Readings YA Book Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Readings Young Adult Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Devil’s Ballast (Meg Caddy, Text) The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling (Wai...
Small Town (Phillip Gwynne, illus by Tony Flowers, Puffin)
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Milly, the narrator of this picture book, lives in a small country town called Gong Gong—‘So nice, they named it twice!’ The town is getting smaller by the day and...
Macleod wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Australian writer Andrea E Macleod has won the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for her story ‘The Art of Waving’. Judge Nic Low, representing the Pacific...
Yves Rees wins 2020 Calibre Essay Prize
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Writer and historian Yves Rees has won the $5000 2020 Calibre Essay Prize for their essay ‘Reading the Mess Backwards’, in which they re-examine their youth in light of coming...
Peter Carey Short Story Award 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 1 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of 18 by judge Elizabeth Tan, the shortlisted stories are: ‘Tight Lines’ (Allee...
Davitt Awards 2020 longlists announced
Monday, 1 June 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the longlists for the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. A total of 124 titles have been longlisted, including...
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Monday, 1 June 2020
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Fedler novel ‘Things Without a Name’ optioned for screen
Friday, 29 May 2020
Film and TV rights to Sydney author Joanne Fedler's novel Things Without A Name (Joanne Fedler Media) have been optioned by Bunya Productions, producers of the ABC series Mystery Road....
‘The Whole Fish Cookbook’ named 2020 James Beard Book of the Year
Friday, 29 May 2020
Sydney chef Josh Niland has won two James Beard Media Awards for his debut book The Whole Fish Cookbook (Hardie Grant). The Whole Fish Cookbook was awarded in the restaurant...
The Lost Soul Atlas (Zana Fraillon, Lothian)
Thursday, 28 May 2020
The Lost Soul Atlas marks Zana Fraillon’s triumphant return to middle-grade after a stint writing YA and picture books, with Fraillon once again tackling significant social issues in this exploration...
Pitts wins 2020 Jhalak Prize for ‘Afropean: Notes from Black Europe’
Thursday, 28 May 2020
In the UK, writer and broadcast journalist Johny Pitts has won the Jhalak Prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, for Afropean: Notes From Black Europe (Penguin Press),...
Australian War Memorial establishes $10k Les Carlyon Literary Prize
Thursday, 28 May 2020
The Australian War Memorial has established a new literary prize in honour of the late historian, author and journalist Les Carlyon. The $10,000 Les Carlyon Literary Prize will be awarded...
MidnightSun acquires Gold’s debut novel ‘The Breaking’
Thursday, 28 May 2020
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired debut novel The Breaking by Irma Gold. ‘Vivid and sharply observed, The Breaking is an intensely moving story about the magnetic bond between two young women,...
On addressing dark themes in children’s writing
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
‘Kids’ minds are nimble. They quickly and easily bend to unusual styles of writing—even if they haven’t seen them before—and this in turn allows kids to see how they can...
Into the unknown: Zana Fraillon on ‘The Lost Soul Atlas’
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The Lost Soul Atlas (Lothian, July), Zana Fraillon's return to the middle-grade genre, is a dual-narrative fable that follows Twig's quest through the Afterlife and his memories of his former...
Local authors grow in popularity at libraries, latest awards news and more
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The annual Civica Libraries Index—produced in partnership with ALIA—has revealed the growing popularity of Australian authors among library borrowers, as well as a ‘huge spike’ in ebook and audiobook borrowing,...
Matthew Flinders: Adventures on Leaky Ships (Carole Wilkinson, illus by Prue Pittock, Wild Dog)
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Children’s narrative nonfiction has come a long way since I was a child, and Carole Wilkinson’s new book about the intrepid Matthew Flinders is a fine example of how enjoyable...
The Night Whistler (Greg Woodland, Text)
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
This may be Greg Woodland’s debut novel, but his career as a screenwriter shows through in the dialogue—especially in his rendering of the distinctly Australian lingo that flourished in mid-1960s...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Acquisitions Nonfiction Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold rights to Ruby Princess: The Deadly Cruise by Duncan McNab to Pan Macmillan via Ingrid Ohlson, following an auction that...
A&U acquires Bowditch’s ‘The Day the Diet Died’
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a new nonfiction title from musician Clare Bowditch, from Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. The Day the Diet Died will explore...
Shilton, Tan, Jonsberg win 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
The NT Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2020 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. The winners in each category are: Best fiction book Walking With Camels: The story...
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Monday, 25 May 2020
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The Hunted (Gabriel Bergmoser, HarperCollins)
Sunday, 24 May 2020
On a lonely highway in outback Australia sits a solitary service station run by the equally solitary Frank, whose teenage granddaughter has been sent to stay with him for some...
‘Bruny’ and ‘Smashed Avocado’ optioned for TV
Friday, 22 May 2020
Television rights to Heather Rose's 2019 novel Bruny (A&U), which recently won the ABIA award for general fiction, have been optioned by Film Art Media, and Good Thing Productions has...
Booksellers’ Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards longlists announced
Friday, 22 May 2020
The longlists for the Australian Booksellers Association's (ABA) 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. This year for the first time the awards will be presented...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2020 shortlist announced
Friday, 22 May 2020
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The shortlisted books in each category are: Picture fiction: One Tree (Christopher Cheng, illus by...
Paterson wins 2020 Text Prize for ‘Rainfish’
Thursday, 21 May 2020
Far North Queensland-based writer and doctor Andrew Paterson has won the 2020 Text Prize for his middle-grade novel Rainfish. Rainfish tells the story of Aaron, who lives with his single...
Youth literature programs move online
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
'In the rush to keep so many IRL programs and events alive it feels as if there was more thought placed on the translation to digital than on the programs’...
Living on Stolen Land (Ambelin Kwaymullina, Magabala)
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
From the title alone to the direct and unabashedly confrontational language, Living on Stolen Land does not equivocate on its message, which is to reiterate the history of settler colonialism...
Stars Like Us (Frances Chapman, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Sixteen-year-old Australian music student Liliana is missing her home, family and friends while on exchange at exclusive Henley-on-Thames Music Academy in London. When the opportunity arises to join a secret...
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