Voss Literary Prize 2018 shortlist announced
13 November 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Last Garden (Eva Hornung, Text) The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U) Storyland...
A&U acquires second Kitty Flanagan book
13 November 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ and Oceania rights (including audio) to 488 Rules for Life by comedian Kitty Flanagan. A spoof of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life...
Hunt awarded inaugural Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
13 November 2018
Barkindji writer Allanah Hunt has been awarded the inaugural Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship. Her winning manuscript, 'Forever and Ever', tells the story of a young woman reckoning with her unplanned...
Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature 2018 winners announced
13 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for children’s literature have been announced. The winners are The Build-up Season by Megan Jacobson (Penguin) and Finding Nevo by Nevo...
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize winner announced; Australian writer among runners-up
12 November 2018
The recipients of the inaugural Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize for an unpublished novella have been announced. Californian writer, translator and poet Marci Vogel has won the prize for her...
KROC Awards 2018 winners announced
12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2018 winners announced
12 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years...
‘Florette’ named on 2018 NYT/NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books list
9 November 2018
Melbourne-based writer and illustrator Anna Walker's picture book Florette (Viking) has been named as one of the New York Times (NYT)/New York Public Library's (NYPL) best illustrated children's books for 2018....
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2018 winners announced
9 November 2018
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2018 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winners are: Picture fiction Florette (Anna Walker, Viking) Fiction Wombat Warriors (Samantha Wheeler, UQP) Nonfiction...
Walkley Book Award 2018 shortlist announced
9 November 2018
The Walkley Book Award 2018 shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The First Casualty (Peter Greste, Viking) No Front Line: Australia’s Special Forces At War in Afghanistan (Chris...
KOALAs 2018 winners announced
9 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...
McIver wins 2018 Richell Prize for ‘I Shot the Devil’
8 November 2018
Melbourne-based writer Ruth McIver has won the 2018 Richell Prize for her entry ‘I Shot the Devil’. The novel is a dual narrative following a journalist in 2010 who is...
A&U sells ‘The Museum of Modern Love’ to UK
8 November 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold UK rights to Heather Rose’s The Museum of Modern Love to Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a division of Orion Publishing. A&U rights associate Maggie Thompson...
Australians nominated for 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals
7 November 2018
A number of Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Australian books including A Different Boy by Paul Jennings and Geoff Kelly (A&U)...
Bowker’s ISBN agency websites hacked in Australia and US; credit card numbers compromised
7 November 2018
Bowker, which trades in Australia as Thorpe-Bowker, is investigating ‘patterns of unauthorised charges’ to credit cards that have been used on Bowker’s MyIdentifiers websites, which are used to purchase ISBNs...
Leigh wins 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
7 November 2018
Andrew Leigh has won the 2018 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing for 'From bloodletting to placebo surgery’, an excerpt from his book Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (Black Inc.). Leigh's...
Robotham’s ‘The Secrets She Keeps’ to be adapted for TV
5 November 2018
Michael Robotham’s thriller The Secrets She Keeps (Hachette) will be adapted into a six-part television miniseries, reports If. Premiering on Channel 10 in 2019, the series will be produced by...
First authors announced for 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week
5 November 2018
The first authors and events have been announced for the 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week, which runs from 18-24 February. 'Our Imagined Selves' is the theme of the week, which...
Angel wins 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for ‘The Trapeze Act’
5 November 2018
Poet Libby Angel has won the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award for her debut novel The Trapeze Act (Text). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors...
Fashion designer Dinnigan to create two books for Berbay
2 November 2018
Berbay Publishing has acquired world rights in a two-book deal to picture books by fashion designer Collette Dinnigan. Dinnigan said: 'I spend more time now reading children's books having a six-year-old...
S&S acquires Archie Roach memoir
2 November 2018
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to a yet-to-be-titled memoir by singer-songwriter Archie Roach. Roach, who is part of the Stolen Generations, is also known as a campaigner...
Powles, Collison, Pati win inaugural Women Poets’ Prize
1 November 2018
Three poets have been announced as the winners of the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize: New Zealand-born Nina Mingya Powles and London-based poets Claire Collison and Anita Pati. Established in honour of...
New specialist kids agency launched
1 November 2018
Lawyer and writer Justine Barker has launched a new literary agency focusing on children’s and YA books. Mayfair Literary Agency will represent authors writing picture books, junior fiction, middle-grade and...
Book industry figures to attend Australia Fest in India
1 November 2018
Australian authors, publishers and literary festival programmers are among the guests at Australia Fest, a six-month festival comprising more than 75 events across 20 Indian cities. Supported by the federal...
Foundry658 announces successful applicants for Bootcamp
31 October 2018
Business development program Foundry658, an initiative from State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), has announced the successful applicants for its inaugural bootcamp sessions....
First authors announced for 2019 Adelaide Writers’ Week
31 October 2018
A number of authors have been announced for the 2019 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 2-7 March 2019. Among the international authors attending the festival are Nigerian poet and...
‘On the Java Ridge’ wins 2018 Colin Roderick Award
31 October 2018
Jock Serong’s On the Java Ridge (Text) has won the 2018 Colin Roderick Award and the HT Priestley Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook...
YABBAs 2018 winners announced
31 October 2018
The winners of the 2018 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do Not Open This Book Again!...
Brennan wins CHASS Australia Book Prize 2018 for ‘A Writing Life’
30 October 2018
Bernadette Brennan has won the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) 2018 Australia Book Prize, for her book A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work (Text)....
Melbourne City of Lit announces 10th anniversary event program
30 October 2018
The Melbourne City of Literature, in partnership with the Wheeler Centre, has announced the program for its 10th anniversary event, based on the idea of a parliament for the city....
