New indie bookshop for Perth’s western suburbs
Monday, 5 July 2021
Open Book, a new independent bookshop, is opening in Mosman Park, Perth. The shop is situated on the main street of Mosman Park in a space that was previously a...
Centre for Stories announces Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship
Monday, 5 July 2021
Perth's Centre for Stories has announced a new fellowship, the Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship for Writers. Open to mid-career writers under the age of 40, the annual fellowship is awarded to...
‘A Kind of Spark’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Friday, 2 July 2021
In the UK, Scottish author Elle McNicoll has won the overall £5000 (A$9215) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights of Media), reports the...
INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative recipients 2021
Friday, 2 July 2021
The recipients of the 2021 INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative, offered by the National Trust of Western Australia in partnership with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries,...
Overington appointed literary editor at the Australian
Friday, 2 July 2021
Caroline Overington has been appointed literary editor at the Australian newspaper. Overington is a Walkley Award winning journalist and the author of several books of nonfiction, including Davitt Award-winner Last...
Robotham wins CWA Steel Dagger
Friday, 2 July 2021
Michael Robotham has won the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award for best thriller for his novel When She Was Good (Hachette). The judges praised Robotham’s...
Regional NSW literary festivals report success, StoryFest becomes biennial
Thursday, 1 July 2021
StoryFest 2021 was held on the South Coast of NSW between 18–20 June. In its second year, the festival invited readers and writers to the Milton-Mollymook-Ulladulla region for a weekend...
Sri Lankan writer D’Almeida wins overall Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Sri Lankan writer Kanya D’Almeida has been named the overall winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘I Cleaned The—'. D’Almeida’s story is about “‘dirty work’:...
‘The Animals in that Country’ shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award
Thursday, 1 July 2021
In the UK, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe) has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction. McKay’s novel, which won the...
Cosslett appointed PANZ president, NZ book sales receive pandemic boost
Thursday, 1 July 2021
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has appointed Graeme Cosslett as president of the PANZ council. Cosslett, who is director of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)...
Dymocks to add 25 stores as part of three-year plan
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Dymocks will launch its own range of non-book items in August this year, and aims to increase the size of the chain by adding 25 stores as part of a...
Q&A with Dymocks CEO Mark Newman
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Dymocks CEO Mark Newman joined the bookselling chain just as the pandemic took hold around the globe. Its effects for Dymocks have been mixed. Newman says that while suburban and...
ABA conference 2021: Diversity discussed, book sales going strong
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2021 conference, which was moved online in the wake of uncertainty caused by Melbourne’s Covid-19 outbreak, took place from 20–23 June. Most of the programmed...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Nottingham’s Five Leaves Bookshop
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookshops in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. ‘The shop opened the...
Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Canberra-based editor, translator and author Theodore Ell has won the 15th Calibre Essay prize for ‘Façades of Lebanon’, his essay on the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Ell receives $5000...
Hachette acquires Yarwood debut in two-book deal
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sydney author Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel The Wakes in a 'hotly contested' international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck with Catherine Drayton...
Colin Roderick Award 2021 longlist announced
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
The longlist for the $20,000 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The 15 longlisted titles are: The...
Readings staff vote for EBA, BRTD staff consider industrial action
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
A majority of staff at the Readings bookselling chain in Melbourne have voted to negotiate an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) reports. In...
Ultimo acquires Jafari debut ‘Forty Nights’
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Pirooz Jafari’s literary fiction debut Forty Nights, in a deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. Forty Nights is a novel...
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients announced
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Writers Victoria has announced the sixth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Round six was delayed in early 2020 due to Covid-19 and travel restrictions, and...
Desperate Literature Prize 2021 winner announced, Australians shortlisted
Monday, 28 June 2021
London writer Paige Cowan-Hall has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, while Australia-based writers Phillippa Finkemeyer, Campbell Andersen and Erin Scudder made the...
Smith, Yaffa win 2021 Orwell Prizes
Monday, 28 June 2021
UK novelist Ali Smith and US journalist Joshua Yaffa have won this year’s Orwell Prizes for political fiction and political writing respectively, reports the Bookseller. Smith was awarded the political...
Holland-Batt awarded $100,000 Judy Harris fellowship
Monday, 28 June 2021
Australian poet, writer and critic Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the University of Sydney’s $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence fellowship at the Charles Perkins Centre. Holland-Batt, who is associate...
Affirm acquires Berry’s ‘Fearlessly Failing’
Monday, 28 June 2021
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to nutritionist and podcast host Lola Berry’s new personal development book Fearlessly Failing. Affirm said Fearlessly Failing is ‘a guide to embracing challenges and...
Nicholls wins 2021 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Friday, 25 June 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Jan Nicholls as the winner of the 2021 Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to children’s literature. Nicholls was a teacher...
Black Inc. acquires Clode’s book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’
Friday, 25 June 2021
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to biologist and natural history author Danielle Clode’s new book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’, via Jenny Darling & Associates. Black Inc. publisher...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced
Friday, 25 June 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in April, the winners in each...
Jakob wins 2021 IPEd Rosie award
Thursday, 24 June 2021
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Johannes Jakob as the winner of the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie, for his work on The Bluffs (Kyle...
Pilkington departs Hachette
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Hachette Australia has announced that sales director Daniel Pilkington is leaving the company. ‘In his more than 10 years with Hachette, he has made not only a significant contribution to...
Transit Lounge acquires Howell debut
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Transit Lounge has acquired world English rights to Adriane Howell's debut novel Hydra, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. The novel’s protagonist is Anja, a disgraced antiquarian who comes to...
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