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Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 shortlists announced

Ngaio Marsh logo Thursday, 10 August 2023
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Best nonfiction finalists The...

UBD to relocate 

Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced it will ‘relocate and expand’ its distribution facility. In a statement, the publisher said it had decided to relocate its logistics operations from United...

Changes at Books+Publishing

Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Books+Publishing is pleased to announce the appointment of Angela Glindemann as editor. Glindemann joins Books+Publishing from Oxford University Press, where she was a commissioning editor. We also welcome the return of Andrew Wrathall who...

Pitched at MIFF 2023 

Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Publishers and agents returned to the Melbourne International Film Festival's book-to-screen rights sales event Books@MIFF again this year, with a diverse range of titles selected for on-stage pitching, followed by...

Inaugural Pearl Prize to be presented during Midsumma

Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Queer arts and cultural organisation Midsumma has announced the inaugural Pearl Prize: Writers Award, presented with independent publisher Osbourne and Fawkner Publishing, which will be awarded at the 2024 Midsumma...

Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Tom Langshaw 

Wednesday, 9 August 2023
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 at...

Suzie Miller on ‘Prima Facie’ 

Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Suzie Miller is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist who splits her time between the UK and Sydney. Prima Facie (Picador, September) is an adaptation of her smash-hit one-woman play, which...

Davis joins Hardie Grant 

Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Hardie Grant has announced the appointment of Simon Davis to the role of food and lifestyle publisher for Hardie Grant Books, replacing Michael Harry. After starting out at Hardie Grant...

Pantera acquires Price debut 

An author photo of Lucinda Price. Her hair is tied back and she is looking at the camera. Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to Perfect Candidate, a debut work of nonfiction from Lucinda Price (also known as Froomes), via Claire Harrison at Creative Representation. Pantera Press described...

KKR to acquire S&S

Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Paramount Global—the owner of Simon & Schuster (S&S)—and private equity firm KKR have announced an agreement for KKR to acquire S&S for US$1.62 (A$2.47) billion in an all-cash transaction. In...

S&S reportedly closing in on deal

Monday, 7 August 2023
In the US, numerous news outlets are reporting the sale of Simon & Schuster (S&S) will be announced as soon as this week, reports Publishers Weekly. Reuters is reporting the...

Ned Kelly Awards 2023 shortlists announced

the logo for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards, featuring Ned Kelly's helmet and a quill Monday, 7 August 2023
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlisted titles for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlists for the awards’ four categories include the following titles: Best true...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2023 shortlists announced

Monday, 7 August 2023
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize Elizabeth and John:...

Ultimo acquires de Monchaux’s debut novel 

Friday, 4 August 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Annie de Monchaux's debut novel Audrey's Gone AWOL, via Sarah McKenzie at Sarah McKenzie literary management, which it describes as ‘a charming story...

First ArtsPay recipients announced

Friday, 4 August 2023
The ArtsPay Foundation has announced its first grants for independent artists, funded by merchants that have chosen to use ArtsPay as their payment processor. Among the recipients are two writers,...

Lloyd, Sandiford join UQP 

Thursday, 3 August 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has appointed Kate Lloyd as sales and distribution manager, and Erin Sandiford as rights and contracts manager. Loyd was most recently sales and marketing manager...

‘The Idea of Australia’ to become doco 

Thursday, 3 August 2023
A documentary series based on The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation (Julianne Schultz, A&U) has received funding from Screen Australia. The four-part SBS series...

Pantera acquires Glenn debut thriller in two-book deal 

Thursday, 3 August 2023
Pantera Press has acquired world rights for Susannah Glenn’s Between Husbands and Wives, a ‘gripping’ domestic thriller set in Far North Queensland, in a two-book deal. Between Husbands and Wives...

QBD Books opens Dubbo store

Thursday, 3 August 2023
Bookselling chain QBD Books will open its 87th store in the NSW central west town of Dubbo, at the shopping centre Orana Mall on 12 August. QBD Books CEO Nick...

Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists

Wednesday, 2 August 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance We Come with...

Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Genevieve Nelsson 

Wednesday, 2 August 2023
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 at...

 

 

 

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