Ultimo acquires Wolhuter novel
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired Louise Wolhuter’s novel Shadows of Winter Robins. The novel follows Winter Robins, a young child from the north of England who’s sent to live in Western...
Scholastic accused of censorship over roll-out of diversity collection
Monday, 23 October 2023
In the US, Scholastic has denied accusations that the creation of its new collection—Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice—is censoring diverse stories at its book fairs, reports Publishers Weekly. In...
SPN Book of the Year shortlist announced
Monday, 23 October 2023
The Small Press Network has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Book of the Year (BOTY) award. The shortlisted titles are: Against Disappearance: Essays on memory (ed by Leah Jing...
Skovron wins 2023 Patrick White Award
Monday, 23 October 2023
Victoria-based author Alex Skovron is the winner of this year’s $20,000 Patrick White Award. The award recognises Skovron’s achievements as a poet and fiction writer. Born in Poland, Skovron lived briefly...
Ultimo acquires book on doomed 1910 South Pole expedition
Friday, 20 October 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Harrison Christian's new book, Terra Nova, from Vicki Marsdon at High Spot Literary. Christian draws on fresh documents to examine the circumstances of...
Jones, Mellor win Historical Novel Prize
Friday, 20 October 2023
Gail Jones has won the $50,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize in the adult category for Salonika Burning (Text), while Amelia Mellor has won the $30,000 children and young adult (CYA) category...
Styles wins UK Wilbur Smith Prize for No Country for Girls
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Australian author Emma Styles has won the UK’s Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel, worth £10,000 (A$19,160), for her debut outback noir No Country for Girls (Sphere)....
Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Several rural and regional writers’ festivals have announced details about their upcoming events. Blue Mountains Writers' Festival The Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival, presented by Varuna, the National Writers’ House, will...
Garner awarded 2023 ASA Medal
Thursday, 19 October 2023
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Helen Garner is the recipient of the 2023 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded biennially to an Australian...
Barnes wins Wesley Michel Wright Prize
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Stuart Barnes has won the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize for his poetry collection Like to the Lark (Upswell). The prize selection committee described Barnes’ work as filled with ‘extraordinary...
Global book revenue up in 2023
Thursday, 19 October 2023
A joint market report from Nielsen BookData and GfK Entertainment, analysing 16 countries, shows an increase in turnover for the majority of book markets in the first eight months of...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 19 October 2023
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘Buried treasure’ by Jo Chandler ‘Point of view’ by Lauren Fuge...
What do teens want to read? Six key insights from the Deakin University Teen Reading research team
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
On 4 October in Melbourne, the Deakin University Teen Reading research team presented a preview of their final report for the project ‘Discovering a “Good Read”: Cultural pathways to reading...
Martin awarded 2023 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Writing NSW has awarded its 2023 Varuna fellowship to Alison Martin for her novel manuscript, 'The Wild'. 'The Wild' is about the last woman hanged in New South Wales, who...
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand launches BookHub
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand (BSANZ) has launched a consumer-facing centralised website called BookHub for book sales from bricks and mortar bookstores in that market. The new BookHub site follows a...
S&S acquires Callahan’s yoga book
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Simon & Schuster has acquired world rights to Growing with Grace by Simone Callahan. A Melbourne-based yoga teacher, Callahan shares her insights on how yoga has been instrumental in ‘embracing...
US$75K Cundill History Prize finalists announced
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
The finalists for the 2023 Cundill History Prize, which ‘rewards the best history writing in English’, have been announced. The finalists are: Red Memory: Living, remembering and forgetting China’s Cultural...
Michelle Upton on ‘Emergency Exit Only’
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Originally hailing from Birmingham, England, Michelle Upton now calls the Redlands Coast in Queensland home. Her debut novel Terms of Inheritance (HarperCollins, 2022) was shortlisted for the 2021 Banjo Prize,...
Arab publishing orgs pull out of Frankfurt
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
The Arab Publishers’ Association, the Emirates Publishers Association, the Sharjah Book Authority and the PublisHer network have withdrawn from the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), following the fair’s statement at the...
MEAA surveys publishing employees
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has created a survey for publishing industry employees. The survey considers age, gender, diversity factors, employment status and number of years in the...
Affirm acquires Hills novel
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to the novel The Desert Knows Her Name by Lia Hills, via InkWell Management. The Desert Knows Her Name revolves around a girl who...
Nielsen: LYBD sales down on last year, up on 2021
Monday, 16 October 2023
Nielsen BookData has reported a decline in book sales during Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) week 2023, compared to the same week last year, although there was a considerable increase...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award prize money increases to $50k
Monday, 16 October 2023
The winner of next year’s Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award will receive $50,000, up from $30,000 in 2023. The increase in prize money is due to an annual contribution...
QBD, My Little Bookshop among National Retail Awards finalists
Monday, 16 October 2023
Bookstore chain QBD and West Australian indie bookstore My Little Bookshop—as well as a QBD bookseller—are among the 2023 finalists for the National Retail Association’s National Retail Awards. QBD is...
US print book sales down 4.1%
Monday, 16 October 2023
In the US, print book sales fell 4.1% in the first nine months of 2023 at outlets reporting to Circana BookScan, compared to the same period in 2022, reports Publishers...
UK Society of Authors questions Spotify deal
Friday, 13 October 2023
The UK Society of Authors (SoA) has expressed ‘deep concern’ about Spotify’s deal with major book publishers announced last week, reports Publishing Perspectives. In a statement to Publishing Perspectives, the...
Australian Political Book of the Year 2023 shortlist revealed
Friday, 13 October 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Australian Political Book of the Year award has been announced. This year’s shortlist includes four titles: Australia’s China Odyssey: From euphoria to fear (James Curran, NewSouth)...
Walkley Book Award longlist announced
Friday, 13 October 2023
The longlist for the Walkley Book Award has been announced. The longlisted works are: The Great Dead Body Teachers (Jackie Dent, Ultimo Press) Ghosts of the Orphanage (Christine Kenneally, Hachette Australia) The...
Robinsons Bookshop celebrates 60th anniversary
Friday, 13 October 2023
Independent chain Robinsons Bookshop is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month. Philip and Moira Robinson opened the first Robinsons Bookshop in Frankston, Victoria, in 1963. The shop moved in 1992...
Inaugural Varuna Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship winners
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced Sarah Holland-Batt, Cathy Perkins and Geordie Williamson as the recipients of the inaugural Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship. Holland-Batt, Perkins and Williamson were chosen...
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