Stella Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Thursday, 25 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Fathoms: The world in the whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts (S...
Machado wins 2021 Folio Prize
Thursday, 25 March 2021
In the UK, American writer Carmen Maria Machado has won the 2021 Rathbones Folio Prize, worth £30,000 (A$54,100), for In the Dream House (Serpent’s Tail), an examination of her experience...
BWF program announced, Readings staff request EBA
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival, running from 7–9 May, has been announced. Meanwhile, Red Room Poetry is planning a series of daily events for the first ever...
Australians comprise majority of Walter Scott Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Three out of the five books shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,900) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction are by Australian authors. The five shortlisted novels are: The Tolstoy Estate (Steven Conte,...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) A Room Made of Leaves (Kate...
Bertelsmann’s S&S merger faces scrutiny in US, UK
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S) is facing scrutiny from government agencies in both the US and the UK, reports the Bookseller. In...
ARA Historical Novel Prize adds children and young adult category, prize money totals $100,000
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The Historical Novel Society of Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, has announced that the ARA Historical Novel Prize will incorporate a category for...
Change for American Pharmacists Association
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Publisher: American Pharmacists Association ISBN prefix: 978158212; 9780917330; 9780914768 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2021 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Publisher: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company ISBN prefix: 97808403; 97807872; 97807575; 9781 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2021 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for SAP PRESS
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Publisher: SAP PRESS ISBN prefix: 97814932 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2021 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Anita Heiss on ‘Bila Yarrudangga-langdhuray’
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Anita Heiss's new historical novel Bila Yarrudanggalangdhuray (S&S, May), the first Australian commercial fiction release to feature the title on the cover solely in an Aboriginal language, follows protagonist Wagadhaany,...
Windham-Campbell Prize recipients announced
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
In the US, the recipients of the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$165,000 (A$213,000) each, have been announced. This year’s recipients are US playwrights Michael R Jackson and Nathan Alan Davis...
‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ wins 2021 Indie Book of the Year
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Pip Williams's debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words (Affirm) has been named Book of the Year at the 2021 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books. The winning...
Inaugural Poetry Month set for August
Monday, 22 March 2021
Red Room Poetry will present the inaugural Poetry Month in August this year. The program will include daily poetic commissions by high-profile poets, a poetry-meets-songwriting competition, an international First Nations...
Push for EBA at Readings
Monday, 22 March 2021
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, representing staff at the Readings bookselling chain in Melbourne requesting an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), has approached the company to open negotiations for...
UK publishing staff ‘crushed’, ‘unfocused’ after one year of Covid
Monday, 22 March 2021
In the UK, publishing staff are predicting a 50-50 split between home and office working in the future, while many feel ‘crushed, tired, unfocused and lacking in motivation’ after a...
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival program announced
Friday, 19 March 2021
The program for the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, which runs from 6–9 May, has been announced. The program features almost 60 local authors and artists speaking at more than...
Brisbane Writers Festival 2021 program announced
Friday, 19 March 2021
The program for the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which will this year run from Friday 7 May to Sunday, 9 May, has been announced. ‘Starting this year, the First Word...
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand name change
Friday, 19 March 2021
Hachette New Zealand has announced its name change to Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand. ‘Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand acknowledges the whakapapa of the country we live in and the groundswell of...
Greenaway, Carnegie Medal shortlists announced
Friday, 19 March 2021
In the UK, the shortlists for this year's CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, celebrating outstanding achievement in children’s writing and illustration respectively, have been announced, reports the Bookseller. The works...
Papathanasiou debut novel sells to MacLehose Press
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Transit Lounge has sold world English-language rights (ex North America/ANZ) to Peter Papathanasiou's forthcoming debut novel The Stoning to Katharina Bielenberg at MacLehose Press/Quercus, in a deal brokered by Martin...
BolognaBookPlus to open with rights and licensing training event
Thursday, 18 March 2021
BolognaBookPlus, the general publishing conference running in parallel with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, has announced a new rights and licensing training event to take place on the eve of...
Varuna announces new fellowships for writers with disability
Thursday, 18 March 2021
Varuna, the National Writers' House in Katoomba, NSW has partnered with NSW’s peak arts and disability organisation Accessible Arts to deliver a new fellowship program for 12 NSW writers with...
The Silent Listener
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
In the cold, wet summer of 1960, 11-year-old Joy Henderson lives in constant fear of her father. She tries to make him happy but, as he keeps reminding her, she...
A Voice in the Night
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
‘A fast-paced and emotional page-turner.’—Christian White, bestselling author of The Nowhere Child Following a bitter separation, Lucie moves to London to take up a position with a prestigious law firm....
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
When Zimdalamishkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long name. When no amount of shrinking, folding or crumpling works, he simply settles for Zim—but deep down, it...
The Underdogs: Catch a Cat Burglar
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
In a city gone to the dogs … get yourself a cat. The Underdog Detective Agency has a proud tradition of sniffing out trouble (plus sniffing each other’s butts). They’re on a...
The Success Experiment: FlexMami’s formula for knowing what you really want and how to get it
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
How would our lives change if we set our goals based on what would actually fulfil us, instead of what feels easy or achievable? Lillian Ahenkan’s hypothesis: anyone can create...
Spinifex Press celebrates 30 years
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Founded in March 1991, Spinifex Press is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of Zoom events, beginning with 'Welcome to Country' on Thursday, 18 March. The event includes talks...
Title showcase: ‘Still Alive’ by Safdar Ahmed
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Title: Still Alive Author: Safdar Ahmed Publisher: Twelve Panels Press Price: $30.00 ISBN: 9780980593730 Distributor: www.twelvepanelspress.com Walkley Award-winning Safdar Ahmed interweaves journalism, history and autobiography to document Australia’s refugee detention...
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