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Text acquires De Kretser novel 

30 November 2023
Text Publishing has acquired ANZ rights to a new novel by Michelle de Kretser. Theory & Practice is a short novel set in Melbourne in the 1980s, where a young...

PRH signs Pignatiello romantic suspense duology 

30 November 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world English-language rights to duology 'The Barbarani Estate' by debut author Emma Pignatiello, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. Last Shot and Last Breath...

Inaugural SA Literary Fellowships announced

30 November 2023
Writers SA and the State Library of South Australia have announced the recipients of the inaugural SA Literary Fellowships program, which was established to support professional writers living in South...

Bitto wins Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship

30 November 2023
Emily Bitto has won the 2023 $35,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship, and Kate Mildenhall has been named runner-up, receiving $15,000. Bitto won for her manuscript ‘Reasons to Leave’, ‘a multi-protagonist novel...

Aotearoa publishers receive audiobook funding 

29 November 2023
The successful recipients of the first round of funding in the Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture & Heritage audio publishing seed program in Aotearoa New Zealand have been announced by...

UQP acquires Caldwell nonfiction on sexual empowerment 

29 November 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired ANZ rights to Slutdom by Hilary Caldwell via Tom Gilliatt at Left Bank Literary. Described by UQP as 'a controversial, celebratory and courageous book...

UWAP acquires Mead poetry collection 

An author photograph of Isabella G Mead 29 November 2023
UWAP has acquired world rights to The Infant Vine, a debut poetry collection from Isabella G Mead. The Infant Vine is described by the publisher as ‘a stunning collection exploring...

Arnott wins 2023 Voss Literary Prize

28 November 2023
Robbie Arnott has won the 2023 Voss Literary Prize for his novel Limberlost (Text). Arnott’s third novel, Limberlost is a coming-of-age story that centres on Ned, who experiences a formative summer...

Arts NT & Varuna Fellowships 2024 recipients announced

28 November 2023
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced nine recipients of the 2024 Arts NT and Varuna Fellowships, with three fellowships taking place in-house at Varuna and six virtual residencies, all...

Affirm acquires Mupotsa-Russell debut thriller 

28 November 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to A Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt, the debut thriller from Mark Mupotsa-Russell, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Mupotsa-Russell's manuscript was one of...

New Collins store in Port Macquarie

27 November 2023
A new Collins Booksellers store has opened in Port Macquarie, on the north coast of New South Wales. Located at 64 Clarence Street, the store is the 26th franchise store...

MacDonald wins $50,000 Best Australian Yarn

27 November 2023
Jacqueline MacDonald has won first prize, worth $50,000, in the national short story competition, The Best Australian Yarn. MacDonald, from the Tasmanian seaside town of Penguin, won the award for...

Fourth Wing wins 2023 Dymocks Book of the Year

24 November 2023
Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette Australia) has been named Dymocks 2023 Book of the Year, and Come Together: Things every Aussie kid should know about the First Peoples (Isaiah Firebrace,...

The Palestine Laboratory wins 2023 Walkley Book Award

24 November 2023
Antony Loewenstein has won the 2023 Walkley Book Award for The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world (Antony Loewenstein, Scribe). Loewenstein's book beat shortlisted works Ghosts of...

Ultimo acquires Makereti novel ‘The Mires’ 

22 November 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights for Tina Makereti's novel The Mires, in a deal brokered by Charlotte Seymour at Johnson & Alcock in London. The publisher described the novel...

2023 Australian Business Book Award winners announced

Cover image for Time Magic by Melissa Ambrosini & Nick Broadhurst, featuring an hourglass turned on its side so that it resembles an infinity sign 22 November 2023
The winners of the Australian Business Book Awards 2023 have been announced. The winners are: Book of the year Time Magic (Melissa Ambrosini & Nick Broadhurst, HarperCollins) Communications and sales...

Hachette acquires Klim memoir

22 November 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired the memoir of Australian Olympic swimming champion Michael Klim. Klim, to be published by Hachette senior nonfiction publisher Scott Henderson, charts the life of the Polish-born...

Inaugural Hope Prize seeks submissions

21 November 2023
A new Australia-based international writing prize, The Hope Prize, is seeking ‘stories of hope, courage, and resilience’. Fiction and nonfiction submissions between 2000 and 5000 words are sought, responding to...

A&U acquires Rodda junior fiction

Author photograph of Emily Rodda 20 November 2023
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Landovel, a three-part junior fantasy adventure story from Emily Rodda. Publisher Eva Mills described the work as ‘compulsive and engaging’, and...

Newcastle Poetry Prize 2023 winners announced

20 November 2023
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2023 Newcastle Poetry Prize. The prize-winning pieces are: First prize ($15,000) ‘The Crossing’ by Kevin Smith Second prize ($5000) ‘Lines...