‘No Friend but the Mountains’ wins National Biography Award
Monday, 12 August 2019
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Picador) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award. The...
Colloborative literary organisation established in New Zealand
Monday, 12 August 2019
A new literary organisation called the Coalition for Books has launched in New Zealand. Established with seed funding from Creative New Zealand, the Coalition for Books will be a collaborative...
Publishers Weekly
Monday, 12 August 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...
HarperCollins earnings up six percent in fiscal 2018–19
Monday, 12 August 2019
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a six percent rise in earnings despite flat annual revenue for the 2018–19 fiscal year, reports Publishers Weekly. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation,...
RWA awards 2019 winners announced
Monday, 12 August 2019
The winners of the 2019 Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the Ruby Awards, were announced on 10 August at the RWA conference...
‘Axiomatic’ sold to UK’s Fitzcarraldo Editions
Friday, 9 August 2019
Small press Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Maria Tumarkin’s Axiomatic—‘a boundary-shifting fusion of thinking, storytelling, reportage and meditation’—to independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions. The deal follows the...
Melbourne Writers Festival interrogates love
Friday, 9 August 2019
‘When We Talk About Love’ is the heart-interrogating theme of this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival, which runs from 30 August to 8 September, with sessions that explore ‘our love for people,...
‘Too Much Lip’ wins Miles Franklin Literary Award
Friday, 9 August 2019
Melissa Lucashenko has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for her darkly funny novel Too Much Lip (UQP), about a woman who returns to her hometown after an armed robbery...
Liminal Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 9 August 2019
Liminal magazine has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Bryant Apolonio, for ‘Bad Weather’ Claire Cao, for ‘See You Tomorrow’...
‘The Girl on the Page’ film rights acquired
Friday, 9 August 2019
Sydney-based production company Causeway Films has acquired the film rights to John Purcell’s The Girl on the Page (HarperCollins), via Simone Camilleri of Green Ink Agency. Set in the UK in the...
HarperCollins to publish Ellyse Perry’s ‘Perspective’
Friday, 9 August 2019
HarperCollins will publish Australian cricketer and soccer player Ellyse Perry’s debut nonfiction book Perspective in November 2019. HarperCollins said Perry’s ‘inspiring’ and ‘heavily illustrated’ title will feature ‘stories and reflections from her...
Colin Roderick Award 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 9 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...
‘The Bomb’ named book of the year at 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA
Thursday, 8 August 2019
The Bomb by author Sacha Cotter and illustrator Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers) has won the Margaret Mahy book of the year award, as well as the picture book award, at...
The shortcomings of literary awards
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
‘Yes, prizes generate income for a few authors and publishers, but I am hard-pressed to think of any other aspect of literary culture that has been genuinely enriched by literary...
RiP Toni Morrison
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
American author Toni Morrison has died, aged 88. US publisher Holt, Rinehart & Winston published Morrison's debut novel The Bluest Eye in 1970. Alfred A Knopf published Morrison's novel Sula...
Library to open in former Marrickville Hospital building
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
A new library and pavilion will open in the heritage-listed former Marrickville Hospital building in Sydney’s inner-west on 31 August, reports Broadsheet. The new facility will house 85,000 books and...
Museum of Literature Ireland to open in Dublin in September
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), a new landmark cultural institution costing €11m (A$11.3m), will open in Dublin in September, reports the Irish Times. MoLI is a partnership between the...
The Big Issue announces 2019 fiction edition line-up
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its annual fiction edition. The edition will feature stories from five commissioned writers: Heather Rose, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Mark...
IPEd: Editing Digital Content
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Victorian branch of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is running a professional development session on editing digital content with John Ryan. This session will help attendees understand the...
Walker Books Australia to publish new middle-grade fiction by Alison Croggon
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Walker Books Australia will publish Alison Croggon’s first middle-grade fantasy adventure, The Threads of Magic, in March 2020.The book follows a young pickpocket, Pip, who lives on his wits in...
Dymocks Subiaco wins top award at Dymocks conference for second year running
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Dymocks Subiaco in Perth has won its second consecutive Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence, presented at the 2019 Dymocks national conference in Melbourne from 4-6 August. Dymocks managing director Steve...
Book designer spotlight: Evi O
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Evi O spent a decade working as a designer at Penguin Books Australia, where she specialised in illustrated books on food, design, art, architecture and gardens, before opening her own...
Harlequin announces shortlist for First Nations Fellowship
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Harlequin has announced the shortlist for the 2019 First Nations Fellowship for commercial fiction. The shortlisted writers and titles are: Julie Janson for ‘Desert Lands’ Melanie Saward for ‘Barks and the City’...
Program announced for 2019 Blak & Bright festival
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The program for this year’s Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 5-8 September, has been announced. More than 60 First Nations writers and...
Most Underrated Book Award 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Brontide (Sue McPherson, Magabala) Antidote to a Curse (James...
There Was Still Love (Favel Parrett, Hachette)
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Favel Parrett’s third novel, There Was Still Love, is a meticulously observed and masterfully crafted immigrant story about a displaced Czech family. The novel oscillates in nearly every way—between the...
Books by design: B+P magazine Issue 3 out now
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Issue 3 of Books+Publishing magazine is here, featuring Tyson Yunkaporta’s Sand Talk (Text, September) on the cover. Inside, Yunkaporta speaks with reviewer Karen Wyld about his motivations, his wood carving...
UK sales of Booker Prize longlisted titles up nearly 200%
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
In the UK, the titles longlisted for the Booker Prize sold a combined 4740 copies according to Nielsen BookScan, up 198% on the week before the announcement, reports the Bookseller. Oyinkan...
A&U to publish Rodda’s new junior fiction series
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a new three-book junior fiction series by Emily Rodda. The Monty’s Island series, which is illustrated by Lucinda Gifford, is aimed at children aged...
Colin Roderick Award 2019 longlist announced
Monday, 5 August 2019
The longlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...
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