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Big Sky acquires Blum memoir 

Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Big Sky Publishing has acquired world rights to the memoir Easy Target: Battling the black dog by Adam Blum. In the book, Blum shares his battle with bullying and health...

Inaugural SA Literary Fellowships open for applications

Writers SA CEO Jessica Alice and State Library of South Australia director Geoff Strempel standing together in the State Library of South Australia Monday, 11 September 2023
Writers SA and the State Library of South Australia (SLSA) have announced that applications are open for the inaugural SA Literary Fellowships program for professional writers in South Australia. The...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 11 September 2023
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. View the edition here.

EPAA 2023 winners announced

Friday, 8 September 2023
The winners of the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The winners in each category are: Primary publisher of the year Seven Steps Secondary publisher of the...

Danger Awards 2023 shortlists announced

Friday, 8 September 2023
The BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Danger Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Brunswick Street Blues (Sally Bothroyd, HarperCollins) Daughters...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2023 winners announced

Friday, 8 September 2023
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners for the 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Australian history prize Elizabeth and John:...

Affirm acquires Downes novel 

An author photograph of Anna Downes Thursday, 7 September 2023
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to thriller Red River Road, the third novel from Anna Downes, via Tara Wynne of Curtis Brown. Set along the Western Australian Coral Coast,...

Queensland Literary Awards 2023 winners announced

Thursday, 7 September 2023
The winners of the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced, with a total of $238,500 in prize money awarded across 12 categories. The winning titles in each category are:...

Stan adaptation of ‘Scrublands’ sold to BBC 

Wednesday, 6 September 2023
A four-part adaptation of Scrublands (Chris Hammer, A&U) has been acquired by the BBC from Abacus Media Rights, which has international distribution rights for the series, and will screen on...

Celdran wins 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

Photograph of illustrator Alba Celdran, who is in front of a houseplant. Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Alba Gil Celdran is the winner of the 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand and the Margaret Mahy Estate have announced. The judging panel praised the humour,...

£50k Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced

Wednesday, 6 September 2023
In the UK, the shortlist for the £50,000 (A$98,500) Wolfson History Prize has been announced. The shortlisted works of history are: African and Caribbean People in Britain: A history (Hakim...

Artichoke to Zucchini (Alice Oehr, Scribble) 

Tuesday, 5 September 2023
If you’re looking for an A–Z book with a twist, Alice Oehr’s Artichoke to Zucchini: An alphabet of delicious things from around the world is it. From ubiquitous bananas to...

Epic: Adventures across Aotearoa (Ray Salisbury, Exisle) 

Tuesday, 5 September 2023
Covering 10 iconic journeys around and across Aotearoa New Zealand, Ray Salisbury retells each adventurer’s inspiring and often harrowing trek, working from first-hand accounts in blogs and books to bring...

Richell Prize 2023 longlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Tuesday, 5 September 2023
The Emerging Writers’ Festival, Hachette Australia, and the Richell family have announced the 2023 longlist for the Richell Prize for emerging writers. Selected from over 700 entries, the 20 longlisted...

Nib Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced

Monday, 4 September 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: An Intimate History of Evolution: The story of the Huxley family (Alison...

Ned Kelly Awards 2023 winners announced

The winning book covers from the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards: The Lemon Man, Wake, Exiles and Betrayed Monday, 4 September 2023
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards. The 2023 winners are: Best debut crime fiction Wake (Shelley Burr, Hachette) Best crime...

Davitt Awards 2023 winners announced

Monday, 4 September 2023
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2023 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult novel All...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 4 September 2023
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. View the edition here.

We Come With This Place sold to UK 

Friday, 1 September 2023
Echo Publishing has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to Debra Dank’s We Come With This Place to Footnote Press. Earlier this year, We Come With This Place won...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold simplified Chinese character rights to The Economy of Algorithms: Rise of the digital minions (Marek Kowalkiewicz, La Trobe University Press) to Hangzhou Blue Lion...

 

 

 

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