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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024 winners announced

Thursday, 12 September 2024
Creative Australia has announced the winners of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.  The winners in each category, chosen by an expert independent panel of judges from shortlists announced in...

British Academy Book Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 12 September 2024
The British Academy has announced the shortlist for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize, worth £25,000 (A$49,156). The shortlisted titles are: Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and...

Vale Louise Thurtell

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Former Allen & Unwin publisher Louise Thurtell, who also worked at HarperCollins, Transworld and Random House, has died. Thurtell worked in the Australian book publishing industry for more than 30...

Tim Bowden remembered

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Broadcaster, journalist, oral historian and author Tim Bowden has died, aged 87. Rebecca Kaiser, Bowden’s publisher across 10 books at Allen & Unwin, writes: Over the nearly 25 years that we were...

2025 NSW Literary Awards opening

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Entries open midday 11 September 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...

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Wednesday, 11 September 2024
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MIRROR Mentorship: Applications open

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024–2026 MIRROR Mentorship, and have been extended until 18 September 2024. The MIRROR Mentorship is aimed at emerging bilingual writers and illustrators in children’s...

Senior editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers has an exciting opportunity for an experienced book editor to join the HarperCollins adult books team. This is a full-time position, based at our head office...

HEAT editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 11 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...

Unlock Books+Publishing

Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Unlock Books+Publishing, Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements...

Laura Harris launches publishing services business

Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Former publishing director, young readers, at Penguin Random House (PRH) Laura Harris has launched a children’s publishing services business. Laura Harris Publishing offers editorial and advisory services for children’s book...

Varuna announces 2025 residential fellowships

Varuna, the National Writers House logo Monday, 9 September 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its residential fellowships for 2025, including eight flagship fellowship recipients. The writers and their projects are: Eleanor Dark flagship fellowship...

Cundill History Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Monday, 9 September 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Cundill History Prize, which ‘rewards the best history writing in English’, have been announced. The 2024 shortlisted titles are: Judgement at Tokyo: World War II...

Richell Prize 2024 longlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Monday, 9 September 2024
Hachette, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), has announced the longlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The 21 longlisted writers, chosen from over 1000 entrants,...

Queensland Literary Awards 2024 winners announced

Cover of Edenglassie Friday, 6 September 2024
The winners of the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced, with the total value of the awards now standing at $276,000, up from $238,500 in 2023. Melissa Lucashenko has won...

ARA Historical Novel Prize longlists announced

Thursday, 5 September 2024
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlists for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. The longlisted titles are: Adult category The Unearthed (Lenny Bartulin, A&U) Women &...

Full program announced for Ubud 2024

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full line-up for its 21st festival program, themed ‘Satyam Vada Dharmam Chara’ (‘Speak the Truth, Practice Kindness’), which will run on...

Vale Tim Bowden

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Television and radio broadcaster and author Tim Bowden has died, aged 87. Bowden was the author of almost 20 books, including One Crowded Hour (1987, Angus & Robertson), a biography...

New offices for S&S

Simon & Schsuter Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia has moved to new offices. From 3 September, the Sydney office has moved to Level 4, 32 York Street, in the Sydney CBD. The Melbourne CBD...

MacDonald wins 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

Photograph of Grant MacDonald Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Herb MacDonald is the winner of the 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, the Margaret Mahy Estate, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand, and Little Moa have announced. The judging panel praised MacDonald’s...

Medal for Excellence in Translation shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Medal for Excellence in Translation, administered by the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH), has been announced. The shortlisted translators and their works are: Stephanie...