Octopus buys indie publisher Short Books
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Octopus Publishing Group, part of Hachette Livre, has acquired independent publisher Short Books for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Best known for health and diet publishing, Short Books has...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
The shortlists for this year's Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) If I Tell...
YA debut ‘What I Like About Me’ sold to US and France
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Jacinta di Mase Management has sold US and Canadian rights to Jenna Guillaume’s YA debut What I Like About Me (Pan) to Peachtree Publishing, and French-language rights to Pocket Jeunesse....
Karskens wins ‘ABR’ 2019 Calibre Prize
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Historian Grace Karskens has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2019 Calibre Prize for her essay ‘Nah Doongh’s Song’. Karskens' essay examines the ‘unusually long life of one of the...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday in all states except Queensland and Western Australia, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 13 June. The...
Meyer wins UK’s inaugural ‘Mslexia’ Novella Competition
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Author Angela Meyer has won the inaugural £1000 (A$1815) Mslexia Novella Competition for Joan Smokes (Contraband). Joan Smokes centres on a young woman who attempts to escape the past by...
Sissay wins 2019 PEN Pinter Prize
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
In the UK, poet and playwright Lemn Sissay has been awarded the 2019 PEN Pinter Prize. Prize judge Maureen Freely said: ‘In his every work, Lemn Sissay returns to the underworld...
Croggon, Tuomy, Nou join advisory group for Victorian creative industries
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Writer and critic Alison Croggon, spoken word poet and author Abe Nouk, and screenwriter, director and producer Fiona Tuomy are among the 20 Victorians who have been appointed to a...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of Ignite grants
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
The Copyright Agency has awarded a total of $46,440 to eight authors and three artists, as part of its Cultural Fund’s Ignite grants program. The authors to receive grants, which...
Berbay sells third Canty ‘Heads and Tails’ picture book to US
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Berbay Publishing has sold North American rights to Melbourne author and illustrator John Canty’s Heads and Tails: Underwater to Candlewick Press. This is the third picture book in Canty’s ‘Heads and Tails’...
Turkish prosecutors put novelists under investigation
Monday, 3 June 2019
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into the country’s fiction writers, including award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, reports the Guardian, with Shafak calling on the international community to support Turkish authors, journalists...
Jennings presented with CBCA Lifetime Achievement award
Monday, 3 June 2019
Paul Jennings has received the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Lifetime Achievement award, presented at an event at the CBCA conference in Canberra on 2 June. Jennings is the...
Australian Book Design Awards 2019 winners announced
Monday, 3 June 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 31 May. The winning titles in each category...
Ang, McGregor and Nelson win 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards
Monday, 3 June 2019
Rachel Ang, Fiona McGregor and Jason Nelson have won the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards for writing that was first published online or electronically. Ang won the fiction category for...
Clarke’s ‘The Patchwork Bike’ wins US picture book award
Friday, 31 May 2019
The Patchwork Bike (Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus by Van T Rudd, Lothian) has won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in the picture book category. A winner and two honour books...
Hachette signs international deal for three new ‘Nevermoor’ books; details for book 3 announced
Friday, 31 May 2019
Rights to three new books in Jessica Townsend’s ‘Nevermoor’ series have been jointly acquired by Hachette Australia, Hachette Children’s Group UK and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in the...
‘Normal People’ to be adapted for TV
Friday, 31 May 2019
Sally Rooney's novel Normal People (Faber) is being adapted into a 12-part half-hour TV series, reports the Guardian. The series is being produced by Element Pictures (The Lobster, The Favourite, Room) in...
Shining a spotlight on editors: B+P magazine issue 2 out now
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Issue 2 of Books+Publishing magazine has landed. Gracing the front of this issue is the cover of Archie Roach’s long-awaited memoir Tell Me Why (S&S, November), and inside are 36...
On Drugs (Chris Fleming, Giramondo)
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Philosopher Chris Fleming’s memoir is a searching, considered account of drug and alcohol use and the mechanisms of addiction. Fleming traces his history of marijuana, codeine-based painkillers and alcohol consumption,...
Screen rights to Nix’s ‘The Keys to the Kingdom’ series sold
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Herschend Entertainment Studios has acquired film and television rights to Garth Nix’s seven-book fantasy series ‘The Keys to the Kingdom’ (A&U), reports Deadline. Jill Grinberg Literary Management sold rights on behalf...
2019 ‘Griffith Review’ Novella Project winners announced
Thursday, 30 May 2019
The winners of the Griffith Review’s 2019 Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: 'Cleave' by Keren Heenan 'Spectrums' by Allanah Hunt 'Annah the Javanese'...
Hurley joins A&U NZ as publisher
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Michelle Hurley will join Allen & Unwin New Zealand in the role of publisher. Hurley has worked at Random House New Zealand and Allen & Unwin Australia, and has been...
Bruce Pascoe on the reception to ‘Dark Emu’
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
'I had a feeling this book would reach a wider audience. It just goes to show that Australia is changing its mind about its own history—there’s a conversation going on,...
MEAA session for book publishing staff
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) is holding a session for book publishing staff wondering how to go about organising their own workplace and what supports/entitlements are available. The...
Inaugural Janet Mackenzie Medal open for nominations
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The inaugural Janet Mackenzie Medal, named after founding member of Editors Victoria Janet Mackenzie, is now open for nominations. The medal is given to an outstanding professional editor who has...
Ford Street titles no longer available through ASO
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Ford Street titles will no longer be available via Australian Standing Orders. Mindcull by K H Canobi will be the last title. NewSouth represents Ford Street, so library suppliers and...
State memorial for Les Murray
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
A state memorial for Les Murray will be held on Wednesday, 12 June at 2pm in the Mitchell Library Reading Room, State Library of New South Wales. Doors will open...
Rusher departs MUP for Hachette
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Emma Rusher will leave her position as head of sales and marketing at Melbourne University Publishing for a new role as communications director at Hachette Australia. Hachette’s marketing and publicity...
Finalists for 2019 Walkley-Pascall Prize for arts criticism announced
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2019 Walkley-Pascall Prize for arts criticism, as part of its Mid-Year Celebration. The finalists are: Rosemary Neill for 'Shooting stars: exposing...
Lee Kofman’s ‘Split: True Stories of Leaving, Loss, and New Beginnings’
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
'The emotional range, honesty and deep introspection make Split read like a map of the human heart. While the subject matter is separation and loss, an equally strong theme is...
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