Kate Gordon on ‘Xavier in the Meantime’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
WHSmith eyes return to profitability after stronger FY21 results Archive
Friday, 12 November 2021
UK-based bookselling chain WHSmith has revealed its preliminary results for the financial year ending 31 August, as it eyes a return to 'meaningful profitability'. After posting a £69 million (A$125m)...
Tsiolkas, Araluen, Grills, Clarke 2021 Melbourne Prize winners Archive
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Christos Tsiolkas, Evelyn Araluen and Eloise Grills are the winners in the 2021 Melbourne Prize for Literature, announced on 10 November. Tsiolkas won the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature for...
Waidner wins Goldsmiths Prize for ‘Sterling Karat Gold’ Archive
Thursday, 11 November 2021
In the UK, Isabel Waidner has won the £10,000 (A$18,300) Goldsmiths Prize for their third novel Sterling Karat Gold (Peninsula Press). The publisher describes Waidner’s novel as ‘Kafka’s The Trial...
Amerena wins 2021 Speculate Prize Archive
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Dominic Amerena has won the inaugural Speculate Prize for his speculative fiction manuscript ‘In Real Life’. ‘Part literary detective story, part gig economy fable, Domenic Amerena’s “In Real Life” is...
Cage of War Archive
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Australian James ‘Ned’ Kelly is captured in Vietnam and held in a bamboo cage. Rescued by a rogue CIA team, a chain of murderous events unfolds leading to the Adelaide...
El Akkad wins 2021 Giller Prize for ‘What Strange Paradise’ Archive
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Omar El Akkad has won the C$100,000 (A$110,000) Giller Prize, Canada's richest literary award, for his second novel What Strange Paradise (Picador). El Akkad's novel depicts the relationship between a...
Change for Pro Lingua Learning Archive
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Publisher: Pro Lingua Learning ISBN prefix: 086647; 09791699; 09908745 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 October 2021 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Retirement: Tim Armstrong Archive
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
After 12 years as a valued member of the Hardie Grant sales team, Tim Armstrong will be retiring on December 9. Tim has been a passionate reader and advocate of...
Career path: Johannes Jakob Archive
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Johannes Jakob began his publishing career as an editor at Express Media's Voiceworks magazine. He is now an editor at Penguin Random House Australia, and won the 2021 IPEd Rosie...
Varuna launches publisher and agent program Archive
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has launched a program to connect Australian writers with the publishing industry. Pitch Me! provides the opportunity for writers ‘to cut through the complex business...
Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair postponed Archive
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
The Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) has been postponed until March 2022, reports the Bookseller. The fair, which was originally scheduled to run from 19–21 November, will now run...
‘Lucky’s’ wins 2021 Readings Prize Archive
Monday, 8 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction is Lucky’s by Andrew Pippos (Picador). Elizabeth Tan, who won the 2020 prize for her short story collection Smart...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist Archive
Monday, 8 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...
GenreCon 2022 full program announced Archive
Monday, 8 November 2021
GenreCon has released the full program for next year’s conference, which will be held at the State Library of Queensland from 18–20 February. The theme for the conference is ‘The...
‘Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap’ wins AJA 2021 book award Archive
Monday, 8 November 2021
Avoiding the Ageing Parent Trap (Brian Herd, Big Sky) has won the 2021 Australasian Journal on Ageing (AJA) Book Award. Brain Body Food (Ngaire Hobbins, self-published) received an honourable mention....
Woollahra Digital Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 5 November 2021
The shortlists for the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction ($2500) Understanding Almost Nothing of the World (James Hughes, Spineless Wonders)...
Jordan wins 2021 Richell Prize Archive
Thursday, 4 November 2021
Simone Amelia Jordan has won the 2021 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her memoir manuscript ‘Tell Her She’s Dreamin’’. An Australian journalist, writer, host and media consultant, Jordan founded...
Onus on Australian rights holders to opt out of Internet Archive donation Archive
Thursday, 4 November 2021
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is alerting Australian authors and publishers that the decision by the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) to donate more than 400,000 books to...
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