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Edgar Awards 2022 winners announced  Archive

Monday, 2 May 2022
Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television’ published or produced in 2021....

Career path: Erica Wagner  Archive

Thursday, 28 April 2022
Erica Wagner has worked in publishing for over 30 years, starting out as a trainee children's editor at Penguin Australia and going on to spend 20 years at the helm...

Macquarie University launches author survey  Archive

Thursday, 28 April 2022
Macquarie University has launched a national survey investigating the practices of Australian authors in the contemporary national and international book industry. The survey, which follows on from a similar study...

Dorothy Hewett Award 2022 shortlist announced  Archive

Thursday, 28 April 2022
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The winner receives $10,000 prize money, as well as manuscript development and a...

Molloy wins 2021 Anne Elder Award  Archive

Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Australian Poetry has announced Audrey Molloy's The Important Things (Gallery Press) as the winner of the 2021 Anne Elder Award for a first book of poetry. According to the 2021 prize...

Local authors longlisted for CWA Daggers  Archive

Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Several Australia-based authors have been longlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) 2022 Dagger Awards. Jacqueline Bublitz has been longlisted for the Gold Dagger for best novel for her...

Wheeler Centre 2022 Hot Desk fellows  Archive

Tuesday, 26 April 2022
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2022 Hot Desk Fellowships. The 21 Hot Desk fellows are: Julia Bak Kasumi Borcyzk J R Burgmann Aurelia St Clair...

No ‘Daily’ on Monday  Archive

Friday, 22 April 2022
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published on Monday, 25 April, due to the Anzac Day public holiday. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 26 April.

WBN published Thursday next week  Archive

Thursday, 21 April 2022
Due to the Anzac Day public holiday on Monday, 25 April the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 28 April next week. The deadline for classified and job...

Ondaatje Prize 2022 shortlist announced  Archive

Thursday, 21 April 2022
The shortlist for this year’s £10,000 (A$17,500) Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been announced. The annual award recognises the book ‘of highest literary merit—fiction, nonfiction or poetry—which best...

Advance your grammar and writing skills  Archive

Thursday, 21 April 2022
Leading teacher and editor Deb Doyle has developed these unique colour-coded course notes to meet your needs: Grammar and Punctuation: The basics The Parts of Speech: Nouns, verbs and the...

Lauren Draper recommends  Archive

Wednesday, 20 April 2022
I adored Rhiannon Wilde’s debut novel Henry Hamlet’s Heart (UQP). It’s such a beautiful and warm novel, and perfectly balances the teenaged experience of friendship, futures, and first loves. I...

Jhalak Prize 2022 shortlists announced  Archive

Wednesday, 20 April 2022
The shortlists for the UK’s Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers have been announced. The titles shortlisted for...

‘Nevermoor’ to be adapted as musical film  Archive

Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Jessica Townsend's 2017 middle-grade novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) has been acquired by Paramount Pictures to be adapated as a film musical, reports Deadline. The musical adaptation...

UK indies fearful of cost of living rises  Archive

Tuesday, 19 April 2022
In the UK, independent booksellers are concerned that cost of living rises are leading to fewer customers and lower average spend per head, reports the Bookseller. Some shops are already...

ABDA Awards 2022 shortlists announced  Archive

Tuesday, 19 April 2022
The shortlists for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Shortlists include: Best designed commercial fiction cover Catch Us the...

B+P Easter publishing schedule  Archive

Thursday, 14 April 2022
Due to the Easter long weekend, there will be no Daily newsletter tomorrow, Friday, 15 April or Monday, 18 April. Next week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 21 April....