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Jackson’s ‘Human Looking’ wins ALS Gold Medal

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
The Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been awarded to Andy Jackson for his book of poetry Human Looking (Giramondo). The judges praised Human Looking, chosen from a shortlist of six, as...

Ned Kelly Awards 2022 shortlists announced

Monday, 4 July 2022
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best debut crime fiction Sweet Jimmy (Bryan...

Inaugural Deep Creek residency recipient announced

Monday, 4 July 2022
Matilda Bookshop in the Adelaide Hills, in partnership with Writers SA and Ultimo Press, has announced Corrie Hosking as the winner of the inaugural Deep Creek Residency Fellowship for a...

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Monday, 4 July 2022
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HarperCollins acquires Mordue novel, second Cave biography

Friday, 1 July 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to two books by Mark Mordue: a sequel to Boy on Fire, the first volume of Mordue's biography of Nick Cave, published by HarperCollins in...

A&U announces mentorship program with Voices from the Intersection

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has partnered with Voices from the Intersection (Voices) to offer a mentorship opportunity for emerging children’s and YA Own Voices writers and illustrators. Up to two...

Pasaribu wins $30k Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Norman Erikson Pasaribu is the winner of the inaugural Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship, worth $30,000. Pasaribu, a writer and poet from Indonesia, will undertake a three-month residency at the...

Vale Frank Moorhouse

Wednesday, 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...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Sales Fiction HarperCollins Australia has sold Spanish translation rights to The Truth About Her (Jacqueline Maley to HarperCollins Iberica S A, and Turkish translation rights to Sorrow and Bliss (Meg...

Miles Franklin 2022 shortlist, Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards winners, Fraser to step down at Fremantle Press

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced in the past week, as well as the winners of the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. Melbourne Writers...

Where You Left Us (Rhiannon Wilde, UQP)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Rhiannon Wilde’s second YA novel, Where You Left Us, is as bewitching as her Glendower Award–winning debut Henry Hamlet’s Heart. It follows the two Prince sisters, Cinnamon and Scarlett, who...

Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell (Tobias Madden, Penguin)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Noah and Eli play an online computer game together most nights. They take down swamp goblins and drink virtual flagons of ale for hours at a time, but they still...

Birdbrain (Kelli Anne Hawkins, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
In her return to middle-grade fiction, Kelli Anne Hawkins delivers another madcap caper for 10- to 12-year-olds that has puns aplenty and some genuine chuckles. Hadley Boggs is 11 and...

Naturopolis (Deborah Frenkel, illus by Ingrid Bartkowiak, Storytorch Press)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
The narrative nonfiction genre of children’s books—particularly those exploring the natural world—seems to be growing, and it can be hard to get right, since the audience for the ‘story’ component...

Curlews on Vulture Street (Darryl Jones, NewSouth)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
A fascination with birds and wildlife took hold early for Darryl Jones. Now a professor of ecology at Griffith University, he first noticed the creatures who shared his landscape as...

Adsett acquires The Authors’ Agent

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Alex Adsett Literary will acquire The Authors’ Agent from Brian Cook, effective from 1 July. Cook, who will stay with the agency for a 12-month transition period before retiring, said...

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Monday, 27 June 2022
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Miles Franklin 2022 shortlist announced

Friday, 24 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The five shortlisted novels are: The Other Half of You (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) Scary Monsters (Michelle de...

Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards announced

Thursday, 23 June 2022
The winners of the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winners, who each receive $10,000, are: Fiction Return to Dust (Dani Powell, UWAP) Nonfiction Peace Crimes: Pine Gap,...

THWUP, Giramondo acquire new Adam novel

Thursday, 23 June 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold ANZ rights to Audition, the fourth novel from Ockham Award-winning New Zealand author Pip Adam. NZ rights went to Adam's longstanding publisher Te...

Williams wins 2022 Text Prize; Matthews receives Steph Bowe Mentorship

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Megan Williams is the winner of the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut YA manuscript 'Let’s Never Speak of This Again'. According to Text, Williams' debut novel is a celebration...

PRH acquires Madabushi debut ‘The Days Toppled Over’

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to The Days Toppled Over, the debut novel by Vidya Madabushi, in 'a competitive auction' managed by Rach Crawford at Wolf...

‘The Dogs’ removed from Miles Franklin longlist, ACCC approves Opus acquisiton of Ovato, WA Premier’s Book Awards winners

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
John Hughes’ novel The Dogs (Upswell) has been removed from the Miles Franklin longlist following instances of plagiarism found by the Guardian, which has since uncovered further examples, while Upswell...