the event’s 23-year history, with over 2.3 million participants registered...
ILF launches Busking For Change initiative nationally
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
After a successful pilot program in 2022, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation is launching its Busking For Change fundraising initiative nationally, with primary schools across the country invited to be Busking...
Wilderness Society announces shortlists for Environment Award for Children’s Literature
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL). The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture fiction Say No to Plastic! (Ned...
Parliamentary Friends of Australian Children’s Storytelling host inaugural event
Monday, 5 June 2023
The Parliamentary Friends of Australian Children's Storytelling (PFACS) held its inaugural event at Parliament House on 24 May, with over 300 members of parliament (MPs), senators, staffers, and guests in...
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