Peter Carey Short Story Award 2020 longlist announced
Thursday, 14 May 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from over 300 entries, the 18 longlisted stories are: ‘Once Were Three Sisters’ (Alice Mantel) ‘The...
Vale Richard Turner
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Dymocks regional business development manager Richard Turner has died. Dymocks writes: ‘It is with great sadness that Dymocks announces the passing of Richard Turner, who has died after a short...
Scribner acquires Wilson’s ‘Hold Your Fire’
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia's Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Chloe Wilson's debut short story collection Hold Your Fire, from Rach Crawford at Mackenzie Wolf in a four-way auction....
‘Bluey: The Beach’ wins 2020 ABIA Book of the Year
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The winners of the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. Allen & Unwin (A&U) won publisher of the year, and titles published by the company took out...
Cultural criticism needs to reflect Australia’s diversity
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
'Before we can ever call ourselves a free and equal society for all, multicultural Australia must be reflected in all the conversations and critiques that shape our nation’s stories.'—Writer and...
Miles Franklin longlist, latest HarperCollins and S&S results and more
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Independent publishers dominate this year’s Miles Franklist longlist; out of the 10-strong list, only one book published by one of the Big Four is up for the $60,000 award. In...
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing (Jessie Tu, A&U)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Somewhere between wetting her pants during a standing ovation and sleeping with her conductor, violinist Jena Chung finds herself lonely. Set against a backdrop of Sydney suburbs from Willoughby to...
The Snowman’s Wish (Sophie Masson, illus by Ronak Taher, Dirt Lane Press)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
With The Snowman’s Wish, Sophie Masson and Ronak Taher have crafted a soft tale about the passage of time and the beauty in the world. Mr Snowman, a kindly soul...
Metal Fish, Falling Snow (Cath Moore, Text)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Fourteen-year-old Dylan blames herself for her mum’s recent tragic death. Left alone with her mum’s boyfriend Pat, Dylan has no choice but to leave her hometown and join him on...
Text Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The shortlist for the $10,000 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced. The seven shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Therefore I Am' by Miranda Luby, which follows Sarah,...
Australia Institute Writer in Residency Program longlist announced
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The longlist for the Australia Institute Writer in Residency Program has been announced. One winning writer will receive a $5000 stipend to undertake a two-week residency to develop a nonfiction...
Manawatu wins New Zealand Book Award for fiction
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The winners of the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. Debut novelist Becky Manawatu took out the NZ$55,000 ($A51,700) Jann Medicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, New Zealand’s...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020 longlist announced
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 10 longlisted novels are: The White Girl (Tony Birch, UQP) Room for a Stranger (Melanie...
Woodson, Albertine win 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
US writer Jacqueline Woodson and Swiss illustrator Albertine have been named the winners of the 2020 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Hans Christian Andersen Award. Woodson has...
Wheeler Centre announces 2020 Hot Desk fellows
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2020 Hot Desk Fellowships. The 21 Hot Desk fellows are: Mama Alto Alex Creece Monikka Eliah Lou Garcia-Dolnik Veronica Heritage-Gorrie...
Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2020 shortlists announced
Monday, 11 May 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Woollahra Digital Literary Award has been announced. The award, founded by Woollahra Council to support innovation in Australian digital literature, offers prizes in fiction (judged...
Michael Gifkins Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 11 May 2020
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc have announced the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished...
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Monday, 11 May 2020
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ANZ authors among IPPY award winners
Friday, 8 May 2020
Books by Australian and New Zealand authors are among the winners of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), which recognise excellence in independent publishing. The winners in the Australia/New...
Arrow wins 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for ‘The Seventies’
Friday, 8 May 2020
Michelle Arrow has won the 2020 Ernest Scott Prize for history for her book The Seventies: The personal, the political and the making of modern Australia (NewSouth). The Seventies, which...
Coleman to write play for Malthouse Theatre
Thursday, 7 May 2020
Author Claire G Coleman will work on a script for Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, having been named one of two participants in the Theatre's 2020 Malcolm Robertson Writers Program. Coleman told...
Robinson awarded 2020 Ondaatje Prize for ‘A Portable Paradise’
Thursday, 7 May 2020
In the UK, Roger Robinson has won the £10,000 (A$19,250) Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize for his poetry collection A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press). 'The spirit of place in...
Cham, Jenkins named joint winners of Anne Elder poetry award
Thursday, 7 May 2020
Australian Poetry has announced joint winners of the 2019 Anne Elder Award: Cham Zhi Yi for blur by the (Subbed In) and Gareth Sion Jenkins for Recipes for the Disaster...
Funding boost for Australia Reads; Windy Hollow wins at Bologna and more
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
This week, the Australia Reads campaign received a $100,000 funding boost from the federal government, and delayed this year’s Australian Reading Hour event from 17 September to 12 November due...
New Zealand publishing is under threat
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
‘This is the year to buy New Zealand books, if you want to be sure our books are still around in the future.’—Publishers Association of New Zealand president Julia Marshall...
The Secret Library of Hummingbird House (Julianne Negri, Affirm Press)
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Julianne Negri’s debut middle-grade novel The Secret Library of Hummingbird House is sure to entice young readers with its effervescent premise and hook. It tells the story of Hattie, a...
The Details: On love, death and reading (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Scribner)
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Tegan Bennett Daylight knows a thing or two about reading. As a writer, critic and creative writing lecturer, Bennett Daylight has a careful eye for detail and knows how it...
Littlelight (Kelly Canby, Fremantle Press)
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
A tyrannical leader, an oppressive wall and a courageous girl come together in this timely fable for preschoolers. When bricks start disappearing from the protective wall that surrounds their town,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Sales Fiction Hachette has sold UK and Commonwealth and translation rights in those territories to The Silk House (Kayte Nunn) to Orion Publishing Group. The University of Queensland Press has...
The Friendly Games (Kaye Baillie, illus by Fiona Burrows, MidnightSun)
Wednesday, 6 May 2020
It’s great to see so many books telling true stories of inspiring young people and overlooked yet defining moments in the lives of different communities. The Friendly Games unearths one...
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