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Gilliatt joins Left Bank Literary  Archive

Thursday, 1 December 2022
Former Allen & Unwin (A&U) publishing director Tom Gilliatt has joined Left Bank Literary (LBL) as an agent. Gilliatt joined A&U in 2014 and finished in late September this year....

Cornegé to leave UQP  Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) marketing and publicity manager Louise Cornegé has been appointed marketing and campaigns manager at the Conversation and will leave UQP on 15 December. Appointed in 2019,...

Hunterland joins Affirm sales team  Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Affirm Press has announced the appointment of Jane Hunterland as the publisher’s Queensland account manager. Hunterland, who comes to the role with 12 years’ experience as an account manager for...

Two Brabon novels to Ultimo  Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ and UK rights to two new novels by Katherine Brabon, in a deal via Clare Forster at Curtis Brown. In Body Friend, the narrator leaves...

Harry Hartog Penrith to open in April  Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Berkelouw Books will open a new Harry Hartog-branded store in Penrith in April 2023. The 750sqm Harry Hartog Penrith store will be located at 384 High Street Penrith, and will...

Fegan wins 2022 Catalyse Nonfiction Prize  Archive

Monday, 28 November 2022
Express Media and Deakin University have announced Sar Fegan as the winner of the Catalyse Nonfiction Prize, formerly the Deakin University Nonfiction Prize. Fegan won for their piece 'A Fiery...

NSW Prem’s History Awards adds $10,000 prize  Archive

Monday, 28 November 2022
The NSW Government has announced the establishment of a new history prize category in the NSW Premier’s History Awards. The Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize, valued at $10,000, will...

Affirm acquires Daley anthology about teachers  Archive

Friday, 25 November 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a forthcoming anthology about teachers, to be edited by Megan Daley. The anthology will showcase educators who nurture, inspire, champion and create change, in...

Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Award  Archive

Thursday, 24 November 2022
Sydney-based author Antigone Kefala is the winner of this year’s $15,000 Patrick White Literary Award. The award recognises Kefala’s achievements as a poet, and a writer of fiction and nonfiction....

Pettit, Hawkins to join Affirm sales team  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Affirm Press has announced the appointment of Priscilla Pettit and Christopher Hawkins as key account managers for NSW/ACT. Pettit has spent three years with Dymocks stores as assistant manager at...

Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2022 winners  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The winners of the 2022 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Fiction ($2500) ‘The Golden Bracelet’ (Deniz Agraz, Meniscus Literary Journal) Nonfiction ($2500) ‘Not...

ACT Writers Centre re-launches as Marion  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The ACT Writers Centre has re-launched as Marion, with the tagline ‘elevating writers and their art’. The new name is ‘a tipped hat to two creative forces that have influenced...

QBD 2022 Books of the Year announced  Archive

Monday, 21 November 2022
QBD has announced the chain’s 2022 Books of the Year. The winning titles are: Fiction Lying Beside You (Michael Robotham, Hachette) Nonfiction My Dream Time: A memoir of tennis and...

Erese wins final Deborah Cass Prize  Archive

Friday, 18 November 2022
Anneliz Marie Erese has won Writers Victoria’s 2022 Deborah Cass Prize for her story ‘International’. Erese’s story was chosen from a shortlist of 11. She receives $3000 to assist in further development...