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Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 winners announced Archive

Monday, 2 November 2020
Debut novelist Becky Manawatu has won the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for Auē (Makaro Press). A novel portraying domestic violence and gang life, the book is...

Victorian libraries to celebrate Australian Reading Hour with ‘Dressmaker’ exclusive Archive

Monday, 2 November 2020
More than 40 Victorian library services will promote a shared online Victoria Reads event to celebrate Australian Reading Hour on 12 November. The event, to be hosted by new Public...

‘Printed on Stone’ wins Victorian Premier’s History Award Archive

Monday, 2 November 2020
Printed on Stone: The lithographs of Charles Troedel (Amanda Scardamaglia, Melbourne Books) has won the Victorian Premier’s History Award, as part of the Victorian Community History Awards. Scardamaglia’s book, about...

No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday Archive

Monday, 2 November 2020
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 4 November. This week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be published...

French bookshops to re-enter lockdown Archive

Friday, 30 October 2020
French bookshops and libraries will close for at least 15 days from 30 October, as the country enters a second lockdown to curb the rise in Covid-19 cases, reports the...

Wollongong Writers Festival 2020 program announced Archive

Friday, 30 October 2020
The program for the eighth Wollongong Writers Festival, which will run online from 23 to 29 November, has been announced. Helen Garner, Tara June Winch, Bruce Pascoe, Dervla McTiernan and...

‘Smart Ovens for Lonely People’ wins 2020 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction Archive

Friday, 30 October 2020
The winner of the 2020 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction is Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan (Brio). Readings Carlton manager Joe Rubbo, who judged the award...

Six Australian nominees for 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Archive

Friday, 30 October 2020
Six Australian authors, illustrators and organisations have been announced as candidates for the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s literature. The Australian candidates are: Jeannie...

‘The Unforgiven’ shortlisted for UK sports book award Archive

Friday, 30 October 2020
Ashley Gray’s The Unforgiven (Pitch Publishing) has been shortlisted for the UK-based William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. The Unforgiven tells the story of the 20 West Indies...

Wakefield announces YA horror anthology winning submissions Archive

Thursday, 29 October 2020
Wakefield Press has announced the winning submissions to its national callout for contributions to its YA fiction anthology Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales. The four winning stories are: An 'intense,...

Inaugural $50k Historical Novel Prize shortlist announced Archive

Thursday, 29 October 2020
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize. The shortlisted novels are: Master of My Fate (Sienna Brown, Vintage) Shepherd (Catherine...

McClymont receives Danger Lifetime Achievement Award Archive

Thursday, 29 October 2020
Walkley Award–winning investigative journalist Kate McClymont is the winner of the 2020 Danger Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Bad: Sydney Crime Writers Festival. ‘Kate McClymont is a genuine investigative journalist....

Vale Garry Eastman Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Garry Eastman, director of Garratt Publishing, died on 14 October 2020. Eastman, who established what was then called John Garratt Publishing in 1995, was a long-time member of the Australian...

Robotham: the government’s neglect of writers is political Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
'We writers give far more to the economy and society and our culture than we ever take back. We are not looking for patronage or political favours, we are simply...

The Small Press Network—2020 Independent Publishing Conference online Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
The Small Press Network will hold the 2020 Independent Publishing Conference online, on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November. With two days of programming, it will cover a variety of...

Change for Better Link Press Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Publisher: Better Link Press Old distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 31 October 2020 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2020

Change for National Geographic—Adult Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Publisher: National Geographic—Adult New distributor: Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) Changeover date: 1 October 2020

Change for APA Publications Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Publisher: APA Publications Old distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd New distributor: Booktopia Changeover date: 1 December 2020 Returns cut-off: 23 December 2020

Robotham wins Gold Dagger, new publishing houses launched Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
In awards news this week, crime writer Michael Robotham won this year’s CWA Gold Dagger award for best crime novel, becoming the first Australian to win the award twice. Maria...

‘Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands’ wins Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
In the UK, Hazel V Carby has won the £25,000 (A$46,750) Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for her book Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands (Verso), reports the Bookseller....

Ibrahim wins 2020 Heyman Mentorship Award Archive

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
HarperCollins Australia and Kathryn Heyman of the Australian Writers Mentoring Program have announced Naima Ibrahim as the winner of the 2020 Heyman Mentorship Award. Ibrahim’s winning fiction manuscript follows 10-year-old...