Romantasy surge puts second-quarter US print sales up
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
In the US, a huge increase in print book sales in the adult fantasy category has contributed to overall unit sales of print books increasing 1.1% in the second quarter...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2024 longlist announced
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
The longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $50,000, has been announced. The 14 longlisted titles, chosen from 235 entries, are: Saltwater...
Walker acquires YA novel from Kate, Angourie Rice
Monday, 8 July 2024
Walker Books has acquired rights to a second young adult novel from Angourie Rice and Kate Rice. Titled Operation School Ball, the novel is described by the publisher as ‘an edgy...
CWA Dagger 2024 winners announced
Monday, 8 July 2024
In the UK, the winners of the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards have been announced, reports the Bookseller. Among the winners across 13 categories was Tell Me What I...
Weissman wins 2024 Crystal Kite award
Monday, 8 July 2024
US-born author Elissa Weissman, who lives in Aotearoa New Zealand, has won the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented by the...
Authors among 2024 NAIDOC Week award finalists
Monday, 8 July 2024
The National NAIDOC Committee has announced the winners of the 2024 NAIDOC Week Awards. Among the winners was artist and cultural leader Alick Tipoti, who is a fluent Kala Lagaw...
Wright wins 2024 ALS Gold Medal
Monday, 8 July 2024
The winner of the 2024 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal is Alexis Wright for Praiseworthy (Giramondo). The win is the third for Wright, who joins Patrick White and David...
Varuna announces 2024 Writer’s Space recipients
Monday, 8 July 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the 12 recipients of the 2024 Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability and/or who are D/deaf. Participants in the 2024 program will...
APA pauses Educational Publishing Awards
Thursday, 4 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has paused the Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) for 2024. In a statement, the APA said that its Schools Educational Publishing Committee (SEPC), as project...
Hachette appoints Naoum as publishing director, promotes Collett
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Hachette has appointed Joel Naoum as publishing director, effective 22 July, and has promoted Katrina Collett to the position of product and production director, effective immediately. Naoum joined Pan Macmillan...
NewSouth acquires Rawson creative nonfiction book
Thursday, 4 July 2024
NewSouth has acquired world rights to a creative nonfiction book from Jane Rawson, titled Human/Nature: On life in a wild world, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. Human/Nature is described by the...
MidnightSun acquires Gold novel
Thursday, 4 July 2024
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to the novel Shift by Irma Gold, via Sarah McKenzie of Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Set in the South African township where the 1955...
Transit Lounge acquires Sayer memoir
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to No Dancing in the Lift, a memoir from author Mandy Sayer, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Described by Transit Lounge...
Booktopia appoints administrators
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Online bookseller Booktopia has appointed McGrathNicol as voluntary administrators of the company and its subsidiaries. Listed as insolvent are Booktopia Group Limited and associated entities Booktopia Pty Limited, Making I....
UQP acquires Vowles debut novel
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to a debut novel from screenwriter and author Thomas Vowles, titled The End of Everything. ‘A psychological thriller set in Melbourne’s queer scene, The End...
Tinsel time: Christmas 2024 fiction
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
From the big names to the surprising debuts (and a whole lot of crime in between), Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local adult fiction titles releasing in time for Christmas...
Meet the Rising Stars 2024: Justin Wolfers
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement...
Creative Australia international program recipients announced
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Creative Australia has announced the recipients of grants through its international programs. The programs include the International Travel Fund, the International Engagement Fund and the International Touring and Presentation Fund,...
Affirm acquires Lishman self-help book
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Marny Lishman’s self-help book Crisis to Contentment, via The Lifestyle Suite. Lishman is a health and community psychologist, wellbeing and mindset coach, keynote...
Hachette acquires Brooks memoir
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Geraldine Brooks’ memoir Memorial Days. Described by the publisher as a ‘heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace’,...
Merkel wins 2024 Hope Prize
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
John Merkel has won the 2024 Hope Prize, presented by Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S), for the story ‘Shadows Cast by the Moon’. Merkel won the inaugural award, worth $10,000,...
Indian writer Thakur wins 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Indian writer Sanjana Thakur has won the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘Aishwarya Rai’, reports the Bookseller. Thakur was named the overall winner of the prize after...
Miles Franklin 2024 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist announced in May, are: Only Sound Remains (Hossein Asgari, Puncher & Wattmann)...
PRH acquires Bindi Irwin picture book
Monday, 1 July 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired rights to Bindi Irwin’s debut picture book, titled You Are a Wildlife Warrior! Saving animals & the planet, illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki (Sisters...
Dao wins Pascall Prize
Monday, 1 July 2024
André Dao has won the 2024 Pascall Prize for Cultural Criticism, worth $5000. Dao received the award for pieces published in the Saturday Paper, Meanjin and Liminal Review of Books: ‘Review of Nam...
Orwell Prize 2024 winners announced
Monday, 1 July 2024
In the UK, Hisham Matar and Matthew Longo have won the 2024 Orwell Prizes, reports the Bookseller. Matar won the Orwell prize for political fiction for his novel My Friends (Viking),...
Booktopia requests further extension to voluntary trading suspension, previously announced funding terminated
Friday, 28 June 2024
In requesting another extension to the voluntary suspension placed on its securities, until it is capable of making an announcement in relation to the additional funding it is seeking from...
Bradley appointed Campion Group CEO
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Education resource supplier Campion Group has appointed Tom Bradley as its CEO. Bradley was previously the general manager of customer experience at Kmart Group Ltd. As CEO of Campion, Bradley...
Heyman, Hoey recipients of Varuna exchange
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Australian writer Kathryn Heyman and Aotearoa New Zealand writer Dominic Hoey are the recipients of the 2024 New Zealand–Australia Residency Exchange, an international residency program held by Varuna, The National...
Jane Harrison steps down from Blak & Bright
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Blak & Bright has announced that Jane Harrison has stepped down from her role as artistic director and CEO. Harrison has been in the role since the four-day First Nations...
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