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...
Dymocks, Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times essay prize inaugural winners announced
30 November 2023
The inaugural winners of a new essay prize for young writers, supported by Dymocks, have been announced by the Age, Brisbane Times and Sydney Morning Herald. The winners of the Age...
Pantera signs Messenger and Megginson’s ‘The Power of Two’
30 November 2023
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to The Power of Two by Lisa Messenger and Sarah Megginson via Lou Johnson at Key People Literary Management. After eight years of trying...
QBD to open Forest Hill store, announces 2023 Books of the Year
30 November 2023
QBD Books has announced it will open a new store in Forest Hill in Melbourne's east. The store's grand opening will take place on Saturday 9 December, featuring authors including...
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
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...
Rzechowicz wins first prize in 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Awards
28 November 2023
Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of the 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Awards in a 30th anniversary event in South Melbourne on Saturday night. Canberra author Romany Rzechowicz won the...
Cramond, Burbidge reps of the year, BookPeople 2024 conference dates
27 November 2023
The BookPeople reps of the year for Victoria and New South Wales have been announced. The reps of the year, for the second year running, are: NSW Rep of the...
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...
‘Against Disappearance’ wins SPN 2023 Book of the Year
27 November 2023
The Small Press Network (SPN) 2023 Book of the Year (BOTY) has been awarded to Against Disappearance: Essays on memory, edited by Leah Jing Mcintosh and Adolfo Aranjuez, and published...
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...
Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2023 winners announced
23 November 2023
The winners of the 2023 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The winning works in each category are: Fiction ($2500) 'The Life of a Folk Devil' (Michael Mohammed Ahmad,...
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...
Catton shortlisted for UK’s inaugural Nero Book Awards
22 November 2023
In the UK, Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted in the fiction category of the inaugural Nero Book Awards for her novel Birnam Wood (Granta). The other titles shortlisted for the...
2023 Australian Business Book Award winners announced
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...
Melbourne Books acquires Pascoe historical fiction
21 November 2023
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to a historical war fiction novel from Bruce Pascoe, titled Imperial Harvest, via the Fran Moore Literary Agency. In the book, which is set...
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
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...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2023 winners announced
16 November 2023
The recipients of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been announced. The winners in each category receive $80,000, and the shortlisted writers each receive $5000. All prizes are...
