‘The Yield’ optioned for screen Archive
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Tara June Winch's 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel The Yield (Penguin) has been optioned for screen adaptation. Winch is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary with the option and purchase...
Von Reinhold wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for ‘Lote’ Archive
Thursday, 20 May 2021
In the UK, Shola von Reinhold and Jacaranda Press have won this year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses for von Reinhold's debut novel Lote, reports the Bookseller. Von Reinhold’s novel explores...
Australia Reads announces 2021 special edition books Archive
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Australia Reads has announced four new Australia Reads Special Editions publishing in late 2021 to coincide with Australian Reading Hour on Tuesday, 14 September. The following four books, valued at...
BWF 2021: rebuilding audiences in ‘a slightly strange time’ Archive
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Brisbane Writers Festival, which was held in May for the first time this year, was ‘experimental in a number of ways’ according to festival CEO Sarah Runcie. The festival was...
Byron Writers Festival announces first guests for 2021 event Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
The Byron Writers Festival, scheduled to run 6 to 8 August this year, has announced its first guests. Julia Baird (Phosphorescence, Fourth Estate), will appear on a number of festival...
Meet literary agent Natasha Solomun Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
As the pandemic keeps rights sellers from meeting face-to-face, Books+Publishing is shining a regular spotlight on the work of Australian rights agents. Today, we hear from Natasha Solomun, who worked as a rights executive...
Amazon picks up ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ series adaptation Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Amazon Prime Video has announced it has commissioned production on a seven-part series adaptation of Holly Ringland's 2018 novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate), with Sigourney Weaver set...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 12 longlisted novels are: Amnesty (Aravind Adiga, Picador) The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) At the...
Brio Books becomes part of Booktopia Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Booktopia has announced independent publisher Brio Books will become part of its publishing business. Booktopia will continue publishing books under the Brio imprint as part of its Booktopia Publishing division,...
Gibson wins 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Australian writer Katerina Gibson has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for their story ‘Fertile Soil’. Judge Tina Makereti, representing the Pacific region, said ‘the...
Melbourne Prize announces new categories Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced two new award categories in the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. In addition to the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature, which was won by...
Beijing Book Fair to run as hybrid event Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
This year’s Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which runs from 25–29 August, will be held as a hybrid fair, with physical presence limited to Chinese and China-based publishers. International publishers...
Google bans ebooks on Shopping ads Archive
Monday, 17 May 2021
Google has announced that as of 18 May, the platform will no longer allow the advertising of ebooks on Google Shopping ads. ‘This means that all Shopping ads for digital...
Leilani wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘Luster’ Archive
Monday, 17 May 2021
In the UK, American writer Raven Leilani has won the £20,000 (A$36,240) Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel Luster (Picador). Luster follows Edie, a young Black woman who begins...
Creative Victoria announces latest VicArts recipients Archive
Monday, 17 May 2021
Several writers and literary projects have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts grants. The program will provide over $2.5 million in funding for...
‘How to Make a Bird’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Archive
Friday, 14 May 2021
Children’s picture book How to Make a Bird (Meg McKinlay, illus by Matt Ottley, Walker) has won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented...
Booksellers’ Choice 2021 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 14 May 2021
The shortlists for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2021 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the 2021 awards are: Adult Fiction Book...
‘Shuggie Bain’ wins Book of the Year at the British Book Awards Archive
Friday, 14 May 2021
Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning debut novel Shuggie Bain (Picador) has won book of the year at the British Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. Stuart’s novel, which also won the debut...
NewSouth acquires Foster bushranger history Archive
Friday, 14 May 2021
NewSouth has acquired world rights to Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia’s other bushrangers by historian Meg Foster. ‘For too long, bushranging has been cast as the exclusive domain of...
Affirm acquires ‘After Australia’ companion anthology Archive
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Affirm Press will publish Another Australia, a new speculative fiction companion anthology to last year's After Australia, again in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and the Western Sydney literacy movement Sweatshop....
UK’s CMA clears Bertelsmann’s S&S acquisition Archive
Thursday, 13 May 2021
In the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Penguin Random House (PRH) owner Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S) following an investigation, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann...
Beautrais wins 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for fiction Archive
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Whanganui poet Airini Beautrais has won the NZ$57,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her collection of stories Bug Week (Victoria...
The rights approach: Australians on rights sales in Italy Archive
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
This year the Australian Publishers Association is running a series of rights networking events to help Australian publishers connect with overseas markets. In the lead-up to its event with Italy,...
Fogarty Literary Award shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Fremantle Press has announced the shortlist for the $20,000 Fogarty Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'The Glass House' by Brooke Dunnell 'A Horse Held at...
EWF 2021 program announced Archive
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
The program for the 2021 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), running 16–26 June 2021, has been announced. After being held entirely online in 2020, EWF will in 2021 be a hybrid...
Gilligan wins Ondaatje Prize for ‘The Butchers’ Archive
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
In the UK, Ruth Gilligan has won the £10,000 (A$18,000) Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize for The Butchers (Atlantic), a literary thriller set in the Irish Borderlands during the 1996...
Andrew Paterson on ‘Rainfish’ Archive
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Andrew Paterson's debut middle-grade novel Rainfish (Text, July) won the 2020 Text Prize. Set in Far North Queensland, the book follows narrator Aaron, who breaks the law to impress an...
Avid Reader shortlisted for LBF Bookstore of the Year Archive
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Brisbane bookshop Avid Reader has been shortlisted for the bookstore of the year award at the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. Avid Reader, which was recently named bookshop...
Writing NSW to offer paid mentorships, publishing internships Archive
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Writing NSW has announced three new programs in writing, curating and publishing, designed to increase cultural diversity in those fields, supported by funding from Create NSW. The development program for...
Peter Carey Short Story Award 2021 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from a record 336 entries by longlisting judges Brooke Dunnell and Alex Cothren, the 13 longlisted...
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