Cohen wins Russell Prize for humour writing
Monday, 6 May 2019
David Cohen has won the 2019 Russell Prize for humour writing for his short story collection The Hunter and Other Stories of Men (Transit Lounge). Cohen’s ‘eclectic collection’ was chosen...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 May 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 The Mister E L James Arrow 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape...
UQP sells world English rights to ‘The Lost Arabs’ to Andrews McMeel Universal
Monday, 6 May 2019
UQP has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Omar Sakr’s poetry collection The Lost Arabs to US-based Andrews McMeel Universal. UQP publishing director Madonna Duffy said the deal came...
ALS Gold Medal 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 3 May 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Aqua Spinach (Luke Beesley, Giramondo) Beautiful Revolutionary (Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Scribe) click here for...
Pan Macmillan and Affirm win at 2019 ABIAs; ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ wins book of the year
Friday, 3 May 2019
The winners of the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 2 May. Pan Macmillan won publisher of the year, while Affirm Press won small publisher...
Longlist announced for inaugural Fogarty Literary Award
Thursday, 2 May 2019
Fremantle Press has announced the longlist for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award, an unpublished manuscript award for young writers in Western Australia, worth $20,000. The longlisted manuscripts are: ‘Where the...
Eaves wins 2019 Wellcome Prize for ‘Murmur’
Thursday, 2 May 2019
In the UK, Will Eaves’s novel Murmur (CB Editions) has won the £30,000 (A$55,820) Wellcome Book Prize, awarded to the best new work of fiction or nonfiction centred on medicine...
UQP acquires Chris Flynn novel in two-book deal
Thursday, 2 May 2019
UQP has acquired world rights to Chris Flynn’s novel Mammoth, as well as a short story collection, in a two-book deal. Set mostly in the US, Mammoth is narrated by...
Morris Gleitzman on school libraries
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
‘Even if your library has only a limited number of books, most kids will find one that will do it for them. But once that connection is made, their thirst...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction & poetry Anne Michaels (All We...
Book buyer spotlight: Big W’s Meredith Drake
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Meredith Drake has been a book buyer at Big W for over 10 years, and was once described by the Australian as ‘the most influential figure on the local book...
RiP Les Murray
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Poet Les Murray has died, aged 80. Murray was the author of nearly 30 volumes of poetry—including The Ilex Tree (with Geoffrey Lehmann, ANU Press), Killing the Black Dog, Waiting...
Tony Birch’s ‘The White Girl’
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
‘With a uniquely Australian setting, a compelling narrative, malevolent antagonists and determined female protagonists, The White Girl will appeal to a wide audience. Readers will find it hard to put down.’...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells two Sophie Beer titles to the US
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to two books by illustrator Sophie Beer to Penguin imprint Dial Books for Young Readers. Beer’s book Love Makes a Family sold...
Screen Australia announces funding for ‘Zac Power the Movie’
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Screen Australia has announced story development funding for Zac Power the Movie, an animated feature film based on the children’s book series of the same name published by Hardie Grant...
Program for inaugural Storyfest announced
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
The program for the inaugural Storyfest, running on the NSW South Coast from 21-23 June, has been announced. The festival’s gala dinner, featuring a conversation with Maggie Beer at Cupitt’s...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 winners announced; Griffiths wins book of the year
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
The winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 29 April. Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, by...
The Little Bookroom and Lost in Books collaborate on ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ giveaway
Monday, 29 April 2019
Melbourne specialist children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom and Sydney-based multilingual children’s bookshop and social enterprise Lost in Books are collaborating on a picture book giveaway. Based in the culturally diverse...
Charts this week
Monday, 29 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 We're Going on an Egg Hunt Martha Mumford & Laura Hughes Bloomsbury...
PRH Write It! fellowship 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 26 April 2019
The shortlist for Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia's inaugural Write It! fellowship program has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their manuscripts are: Alyse Lloyd for 'If The Full Moon...
St Martin’s Press acquires North American, audio rights to ‘Cilka’s Journey’
Friday, 26 April 2019
St Martin’s Press has acquired North American and audio rights to Cilka’s Journey, the sequel to Heather Morris’ bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo). Publishers Weekly reports that St Martin’s...
Barakat wins US$50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Friday, 26 April 2019
Lebanese author Hoda Barakat has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for her epistolary novel, The Night Mail (Dar al-Adab), reports the Bookseller. Barakat receives US$50,000 (A$70,470) and...
Book buyer spotlight
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
'Store events with visiting authors not only help book sales but if done well, can take a bookshop from just a retail outlet to a central part of the community,...
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ‘Unconditional Love: A Memoir of Filmmaking and Motherhood’
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
'Moorhouse has the storyteller’s powerful memory for detail and the filmmaker’s eye for the emotionally imbued image, whether describing the intense girl she once was or the guilt-wracked mother she...
Book buyer spotlight: Collins Booksellers’ Diana Johnston
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Collins Booksellers national buying manager Diana Johnston ran the Collins Bairnsdale store in regional Victoria for over 15 years before becoming a buyer in the company’s head office. She spoke...
IPEd announces shortlist for Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award 2019
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award 2019, known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are: Julia Carlomagno, for her work...
McConnochie wins Green Earth Book Award for Children’s Fiction
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Australian author Mardi McConnochie’s book The Flooded Earth (Pajama Press) has won the Best Children’s Fiction category of the US-based Green Earth Book Awards. Each year, environmental nonprofit the Nature...
Norma K Hemming Award 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Norma K Hemming Award have been announced. The award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for a work of speculative fiction published in...
NT Writers’ Festival 2019 program announced
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
The program for the 2019 NT Writers’ Festival, to be held from 16-19 May, has been announced. The annual festival alternates between Darwin and Alice Springs, and will this year...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin 2 We're Going on an Egg Hunt Martha Mumford & Laura Hughes Bloomsbury...
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