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Stewart wins 2024 Bragg Prize

Thursday, 7 November 2024
Cameron Stewart has won the 2024 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for the essay ‘Heroes of Zero’. ‘Heroes of Zero’ introduces readers to research by Michelle Haber and...

State Library of NSW 2024 fellowships announced

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the recipients of its 2024 research fellowships, worth a total of $186,000 across eight categories, on the 50th anniversary of its research...

Creative Australia Elevate funding recipients announced

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Creative Australia has announced a new round of recipients of its Elevate: First Nations Storytelling and Literature career development funding program. The recipients—each receiving a $10,000 grant—are: Tahnee Carter Vivienne...

Heifetz, Gilliatt, McGuire, Slater form a4 Literary; Booktopia administrators call second creditor meeting; Walkley Book Award shortlist announced

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Grace Heifetz, Tom Gilliatt, Michaela McGuire and Rebecca Slater have announced the creation of new literary agency a4 Literary. This follows news of the upcoming dissolution of Left Bank Literary,...

HarperCollins acquires three new McTiernan books

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to three new books by Dervla McTiernan, including The Unquiet Grave. The Unquiet Grave features Cormac Reilly—who first appeared in McTiernan’s 2018 debut, The...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Sales Children’s/YA Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold North American rights to South with the Seabirds (Jess McGeachin); North American rights to four books in the Bravepaw series (L M Wilkinson, illus...

Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients announced

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients for the 12th round of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The eight recipients—who share in funding of $50,795—are: Poet, producer, editor and weaver...

A&U acquires Scott debut thriller ‘Stillwater’

Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to debut thriller Stillwater by Tanya Scott ‘after a fiercely contested auction’, in a two-book deal brokered by Tom Gilliatt at a4 Literary...

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Wednesday, 6 November 2024
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Voss Literary Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Monday, 4 November 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. Shortlisted works, chosen from a longlist of 10 announced in September, are: Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton) God Forgets...

PRH acquires Noni YA romance in three-book deal

Friday, 1 November 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to three books from YA author Lynette Noni: a standalone contemporary romance, Wandering Wild; and a new fantasy series acquired in a...

Walkley Book Award 2024 shortlist announced

Friday, 1 November 2024
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 69th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The works shortlisted for the Walkley Book Award, chosen from a longlist of...

DuVal wins 2024 Cundill History Prize

Friday, 1 November 2024
Kathleen DuVal has been announced as the 2024 winner of the US$75,000 (A$114,122) Cundill History Prize for Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Random House US). Jury chair Rana...

Speech pathology book awards 2024 winners announced

Thursday, 31 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Birth–3 years age category: Let’s Play (Karen...

Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 31 October 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. Shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist announced earlier this month, are: Quarterly Essay #93: Bad...

A&U acquires Murray’s ‘Lights, Camera, Love’

Thursday, 31 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Lights, Camera, Love by Natalie Murray in a two-book deal by Annette Barlow, via Sarah McKenzie of Sarah McKenzie Literary Management....

TT. O. wins Patrick White Literary Award, Hughes to leave Affirm, Pan Mac to move distribution to TDLC

Wednesday, 30 October 2024
In local news this week, Martin Hughes will leave Affirm Press, amid other staff changes; Left Bank Literary will dissolve in December; the Australia Institute is launching its own publishing...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold UK/Commonwealth (ex ANZ, Canada, Indian Subcontinent) rights to The Shortest History of Scandinavia (Mart Kuldkepp) to Old Street; and Serbian translation rights to The Shortest...

HG Explore acquires Wilson’s new book

Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Hardie Grant has acquired world rights to Sarah Wilson’s new book, Walk the World Bigger, under its Hardie Grant Explore imprint. In Walk the World Bigger, Wilson brings together ‘the...

QBD 2024 Book of the Year winners announced

Wednesday, 30 October 2024
QBD has announced the winners of the chain's 2024 Book of the Year. The winning titles are: Fiction The Ledge (Christian White, Affirm) Nonfiction The Voice Inside (John Farnham with...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly

Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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