Write-ability fellowships 2020 recipients announced
Thursday, 2 July 2020
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of its 2020 Write-ability fellowships. The organisation this year awarded two additional fellowships: a poetry fellowship supported by an anonymous donor, and a one-off...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 longlist announced
Thursday, 2 July 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The longlisted authors and their works are: 'Mood' by Roz Bellamy (nonfiction) 'Abomination' by Ashley Goldberg...
Bookselling during the ‘new normal’
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
The financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Australian booksellers are varied, but the sense that bookselling is about more than simply selling books has been highlighted, with booksellers finding...
Witnessing the future: Kate Mildenhall on ‘The Mother Fault’
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
The Mother Fault (S&S, September), Kate Mildenhall's genre-bending follow-up to her 2016 debut Skylarking (Black Inc.), portrays a 'spine-tingling vision of a future Australia—eerie in its potential realism' as seen...
Indian writer Pandey named overall winner of 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Indian writer Kritika Pandey has been named the overall winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’. Pandey’s story explores forbidden...
John Marsden prize renamed Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Hachette and Express Media have confirmed YA author Will Kostakis will take over from John Marsden as mentor of the 2020 John Marsden/Hachette Australia Prize for Young Australian Writers, which...
Ballarat Books, Warrnambool Books, Link Educational to rebrand as Campion Education
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Following its acquisition of Victorian educational specialists Ballarat Books, Warrnambool Books and Mount Waverley-based Link Educational last year, the Campion Group will rebrand all three businesses as Campion Education. Ballarat...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) Fabulous Lives (Bindy Pritchard,...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 longlist announced
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Shadow of Doubt (S L Beaumont, Paperback Writers) Trust Me,...
Colin Roderick Award 2020 longlist announced
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Turn Left at...
Pan Mac and Nosy Crow win at 2020 British Book Awards; ‘Queenie’ wins book of the year
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
In the UK, the winners of the 2020 British Book Awards, known as the ‘Nibbies’, have been announced. In the trade section of the awards, Pan Macmillan was named publisher...
Papertalk Green wins 2020 ALS Gold Medal
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Charmaine Papertalk Green has won the 2020 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her poetry collection Nganajungu Yagu (Cordite). Papertalk Green’s work was chosen from a shortlist that included...
Llewellyn appointed Wheeler Centre CEO
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
The Wheeler Centre has announced the appointment of Caro Llewellyn as CEO. Llewellyn, whose memoir Diving into Glass (Hamish Hamilton) was shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize, was announced as...
Furloughed UK staff return to work
Monday, 29 June 2020
In the UK, major publishers are planning for furloughed staff to return to work, with most saying they have no plans to make redundancies, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported,...
OverDrive acquires RBmedia’s library business
Monday, 29 June 2020
Library provider OverDrive has announced it is acquiring RBmedia’s library business. The deal will see OverDrive acquire the RBdigital platform in the UK, US and Australia. RBmedia's other businesses, including...
Van Neerven, Sakr to host new UQP poetry podcast
Monday, 29 June 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) will launch its new monthly poetry podcast Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times on 10 July. The podcast, supported by Copyright Agency funding, will be...
Federal government announces $250 million creative support package
Friday, 26 June 2020
The federal government has announced a $250 million package to support the cultural and creative industries following the Covid-19 pandemic. The support comprises four components: $75 million in grants of...
Hachette acquires two new Lester books
Friday, 26 June 2020
Hachette has acquired ANZ rights to two books by Natasha Lester to be published in 2022 and 2023. Hachette Australia acquired local rights as part of a global deal made...
Van Neerven awarded Civitella Ranieri Center Fellowship in Italy
Friday, 26 June 2020
Ellen van Neerven has been awarded a Civitella Ranieri Center Fellowship in Italy. Van Neerven, the only Australian selected for the coming three years of the Fellowship, was awarded the...
Text acquires four additional Text Prize-shortlisted books
Friday, 26 June 2020
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to four manuscripts that were shortlisted for the 2020 Text Prize, in addition to the winner, middle-grade novel Rainfish (Andrew Paterson). From the shortlist...
Wakefield acquires Haghdoosti’s debut YA novel ‘Sunburnt Veils’
Friday, 26 June 2020
Wakefield Press has acquired ANZ and UK rights to Sara Haghdoosti's debut YA novel Sunburnt Veils. Sunburnt Veils is a character-based exploration of Islamophobia through a heroine who’s the kind...
Australian publishing workers share salaries to promote wage transparency
Thursday, 25 June 2020
A spreadsheet inviting Australian publishing workers to share their salaries is circulating on social media. At the time of writing, 42 staff have entered information including their job title, wage,...
UK book sales up 30% as bookshops reopen
Thursday, 25 June 2020
In the UK, almost 4 million books were sold in the first six days after bookshops reopened last week, an almost 30% jump on the same week last year, reports...
ABA 2020 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Thursday, 25 June 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for 2020 ABA Bookseller of the Year. The shortlisted booksellers in each category are: Bookseller of the Year Michael Earp, The...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $350k in Cultural Fund grants
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Twenty-five arts organisations have received a total of $352,773 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. The grants cover the first two rounds of funding...
Shaw runner-up in 2020 Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction
Thursday, 25 June 2020
New Zealand writer Jenah Shaw has been named a runner-up for the Madrid-based Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction for her story 'Goodness and the Tiger', while fellow Wellington writer...
Community cup: Rawah Arja on ‘The F Team’
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Rawah Arja is a writer and teacher from Punchbowl, Sydney. In her debut YA novel The F Team (Giramondo, September), which is set in her home suburb, Arja explores family,...
Career Path: Middle Grade Mavens
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Pamela Ueckerman and Julie Grasso are two self-described ‘author mums’ and the hosts of the podcast Middle Grade Mavens. They review children’s books, interview industry experts and discuss all things...
Taylor & Francis acquires A&U academic lists
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Taylor & Francis Books has acquired Allen & Unwin’s (A&U) academic and professional books lists, which represent over 700 titles in the humanities and social science disciplines. In a statement,...
Hardie Grant acquires Ablett autobiography
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to AFL player Gary Ablett Jr’s autobiography. The fully illustrated book will include guest chapters from his father Gary Ablett Sr, Geelong captain...
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