Penguin Literary Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Friday, 12 March 2021
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize, worth $20,000. The shortlisted writers are: Jane Carrick, for ‘So Far No Father’ Alicia Carter, for ‘Songs...
Wheeler Centre to receive federal Covid funding
Friday, 12 March 2021
The Wheeler Centre is among four arts organisations who will receive funding under the second batch of the federal government’s $35 million Covid-19 Arts Sustainability Fund, designed to assist significant...
SWF 2021 program announced
Friday, 12 March 2021
The program for the 2021 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been released. The festival, which runs from Monday, 26 April to Sunday, 2 May, will host 231 live events...
PRH acquires debut romantic comedy ‘The Matchmaker’
Friday, 12 March 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to The Matchmaker by debut Pakistani–Australian author Saman Shad via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. It is the first local adult...
International outlook: Translated books in the Australian market
Thursday, 11 March 2021
In Australia, the reading public's appetite for translated books has been growing steadily over the years. With international travel at a standstill, now more than ever there appears to be...
AWW 2021 ‘more special than ever’; women dominate bestsellers
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Adelaide Writers' Week (AWW) wrapped up on Thursday, 4 March, having run since Saturday, 27 February. Director Jo Dyer told Books+Publishing that after being ‘the last literary festival to squeak...
Auckland Writers Festival program announced
Thursday, 11 March 2021
The program for the 2021 Auckland Writers Festival, which runs from 11–16 May, has been announced. In-person guests include fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and his partner, singer and author Amanda...
Ultimo acquires Moore-Gilbert memoir
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s memoir, in a joint venture with James Erskine at Sports & Entertainment Ltd. Australian–British academic Moore-Gilbert was imprisoned for 804 days...
Byrne to adapt ‘The Geography of Friendship’ for TV
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Sally Piper's 2018 novel The Geography of Friendship (UQP) will be adapted for television as a six-part series. Dollhouse Pictures, a creative collective and independent production company founded by actress...
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 longlist announced
Thursday, 11 March 2021
In the UK, the longlist for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Now in its 26th year, the £30,000 (A$54,040) prize is presented annually to the best...
Krissy Kneen on ‘The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen’
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
In Krissy Kneen's new memoir The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen (Text, May), the death of her beloved grandmother is the catalyst for the excavation of long-buried family history, taking Kneen—and the...
Black Inc. sells world rights to ‘Return to Uluru’
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna to Stephen Morrow at Dutton, Penguin USA. McKenna’s history–true crime hybrid addresses the actions...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘Bidjigal Double Brick Dreaming’ by Brooke Scobie ‘Border...
Island launches nonfiction prize
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Island magazine has launched a new nonfiction prize. With support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize will award the winner $3000, a subscription to Island...
Overland announces Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Overland has announced the 2020 shortlist for the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. The shortlisted stories, chosen from over 500 entries, are: ‘Crossroads' by Adam Thompson 'Six Facts About Monarchs'...
S&S acquires Betts autobiography
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired the autobiography of AFL footballer Eddie Betts. Betts, who has played over 300 games for Carlton and Adelaide during his career and kicked...
Frankfurt to take place as hybrid event in October
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
This year’s Frankfurt Book Fair will take place as a hybrid digital–physical event from 20–24 October, under the motto of ‘re:connect’, reports the Bookseller. The fair, which will charge ‘significantly’...
‘Intoxicating’ wins André Simon Food and Drink book award
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
In the UK, Max Allen's Intoxicating: Ten drinks that shaped Australia (Thames & Hudson) has won the 2020 Drink Award at the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards. Awards judge...
joanne burns Microlit Award 2021 winners announced
Friday, 5 March 2021
Writers Jane O’Sullivan and Deborah Van Heekeren have each been awarded prizes in the 2021 joanne burns Microlit Award. This year the prize invited writers to submit fiction or prose...
Centre for Stories’ Wood named Westpac Social Change Fellow
Friday, 5 March 2021
Creative director of Perth's Centre for Stories Robert Wood has won a Westpac Social Change Fellowship. Valued at $50,000, the national prize is awarded by the Westpac Foundation to 10...
Stella Prize 2021 longlist announced
Friday, 5 March 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts...
PRH launches online casting platform for voiceover actors
Friday, 5 March 2021
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) Audio has launched Ahab, a global online casting platform for voiceover actors, reports Publishers Weekly. The platform is open to the public and...
No ‘Daily’ on Monday
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Please note there will be no Daily newsletter next Monday, 8 March, due to the Labour Day public holiday (Victoria, South Australia, ACT and Tasmania). Also due to the public...
PRH acquires Abdel-Magied nonfiction book
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Talking About a Revolution, a new nonfiction title by Sudanese-Australian writer Yassmin Abdel-Magied, from Clare Forster of Curtis Brown. In...
ASA writers and illustrators mentorship program winners announced
Thursday, 4 March 2021
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of its 2021 Award Mentorship Program for Writers and Illustrators. Children’s and YA Inda Ahmad Zabri Bianca Breen Kay Crabbe...
Sayer wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2021
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Writers Victoria has announced that Mandy Sayer has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Australian silent filmmakers the McDonagh sisters. Between 1926 and...
Wollongong Writers Festival to close
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Wollongong Writers Festival has announced it is closing following the loss of Create NSW annual organisations funding. Founded in 2013 by writer Chloe Higgins, the not-for-profit festival received annual funding...
April reviews round-up
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
With Mother's Day just around the corner, April is chock full of great literary book club titles. Jacqueline Maley's debut novel The Truth About Her, about a journalist juggling motherhood,...
S&S signs three ‘Halifax’ novels
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex Canada) to three novels by television writer and creator Roger Simpson, featuring his Halifax f.p. television character Jane...
Katherine Rajwar on interning at Hachette
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
The annual paid Hachette Australia summer internship was established in 2020 as part of a suite of activities the company has created to attract new talent into book publishing. Katherine...
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