‘Paper Cranes Don’t Fly’ wins teen-voted Inky Award Archive
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Peter Vu’s YA novel Paper Cranes Don’t Fly (Ford Street Publishing) has won the Gold Inky Award—selected by readers aged between 12-20 from shortlists chosen by a panel of teen...
Putting the anarchy back into childhood Archive
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
A recent interview with bestselling Australian children’s book creators Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton—which coincides with the release of their latest book and this month’s top-selling Australian children’s fiction title...
Opening Scene initiative introduces writers to screen producers Archive
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
The Wheeler Centre and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) have launched a three-year program to introduce writers to screen producers. The Opening Scene program will connect The Next Chapter...
Hachette to launch ‘Fortnite’ publishing program Archive
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Hachette Australia, in association with Hachette divisions in the UK, USA, France and Spain, has announced a publishing program based on the popular game Fortnite. In a deal brokered by International...
Condé wins alternative Nobel prize Archive
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Guadeloupean novelist Maryse Condé has won the New Academy Prize in literature, a one-off award created to replace this year’s Nobel Prize for literature, which was cancelled following a sexual...
OzCo appoints Adrian Collette as CEO Archive
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
The Australia Council for the Arts has appointed Adrian Collette as its incoming chief executive officer. Collette worked in publishing for a decade, including as managing director at Reed Books,...
ANZ authors nominated for 2019 Astrid Lindgren Award Archive
Monday, 15 October 2018
Ten authors and illustrators from Australia and New Zealand and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula...
‘KYD’ to publish annual print collection of short fiction Archive
Monday, 15 October 2018
Kill Your Darlings magazine (KYD) will publish an annual print collection of short fiction, with the inaugural collection to be released in October 2019. New Australian Fiction will include 15...
Global publishers warn of phishing scams targeting manuscripts Archive
Monday, 15 October 2018
A succession of phishing scams targeting publishers and agents has prompted responses from several global publishers, reports the Bookseller. Penguin Random House (PRH) North America sent an urgent email to...
Allen, Blackadder awarded 2018 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship Archive
Monday, 15 October 2018
Screenwriter Jane Allen and author Jesse Blackadder have been jointly awarded the 2018 Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. Allen and Blackadder will travel to Antarctica in late October, staying at the...
Over one million books self-published in the US in 2017 Archive
Friday, 12 October 2018
In the US, more than one million books were self-published in 2017, breaking the record for the the total number of titles self-published in a year, according to a report...
‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ to be adapted for TV Archive
Friday, 12 October 2018
Australian producer Bruna Papandrea’s company Made Up Stories has acquired screen rights to Holly Ringland’s debut novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate), and will develop the project...
Aussie children’s book creators chosen to pitch at global kids entertainment event Archive
Friday, 12 October 2018
Australian children’s book creators Yves Stening and Nigel Buchanan are one of five intellectual property owners selected to pitch at the world's biggest children's entertainment industry event, MIPJunior. Held on...
ASA to wind up print magazine after 50 years Archive
Friday, 12 October 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced it will no longer produce its biannual print magazine, Australian Author, and will transition to digital publishing. ‘The financial argument is now...
Third O’Neill title sold to UK’s Lightning Books Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
UK publisher Lightning Books has acquired UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to Ryan O’Neill’s 2012 debut short story collection The Weight of a Human Heart (Black Inc.)—the third title...
Introducing literary agent Benython Oldfield Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Benython Oldfield is an Australian literary agent and the Sydney-based director of Zeitgeist Media Group Agency, which represents 40 Australian authors alongside other international writers and illustrators. He spoke to...
Book-to-screen Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Synchronicity Films will adapt Heather Morris’ bestselling novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo Publishing) as a television drama miniseries. The miniseries is planned to be broadcast in January 2020 to...
Australian crime fiction in the spotlight Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
When Australian author Benjamin Stevenson heard that his debut crime-thriller Greenlight had sold into North America and the UK, he quipped: ‘There’s no question international readers are loving Aussie crime...
Finalists announced for triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Five Australian authors—Tony Birch, Gideon Haigh, Alison Lester, Christos Tsiolkas and Alexis Wright—have been selected as finalists for the Melbourne Prize for Literature, which is awarded triennially to an author...
Introducing Benjamin Stevenson’s ‘Greenlight’ Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Australian author Benjamin Stevenson’s debut novel Greenlight is a ‘nail-biting thriller that turns popular true-crime such as Serial and Making a Murderer on its head’. Released in Australia in September,...
Australian bestsellers in September: ‘Scrublands’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ remain at the top Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Australian fiction bestsellers: September Australian crime-thrillers are currently dominating the local bestsellers chart, with Chris Hammer’s debut novel Scrublands at the top of the fiction bestsellers chart for September following...
Spencer wins 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for ‘The Age of Fibs’ Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Sydney-based writer Beth Spencer has won the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for her short-story collection The Age of Fibs. Author and prize judge Carmel Bird described The Age...
National Book Award 2018 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 11 October 2018
In the US, the finalists for the 2018 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction A Lucky Man (Jamel Brinkley, Graywolf Press) Florida (Lauren Groff, William Heinemann)...
Winton’s ‘The Riders’ to be adapted for film Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Tim Winton’s The Riders (Penguin) will be adapted into a feature film produced by director Ridley Scott’s production company Scott Free, reports Deadline Hollywood. A director for the film is...
NT library welcomes resident creative Fraser-Bell Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Emerging artist C J Fraser-Bell has commenced her residency at the Northern Territory Library (NTL), after being announced as one of four Territory artists to take part in the NT...
Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys’ ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
'Suitable for children aged two to six years old, All the Ways to be Smart is a celebration of what childhood can be, and it will likely become a classic.' ... read...
Change for Wild Dog Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Publisher: Wild Dog ISBN prefix: 978174203 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Simon & Schuster (Harper Entertainment Distribution Services) Changeover date: 1 February 2019 Contact: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Change for Berbay Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Publisher: Berbay Publishing Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Simon & Schuster (Harper Entertainment Distribution Services) Changeover date: 1 February 2019 Contact: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Libraries gain in 2019 US federal budget Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
In the US, federal legislation will ensure level or increased funding for library programs into the new financial year, reports American Libraries Magazine. The 'Federal Funding for Library Programs and...
Podcast spotlight: Words and Nerds Archive
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Launched in 2017, Words and Nerds is a conversational podcast in which the host 'interviews both established and independent authors about their writing process, and the social and political influences...
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