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Cowley awarded Order of New Zealand

Thursday, 17 May 2018
Children's author Joy Cowley has been awarded the Order of New Zealand, which recognises outstanding service to the state and people of the country. Described as one of New Zealand’s...

2018 VIPs program explores crime genre, alternative formats 

Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The Australia Council for the Arts ran the 2018 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program from 2-4 May, alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Twelve international publishers attended the program, which included...

Ball departs PRH

Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) announced yesterday that PRH Literary publishing director Ben Ball has departed the company, as of Tuesday, 15 May. PRH said in a statement, ‘A review...

EWF 2018 program launched

Wednesday, 16 May 2018
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced its 2018 program, which runs from 19-29 June in venues across Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding suburbs. Timmah Ball, Tony Birch and Neil Morris...

Adam wins 2018 New Zealand Book Award for fiction

Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Wellington writer Pip Adam has won the NZ$50,000 (A$45,930) Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her novel The New Animals (Victoria University Press). Judges...

A&U to publish Winx book

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Allen & Unwin will publish a book about world number one racehorse Winx in late October 2018. Gold Walkley winner Andrew Rule will author the official biography, Winx: Greatest of...

‘Voiceworks’ to expand with online component in late-2018

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Voiceworks has announced it will begin commissioning and publishing original online content later this year. Voiceworks editor Mira Schlosberg said the new digital publishing arm will publish interactive fiction, animated comics,...

PRH acquires Sydney teenager’s debut novel

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Sydney teenager Vivian Pham's debut adult novel, The Coconut Children. Negotiated by Benython Oldfield from Zeitgeist Agency, the deal came after a ‘heated’ auction...

Sisters in Crime launches two new awards in 2018

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Sisters in Crime is launching two new prizes in 2018: the Crime and Punishment Award, and the Award for Best Forensic Linguistics Story. The Crime and Punishment Award will be awarded...

Perlman to release first book for children

Monday, 14 May 2018
Elliot Perlman has written a debut children’s book, The Adventures of Catvinkle, which will be published by Random House Children’s Books in Australia in October 2018. The book centres on...

‘The Ruin’ optioned for film

Monday, 14 May 2018
Dervla McTiernan’s debut crime novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) has been optioned for film by Australian film production company Hopscotch Features. Curtis Brown agent Tara Wynne negotiated the deal directly with...

Walsh announced as OzCo chair

Friday, 11 May 2018
Minister for communications and the arts Mitch Fifield has appointed Sam Walsh as the next chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, following current chair Rupert Myer. Walsh was...

‘The Dry’ nominated for 2018 Anthony Award

Friday, 11 May 2018
Jane Harper has been nominated for the 2018 Anthony Awards for her debut The Dry (Pan). The Dry was nominated in the category for best first novel, alongside the following:...

ABA Booksellers Choice Award 2018 shortlist announced

Friday, 11 May 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Force of Nature (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan...

Text acquires Savage’s debut essay collection 

Thursday, 10 May 2018
Text Publishing has acquired world rights (ex UK) to Ellena Savage’s debut essay collection, Blueberries, via Daisy Parente at Lutyens & Rubinstein. Blueberries is a collection of essays exploring themes...

REAL Awards 2018 shortlists announced

Thursday, 10 May 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards—which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards) and...

‘Amelia Westlake’ sells into US

Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Erin Gough’s new queer feminist YA novel, Amelia Westlake (Hardie Grant Egmont), has sold into the US to Little, Brown imprint Poppy. Gough’s second novel, following her Ampersand Prize-winning debut...

Sweatshop announces three print anthologies for mid-2019 

Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Western Sydney literacy collective Sweatshop will expand its publishing program, with three new print titles being developed for release in mid-2019. The three books in development are Sweatshop Women, an anthology...

Mary Gilmore Award 2018 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 9 May 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for best first book of poetry published in the past two...

Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo grant recipients

Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Thirty-four writers and literary organisations have been awarded a total of $780,337 in the Australia Council's first grant round for 2018. Nineteen writers and groups received arts projects funding, worth up...

Readings renovates flagship Carlton shop

Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will refurbish its flagship Carlton shop, after 20 years in its current location. The Lygon Street shop will be closed for approximately seven weeks from Tuesday,...

 

 

 

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