Baxter, Burrows, Reid named SMH Best Young Australian Novelists 2022
Monday, 2 May 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced the Best Young Australian Novelists for 2022. The writers and their novels, all debuts, are: Ella Baxter for New Animal (A&U) Michael Burrows for Where the Line Breaks (Fremantle...
Araluen wins Stella Prize for ‘Dropbear’
Friday, 29 April 2022
Evelyn Araluen has won the 2022 Stella Prize for Dropbear (UQP), the first time a poetry collection has won the award. In the prize's 10th year, Araluen receives an additional...
Books in the media this weekend, 30 April – 1 May
Friday, 29 April 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Elizabeth Finch (Julian Barnes, Jonathan Cape) Jack of Hearts: QX11594 (Jackie...
Career path: Erica Wagner
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Erica Wagner has worked in publishing for over 30 years, starting out as a trainee children's editor at Penguin Australia and going on to spend 20 years at the helm...
‘Sorrow and Bliss’ shortlisted for 2022 Women’s Prize
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Sydney-based Aotearoa New Zealand writer Meg Mason has been shortlisted for the £30,000 (A$52,800) Women’s Prize for Fiction for her second novel Sorrow and Bliss (Fourth Estate). First published in...
Byng joins HGCP as publisher
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Chren Byng has been appointed publisher at Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP). Currently head of head of Australian children’s publishing at HarperCollins, Byng will work from Hardie Grant's Sydney office...
Macquarie University launches author survey
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Macquarie University has launched a national survey investigating the practices of Australian authors in the contemporary national and international book industry. The survey, which follows on from a similar study...
Swedish paper company to shut four of five mills
Thursday, 28 April 2022
UK publishing industry figures have expressed concern that the current paper crisis will worsen as Swedish paper company Stora-Enso moves to divest four of its five paper mills, reports the...
Dorothy Hewett Award 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 28 April 2022
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The winner receives $10,000 prize money, as well as manuscript development and a...
Australian bookshop tour: Paperbark Merchants
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Located at Western Australia’s southern tip, Paperbark Merchants in Albany is WA’s largest independent regional bookstore. A runner-up in the regional bookstore category at the 2020 Leading Edge Book Awards,...
Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult fiction After Story...
Molloy wins 2021 Anne Elder Award
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Australian Poetry has announced Audrey Molloy's The Important Things (Gallery Press) as the winner of the 2021 Anne Elder Award for a first book of poetry. According to the 2021 prize...
Local authors longlisted for CWA Daggers
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Several Australia-based authors have been longlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) 2022 Dagger Awards. Jacqueline Bublitz has been longlisted for the Gold Dagger for best novel for her...
Australians, New Zealander shortlisted for 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Two Australians and one New Zealander are among the finalists for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Australian and New Zealand writers shortlisted are: Sarah Walker for ‘Slake’ (Australia)...
Wheeler Centre 2022 Hot Desk fellows
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2022 Hot Desk Fellowships. The 21 Hot Desk fellows are: Julia Bak Kasumi Borcyzk J R Burgmann Aurelia St Clair...
No ‘Daily’ on Monday
Friday, 22 April 2022
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published on Monday, 25 April, due to the Anzac Day public holiday. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 26 April.
Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 April
Friday, 22 April 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Keeping Them Honest (Stephen Charles & Catherine Williams, Scribe) Other Houses...
£50k Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 22 April 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the £50,000 (A$88,400) Wolfson History Prize has been announced. The shortlisted works of history are: The Ottomans: Khans, caesars and caliphs (Marc David Baer,...
Paying the price for print
Thursday, 21 April 2022
Bumper book consumption was a silver lining of Covid. But could it also be part of a perfect storm that will drive up the price of books? Books+Publishing reports. ‘I...
WBN published Thursday next week
Thursday, 21 April 2022
Due to the Anzac Day public holiday on Monday, 25 April the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 28 April next week. The deadline for classified and job...
Ondaatje Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 21 April 2022
The shortlist for this year’s £10,000 (A$17,500) Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been announced. The annual award recognises the book ‘of highest literary merit—fiction, nonfiction or poetry—which best...
UQP acquires van Neerven nonfiction book on sport
Thursday, 21 April 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to Personal Score, the first work of nonfiction by writer and poet Ellen van Neerven. Described by the publisher as a ‘groundbreaking look at sport...
Lauren Draper recommends
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
I adored Rhiannon Wilde’s debut novel Henry Hamlet’s Heart (UQP). It’s such a beautiful and warm novel, and perfectly balances the teenaged experience of friendship, futures, and first loves. I...
Lauren Draper on ‘The Museum of Broken Things’
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Lauren Draper's debut YA novel The Museum of Broken Things (Text, June) follows 18-year-old Reece, who finds herself living in a small beachside town. With multiple plotlines, and featuring a cast of...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
The shortlist for the 2021 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘are you ready poem’ by Ender Baskan...
Overland announces 2021 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Overland has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. The shortlisted stories, chosen from over 400 entries, are: ‘The Quake’ by Germain Canon ‘Trucked’ by Harmony...
Jhalak Prize 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
The shortlists for the UK’s Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers have been announced. The titles shortlisted for...
‘Nevermoor’ to be adapted as musical film
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Jessica Townsend's 2017 middle-grade novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) has been acquired by Paramount Pictures to be adapated as a film musical, reports Deadline. The musical adaptation...
UK indies fearful of cost of living rises
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
In the UK, independent booksellers are concerned that cost of living rises are leading to fewer customers and lower average spend per head, reports the Bookseller. Some shops are already...
ABDA Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
The shortlists for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Shortlists include: Best designed commercial fiction cover Catch Us the...
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