Earp joins Affirm sales team
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Melbourne bookseller Michael Earp will join Affirm Press as the publisher's Vic/Tas account manager. Earp comes to the role with almost two decades of industry experience, including seven years in...
Clunes Booktown announces first guests, new dates
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Regional Victoria's Clunes Booktown Festival has revealed an extended program, as well as new dates. The festival, which usually runs in May, will be held next year on the weekend...
A&U acquires debut novel ‘Search History’
Monday, 14 November 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Search History, the debut novel by Melbourne writer Amy Taylor. A&U publisher Jane Palfreyman acquired rights from associate agent Benjamin Paz at...
Pham wins 2022 Heyman Mentorship Award
Friday, 11 November 2022
Kim Pham is the winner of the 2022 Heyman Mentorship Award for her novel manuscript ‘Bird Hands Beaver a Fishmint Bouquet’. Set in the suburbs of Western Sydney, the book...
Ultimo acquires Finkemeyer debut novel
Friday, 11 November 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Melbourne-based writer Pip Finkemeyer’s debut, Sad Girl Novel, in a two-book deal via Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management. The publisher describes Sad Girl...
Inaugural Tas Writers and Illustrators Mentorship program recipients announced
Friday, 11 November 2022
Arts Tasmania and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have announced the recipients of the inaugural Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship program. The 20 recipients are: Children’s Amy Genford Nicole...
‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ to be adapted for TV
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Screen rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams have been acquired by South Australian production houses Highview Productions and Closer Productions, in a deal made by Anonymous...
‘Telling Tennant’s Story’ wins inaugural Aus Political Book of the Year
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Dean Ashenden has won the inaugural $10,000 Australian Political Book of the Year Award for Telling Tennant’s Story: The strange career of the great Australian Silence, published by Black Inc....
Black Inc. announces ‘Growing Up Indian in Australia’
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Black Inc. has announced the latest addition to its ‘Growing Up’ nonfiction anthology series is Growing Up Indian in Australia, to be edited by Canberra-based journalist Aarti Betigeri. 'It can...
McDuling joins PRH as rights manager
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the appointment of Sarah McDuling as its new rights manager. McDuling replaces Nerrilee Weir, who left the company in June after 24 years....
PANZ receives funding for audiobook project
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has received a NZ$495,150 (A$453,680) Te Tahua Whakamarohi i te Rāngai Ahurea Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund grant ‘to establish...
New paid Hachette traineeship
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Hachette Australia has announced a new paid entry-level publishing traineeship intended to address the lack of diversity in publishing. The traineeship is a full-time year-long role offering exposure across Hachette’s...
NewSouth acquires Pirotta book on whales
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to a book about the past, present and future of whales by wildlife scientist and science communicator Vanessa Pirotta. According to the publisher, the...
Nielsen: 37% of audiobook consumers new to the format
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
New research by Nielsen BookData has found 37% of Australian audiobook consumers began listening to audiobooks within the past 12 months. ‘The Australian audiobook market continues to mature, with the...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 November 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category, chosen from 545 entries, are: Fiction Dark as Last Night (Tony Birch,...
Woollahra Digital Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 November 2022
The shortlists for the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction ($2500) ‘The Golden Bracelet’ (Deniz Agraz, Meniscus Literary Journal) ‘Smoking Gym’...
Voss Literary Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 November 2022
The shortlist for the Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted works, chosen from a longlist of 10, are: The Other Half of You (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) After...
Deborah Cass Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 4 November 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The prize committee also announced that this year will be the prize's last....
Ractliffe to leave PRH
Friday, 4 November 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) publishing director Justin Ractliffe will leave the company following a review of its local adult publishing division. From next year PRH’s adult publishing and audio...
Walkley Book Award 2022 shortlist announced
Friday, 4 November 2022
The shortlist for this year’s Walkley Book Award has been announced. The three shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of nine, are: Currowan (Bronwyn Adcock, Black Inc.) The Game: A portrait...
HarperCollins acquires Parker WWII love story
Thursday, 3 November 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to the novel At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by scriptwriter Alli Parker, in a deal brokered by Clare Forster of Curtis Brown. Described...
Begbie wins 2022 Richell Prize
Thursday, 3 November 2022
Susannah Begbie has won the 2022 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her manuscript ‘When Trees Fall Without Warning’. Begbie grew up in rural New South Wales on a sheep...
BookTok, Romantasy in demand at small but ‘upbeat’ Frankfurt
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Local publishers returning to Frankfurt for the first time since the pandemic reported an upbeat mood at the smaller-than-usual fair, where attendees were grateful to be face-to-face despite concerns over...
Erskine receives 2022 Lady Cutler Award
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Gail Erskine is the recipient of the 2022 Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service to...
Alcove acquires ‘The Laughter Effect’
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Laura Apperson at Alcove Press has acquired world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to The Laughter Effect: How to build joy, resilience and positivity in your life by Ros Ben-Moshe, in a...
Dymocks Book of the Year 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 October 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Dymocks Book of the Year and young readers category have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Book of the Year Horse (Geraldine...
Bitto wins 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Award
Monday, 31 October 2022
Emily Bitto has won the $20,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for her second novel Wild Abandon (A&U). 'A lot of very good books just didn’t make the shortlist. But...
Puncher & Wattmann acquires three Craig novels
Friday, 28 October 2022
Puncher & Wattmann has acquired world English rights (ex USA & Canada) to two novels by Blue Mountains–based writer Jen Craig, as well as world rights to her debut, via...
Fuge wins 2022 Bragg Prize for Science Writing
Friday, 28 October 2022
Lauren Fuge has won the 2022 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay ‘Time travel and tipping points’, originally published in Cosmos Magazine. Fuge's story transports the...
Scribe acquires new Gott novel
Friday, 28 October 2022
Scribe Publications has acquired world English rights to Naked Ambition, a new novel by Robert Gott. Described by the publisher as a ‘playful’ novel, Naked Ambition explores the collision of...
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