Bongiorno wins ACT Book of the Year
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Frank Bongiorno has been awarded the 2023 ACT Book of the Year for Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia (La Trobe University Press). Bongiorno's book, which covers social...
UK volume sales of big names down on 2022
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
In the UK, volume sales of 'big brands' including Jamie Oliver, David Walliams and Richard Osman 'have been suffering a contraction in their Christmas run-in hardback releases', reports the Bookseller....
Running Water Community Press seeks film project funding
Monday, 4 December 2023
First Nations publisher Running Water Community Press (RWCP) is seeking funding for a proposed film project ‘kwatye urrewe—uplifting desert stories’. The publisher plans to collaborate with First Nations storytelling agency...
CLNZ Contestable Fund Grant 2023 recipients announced
Monday, 4 December 2023
In Aotearoa New Zealand, Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) has announced the 15 successful recipients of the 2023 Contestable Fund Grants. Project funding was awarded to the following individuals and...
FNAWN Varuna Fellowship 2024 recipients announced
Monday, 4 December 2023
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the six 2024 recipients of the inaugural First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) Varuna Fellowship. Successful applicants include: Lystra Bisschop for ‘The Upwarping’,...
PRH, authors file lawsuit against Iowa book banning law
Monday, 4 December 2023
In the US, Penguin Random House and the Iowa State Education Association have joined with four authors and five additional plaintiffs to file a federal lawsuit against Iowa to block...
Birch named Royal Society of Literature international fellow, signs with UQP for two new books
Friday, 1 December 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to two new books by Tony Birch, a novel and a short story collection. The acquisitions follow Birch's most recent book...
Text acquires De Kretser novel
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Text Publishing has acquired ANZ rights to a new novel by Michelle de Kretser. Theory & Practice is a short novel set in Melbourne in the 1980s, where a young...
Dymocks, Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times essay prize inaugural winners announced
Thursday, 30 November 2023
The inaugural winners of a new essay prize for young writers, supported by Dymocks, have been announced by the Age, Brisbane Times and Sydney Morning Herald. The winners of the Age...
Pantera signs Messenger and Megginson’s ‘The Power of Two’
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to The Power of Two by Lisa Messenger and Sarah Megginson via Lou Johnson at Key People Literary Management. After eight years of trying...
QBD to open Forest Hill store, announces 2023 Books of the Year
Thursday, 30 November 2023
QBD Books has announced it will open a new store in Forest Hill in Melbourne's east. The store's grand opening will take place on Saturday 9 December, featuring authors including...
PRH signs Pignatiello romantic suspense duology
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world English-language rights to duology 'The Barbarani Estate' by debut author Emma Pignatiello, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. Last Shot and Last Breath...
Inaugural SA Literary Fellowships announced
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Writers SA and the State Library of South Australia have announced the recipients of the inaugural SA Literary Fellowships program, which was established to support professional writers living in South...
Bitto wins Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Emily Bitto has won the 2023 $35,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship, and Kate Mildenhall has been named runner-up, receiving $15,000. Bitto won for her manuscript ‘Reasons to Leave’, ‘a multi-protagonist novel...
Reading into the year ahead: 2024 fiction and poetry preview
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Debuts, historical fiction, crime and thrillers, contemporary fiction, romance and fantasy, literary fiction and shorter works—Australian publishers share their top picks in fiction and poetry for 2024, from intergenerational family...
Five key insights from Nielsen BookScan’s SPN market report
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Claire West and Olivia Johansson from Nielsen BookScan opened the Small Press Network’s Independent Publishing Conference industry day on Friday, 24 November, sharing key insights on the overall Australian book...
Independent Publishing Conference 2023: Conversations and communities
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
The Small Press Network (SPN) annual Independent Publishing Conference (IPC) was held from 23 to 25 November at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, on Wurundjeri Country, and remotely online. Thursday was...
Aotearoa publishers receive audiobook funding
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
The successful recipients of the first round of funding in the Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture & Heritage audio publishing seed program in Aotearoa New Zealand have been announced by...
UQP acquires Caldwell nonfiction on sexual empowerment
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired ANZ rights to Slutdom by Hilary Caldwell via Tom Gilliatt at Left Bank Literary. Described by UQP as 'a controversial, celebratory and courageous book...
MacInnes wins 2023 Blackwell’s Book of the Year
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
In the UK, In Ascension (Martin MacInnes, Atlantic) has been chosen by booksellers as Blackwell’s Book of the Year 2023, reports the Bookseller. The science fiction book, which was longlisted for...
ILF workshops create books, explore digital storytelling
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is well known as the facilitator of the fundraising initiative Indigenous Literacy Day, and for developing books in First Nations languages, but other ILF programs also...
UWAP acquires Mead poetry collection
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
UWAP has acquired world rights to The Infant Vine, a debut poetry collection from Isabella G Mead. The Infant Vine is described by the publisher as ‘a stunning collection exploring...
Sharlene Allsopp recommends
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Burn by Melanie Saward. My favourite writers grip my heart with the reality of grief and loss, but leave me with hope and beauty at the same time. When I...
Sharlene Allsopp on ‘The Great Undoing’
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Sharlene Allsopp's debut novel, The Great Undoing (Ultimo, February 2024), 'is a remarkable book that reaches back into the early 20th century and forwards into the future to examine discontinuities...
Arnott wins 2023 Voss Literary Prize
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Robbie Arnott has won the 2023 Voss Literary Prize for his novel Limberlost (Text). Arnott’s third novel, Limberlost is a coming-of-age story that centres on Ned, who experiences a formative summer...
Arts NT & Varuna Fellowships 2024 recipients announced
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced nine recipients of the 2024 Arts NT and Varuna Fellowships, with three fellowships taking place in-house at Varuna and six virtual residencies, all...
Affirm acquires Mupotsa-Russell debut thriller
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to A Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt, the debut thriller from Mark Mupotsa-Russell, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Mupotsa-Russell's manuscript was one of...
Rzechowicz wins first prize in 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Awards
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of the 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Awards in a 30th anniversary event in South Melbourne on Saturday night. Canberra author Romany Rzechowicz won the...
Armfield, Ransom win 2023 Polari Prizes
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
In the UK, Julia Armfield and Jon Ransom have won the 2023 Polari Prizes for work that explores LGBTQ+ experience, reports the Bookseller. Armfield won the £2000 (A$3823) Polari Prize,...
Cramond, Burbidge reps of the year, BookPeople 2024 conference dates
Monday, 27 November 2023
The BookPeople reps of the year for Victoria and New South Wales have been announced. The reps of the year, for the second year running, are: NSW Rep of the...
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