McKinty, McTiernan win 2020 Thriller Awards
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Adrian McKinty and Dervla McTiernan have won in their respective categories at the International Thriller Writers’ Thriller Awards 2020. McKinty's The Chain (Hachette) was named best hardcover novel, while McTiernan's...
BA welcomes Gardners expansion
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) has welcomed the news that wholesaler Gardners has bought assets of Bertrams, the book wholesaler that went into administration earlier this year. Last...
Yager awarded 2020 Reading Australia Fellowship
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
The Copyright Agency has announced Karen Yager, deputy head at Knox Grammar School in New South Wales, is the 2020 recipient of the Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English...
Booksellers establish new literary journal
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula booksellers Celeste Deliyiannis and Emily Westmoreland have created a new annual literary journal in response to Covid-19. PENinsula will incorporate photography, short fiction, nature writing and...
US half-year print book sales up 2.8%
Monday, 13 July 2020
In the US, print book sales in the first half of 2020 were up 2.8% on the same period in 2019 according to NPD BookScan, reports Publishers Weekly. In the...
Paterson de Heer receives Writers SA Varuna Fellowship for Young Writers
Monday, 13 July 2020
Phoebe Paterson de Heer is the recipient of this year’s Writers SA Varuna Fellowship for Young Writers. Paterson de Heer receives seven nights accommodation at Varuna, a $300 travel subsidy...
ASA announces recipients of Takeaway Creatives grants
Friday, 10 July 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 14 recipients of its $1000 Takeaway Creatives grants, funded by the Australia Council's Covid-19 Resilience Fund. The successful authors and illustrators...
Virtual events planned for Indigenous Literacy Day; ILF records ‘huge increase’ in support
Friday, 10 July 2020
Indigenous Literacy Day, to be held on Wednesday 2 September, will this year feature three virtual events celebrating language and literacy and focussing on voices and footage from the communities...
Clanchy, Whitehead win 2020 Orwell Prize
Friday, 10 July 2020
UK author Kate Clanchy and US novelist Colson Whitehead have won this year's Orwell Prizes for political writing and political fiction respectively, reports the Bookseller. Each prize is worth £3000 (A$5435)....
Shortlist for 2020 National Biography Award announced
Friday, 10 July 2020
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the 2020 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works are: The Girls (Chloe Higgins, Picador) Beyond Words: A...
German book sales down 8.3% in year to June
Thursday, 9 July 2020
In Germany, book sales are down 8.3% for the year to June, according to the German Publishers and Booksellers Association. The overall drop in sales represents a recovery from a...
Byron Writers Fest, Create NSW offer new $40k writers residency
Thursday, 9 July 2020
Byron Writers Festival and Create NSW have partnered to offer a new writing group residency worth almost $40,000. The Write North Writers’ Group Residency for mid-career to established writers will...
ABA: 2020 Booksellers’ Choice awards announced; Huber, McDonald named booksellers of the year
Thursday, 9 July 2020
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. This year for the first time the awards are presented in...
On creating a community free from racism, sexism and discrimination
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
‘I don’t wish to exist in a literary community that relies on a whisper network to warn others. Many have fallen through the cracks. If we all have more courage,...
Observational humour: Remy Lai on ‘Fly on the Wall’
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Remy Lai's middle-grade graphic novel Fly on the Wall (Walker, September) follows 12-year-old Henry Khoo, who goes on a solo international flight to Singapore without the knowledge of his overprotective family....
Ingram to open new Melbourne printing plant, research into accessible content and more
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Online literary journal Verity La is taking a break from publishing to ‘reflect on the ways in which the journal has been complicit with systemic racism, sexism and disablism’ following...
ANZ writers to feature in online literary event series ‘Comfort Food’
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Dinner Party Press, a new not-for-profit literary events organisation, has launched a four-part web series featuring writers from Australia and Europe. The event series, titled Comfort Food, will celebrate food,...
Melbourne libraries re-close as second lockdown begins
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
In line with the stage three restrictions announced by Victorian premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday, Melbourne libraries including State Library Victoria (SLV) and all City of Melbourne Library branches will...
Walker launches biannual ‘Walker Wednesday’ to discover new writers
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Walker Books will accept unsolicited manuscripts on two specific dates in 2020 via an online portal as part of its new ‘Walker Wednesday’ initiative to ‘discover new Australian stories for...
‘Real Pigeons’ to be adapted for TV by James Corden
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Andrew McDonald, illus by Ben Wood, Hardie Grant Egmont) is being developed by host of the The Late Late Show James Corden as a TV series...
Canberra Writers Festival 2020 program launched
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The Canberra Writers Festival, which will run from 12 to 16 August, has launched its 2020 program. In a statement, the festival said artistic director Jeanne Ryckmans’ program would be...
Change for J. Ross Publishing
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Publisher: J. Ross Publishing ISBN prefix: 978160427; 9781932159 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Walker Books Australia to distribute North South in ANZ from September
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Walker Books Australia is delighted to announce that they have taken on the Australian and New Zealand distribution of award-winning Swiss publishing house, North South, beginning September, 2020. Peribo will...
Mary L. Trump’s book arriving in stores from July 15
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Due to high demand and extraordinary interest Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump (S&S) will now be arriving in stores from 15 July 2020. In this revelatory,...
Johnson wins 2020 PEN Pinter Prize
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
In the UK, poet and reggae artist Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded the 2020 PEN Pinter Prize. Prize judge Claire Armitstead said: ‘Once we had laid our nominations on...
ABA: Online conference commences, Love Your Bookshop Day on 3 October
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The first of the Australian Booksellers Association's (ABA) 2020 online conference events took place on Monday, 6 July, with ABA CEO Robbie Egan in conversation with Meryl Halls and Nic...
Verity La announces publishing break, apologises for ‘grave error’
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Online literary journal Verity La has announced it is taking a break from publishing to ‘reflect on the ways in which the journal has been complicit with systemic racism, sexism...
Furphy Literary Award 2020 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
The shortlists for the inaugural Furphy Literary Award has been announced. The six shortlisted stories and writers in the open category are: 'Ando Gets Plastered' by Cate Kennedy 'Awakening' by...
Pham’s ‘The Coconut Children’ to be adapted for stage
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
A stage adaptation of Vivian Pham's debut novel The Coconut Children (Vintage) has been commissioned as part of Playwriting Australia's Ignition program. The Coconut Children is one of seven major...
O’Callaghan longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Amanda O’Callaghan has been longlisted for the UK's £10,000 ($A17,900) Edge Hill Short Story Prize, for her collection This Taste of Silence (UQP). O’Callaghan is one of 12 authors on...
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