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Ellis wins 2022 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Archive

Friday, 12 August 2022
Tracy Ellis has won the 2022 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Natural Wonder’. Chosen from a shortlist of three announced in July, Ellis receives $6000. Nina...

Readings announces Children’s Book Prize 2022 shortlist Archive

Friday, 12 August 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Readings Children’s Book Prize has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted books are: A Glasshouse of Stars (Shirley Marr, Puffin) Little Gem (Anna Zobel, Puffin)...

‘Atua: Māori gods and heroes’ wins Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Archive

Friday, 12 August 2022
Author and illustrator Gavin Bishop has won three categories in the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, including the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, for...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2022 shortlists announced Archive

Thursday, 11 August 2022
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 in each category. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian...

Booktopia leases new warehouse Archive

Thursday, 11 August 2022
Booktopia has secured a lease for a new customer fulfilment centre (CFC) in South Strathfield in Sydney’s west. According to Booktopia, after constant retrofitting, its current Lidcombe facility has become...

Brennan wins 2022 National Biography Award for ‘Leaping into Waterfalls’ Archive

Thursday, 11 August 2022
Bernadette Brennan has won the 2022 National Biography Award for Leaping into Waterfalls: The enigmatic Gillian Mears (A&U). Brennan receives $25,000, while the other shortlisted authors receive $2000 each. Judges...

UBD freight change Archive

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Following the recent change to our New Release deliveries we have continued to assess our distribution needs, expectations and partnerships. Unfortunately we still have concerns that some service levels will...

Vale Jen Hutchison Archive

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Writer, editor and publisher Jen Hutchison died on Thursday, 4 August in Melbourne. Hutchison, who was a graduate of RMIT's Master of Writing and Publishing program, was the founder of...

ILF announces digital event for ILD 2022 Archive

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced two events in collaboration with the Sydney Opera House for Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), which falls on Wednesday, 7 September this year. The...

Vale Evan Jones Archive

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Australian poet and academic Evan Jones has died, aged 90. Jones authored nine poetry collections beginning with Inside the Whale in 1960, publishing his final book Selected Poems in 2014....

HarperCollins global revenue up 10%; profits hit by higher costs Archive

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
HarperCollins global revenue grew 10% in the financial year ending 30 June. Parent company News Corp reported the publisher’s full year revenue was up US$206 million (A$296m) to US$2.2bn (A$3.1bn)...