Brio Books distribution to move to Booktopia Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Brio Books has announced that its distribution will move from Hardie Grant Publishing (HEDS) to BPS (Booktopia Publisher Services) from July. HEDS will continue to receive orders for Brio Books...
Stellarphant Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she...
Grandma’s Knicker Tree Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
A charming story about the importance of gardens, grandparents and families doing things together. When our dads say, ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees you know,’ Grandma smiles and says, ‘Mmm,...
Sardines and the Angel Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
A vintage children’s story written and illustrated by Bettina Ehrlich. Miss Patricia Higgins’ painting holiday in a picturesque Italian fishing village isn’t going according to plan. As soon as her...
Shine Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Shine is a love song between a parent and a child, celebrating the beauty and joy of everyday family life, through mess and chaos and daily routines. This is a...
Scribe pre-empts US bestseller on Secret Service Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Scribe has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights in Zero Fail: the rise and fall of the Secret Service, by Carol Leonnig. On release last week in the United States it...
The Monster of Her Age Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Ellie Marsden was born into the legendary Lovinger acting dynasty. Granddaughter of the infamous Lottie Lovinger, as a child Ellie shared the silver screen with Lottie in her one-and-only role...
Sunburnt Veils Archive
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Tara wears hijab even though her parents hate it, and in a swipe right world she’s looking for the ‘will go to the ends of the earth for you’ type...
Amani Haydar on ‘The Mother Wound’ Archive
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Artist, writer and lawyer Amani Haydar's father murdered her mother in 2015, while Haydar was pregnant with her first child. The Mother Wound (Macmillan, July), Haydar's debut memoir, is an...
The Mother Wound (Amani Haydar, Macmillan) Archive
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Like her own mother before her, Amani Haydar lost her mother young. In 2006 Haydar’s grandmother was killed in the 2006 Israeli–Lebanese conflict. In 2015 Haydar’s mother was murdered by...
Amazon opens POD facility in Western Sydney Archive
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Amazon has opened its first Australian print on demand (POD) facility at its Western Sydney fulfilment centre. Publishers and self-published authors will need to enrol their titles in the POD...
Hughes wins £10k Encore Award for ‘The Wild Laughter’ Archive
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
In the UK, Caoilinn Hughes has won the £10,000 ($18,260) Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Encore Award, presented annually to the best second novel of the year, for her book...
ABA 2021 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 24 May 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2021 ABA Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the...
Copyright Agency goes to tribunal over new schools deal Archive
Monday, 24 May 2021
The Copyright Agency has asked the Copyright Tribunal of Australia to help design a new way to collect data on the copying and sharing of content at schools. The Copyright...
Civica library index: Australians turn to local fiction during pandemic Archive
Monday, 24 May 2021
Civica has released its 2021 Libraries Index, which looks at the borrowing data from 34 million loans across 104 regional and metropolitan libraries in Australia and New Zealand between 1...
Luiselli wins 2021 International Dublin Literary Award for ‘Lost Children Archive’ Archive
Friday, 21 May 2021
Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli has won the €100,000 (A$157,230) Dublin Literary Award for her novel Lost Children Archive (Fourth Estate). Lost Children Archive, which also won last year’s Rathbones Folio Prize,...
Robotham shortlisted for CWA Steel Dagger Archive
Friday, 21 May 2021
Australian author Michael Robotham has been shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in the 2021 Crime Writers Association (CWA) Daggers crime writing awards. Robotham, who has twice won the...
Von Reinhold wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for ‘Lote’ Archive
Thursday, 20 May 2021
In the UK, Shola von Reinhold and Jacaranda Press have won this year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses for von Reinhold's debut novel Lote, reports the Bookseller. Von Reinhold’s novel explores...
Australia Reads announces 2021 special edition books Archive
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Australia Reads has announced four new Australia Reads Special Editions publishing in late 2021 to coincide with Australian Reading Hour on Tuesday, 14 September. The following four books, valued at...
Byron Writers Festival announces first guests for 2021 event Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
The Byron Writers Festival, scheduled to run 6 to 8 August this year, has announced its first guests. Julia Baird (Phosphorescence, Fourth Estate), will appear on a number of festival...
Brio joins Booktopia; Booksellers’ Choice shortlists Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Independent publisher Brio Books has been integrated into Booktopia, in a deal which will see the small press continue to publish books under the Brio imprint as part of Booktopia...
Vale Bill Noble Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
New Zealand bookseller Bill Noble died in April 2021. Noble, who also served on the board of Booksellers NZ, was the manager of Dunedin's University Book Shop (UBS) Otago for...
Amazon picks up ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ series adaptation Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Amazon Prime Video has announced it has commissioned production on a seven-part series adaptation of Holly Ringland's 2018 novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate), with Sigourney Weaver set...
Entries now open in the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2021 Archive
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
To enter, and for more information, please visit melbourneprize.org. / Prize & Award pool over $90,000 / Two new categories on offer / Open to published Victorian resident authors only...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 12 longlisted novels are: Amnesty (Aravind Adiga, Picador) The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) At the...
Gibson wins 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Australian writer Katerina Gibson has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for their story ‘Fertile Soil’. Judge Tina Makereti, representing the Pacific region, said ‘the...
Melbourne Prize announces new categories Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced two new award categories in the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. In addition to the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature, which was won by...
Beijing Book Fair to run as hybrid event Archive
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
This year’s Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which runs from 25–29 August, will be held as a hybrid fair, with physical presence limited to Chinese and China-based publishers. International publishers...
Leilani wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘Luster’ Archive
Monday, 17 May 2021
In the UK, American writer Raven Leilani has won the £20,000 (A$36,240) Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel Luster (Picador). Luster follows Edie, a young Black woman who begins...
Creative Victoria announces latest VicArts recipients Archive
Monday, 17 May 2021
Several writers and literary projects have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts grants. The program will provide over $2.5 million in funding for...
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