Picador acquires ‘Prima Facie’ novelisation
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Picador has acquired rights to the novelisation of Australian playwright Suzie Miller’s multi-award-winning play Prima Facie, plus an as yet untitled second novel, in ‘a heated auction’. Pan Macmillan publisher...
Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 24 October 2022
The shortlist for the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books, chosen from a longlist announced in early October, are: Bob Hawke: Demons...
Tasmanian Literary Awards longlists announced
Monday, 24 October 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category, worth $25,000 each, are: Young readers and children Aster’s Good, Right Things (Kate...
‘Vandemonians’ wins 2022 Victorian Premier’s History Award
Monday, 24 October 2022
Janet McCalman has won the Victorian Premier’s History Award, worth $5000, for her book Vandemonians: The repressed history of colonial Victoria (MUP). Chosen from a shortlist of 21 books, Vandemonians...
S&S acquires Paterson debut historical novel
Monday, 24 October 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired the debut novel Where Light Meets Water by Susan Paterson. Former S&S publishing director Fiona Henderson acquired ANZ rights to the novel from...
VPLAs add children’s award
Monday, 24 October 2022
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) will add a new children’s book award worth $25,000. The Award for Children’s Literature will be presented to the creators of the best children’s...
Keneally, Nannestad win $100K Historical Novel Prize
Friday, 21 October 2022
Tom Keneally has won the $50,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize in the adult category for Corporal Hitler's Pistol (Penguin), while Katrina Nannestad has won the $30,000 children and young adult...
Schmidt wins 2022 Hungerford Award
Friday, 21 October 2022
Molly Schmidt has won the 2022 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for her manuscript Salt River Road. She receives $15,000 in prize money and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press....
MWF moves to May
Friday, 21 October 2022
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced that next year it is moving from September to the first weekend in May. In a statement, MWF said the organisation made the decision...
Wallman awarded Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Writing Fellowship
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Centre for Stories has announced Sam Wallman as the recipient of the 2022 Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship. Wallman receives $12,000, a workspace at the Centre for Stories in Perth, and access...
Walkley Book Award longlist announced
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
The longlist for this year’s Walkley Book Award has been announced. The nine longlisted titles are: Currowan (Bronwyn Adcock, Black Inc.) QAnon and On (Van Badham, Hardie Grant) Making Australian...
Ping’s ‘The Poison of Polygamy’ adapted for stage
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Wong Shee Ping’s novel The Poison of Polygamy (translated by Ely Finch, Sydney University Press) has been adapted for stage in a joint production with La Boite Theatre and Sydney...
Bookshops in Shepparton, Echuca, Kyneton closed due to floods
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Collins Booksellers in Shepparton and Echuca, Victoria, have announced these stores will be closed until further notice due to flooding in the region. ‘We had a bit of water that...
Neilma Sidney Travel Fund recipients announced
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the eighth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The successful recipients, who share in a total of $56,925, are: Eunice Andrada, for...
Ultimo acquires Day memoir ‘Reckless’
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights for Reckless by Marele Day, via Jenny Darling of Jenny Darling & Associates. Described by the publisher as a 'brilliantly crafted' ‘literary detective memoir’,...
Tanner wins 2022 Albert Ullin award
Monday, 17 October 2022
Illustrator and author Jane Tanner is the recipient of the 2022 Albert Ullin Award. The $10,000 biennial award was created with a bequest from the late Albert Ullin, a co-founder...
Queer YA novel wins 2022 Ampersand Prize
Monday, 17 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced Adelaide teacher and writer Elisa Chenoweth has won the 2022 Ampersand Prize for her young adult novel Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything...
FNPOC Count report released
Monday, 17 October 2022
The First Nations and People of Colour (FNPOC) Count, led by Victoria University senior lecturer Natalie Kon-yu, has released a report of its findings. The count took in a sample...
Ultimo Press acquires Griffiths debut ‘Tissue’
Friday, 14 October 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Tissue, the debut book by Melbourne writer Madison Griffiths. In Tissue, Griffiths ‘turns her keen eye to the topic of abortion in a...
Greenwood wins Varuna-NEWC Fellowship
Friday, 14 October 2022
The New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) in partnership with Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced Anne Greenwood as the winner of the 2022 Varuna-NEWC Fellowship. Greenwood receives a week’s...
Fair Work approves Readings EBA
Friday, 14 October 2022
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has approved the enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) negotiated between Readings and the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) on behalf of staff at the...
Faber Writing Academy appoints editor-in-residence
Friday, 14 October 2022
Faber Writing Academy has announced the appointment of Ellen O’Brien as editor-in-residence. A Garigal/Walkeloa writer, O'Brien is a junior editor at the Sydney Review of Books and the 2022 program...
Bondi Beach Productions acquires ‘The Criminal Class’ screen rights
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Film and television rights to Paul MacNamara’s debut book The Criminal Class: Memoir of a prison teacher (Big Sky) have been acquired by Bondi Beach Productions, based in Sydney, Los...
S&S acquires Prak debut thriller
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to Michelle Prak’s debut thriller The Rush, via literary agent Melanie Ostell. The Rush is described by the publisher as a...
Ultimo to establish UK publishing team
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Hardie Grant and Ultimo Press have announced that Ultimo managing director James Kellow will set up the imprint in the UK next year. Kellow said, ‘After an exciting time establishing...
Marketing staff to be covered in proposed PRH EBA
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union has announced that a proposed changed Enterprise Agreement at Penguin Random House (PRH) will cover marketing staff for the first time. ‘Solidarity...
Pantera Press acquires Vanstone memoir in two-book deal
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to the memoir A Thousand Wasted Sundays by writer and podcaster Victoria Vanstone, in a two-book deal, via Sarah McKenzie at Sarah McKenzie Literary...
QBD opens Ipswich store
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
QBD Books has opened a new store in Ipswich, Queensland. The new store, located at the Ipswich Riverlink Shopping Centre, celebrated its opening on Love Your Bookshop Day, Saturday 8...
A&U acquires Scholte sequel
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ and Oceania rights to Shadows of Truth by Astrid Scholte, the sequel to her 2022 YA fantasy League of Liars. Shadows of Truth...
‘Wellmania’ sells to UK ahead of Netflix adaptation
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Wellmania: Misadventures in the search for wellness by journalist Brigid Delaney (Nero), from Black...
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