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Bloomsbury congratulates Francesca de Tores on winning the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Bloomsbury is thrilled that Francesca de Tores’ breathtaking novel Saltblood has won the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Congratulations to Francesca on this fantastic achievement. We thank booksellers for...

Thames & Hudson Australia to move from ADS to UBD February 2025

Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Thames & Hudson would like to inform our customers that, with the change of distribution to PRHD (UBD) from 1 February 2025, ADS will continue to service T&H through to...

Editor, Melbourne

Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Books+Publishing B+P is seeking an experienced editor to join its busy team producing the publication’s daily e-newsletters and the Weekly Book Newsletter, as well as international and feature article content. This role would...

Newcastle Poetry Prize 2024 winners announced

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize. Winning pieces include: First prize ($15,000) ‘Dombóvár’ by Christopher (Kit) Kelen Second prize ($5000) ‘Welcome Swallow’...

Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards shortlist announced

Monday, 23 September 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction futurespective (Sophie Benkemoun, Travel Maker Press) Hush (Ciella Williams, Playlab...

‘Rewi’ wins best book at PANZ Book Design Awards

Monday, 23 September 2024
The winners in the 2024 New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu Publishers Association (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced, with Māori and Pasifika designers winning the top honours. Winners...

Leckie awarded 2024 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship

Monday, 23 September 2024
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) has announced Jacqueline Leckie as the recipient of the 2024 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship,...

De Tores wins 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

Monday, 23 September 2024
In the UK, Australian author Francesca de Tores has won the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel for her novel Saltblood (Bloomsbury). De Tores’ novel charts...

City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2024 shortlist announced

Monday, 23 September 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award has been announced. Shortlisted manuscripts include: ‘Far From Wonderful’, a fiction work by Howard McKenzie-Murray ‘Screech’, a fiction work by...

Canberra Writers Festival 2024 program announced

Thursday, 19 September 2024
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced its program for the 2024 festival, to be held on 23–27 October, featuring over 100 guests. Among guests speaking at the event are Tim...

Perth Festival announces new literature festival

Thursday, 19 September 2024
Perth Festival has announced a new literary festival, which it plans to hold for the first time in spring 2026. Organisers said the as yet unnamed festival will take place...

Barbara Jefferis Award 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 19 September 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Barbara Jefferis Award, worth $50,000. The shortlisted titles are: Salonika Burning (Gail Jones, Text) Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko,...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Wood on Booker Prize shortlist, Hayward appointed ASA CEO

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
The 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards took place last Thursday, with André Dao and Daniel Browning among the winners. Also headlining awards news this week, Charlotte Wood is on the...

OzAsia Weekend of Words, Queenscliffe Literary Festival programs announced

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Programs have been announced for the OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words and the Queenscliffe Literary Festival. Weekend of Words The OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words will be held on 8–10...

Nib Literary Award 2024 finalists announced

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
The finalists for the 2024 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, have been announced. Shortlisted titles for the award are: Reaching Through Time (Shauna Bostock, A&U) Book...

Winter wins 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
In the UK, Kate Winter has won the £5000 (A$9736) Klaus Flugge Prize for the book The Fossil Hunter (Puffin). Featuring panoramic fold-out pages and illustrated in watercolour, The Fossil...

The Modern Guide to Sex

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Get out of your head and into your body. 'Transform the way you think and feel about sex with Georgia as your knowledgeable, inclusive guide.' —Abbie Chatfield 'Georgia is an...

NSW Literary Awards are open

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Entries are open to the 2025 NSW Literary Awards, with a total of $360,000 to be awarded across 14 categories. Entries close on 10 October. Discounted early-bird entries are available...

HEAT editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Giramondo Publishing Giramondo Publishing is seeking to appoint a skilled and innovative editor to oversee the planning, commissioning and publishing processes of our literary magazine HEAT. Applicants should have university...

Bedford Square Publishers to be distributed by HarperCollins Australia

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
HarperCollins Australia are delighted to commence sales, marketing and distribution for Bedford Square Publishers, an independent publisher of fiction and nonfiction, founded in the historic streets of Bedford Square London....