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A&U acquires Nadesalingam memoir 

Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to a memoir by Priya Nadesalingam. Following the national interest generated by community supporters over several years in the ‘Home to Biloela’...

ACT Book of the Year 2021 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 20 September 2022
The shortlist for the 2021 ACT Book of the Year, which recognises ‘quality contemporary literary works’ by authors based in the ACT, has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Oil...

Sony acquires ‘Horse’ screen rights 

Monday, 19 September 2022
Screen rights to Geraldine Brooks’s most recent novel Horse (Hachette) have been acquired by Sony’s 3000 Pictures ‘in a competitive situation’, according to Deadline. Brooks’ novel tells the story of...

Bublitz sweeps 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards

Monday, 19 September 2022
New Zealand author Jacqueline Bublitz has won both the Best Novel and Best First Novel categories at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards, for her debut Before You Knew My Name...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 19 September 2022
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

NT Literary Awards 2022 winners announced

Friday, 16 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Northern Territory Literary Awards, which celebrate the unpublished work of established and emerging NT writers, have been announced. Winners in seven categories were announced, including:...

Cronk debut sells to US 

Thursday, 15 September 2022
Sally Bird at Calidris Literary Agency has sold world rights to Australian author Evelyn Cronk’s debut novel Without Question to US publisher Level Best Books, which specialises in contemporary and...

Vale Jerry Kalajian

Wednesday, 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...

$100K Historical Novel Prize 2022 longlists announced

Wednesday, 14 September 2022
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), has announced the longlists for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize. The titles longlisted in the adult category are: Horse (Geraldine Brooks, Hachette) The...

Ngaio Marsh Awards 2022 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 14 September 2022
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 first novel Isobar...

Vale Jack Charles

Wednesday, 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,...

EPAA, QLA, Age Book of the Year winners, Luff joins SWF 

Wednesday, 14 September 2022
The winners of this year’s Educational Publishing Awards and Queensland Literary Awards have been announced; Miles Allinson and Bernadette Brenann won the Age Book of the Year award in fiction...

Ritchie wins 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award

Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Brendan Ritchie has won the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for his novel Eta Draconis. Ritchie, an academic and early-career novelist from the south coast of WA,...

Varuna announces 2023 residential fellowships

Varuna, the National Writers House logo Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its 2023 residential fellowships. The writers and their projects are: Eleanor Dark flagship fellowship Angela O’Keeffe, for her literary fiction...

Hickey wins 2022 Danger Prize

Monday, 12 September 2022
Margaret Hickey has won the 2022 Danger Prize for her debut novel Cutters End (Penguin). Set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End, the winning novel follows Detective...

UQP acquires Prosser debut novel ‘Big Time’ 

Monday, 12 September 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Jordan Prosser’s debut novel Big Time. Described as Almost Famous meets Slaughterhouse-Five, Big Time is an anti-fascist ode to the...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 12 September 2022
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

Parker-Chan wins Hugo Award for Best New Writer

Friday, 9 September 2022
Australian writer Shelley Parker-Chan has won the Best New Writer category at the Hugo Awards for science fiction. Parker-Chan's debut She Who Became the Sun was first published in the...

Allinson, Brennan win Age Book of the Year awards

Friday, 9 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. Miles Allinson won the fiction award for his second novel In Moonland (Scribe), while Bernadette Brennan won the...

Queensland Literary Awards 2022 winners

Friday, 9 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) Wounded Country (Quentin Beresford,...

EPAA 2022 winners announced

Thursday, 8 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The winners in each category are:  Secondary publisher of the year Cambridge University Press Primary publisher of...

Mascara, Varuna announce diverse writers residency

mascara logo Thursday, 8 September 2022
Mascara Literary Review has announced the inaugural Mascara Varuna Writers’ and Editors’ Residency, supported by the Copyright Agency and the Adès Family Foundation. The residency is open to First Nations...