Publishers accuse Internet Archive of ‘stonewalling’ discovery
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
In the US, lawyers representing publishers in a copyright lawsuit against the Internet Archive over the scanning and lending of print library books are claiming that the Internet Archive is...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist
Monday, 22 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced this Friday, 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday,...
O’Hanlon wins Varuna/NEWC Fellowship
Monday, 22 November 2021
James O’Hanlon has won the 2021 Varuna/New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) Fellowship for his manuscript ‘I Love Spiders’. O’Hanlon receives a one week writing residency at Varuna, The National Writers’...
McDermid, Weiden to headline Terror Australis festival
Monday, 22 November 2021
The program has been announced for this year’s Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, which is running as a digital event from 27–28 November under the theme ‘CSI: Tasmania’. Among...
National Book Awards 2021 winners
Friday, 19 November 2021
In the US, the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hell of a Book (Jason Mott, Trapeze) Nonfiction All...
Apolonio wins 2021 Deborah Cass Prize
Friday, 19 November 2021
Bryant Apolonio has won Writers Victoria’s 2021 Deborah Cass prize for his story ‘Independencia’. Apolonio’s story was chosen from a shortlist of nine, He receives $3000 and a mentorship to assist in...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced
Friday, 19 November 2021
The winners of the 2021 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winners in each category were: Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Nature...
Keefe wins 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
Thursday, 18 November 2021
In the UK, Patrick Radden Keefe has won the £50,000 (A$92,850) Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for his book Empire of Pain: The secret history of the Sackler dynasty (Picador)....
Cuthbert joins Pantera
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Pantera Press has appointed Kate Cuthbert to the newly created position of editorial director, for a 14-month contract role while managing editor Lucy Bell is on parental leave. Previously managing...
The Kitchen Think
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Anthony Telford is a Sydney based chef, television presenter and author. In his latest book, The Kitchen Think, Anthony answers all your culinary conundrums and answers questions raised by your own...
The Good Mother
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Sarah Calhoun is a regular Sydney soccer mum, but she’s keeping terrifying secrets from everyone she loves . . . and her past is about to catch up with her....
Supply chain chaos, Melbourne Prize for Literature winners
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Booksellers on Australia’s east coast are reporting serious delivery delays, missing deliveries and damaged stock, with reports that the problems are particularly acute in Queensland. The ABA will hold its...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Dunedin’s University Book Shop
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Meet Dunedin's...
Reprint of The Game by Sean Kelly
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean Kelly has garnered praise from some of Australia’s most esteemed political commentators including Laurie Oakes, Leigh Sales, Barrie Cassidy, Niki Savva...
Stock the shortlist: Small Press Network’s Book of the Year Award 2021 finalists
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
The Small Press Network’s Book of the Year Award (formerly the Most Underrated Book of the Year Award) aims to recognise and award some of the most significant and ground-breaking...
Brumby Sunstate purchases JB Books
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Brumby Sunstate is excited to announce the purchase of JB Books. JB Books holds a great reputation within the book industry specialising in Indigenous and Australian titles. We look forward...
Allen & Unwin proudly announce E. Lockhart’s Family of Liars publishing 4 May 2022
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Allen & Unwin proudly announce E. Lockhart’s Family of Liars, publishing 4 May 2022: the long-awaited prequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon, We Were Liars. Called ‘thrilling,...
Change for Arcadia Books
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Publisher: Arcadia Books Old distributor: NewSouth Books (ADS) New distributor: Hachette Australia (ADS) Changeover date: 31 January 2022 Returns cut-off: 30 April 2022
Kate Gordon on ‘Xavier in the Meantime’
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Kate Gordon's latest book is a companion novel to her CBCA award–winning Aster's Good, Right Things. Xavier in the Meantime (Riveted Press, February) is a 'sensitive but unflinching' story of...
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival in-person 2021 program announced
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
The program for the 2021 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, which runs 2–5 December at the State Library of NSW, has been announced. The festival's 40 events include panels, crime...
Stewart wins Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Emily Stewart has won the 2021 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award for her manuscript ‘Running Time’. Selected from a shortlist of seven announced earlier this month, the Sydney poet...
Voss Literary Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted works, chosen from a longlist of 10, are: The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) Our Shadows (Gail...
Abul wins Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Hassan Abul is the winner of the inaugural $10,000 Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize. Abul's winning essay 'Third Cowboy From the Sun' was chosen by judges Brian Castro, Maddee...
ABA to hold 2022 conference in Sydney
Monday, 15 November 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced its 2022 National Conference and Trade Exhibition will take place in Sydney from 12–13 June next year. The ‘much-needed and totally fabulous industry...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist
Monday, 15 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in the...
Affirm Press Mentorship Award winners; NEWC fellowship shortlist
Monday, 15 November 2021
Affirm Press and Varuna, The National Writers' House have announced the winners of the 2021 Affirm Press Mentorship Award. The winners are: Maha Sidaoui for ‘One Arabian Girl’ Alison Whipp for...
Storytel buys Audiobooks.com; Spotify moves into US market
Monday, 15 November 2021
Stockholm-based audiobook streaming company Storytel is buying Audiobooks.com from RBmedia for an undisclosed amount, reports Publishers Weekly. The acquisition is Storytel’s first entry into the English-language market. The company, which...
Ditmar Awards 2021 ballot announced
Friday, 12 November 2021
The ballot for the 2021 Ditmar Awards has been announced. The shortlisted works include: Best Novel The Crying Forest (Venero Armanno, IFWG Publishing Australia) Hollow Empire (Sam Hawke, Penguin) The...
Australians nominated for Carnegie, Kate Greenaway medals
Friday, 12 November 2021
Several Australians have been nominated for the 2022 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals for writing and illustration for children and young people, presented annually by the UK’s Chartered Institute of...
Pascoe awarded 2021 ASA Medal
Friday, 12 November 2021
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Bruce Pascoe is the recipient of the 2021 ASA Medal. Author of the bestselling Dark Emu (Magabala), Pascoe has written over 30...
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