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Dymocks Adelaide relocates to Regent Theatre

Dymocks logo Monday, 11 April 2022
Dymocks has announced its flagship Adelaide shop will move into the disused, heritage-listed Regent Theatre in Rundle Mall, reports InDaily. According to Dymocks, the relocation will involve a $1.5 million...

International Booker 2022 shortlist announced

Friday, 8 April 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$90k), has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Cursed Bunny (Bora Chung, trans by Anton Hur, Honford Star) A New Name:...

Aurealis Awards 2021 finalists announced

Thursday, 7 April 2022
The finalists for the 2021 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the finalists are: Best horror novel The Bridge (J...

SoA calls on Amazon to cut ebook refund window

Wednesday, 6 April 2022
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on Amazon to cut its ebook returns window from 14 days to 48 hours, reports the Bookseller. An online petition,...

Jasmine Seymour on ‘Open Your Heart to Country’

Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Jasmine Seymour's fourth picture book Open Your Heart to Country (Magabala, June) is a bilingual story of healing and belonging. Told in Dharug and English, the book also showcases Seymour's signature...

Jasmine Seymour recommends

Tuesday, 5 April 2022
The last book I read and loved is the picture book Sea Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy (Magabala). I picked it up in the school library last week and...

PRH profit, revenue up in 2021

Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) has recorded a 9.2% profit growth on a 6% revenue rise in 2021, as reported by parent company Bertelsmann. PRH global revenue reached €4.03 billion (A$5.86b),...

Simpson named UTS New Writer in Residence

Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Yuwaalaraay storyteller, performer and author Nardi Simpson has been selected as the Copyright Agency-University of Technology Sydney (UTS) New Writer in Residence for 2022. Simpson is the author of Song...

Lonesborough wins IBBY Ena Noël Award 2022

Monday, 4 April 2022
Gary Lonesborough’s debut YA novel The Boy from the Mish (A&U) has won the biennial Ena Noël Award, presented by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for...

ASA launches Authors Legal

Monday, 4 April 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new non-profit law firm to provide low-cost legal advice to its members. Authors Legal will be headed by managing lawyer and...

Chidgey shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award

Monday, 4 April 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey has been shortlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000 (A$147,400), for her novel Remote Sympathy. First published by Te Herenga Waka University...

Dylan Thomas Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Monday, 4 April 2022
The shortlist for the £30,000 (A$52,500) International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted books are: No One is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood, Bloomsbury) Open Water (Caleb Azumah...

It’s good to be back

Friday, 1 April 2022
After more than two years attending rights fairs virtually, several Australian publishers will be attending the 2022 London Book Fair (LBF) in person next week. 'We’re excited to attend LBF...

Framed

Friday, 1 April 2022
In this gripping art heist thriller, art conservator JJ Jego spots a long-lost masterpiece through the window of a luxury apartment – what she believes is a priceless Van Gogh...

Australian book market overview 2021

Friday, 1 April 2022
After a pandemic-fuelled record year in 2020—during which sales of books in Australia grew 7.8% to A$1.25 billion (unit sales for the year were 67 million) according to Nielsen BookScan—in 2021,...

Australian authors recommend

Friday, 1 April 2022
Australian authors tell us the most recent book they have read and loved, and why.   Hayley Scrivenor is the author of forthcoming crime novel Dirt Town (Macmillan, May). ‘I...

Debut memoir wins Australia’s richest literary prize

Friday, 1 April 2022
In February this year, first-time author Veronica Gorrie took home Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature at the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, for her memoir...

Canberra Writers Festival 2022 dates announced

Friday, 1 April 2022
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced that the 2022 festival will be staged from 10–14 August, ‘with a welcome return to a full program of live events’. CWF was cancelled...

Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 April

Friday, 1 April 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper A History of Dreams (Jane Rawson, Brio) The Fish (Lloyd Jones,...

Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Thursday, 31 March 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: TAKE CARE (Eunice Andrada, Giramondo) Dropbear (Evelyn Araluen, UQP) No Document (Anwen Crawford, Giramondo)...

Windham-Campbell Prizes 2022 recipients announced

Wednesday, 30 March 2022
In the US, the recipients of the 2022 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$165,000 (A$219,000) each, have been announced. This year’s recipients are US playwright Sharon Bridgforth and British playwright Winsome Pinnock...

 

 

 

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