Indie Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Indie Book Awards for the best Australian books published in 2019. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction There...
Ventura sells UK rights to ‘Paris Savages’
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Ventura Press has sold UK rights to Katherine Johnson’s novel Paris Savages to independent publisher Allison and Busby. Paris Savages, which was written as part of Johnson’s PhD, is based...
A&U acquires ANZ rights to Marney’s new YA novel
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a new YA thriller by Ellie Marney. None Shall Sleep, which A&U described as a YA Silence of the Lambs, is...
Tumarkin shortlisted for National Book Critics Circle Awards
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
In the US, Australian author Maria Tumarkin is a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Awards for her book Axiomatic (Brow Books), published in the US by Transit Books....
ABR announces Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Precision Signs’ (Lachlan Brown) ‘That Wadjela Tongue’ (Claire G Coleman)...
ACT Book of the Year 2019 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The shortlist for the 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award was announced in December. The shortlisted titles are: Made by Humans: The AI Condition (Ellen Broad, MUP) Book of...
UWAP announces 2020 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
In December, UWA Publishing announced the shortlist for the 2020 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: ‘The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette’...
Costa Book Awards 2019 category winners announced
Monday, 13 January 2020
In the UK, the five category winners for the 2019 Costa Book Awards have been announced. The five winners were chosen from shortlists announced in November 2019. The winning authors each...
Publishers Weekly
Monday, 13 January 2020
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 for a limited time. This...
Charts this week
Monday, 13 January 2020
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Bluey: Time to Play! Bluey Puffin 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Dog Man: Fetch-22 Dav Pilkey...
Book events in 2020
Tuesday, 7 January 2020
January International Cairo Book Fair, Egypt (22 January–4 February) International Kolkata Book Fair, India (29 January–9 February) Jaipur Literature Festival, India (23–27 January) New Delhi World Book Fair, India (4–12...
2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced
Friday, 20 December 2019
The shortlists have been announced for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, presented biennially by the South Australian government. The shortlisted titles are: Children’s literature award ($15,000) The Elephant...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Sales Fiction Scribe has sold world audio and large print rights to Small Mercies (Richard Anderson, April 2020) to Ulverscroft. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold North American rights and UK &...
Title omission reveals government’s attitude to the arts
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
‘Words matter and while the loss of the word “arts” from the title of a department has been described as a technicality by the Minister in response to the outcry,...
Book bites: Starting 2020 on the right note
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Mischa Parkee, teacher and children’s specialist at Sydney’s Better Read Than Dead, shares her top children's picks for the new year. What better way to bring in the new year...
Sun wins KYD New Critic Award
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Sydney-based writer and designer Michael Sun has been named the winner of the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) New Critic Award. Sun receives a $1000 cash prize, plus a regular...
Inaugural Writing WA Literary Lions Medal shortlist announced
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Writing WA has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Literary Lions Medal. The new award recognises individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the vitality and success of Western...
Lebeter wins Horne Prize 2019 for essay on climate change and biodiversity
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Rachael Lebeter has won the the $15,000 Horne Prize for her essay ‘Diary of a Wildlife Carer’, on the plight of native fauna in the face of climate change and...
HQ Fiction acquires Fiona Lowe novels in two-book deal
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
HarperCollins imprint HQ Fiction has acquired ANZ rights to two new novels by Victoria-based author Fiona Lowe in a 'substantial' deal. A Home Like Ours, the first novel in the...
Publishers Weekly
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
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 for a limited time. This...
Winton wins 2019 Voss Literary Prize for ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Tim Winton has won the 2019 Voss Literary Prize, worth $5000, for his novel The Shepherd’s Hut (Hamish Hamilton). Now in its sixth year, the Voss Literary Prize is awarded...
Charts this week
Monday, 9 December 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Bluey: The Beach Bluey Puffin 2 Wrecking Ball Jeff Kinney Puffin 3 Bluey: Fruit Bat Bluey Puffin 4 Bluey: Time to Play!...
‘Bridget Crack’ wins 2019 Tasmania Book Prize
Friday, 6 December 2019
The winners of the 2019 Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The winning works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in...
Chen wins Deborah Cass Prize 2019
Friday, 6 December 2019
Writer Janette Chen has won the 2019 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for her manuscript extract ‘Wall of Men’. Chosen from a shortlist of 10, ‘Wall of...
Aman, Brabon named joint winners of the David Harold Tribe Fiction Award
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Writers Claire Aman and Katherine Brabon are the joint winners of the 2019 David Harold Tribe Fiction Award, worth $12,000. The award is offered by the University of Sydney’s Department...
MidnightSun acquires Steve Heron picture book
Thursday, 5 December 2019
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to the picture book Ling Li’s Lantern, by Steve Heron and illustrated by Benjamin Johnston. Ling Li’s Lantern follows Ling Li on a quest that...
Big Sky sells six children’s titles to US imprint Windmill Books
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Big Sky Publishing has sold North American and US territories rights to six children’s titles to Windmill Books, an imprint of independent educational publishing house Rosen Publishing. The deal, which...
Marketing for small publishers
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
‘We have to create demand for our books precisely because they are not stacked up at the front of the shop—on ‘the dick table’ as Clare Wright so memorably called...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Sales Fiction Text Publishing has sold Chinese-language rights to The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones) to Writers Publishing House; Czech-language rights to Bad Debts (Peter Temple) to Mystery Press;...
SPN conference 2019: ‘Extremely positive’ feedback from delegates
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) eighth Independent Publishing Conference was held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 21–23 November. SPN general manager Tim Coronel said that 180 tickets were...
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