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Davies awarded 2023 Janet Mackenzie Medal

Monday, 22 May 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Kerry Davies as the winner of the 2023 Janet Mackenzie Medal for services to editing. Davies has worked in publishing and communications since...

Emerging Writers Festival 2023 program launched

Friday, 19 May 2023
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has launched its 20th anniversary program for 14–24 June, featuring nearly 200 artists in over 60 events in various locations across Melbourne. The opening night...

Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023 winners announced

Thursday, 18 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The fiction prize went to Catherine Chidgey for The Axeman’s Carnival (Te Herenga Waka University Press), a...

The Speedy Sloth to be read for NSS at new Sydney Zoo

Thursday, 18 May 2023
The Speedy Sloth (Rebecca Young, illus by Heath McKenzie, Scholastic) will be read for the 23rd National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) event at 11am (AEST) on Wednesday, 24 May 2023, with...

PRH, Pen America file suit over Florida book bans

Thursday, 18 May 2023
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH), together with PEN America, a group of authors and a group of parents, have filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida school district...

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...

Blind Spot

Wednesday, 17 May 2023
When Dale sees a drunk girl being undressed by a group of guys at a party, he backs away. He’s pretty drunk himself, but he knows what he saw. Why...

Publicist or senior publicist, Melbourne

Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Text Publishing Text Publishing is looking for a full-time Publicist or Senior Publicist, depending on industry experience, to join its energetic, highly effective publicity team. Duties include initiating and running...

Junior contracts and domestic rights assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Scholastic Australia Full time role with a Leading Children’s Publisher Junior Position Sydney North Shore Location An opportunity has arisen for an efficient individual to provide general office administration support...

Change for Paperblanks

Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Publisher: Paperblanks Old distributor: Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) New distributor: Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) Old sales team: Hardie Grant New sales team: Hachette Changeover date: 1 June 2023 Returns...

Change for UIT/Green Books

Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Publisher: UIT/Green Books Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Bloomsbury Publishing Changeover date: 1 July 2023 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2023 Contact URL: https://www.woodslane.com.au/Contact

Publisher, Melbourne

Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Cambridge University Press We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Publisher to help us continue to grow our award-winning list of textbooks and digital content for the university market....

WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: The Western Australian Writer's Fellowship ($60,000) Carolyn Wadley Dowley Madison...

ALS Gold Medal 2023 longlist announced

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted works are: Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cold Enough for Snow (Jessica Au, Giramondo) Daisy...

Australian authors on Daggers shortlist

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
In the UK, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the shortlists for its Dagger Awards. Authors from Australia are among those shortlisted for the annual crime writing awards. Hayley...

Anaxagorou wins Ondaatje prize

Monday, 15 May 2023
In the UK, British-Cypriot poet Anthony Anaxagorou has won the Royal Society of Literature’s (RSL) £10,000 (A$18,730) Ondaatje prize for his collection Heritage Aesthetics (Granta), reports the Guardian. Heritage Aesthetics...

Ifeakandu wins Dylan Thomas Prize

Friday, 12 May 2023
In the UK, Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu has been awarded the £20,000 (A$37,350) Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut God’s Children Are Little Broken Things (W&N). Judges praised the...

The Speechwriter wins Russell Prize for Humour Writing

Friday, 12 May 2023
Martin McKenzie-Murray’s 'savage, dark and uproariously funny’ satirical memoir The Speechwriter (Scribe) has won the $10,000 biennial Russell Prize for Humour Writing, Australia’s only humour writing prize. McKenzie-Murray’s fictional debut...

Reid, Ell win 2022 Anne Elder Award

Thursday, 11 May 2023
Australian Poetry has announced Harry Reid’s Leave Me Alone (Cordite Books) and Theodore Ell’s Beginning In Sight (RWP) as the joint winners of the 2022 Anne Elder Award for a first book...

Vale Bruce Sims 

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Editor and publisher Bruce Sims has died, aged 75. In collaboration with Sims’s partner Peter Ronge, family, friends and publishing colleagues, Bryony Cosgrove writes:   'Bruce Sims was a brilliant...

TikTok owner flags move into publishing

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
TikTok owner ByteDance has filed a US trademark application for a book-publishing entity called 8th Note Press, reports Business Insider. The company has also begun recruiting staff for publishing roles,...