Inaugural Kuracca Prize longlist announced
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Overland has announced the longlist for the inaugural Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature, created in honour of the late Wiradjuri elder, poet, writer, activist and artist Kerry Reed-Gilbert. The longlisted...
Dunnell wins Fogarty Literary Award for ‘The Glass House’
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Perth writer Brooke Dunnell has won the Fogarty Literary Award for her novel The Glass House. Dunnell receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and a publishing contract...
ALIA Online Storytime earns over $50k, Hassett joins Pantera
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The ALIA Online Storytime pilot program has earned over $50,000 to be distributed to creators and publishers in its first three months of operation. In personnel moves, Pantera Press has...
‘The Nancys’ optioned for screen
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Screen adaptation rights to crime novel The Nancys by Melbourne-based New Zealand author R W R McDonald (A&U) have been optioned by Queensland production company Hoodlum Entertainment, via Grace Heifetz...
‘World first’ UK plan to pay authors royalties on used book sales
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
In the UK, a collaboration between online retailers and writers’ organisations will pay authors royalties on used book sales for the first time, reports the Bookseller. The agreement between the...
COV-ART Fundraising Auction for WestWords
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The COV-ART Fundraising Auction will be held for a second year in 2021, in support of Western Sydney Literacy organisation WestWords. The online auction will showcase original works and signed...
Australian children’s book creators sign open letter in support of Palestine
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Almost 300 publishing professionals, authors, illustrators and others with a connection to the children’s book industry have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian liberation since it was posted online on...
Zoe Deleuil on ‘The Night Village’
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
In Zoe Deleuil's debut novel The Night Village (Fremantle Press, August), a brief relationship and an unexpected pregnancy see Australian expat Simone suddenly living with a new baby in her...
Readings YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Readings Young Adult Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted YA novels are: The F Team (Rawah Arja, Giramondo) Future Girl (Asphyxia, A&U) The End of the...
Walker Wednesday looking for new Australian YA
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
This year, Walker Books is focusing on new, diverse Australian YA voices in our annual Walker Wednesday open submissions. Walker Wednesday will take place on Wednesday, 16 June. With a strong...
The House of Shudders
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
‘A powerful read ... I was gripped until the very end.’ —Romi Sharp, Books on Tour A bastard, a shame, a national disgrace. A child thrust into a world of...
Text to publish new Marissa Meyer in November 2021
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles Melissa Meyer has a new home at Text for her fantastical retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. Gilded is the first instalment in a...
Change for Brio Books
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Publisher: Brio Books Old distributor: Hardie Grant (HEDS) New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 1 July 2021 Returns cut-off: 29 October 2021 Contact URL: https://www.publisherservices.com.au/
Change for Business Expert Press
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Publisher: Business Expert Press ISBN prefix: 978160649; 978163157; 978163742 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 June 2021 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
The Night Village (Zoe Deleuil, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
A year ago, Paul and Simone met at a party—young, carefree and living separate lives. Now, they’re parents to a tiny new baby and nothing between them is the same....
PRH announces 2021 Write It fellowship recipients
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the recipients of the 2021 Write It fellowship program, which 'aspires to find, nurture and develop unpublished writers across all genres, with a...
KYD announces ‘New Australian Fiction 2021’ contributors
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the contributors to its third annual anthology of short stories, New Australian Fiction 2021. The contributors are: Bryant Apolonio Alice Bishop Lauren Aimee Curtis Brooke Dunnell Ashley...
Inaugural Ultimo Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Ultimo Press has announced the winners of the inaugural Ultimo Prize for poetry and short fiction. The 30 winning writers, who each receive $200 and whose winning pieces will be...
UK author, illustrator earnings take hit in 2020
Monday, 31 May 2021
In the UK, 63% of authors and illustrators saw a fall in their income in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a survey by the Bookseller. The drop in income...
Bonnier Books UK introduces industry-first pregnancy loss policy
Friday, 28 May 2021
Bonnier Books UK has introduced the UK publishing industry’s first pregnancy loss policy to help ‘break the silence’ around the issue, reports the Bookseller. The policy, developed in consultation with...
Mullane receives Copyright Agency Publishing Industry Career Development grant
Friday, 28 May 2021
Ultimo Press commissioning editor Brigid Mullane has received this year’s Copyright Agency Cultural Fund Publishing Industry Career Development grant, worth $5000. The grant will support Mullane to develop strategies to...
ALIA Online Storytime pilot distributes over $50,000
Friday, 28 May 2021
Since its launch at the beginning of 2021, the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Online Storytime pilot has generated $54,875 to be distributed to publishers, authors and illustrators. As...
Varuna announces inaugural Writer’s Space fellows
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the 12 recipients of the inaugural Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability or who are D/deaf. This program offers six in-person residencies...
Makumbi, Lawrence win 2021 Jhalak prizes
Thursday, 27 May 2021
In the UK, the winners of the 2021 Jhalak prizes, which recognise ‘authors who feel that their work is often marginalised unless it fulfils a romantic fetishisation of their cultural...
Booktopia restructures merchandise team
Thursday, 27 May 2021
Booktopia has restructured its merchandise teams, with several changes to key personnel. Jo Lewin, formerly head of trade product, has been appointed to the newly created role of head of...
Meet PRH Australia rights executive for children’s books Jordan Meek
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
After joining the rights team at Penguin Random House Australia three years ago, Jordan Meek now manages the publisher’s children’s rights in translation markets. She spoke to Think Australian. How...
Australian children’s publishing ahead of Bologna
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
While many Australian rights managers and literary agents will be missing the book fair halls (and bars and restaurants) of Bologna, they couldn’t be busier as in-person fairs have effectively...
‘Treehouse’ titles top children’s fiction, nonfiction charts
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s ‘Treehouse’ series—which celebrates 10 years in print this year—has topped the Australian children’s fiction chart (The 130-Storey Treehouse) and Australian children’s/YA nonfiction chart (The Treehouse...
Bookshop-set middle-grade adventure bags multiple prizes
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press)—a middle-grade adventure novel set in Melbourne’s historic Cole’s Book Arcade—has picked up three major book prizes in recent months:...
YA psychological thriller to be adapted for film
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Gordon Reece’s 2010 YA novel Mice (Allen & Unwin) will be adapted into a feature film by Nicole Kidman’s production company Blossom Films and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories. Mice...
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