Hachette, A&U drop ins detail Roberts-Smith case
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Both Hachette Australia and Allen & Unwin (A&U) have announced the publication of drop in titles on the defamation trial brought by former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith against Fairfax Media Publications,...
Rachel Funari Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Pink’ by Jean Flynn ‘Schism’ by Helen Booth ‘Days that Swing Outwards’...
Hachette signs two new books from Lester
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two books by historical fiction novelist Natasha Lester, as part of an ANZ and UK deal made in conjunction with Little, Brown Book...
NewSouth acquires ‘Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower: The letters’
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower: The letters, edited by Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham. The publisher describes the book as ‘a major contribution to the literary...
First in-person VIPs program since 2019 held alongside SWF
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
This year’s annual Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program was held alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival and ran from 22–26 May. The 2023 program was attended by 14 international guests and comprised an industry forum...
Audiobook platform Libro.fm to launch locally in July
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
The US-based digital audiobook platform Libro.fm, which partners with independent bookshops, has announced it will launch in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in July. Co-founder and CEO Mark Pearson...
Pantera sells Kinky History in six-figure pre-empt
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Pantera Press has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Kinky History by Esmé Louise James to Nina Shield at TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in a 'significant...
McInnes wins 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific category
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Aotearoa New Zealand author Himali McInnes has won the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Pacific region for her story ‘Kilinochchi’, about a mother who leaves her adopted country...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 longlist announced
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 11 longlisted novels are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak Akec, UWAP) Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cold Enough...
Echo acquires Thomas debut murder mystery
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Paul Thomas’s debut murder mystery The Beacon, as part of a two-book deal, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. With a career as...
Puncher & Wattmann acquires Dimitriadis’s ‘The Mother Must Die’
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Puncher & Wattmann (P&W) has acquired ANZ rights to debut short story collection The Mother Must Die by Koraly Dimitriadis via the author. Dimitriadis, a Melbourne-based bestselling poet who self-published her poetry...
BookPeople 2023 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2023 Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the past 12 months, with the...
New Dawn sales and distribution to Affirm
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Perth-based publisher New Dawn Publishing has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Affirm Press. The publisher of speculative fiction was founded in September 2021 by Dylan Ingram with an...
First Nations storytellers in cultural exchange to Auckland Writers Festival
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Five local First Nations storytellers will travel as part of a cultural exchange delegation to Auckland Writers Festival, with the support of the Australia Council. Auckland Writers Festival, which runs...
Romance Writers of Australia Conference 2023 program announced
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
The Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) annual conference will be held in Sydney from 11–13 August at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. Under the theme of ‘All That Glitters’, the program...
Upswell acquires Boland essay collection
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Brooke Boland’s first collection of essays. Gulp, Swallow reflects on the uncertainty of identity in a young woman’s life, ‘when who we...
Local authors on Daggers longlist
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In the UK, the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) has announced the longlists for its Dagger Awards. Authors from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are among those longlisted for the annual...
Black Inc. to reduce output
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Black Inc. has made several redundancies and will reduce the number of books it publishes. The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported it had been told 'about six' positions had been...
Nenke appointed Booktopia CEO
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Booktopia has announced the appointment of former Barnes & Noble and Amazon executive David Nenke as CEO. Nenke, who was born in Australia and has held senior finance positions...
ABIA 2023 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category, including the new category of social impact book of the year,...
Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Several rural and regional writers' festivals have revealed the programs for their upcoming events. Sorrento Writers Festival will run from 27–30 April on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. More than 140 writers,...
Walker Books establishes biennial Manuscript Prize
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Walker Books Australia (WBA) has announced the establishment of a new manuscript prize to coincide with the publisher’s 30th anniversary in Australia. The inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize will offer...
BookTok hit leads Dymocks Top 101
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
BookTok hit The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is the number one book on the Dymocks annual Top 101 online poll, with 39% of books on the list being titles...
Cate Paterson appointed A&U publishing director
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has appointed Cate Paterson as publishing director. Paterson, who was publishing director at Pan Macmillan prior to joining A&U to establish Atlantic Books Australia in 2022,...
BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year longlists announced
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
BookPeople has announced the longlists for the 2023 Book of the Year Awards, formerly the Booksellers Choice awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Adult fiction book of the...
UQP appoints joint marketing and publicity managers
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has appointed Jean Smith and Sally Wilson as joint marketing and publicity managers. Smith and Wilson will take over the role left by former marketing...
McFarlane shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane (A&U) has been shortlisted for the 2023 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, worth £25,000 (A$46,000) and open to novels published in the...
Bolinda titles shortlisted in British Book Awards
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Two titles by Bolinda have been shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year: Fiction at the 2023 British Book Awards. The Seven Moons of Almeida (Shehan Karunatilaka, narrated by Shivantha Wijesinha)...
CBCA Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older readers Ask No Questions (Eva Collins,...
Baker steps down at OUP, joins Copyright Agency
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Oxford University Press ANZ managing director Arthur Baker has resigned from his role. Baker, who was appointed to the position in 2017, will join the Copyright Agency as director: strategy...
