Writing WA launches $10,000 literary medal
Friday, 23 August 2019
Writing WA has announced a new literary medal for ‘an individual who has made a substantial contribution to the vitality and success of Western Australia’s literary culture’. Produced by the...
Chew wins 2019 Overland VU Short Story Prize
Friday, 23 August 2019
Joyce Chew's short story ‘Water bodies’ has won this year's Overland Victoria University (VU) Short Story Prize. Chosen from a shortlist announced earlier this month, the winning story 'reflects on...
Berbay to expand publishing program
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay Books has announced it will double its publishing list from eight to 16 titles in 2020. After a few years of ‘significant’ sales growth of its...
CBCA winners announced
Thursday, 22 August 2019
The winners of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Older readers: Between Us (Clare Atkins, Black Inc.)...
Wakefield sells debut YA novel to US
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Wakefield Press has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to Poppy Nwosu’s debut YA novel Making Friends with Alice Dyson to Walker Books US for a five-figure sum. The first book...
‘The Secret Runners of New York’ tops Australian YA bestsellers chart
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Matthew Reilly’s dystopian time-travel thriller The Secret Runners of New York leads the Australian YA bestsellers chart for July, unseating the film tie-in edition of Colin Thiele’s classic children’s book...
Scribble sells Bell and Colpoys picture books in first German deal
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Scribe’s children’s imprint, Scribble, has sold German-language rights to Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ picture books All the Ways to be Smart and The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade to Suhrkamp. The...
Overland appoints Araluen Corr, Dunk as co-editors
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Literary journal Overland has announced Evelyn Araluen Corr and Jonathan Dunk as its two new co-editors. Araluen Corr and Dunk take over from former editor Jacinda Woodhead, who recently announced...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells ‘Welcome to Your Period’ to four territories
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold rights in four territories to Welcome to Your Period (Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang). North American rights were sold to Walker Books/Candlewick Press in a...
The era of throwaway arts
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
‘The four-year model is supposed to invest in the arts and organisations long-term, but now it seems more like it’s reinforcing the project model: prioritising new programs that are disposable,...
Book designer spotlight: Peter Long
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Peter Long worked as a designer in theatre and film before moving across to the book industry, where he has worked as a freelancer for most of his career, aside...
Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation, Amazon partner to donate books to school libraries
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Amazon Australia has partnered with the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) and children’s laureate Morris Gleitzman to donate $20,000 worth of books to 40 Australian primary school libraries. Each school...
Bain appointed acting director of Monash University Press
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Monash University Publishing has appointed Greg Bain as acting director for the press, following the departure of former director Nathan Hollier. Bain has been working in publishing for three decades,...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $500k in funding grants
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Twenty-five arts organisations have received more than $500,000 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Literary organisations and projects that received funding in the various...
HarperCollins congratulates CBCA Award-winning authors Emily Rodda and James Moloney
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
HarperCollins Children’s Books Australia is delighted to congratulate our authors on their 2019 CBCA Awards. Emily Rodda’s His Name Was Walter is the winner of the CBCA 2019 Book of...
Walker Books congratulates CBCA Honour Book authors
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Walker Books Australia congratulates Sarah Epstein, Mark Greenwood and illustrator Andrew McLean, whose books Small Spaces and The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope, have been chosen as Honour...
Walker Books signs Claire Saxby for new Nature Story Book
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Walker Books Australia has signed acclaimed author Claire Saxby for a new title in the highly successful and award-winning Nature Story Book series, which has sold over 180,000 copies in...
Save on advertising in PW’s Frankfurt editions
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Publishers Weekly’s title showcase is a way for publishers, agents and self-publishers to affordably advertise in PW’s Frankfurt issues, including its three Show Dailies, which are distributed at the fair. PW is...
Readings announces 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize. The shortlisted titles are: A Constant Hum (Alice Bishop, Text) Inappropriation (Lexi Freiman, A&U) The Flight of Birds...
Change for Central Recovery press
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Publisher: Central Recovery press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Eurospan (TLD Distribution) Changeover date: 31 August 2019 Returns cut-off: 27 September 2019 Contact URL: www.footprint.com.au
Bachoura wins Lifted Brow Prize for Experimental Nonfiction
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Literary journal the Lifted Brow and RMIT’s non/fictionLab has announced Jean Bachoura as the winner of its 2019 Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for his essay ‘Tretinoin’. The winner was chosen...
Laing, Hilsum win 2019 James Tait Black Prizes
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
The winners of the James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography—the UK’s oldest literary awards—have been announced. Olivia Laing won the £10,000 (A$17,920) prize for fiction for her novel...
Black Inc. sells ‘See What You Made Me Do’ to US in auction
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Black Inc. has sold North American rights to Jess Hill’s nonfiction book See What You Made Me Do to Sourcebooks in a two-house auction. Released in Australia last month, See...
Ned Kelly Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Monday, 19 August 2019
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The shortlisted works in each category are: Best crime fiction...
Local writer, artist among Hugo Awards winners
Monday, 19 August 2019
The winners of this year’s Hugo Awards, presented annually by the World Science Fiction Convention, have been announced. Australian Foz Meadows won in the Best Fan Writer category and Australia-based...
Lonely Planet turnover down, profit up in 2018
Monday, 19 August 2019
In the UK, Lonely Planet recorded a five percent drop in turnover and a 111% increase in profit before tax for the 2018 calendar year, reports the Bookseller. The publisher’s...
Twelfth Planet Press launches ‘inclusive’ new imprint for pre-teens
Monday, 19 August 2019
Independent genre publisher Twelfth Planet Press has launched a new imprint for pre-teen readers. The Titania imprint will specialise in ‘diverse stories for children in the 3–13 age range, with...
Moloney wins 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Friday, 16 August 2019
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has presented James Moloney with the 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award for his contribution to Australian children’s literature. Moloney is the author of...
CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced
Friday, 16 August 2019
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers...
Storylines launches te reo Māori manuscript award
Friday, 16 August 2019
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust has announced a new award for an unpublished manuscript written in te reo Māori, reports Booksellers NZ. The new award is named in honour of...
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