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Johnson wins Australian Fiction Prize

Monday, 9 December 2024
Katherine Johnson has won the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize for her unpublished manuscript A Wild Heart, receiving $20,000 in prize money and a $15,000 advance. ‘A Wild Heart is the story of...

Chatterji wins 2024 Wolfson History Prize

Thursday, 5 December 2024
In the UK, historian Joya Chatterji has won the £50,000 (A$98,781) Wolfson History Prize 2024 for Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (Vintage). Previously longlisted for the Women’s Prize...

Storm acquires seven McIntosh novels

Thursday, 5 December 2024
Digital-first publishing house Storm has acquired world English language rights (ex ANZ) to seven novels by Fiona McIntosh, via Lisa Highton at Jenny Brown Associates. Acquired titles include The Orphans,...

S&S acquires Gould memoir

Thursday, 5 December 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to a memoir by paramedic Sally Gould, with the working title Frog: A Memoir of Life and Death on the Frontline,...

Lucashenko wins Nib; APA, ASA, Copyright Agency welcome AI recommendations; McGuire wins Richell Prize

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
The Federal Government’s Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence has released its final report, with recommendations on consultation, fair remuneration and transparency among those welcomed by Copyright Agency, the Australian...

Polari Prizes 2024 winners announced

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
In the UK, the winners of the 2024 Polari Prizes have been announced. The winners in each category are: Polari Book Prize (£2000; A$3908) The Gallopers (Jon Ransom, Muswell Press),...

Ampersand Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Ampersand Prize. The shortlisted titles are: ‘I Love a Good Murder’ by Rahnia Collins, a YA crime novel...

Pung awarded 2024 Alice Literary Award

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Alice Pung has won the Alice Literary Award, presented by the Society of Women Writers in Australia. In Pung’s acceptance speech, the author said: ‘What an honour it is, to...

Inaugural Australian Fiction Prize shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize, presented by HarperCollins and the Australian, has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from almost 500 entries, are: ‘Blackswansong’ by Michael Burrows...

Vale Robert Hillman

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Author Robert Hillman has died. Text Publishing writes: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Hillman. Robert published more than 60 works of fiction and...

Vale Susan Duncan

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Journalist and author Susan Duncan has died. Allen & Unwin writes: The much-admired and respected journalist and writer Susan Duncan died last weekend at her beloved home on Pittwater. Susan was...

Affirm acquires Valentish self-help book

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to self-help book The Introvert’s Guide to Leaving the House by Jenny Valentish. A Melbourne-based journalist and author, Valentish wrote the addiction memoir Woman...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Sales Fiction UQP has sold French rights to Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko). Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold multiple rights to The Shortest History of AI (Toby Walsh), with Vietnamese rights to Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing...