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Over My Dead Body

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
FOUR CASES FOUR KILLERS ONLY ONE MAN CAN STOP THEM An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN...

Booktopia restructures marketing team

Booktopia logo Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Booktopia has restructured its marketing division following recent changes to the business—including its ASX listing and the acquisition of tertiary retailer the Co-op—as well the growth of its Booktopia Publisher...

ACT Book of the Year 2020 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 6 July 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 ACT Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Acting Like a Girl (Sandra Renew, Recent Work Press) Bodies of Men...

INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative recipients 2021

Friday, 2 July 2021
The recipients of the 2021 INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative, offered by the National Trust of Western Australia in partnership with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries,...

Robotham wins CWA Steel Dagger

Friday, 2 July 2021
Michael Robotham has won the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award for best thriller for his novel When She Was Good (Hachette). The judges praised Robotham’s...

Q&A with Dymocks CEO Mark Newman

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Dymocks CEO Mark Newman joined the bookselling chain just as the pandemic took hold around the globe. Its effects for Dymocks have been mixed. Newman says that while suburban and...

Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Canberra-based editor, translator and author Theodore Ell has won the 15th Calibre Essay prize for ‘Façades of Lebanon’, his essay on the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Ell receives $5000...

Union action at bookshops, Pilkington departs Hachette

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
A majority of staff at the Readings bookselling chain have voted to negotiate an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement, while in Sydney, union members at Better Read Than Dead are undertaking a...

Hachette acquires Yarwood debut in two-book deal

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sydney author Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel The Wakes in a 'hotly contested' international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck with Catherine Drayton...

Stories from the City

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Love may be simple, but relationships are complex, and this group of thirty-somethings is discovering just how complicated life can get when romance is involved. Stories from the City by...

Last day for discounted bookmarks and bookplates

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Australian Bookmarks and Bookplates is closing today. Everything now discounted by 70%. Bookmarks: $2.40 per pack of 6, ex GST. Fantasy, animals, humorous, inspirational and zodiac designs. Bookplates: $1.03 per...

Colin Roderick Award 2021 longlist announced

Tuesday, 29 June 2021
The longlist for the $20,000 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The 15 longlisted titles are: The...

Smith, Yaffa win 2021 Orwell Prizes

Monday, 28 June 2021
UK novelist Ali Smith and US journalist Joshua Yaffa have won this year’s Orwell Prizes for political fiction and political writing respectively, reports the Bookseller. Smith was awarded the political...

Holland-Batt awarded $100,000 Judy Harris fellowship

Monday, 28 June 2021
Australian poet, writer and critic Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the University of Sydney’s $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence fellowship at the Charles Perkins Centre. Holland-Batt, who is associate...

Australian Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced

Friday, 25 June 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in April, the winners in each...

Byron Writers Festival 2021 full program announced

Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Byron Writers Festival has revealed the full program for its 2021 event, which runs the weekend of 6–8 August at various locations throughout Byron Bay, NSW. In its 25th year,...

NewSouth acquires Kamenev’s ‘Kin’

Wednesday, 23 June 2021
NewSouth has acquired ANZ rights to Kin: Family in the 21st century by journalist Marina Kamenev via Melanie Ostell Literary. In Kin, Kamenev will investigate how traditional ideas of family...

Chow wins 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction

Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Keshe Chow has won the 2021 Lip magazine Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for her story ‘Lady Finger’. Judge Nicola Redhouse said Chow’s story ‘achieved a wonderful balance of surprise,...