APA convenes diversity & inclusion working group; releases UniMelb ‘baseline’ survey results Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released the results of a ‘baseline’ survey of the Australian publishing industry undertaken by University of Melbourne researchers, and convened a Diversity & Inclusion...
Delaney’s ‘Reasons Not to Worry’ sells in multiple territories Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Rights to Brigid Delaney’s nonfiction work Reasons Not to Worry (A&U, September) have been sold to North America, the UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ and Canada), Greece and Serbia, in...
Byron Writers Festival returns after two years of upheaval Archive
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
The 2022 Byron Writers Festival, which ran 26 to 28 August, was ‘a resounding success’, according to the organisers. The first in-person festival since 2019, following the cancellation of the...
Michelle Kadarusman on ‘Berani’ Archive
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
A powerful middle-grade story about animal activism, Berani (A&U, November), Michelle Kadarusman's latest novel, follows two young protagonists, Malia and Ari, who work together to rescue orangutan Ginger Juice. Our...
Michelle Kadarusman recommends Archive
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
I usually have a few books on the go, both children and adult reads. Two newer books that really stood out for me recently were Rainfish by Andrew Paterson (Text)...
Bookshop tour: Lamplight Books, Auckland Archive
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Auckland's Lamplight Books is a newly established independent bookshop with a special focus on architecture and design books. Recently celebrating its first birthday, the shop has quickly become a staple...
‘Tiddas’ stage adaptation to play as part of Brisbane Festival 2022 Archive
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Anita Heiss’s 2014 novel Tiddas (S&S) has been adapted for stage in a joint production with La Boite Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Brisbane Festival. Tiddas, which will...
Ridgway, Chaudhuri win James Tait Black prizes Archive
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
In the UK, Keith Ridgway and Amit Chaudhuri have won the James Tait Black prizes for fiction and biography respectively. Ridgway won the fiction prize for A Shock (Picador), a...
Booktopia reports revenue up 7.5%; earnings down 54%; reaches agreement with ACCC Archive
Monday, 29 August 2022
Online retailer Booktopia grew its revenue 7.5% in the 12 months to 30 June, while its underlying earnings fell 54% over the same period. In its full-year preliminary results, Booktopia...
A&U acquires new Morton novel Archive
Monday, 29 August 2022
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Kate Morton’s new novel Homecoming. Described by the publisher as ‘an epic novel that spans generations’, Homecoming explores the power of motherhood,...
Davitt Awards 2022 winners announced Archive
Monday, 29 August 2022
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult crime novel...
CBCA Shadowers’ Choice Awards 2022 winners Archive
Monday, 29 August 2022
The winners of the inaugural 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Sun Project: Shadowers’ Choice Awards, chosen by groups of young people, have been announced. The winning books in...
Gunty wins inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Archive
Monday, 29 August 2022
In the UK, US author Tess Gunty has won the inaugural £5000 (A$8520) Waterstones Debut Fiction prize for The Rabbit Hutch (Oneworld), reports the Bookseller. The Rabbit Hutch describes the...
Ned Kelly Awards 2022 winners announced Archive
Monday, 29 August 2022
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Best debut crime fiction Banjawarn (Josh Kemp,...
Books in the media this weekend, 27–28 August Archive
Friday, 26 August 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper August in Kabul (Andrew Quilty, MUP) The Nerves and their Endings...
Jaigirdar wins YA Book Prize Archive
Friday, 26 August 2022
In the UK, Adiba Jaigirdar has won the 2022 YA Book Prize for her second novel Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating (Hodder Children’s), reports the Bookseller. Described as...
T S Bookshop closes temporarily, makes staff redundant Archive
Friday, 26 August 2022
The board of the Melbourne Theosophical Society (MTS) has temporarily closed the T S Bookshop and Theosophical Society Library, with all seven staff made redundant on Friday, 12 August. As...
UQP acquires third Leane poetry collection ‘Gawimarra: Gathering’ Archive
Friday, 26 August 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Gawimarra: Gathering, the third poetry collection by Wiradjuri writer, critic and poet Jeanine Leane. The product of decades of poetic,...
NT Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2022
The shortlists have been announced for the 2022 Northern Territory Literary Awards, which celebrate the unpublished work of established and emerging NT writers. Shortlists in seven categories were announced, including:...
Hachette acquires two new Binks novels Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ and UK rights to a new middle-grade novel from Danielle Binks in a two-book deal, via Jacinta di Mase Management. Publisher Kate Stevens acquired upper...
Hardie Grant announces 2022 Spark Prize shortlist Archive
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Hardie Grant Books and RMIT Writing and Publishing have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Spark Prize for narrative nonfiction. The shortlisted entries are: Katerina Bryant for ‘Queen Pawn’ Sam...
Employment in the Australian publishing industry in 2022 Archive
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
In July 2022 Books+Publishing (B+P) surveyed more than 300 people about their employment in the Australian book industry, following up on similar surveys in 2013 and 2018. This report focuses on the data...
Dymocks Neutral Bay win top award at in-person conference Archive
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Gina and Colin Pettitt of Dymocks Neutral Bay were awarded the Dymocks Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence in 2022 during the bookselling chain’s annual conference, which ran from 7 to...
Transit Lounge acquires Bacon literary mystery novel Archive
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Serengotti, a literary mystery novel by Eugen Bacon. According to Transit Lounge publisher Barry Scott, Serengotti takes the classic story of a woman...
CWF: ‘the little festival that could’ returns after two years of false starts Archive
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
After being postponed and ultimately cancelled in 2021, the Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) returned in person this month, doubling its audience numbers in comparison to the 2020 CWF hybrid in-person...
Readings announces New Australian Fiction Prize 2022 shortlist Archive
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
The shortlist for the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Cold Enough for Snow (Jessica Au, Giramondo) Hovering (Rhett Davis, Hachette) Losing Face (George Haddad, UQP)...
Pantera acquires Sarago memoir on beauty Archive
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the memoir Gigorou: Are you ready to redefine beauty? by Sasha Kutabah Sarago, represented by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. A former model,...
PRH acquires Bhasin debut Archive
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights for I Look Forward to Hearing from You, the debut novel by Sydney-based writer Nick Bhasin, in a deal agented by...
Beijing International Book Fair delayed until November Archive
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
The Beijing International Book Fair, which was scheduled to open tomorrow 24 August, has been delayed until November. The fair will now run from 24–27 November. According to Publishing Perspectives,...
CJZ options film and TV rights to Jaffé novel Archive
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Production company CJZ has optioned film and television rights for The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison (Meredith Jaffé, HarperCollins), in a deal negotiated by Tara Wynne of Curtis Brown Australia. The...
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