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Stanner Award 2021 finalists announced

Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stanner Award has been announced. Presented every two years by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the award is for...

Chaudhary wins 2021 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Camilla Chaudhary has won the 2021 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘The Enemy Asyndeton’. Chosen from a shortlist of three announced in July,...

Jennifer Down on ‘Bodies of Light’

Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Jennifer Down's third book Bodies of Light (Text, October) follows protagonist Maggie as she reluctantly revisits a past she's fought to keep buried. Reviewer Jacqui Davies says 'despite its bleak...

S&S stands by Zonfrillo memoir 

Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) managing director Dan Ruffino has told the Age he would consider taking legal action against the Age and Sydney Morning Herald publisher Nine, if the...

NZ Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 winners announced

Tuesday, 10 August 2021
The winners of this year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror have been announced. The winners include: Best novel—adult The Stone Wētā (Octavia Cade,...

SRB announce 2021 Juncture Fellowship recipients

Tuesday, 10 August 2021
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has announced the recipients of the 2021 Juncture Fellowship. The six recipients are: Patrick Allington Louis Klee May Ngo Luke Patterson Oliver Reeson. As...

HarperCollins reports revenue up 19%, profit up 42%

Monday, 9 August 2021
HarperCollins has reported a record profit and 19% revenue growth in the 2021 fiscal year, according to parent company News Corp’s annual results. The publisher reported revenue of US$1.98 billion...

Dyer to step down as AWW director

Monday, 9 August 2021
Jo Dyer will step down as director of the Adelaide Writers Week (AWW) after the 2022 event. ‘Adelaide Writers’ Week is a very special festival and I count myself as...

PRH acquires Scott debut ‘Compulsion’

Friday, 6 August 2021
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired ANZ rights to debut novel Compulsion by Kate Scott, in a deal agented by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. Compulsion centres on Lucy, a...

Shortlist for 2021 National Biography Award announced

Friday, 6 August 2021
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works are: The Lotus Eaters (Emily Clements, Hardie Grant) One...

Mary Ryan’s Milton relocates 

Friday, 6 August 2021
After 21 years, Mary Ryan’s in the Brisbane suburb of Milton is relocating to new premises, four doors down from the original bookshop. The new location for Mary Ryan’s Milton...

Ultimo partners with Wavesound 

Thursday, 5 August 2021
Ultimo Press and Wavesound have announced a co-production partnership to produce a selection of Ultimo’s titles as audiobooks. The partnership agreement is intended to produce at least 15 titles a...

Colin Roderick Award 2021 shortlist announced

Thursday, 5 August 2021
The shortlist for the $20,000 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Consolation (Garry...

Queensland Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced

Thursday, 5 August 2021
The shortlists for the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000)  Car Crash...

Farry joins Hachette 

Thursday, 5 August 2021
Hachette Australia has announced Alysha Farry will join the company as marketing and communications director. Farry, who was group marketing, publicity and communications director at Penguin Random House Australia until...

Johnson resigns from Murdoch Books 

Thursday, 5 August 2021
Lou Johnson has announced her resignation from Murdoch Books, having been appointed to the newly created role of international publishing director for Miami-based independent Mango Publishing Group. Johnson joined Murdoch...

September reviews round-up 

Wednesday, 4 August 2021
In September, our reviewers enjoyed several forthcoming novels exploring themes of change, identity and relationships from Max Easton, Amal Awad and Jacquie Byron. Easton’s The Magpie Wing paints a ‘moving...

‘Still Alive’ sells to Fantagraphics

Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Melbourne graphic novel publisher Twelve Panels Press has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) to Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive to Gary Groth at Fantagraphics, to be published under the Fantagraphics...

Christie appointed HEAT editor

Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Giramondo Publishing has announced the appointment of Alexandra Christie as the editor of the third series of HEAT literary journal. Christie joins the Giramondo team following four years as a...

Folio Books announces closure

Tuesday, 3 August 2021
The owners of Brisbane bookshop Folio Books have announced it will not reopen ‘for the foreseeable future’. Folio Books, which opened in Elizabeth Street in 1979, was most recently located...

 

 

 

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