Vale Wendy Jenkins
11 January 2023
Long-time Fremantle Press editor, writer and manuscript assessor Wendy Jenkins has died, aged 70. Jenkins spent 40 years at Fremantle Press, formerly known as Fremantle Arts Centre Press, before retiring...
Vale Antigone Kefala
7 December 2022
Sydney writer Antigone Kefala has died, aged 92. According to Neos Kosmos, Kefala was born in the Greek diaspora settlement Brăila, Romania in 1935, and moved to Greece and then...
Vale Margaret Hamilton
30 November 2022
Australian publisher and author Margaret Hamilton has died, aged 81. Brian Cook of The Authors’ Agent, Hamilton's friend and a former publisher, writes: 'It is with a huge amount of...
Vale Tony Horgan
2 November 2022
Tony Horgan, co-owner with his wife Barbara of Shearer's Bookshop, has died. His funeral will be held today, Wednesday 2 November at 3pm AEST/12 pm AWST, and can be viewed...
Vale Carmen Callil
19 October 2022
Carmen Callil, author, publisher and founder of Virago, has died in London, aged 84. Callil's agent Peter Straus writes: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the death of...
Vale John Nieuwenhuizen
19 October 2022
Translator John Nieuwenhuizen has died, aged 87. Eva Mills from Allen & Unwin writes: 'John Nieuwenhuizen was one of Australia’s most acclaimed translators of Dutch and Flemish literature. With his...
Vale Hilary Mantel
28 September 2022
British writer Hilary Mantel died last week, aged 70. Best known for her 'Wolf Hall' historical fiction trilogy, Mantel won the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall and its sequel...
Vale Hilary Linstead
21 September 2022
Agent Hilary Linstead, who represented writers for stage, screen and publication, died on 6 August 2022 at the age of 83. Author Louis Nowra writes: 'Hilary Linstead was a force...
Vale Jerry Kalajian
14 September 2022
Jerry Kalajian, film and TV rights manager at Intellectual Property Group (IPG) in Los Angeles and co-agent at Curtis Brown, has died. Curtis Brown writes: 'It is with great sadness...
Vale Jack Charles
14 September 2022
Aboriginal Elder, actor, musician and author Jack Charles has died following a stroke, aged 79. Penguin Random House writes: 'Uncle Jack Charles wore many hats throughout his remarkable life—actor, musician,...
Vale Rod Mead
31 August 2022
Publishing industry figure Rod Mead has died, aged 85. Pamela Petty and Bryony Cosgrove write: Australian publishing has lost one of its much-loved bon vivants. Rod Mead (21 April 1937–31...
Vale Dino Traverso
17 August 2022
Dino Traverso, co-owner of Dymocks Melbourne on Collins Street, has died. He was 64. Dymocks writes: 'Following an early career in finance and banking, Dino, his brother Ivan and Ivan’s...
Vale Jen Hutchison
10 August 2022
Writer, editor and publisher Jen Hutchison died on Thursday, 4 August in Melbourne. Hutchison, who was a graduate of RMIT's Master of Writing and Publishing program, was the founder of...
Vale Evan Jones
10 August 2022
Australian poet and academic Evan Jones has died, aged 90. Jones authored nine poetry collections beginning with Inside the Whale in 1960, publishing his final book Selected Poems in 2014....
Vale Archie Roach
3 August 2022
Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter, activist and storyteller Archie Roach has died, aged 66. Born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Roach was a child of the Stolen Generations, having been forcibly removed from...
Vale David Ireland
3 August 2022
Novelist David Ireland has died, aged 94. The author of 10 novels, beginning with The Chantic Bird in 1968, Ireland won the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times: in 1971...
Vale Suzanne Bellamy
13 July 2022
Artist, writer and scholar Suzanne Bellamy died on 20 June in Braidwood, NSW. Spinifex Press publisher Susan Hawthorne writes: Spinifex Press is saddened by the death of artist, writer and...
Vale Jean Ferguson
13 July 2022
Book industry leader Jean Ferguson OAM passed away aged 90 on Sunday, July 3. Angus Dalton, Ferguson’s grandson, writes: ‘If you are looking for a fascinating, compulsive industry where one...
Vale Frank Moorhouse
29 June 2022
Frank Moorhouse, the author of 18 books including the 'Edith Trilogy', has died aged 83. Penguin Random House Australia writes: Born in Nowra, Frank Moorhouse worked in newspapers and arts...
Vale Caroline Jones
25 May 2022
Broadcaster, television journalist and writer Caroline Jones has died, aged 84. Jones, who presented the ABC radio program The Search for Meaning, authored several books based on the program, as...
Vale Blaise van Hecke
17 March 2022
Blaise van Hecke, co-founder and publisher of Melbourne-based Busybird Publishing, died suddenly on Sunday, 13 March. She was 53 years old. Small Press Network (SPN) general manager Tim Coronel writes:...
Vale Jordie Albiston
9 March 2022
Melbourne-based poet Jordie Albiston has died, aged 60. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Albiston studied music at the Victorian College of the Arts and received a Doctorate in English...
Vale Shane Warne
9 March 2022
Australian cricketer Shane Warne has died, aged 52. Warne was the author of the memoir No Spin (with Mark Nicholas), published by Penguin Random House (PRH) simultaneously in the UK and...
Vale Michael Cannon
2 March 2022
Journalist and author Michael Cannon has died, aged 92. Cannon's daughter Sarah writes: Asked about the unusual badge in his lapel, Michael Cannon used to joke that it was presented...
Vale Keri Hulme
19 January 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Keri Hulme, author of The Bone People, the first New Zealand novel to win the Booker Prize, died in December 2021 aged 74. First published by...
Vale Doug MacLeod
1 December 2021
Author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter and editor Doug MacLeod died on 22 November, aged 62. MacLeod wrote 26 books for children and young adults, published in Australia and around the...
Vale Brian Wilder
24 November 2021
Leading Australian publisher Brian Wilder has died in Sydney, aged 82. Wilder's career in the Australian publishing industry spanned almost 40 years. He was the former managing director of Harper...
Vale Wendy Giese
24 November 2021
Former Hardie Grant sales rep Wendy Giese has died. The team at Hardie Grant write: 'At Hardie Grant we had the pleasure of knowing and working with Wendy Giese for...
Vale Stuart Macintyre
24 November 2021
Australian historian Stuart Macintyre has died, aged 74. Macintyre edited Cambridge University Press's The Cambridge History of Australia and was the author of books including Cambridge's A Concise History of...
Vale Chrissy Sharp
4 November 2021
Former Sydney Writers Festival CEO and former Wheeler Centre director Chrissy Sharp has died. Sydney Writers’ Festival writes: 'Sydney Writers’ Festival is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of...
