‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ wins National Biography Award
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett (Text) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award. The judges said...
‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The shortlisted works are: ‘Occupy’ by Ashley Lee ‘List of the Affected’ by...
Rubbo awarded ‘Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award’
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Managing director of Readings Mark Rubbo has been jointly awarded the Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award at the 2018 Creative Partnerships Awards. Rubbo shared the award with philanthropist, volunteer and advocate...
‘The Choke’ sold to UK, Europe, Commonwealth
Monday, 6 August 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold UK, Europe and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to Sofie Laguna’s The Choke to London-based Gallic Books, reports the Bookseller. A&U rights associate Maggie Thompson...
Thorne’s ‘The Hating Game’ to be adapted for film; ‘The Simpsons’ producer attached
Monday, 6 August 2018
The Simpsons producer David Mirkin will direct a film adaptation of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game (Piatkus), reports Deadline. Mirkin’s directing credits include Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Heartbreakers. He...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 August 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Pieces of...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2018 Books at MIFF
Friday, 3 August 2018
The 12th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on 2 August. Representatives from publishing and...
NT Literary Awards 2018 winners announced
Thursday, 2 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Zip Print Short Story Award ($1000) ‘The Virgin Mary and Katrina Sparks’...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
‘Everyone is very comfortable with having women behind the counter at a book fair or on the sales floor, but it would be a healthier trade if more women were...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Sales Fiction Fiona Inglis of Curtis Brown Australia has sold film and television rights to Nine Perfect Strangers (Liane Moriarty) to production companies Blossom Films and Made Up Stories. (See...
Podcast spotlight: ABC Radio National’s The Bookshelf
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
The Bookshelf (formerly known as BooksPlus) is both a podcast and radio program for ‘dedicated readers and those who wished they read more’. Broadcasting on Friday afternoons (and available online...
Holly Throsby’s ‘Cedar Valley’
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
‘Throsby has a feel for small towns, as first evidenced in her debut novel, Goodwood, and once again in this second novel. There’s a fragility at the core of her characters...
Kidman secures film, TV rights to Moriarty’s ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Nicole Kidman’s production company Blossom Films and Australian producer Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories have purchased film and television rights to Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers (Macmillan), reports the Sydney...
PRH NZ sells basketballer’s memoir to US
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRH NZ) has sold North American rights to My Life, My Fight by New Zealand basketball player Steven Adams to Hachette Books in the US. ...
UK study finds 8% of YA books written by authors of colour in past decade
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
In the UK, a new study has shown that 8% of YA books published in the UK between 2006 and 2016 were by authors of colour. In the study, titled 'The...
HarperCollins to publish Thai cave rescue book in December
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to a Thai cave rescue book by ABC Southeast Asia correspondent Liam Cochrane. Cochrane, who is based in Bangkok, reported on the rescue effort...
Ned Kelly Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction...
Territory Read Book of the Year 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
The winners of this year’s Territory Read Awards have been announced. The winners in the Territory Read Awards are: Chief Minister’s Book of the Year ($5000) Broken (Mary Anne Butler,...
‘Alex Rider’ books to be adapted into YA drama series
Monday, 30 July 2018
In the UK, Anthony Horowitz’s 'Alex Rider' series will be adapted to an eight-part television drama series for teenagers, starting with the second book Point Blanc, to be produced by production company...
Booktopia wins ORIA for best online retailer
Monday, 30 July 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia was awarded a 2018 Online Retail Industry Award (ORIA) in the Best Pureplay Online Retailer category at an awards ceremony in Sydney on 26 July. Booktopia has...
Charts this week
Monday, 30 July 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 104-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 The 13-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths...
ABA announces 2019 conference dates
Friday, 27 July 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will hold its 2019 conference and trade show in Melbourne at Pullman Melbourne on the Park on 23-24 June. ABA CEO Joel Becker said, ‘We’re...
‘ABR’ announces Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist
Friday, 27 July 2018
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: ‘Vasco’ by Claire Aman (NSW) ‘Between...
Viskic, Clark shortlisted for UK Dagger awards
Friday, 27 July 2018
Australian authors Emma Viskic and Sherryl Clark have been shortlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2018 Dagger awards. Viskic’s Resurrection Bay (Echo) has been shortlisted in two categories:...
Text acquires debuts from Bishop, McPhee-Browne
Friday, 27 July 2018
Text Publishing has acquired two fiction debuts from Melbourne-based writers. Text acquired world rights to Alice Bishop’s debut short-story collection, A Constant Hum, which explores the Black Saturday bushfires and...
Lothian acquires two books in YA fantasy series by Kostakis
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Lothian head of children’s publishing Jeanmarie Morosin has acquired ANZ/UK rights to two books in a fantasy series by Australian YA author Will Kostakis, via Sarah Williams at Sophie Hicks...
Greer’s ‘On Rape’ sold to Bloomsbury UK
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has sold UK and Irish rights to Germaine Greer’s On Rape to Bloomsbury UK. Bloomsbury won the rights at auction after 12 UK publishers reviewed the submission....
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
‘Given the changing shape of fiction, it was only a matter of time before a graphic novel was included on the Man Booker longlist.’—The judges for the Man Booker Prize...
Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2018 winners announced
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards were announced at a ceremony at the State Library of New South Wales on 25 July. The $30,000 Nita B...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold the television option for Scrublands (Chris Hammer) to producers Ian Collie of Easy Tiger and Martha Coleman of RevLover, via Grace Heifetz at...
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