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Wong receives Burr/Tatham Trust Award

Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Alison Wong is the recipient of the NZ$35,000 Burr/Tatham Trust Award, which is one of eight 2024 Laureate Awards presented by the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi to ‘celebrate and...

ADS to trial airfreight to NZ

Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) has announced a new trial airfreight service designed to support Aotearoa New Zealand customers during the Christmas peak bookselling season. Aotearoa New Zealand customers will have...

Oliver children’s book withdrawn from sale

Monday, 11 November 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK has withdrawn Jamie Oliver’s children’s book Billy and the Epic Escape from sale in all countries where it holds rights, including Australia and the UK,...

Smith wins 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize

Monday, 11 November 2024
Overland has announced that Yasmin Smith is the winner the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers. Smith receives a $5000 cash prize, as well as an optional writing...

Pinkham to step down as Hardie Grant Publishing group managing director

Monday, 11 November 2024
Hardie Grant CEO Sandy Grant has announced that Hardie Grant Publishing group managing director Julie Pinkham is leaving her role at the end of 2024, moving to a non-executive advisory...

2025 MIRROR Mentorship recipients announced

Monday, 11 November 2024
Think+DO Tank Foundation and Scribble Books have announced the winners of the 2025 MIRROR Mentorship program for emerging bilingual writers and illustrators in children’s literature. The winners are: Leila Frijat...

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival records ticket sales increase

Thursday, 7 November 2024
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced an increase of about one third in its aggregate ticket sales for its 2024 program, compared to the previous year. The 21st...

Stewart wins 2024 Bragg Prize

Thursday, 7 November 2024
Cameron Stewart has won the 2024 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for the essay ‘Heroes of Zero’. ‘Heroes of Zero’ introduces readers to research by Michelle Haber and...

Booktopia administrators call second meeting of creditors

Monday, 4 November 2024
McGrathNicol, the company acting as administrators for Booktopia Group Limited, has issued notice of a second meeting of creditors, and made its report to creditors available on its website. The...

Voss Literary Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Monday, 4 November 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. Shortlisted works, chosen from a longlist of 10 announced in September, are: Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton) God Forgets...

PRH acquires Noni YA romance in three-book deal

Friday, 1 November 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to three books from YA author Lynette Noni: a standalone contemporary romance, Wandering Wild; and a new fantasy series acquired in a...

Walkley Book Award 2024 shortlist announced

Friday, 1 November 2024
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 69th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The works shortlisted for the Walkley Book Award, chosen from a longlist of...

Speech pathology book awards 2024 winners announced

Thursday, 31 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Birth–3 years age category: Let’s Play (Karen...

‘The Truck Cat’ selected for NSS 2025

Thursday, 31 October 2024
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has selected The Truck Cat (HGCP), written by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Danny Snell, for the 2025 National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) event. The...

Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 31 October 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. Shortlisted titles, selected from a longlist announced earlier this month, are: Quarterly Essay #93: Bad...

A&U acquires Murray’s ‘Lights, Camera, Love’

Thursday, 31 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Lights, Camera, Love by Natalie Murray in a two-book deal by Annette Barlow, via Sarah McKenzie of Sarah McKenzie Literary Management....

Heifetz, Gilliatt, McGuire, Slater form a4 Literary

Thursday, 31 October 2024
Grace Heifetz, Tom Gilliatt, Michaela McGuire and Rebecca Slater have announced the creation of new literary agency a4 Literary. Representing ‘writers and creators of all genres and voices for publication...

YABBA Awards 2024 winners announced

Tuesday, 29 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards) have been announced. Winning titles and honour books in each category are: Picture storybook Macca the Alpaca (Matt Cosgrove,...

EIBF report: percentage of Australians purchasing books ‘slightly below’ average

Tuesday, 29 October 2024
A study on consumer behaviour by the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has included Australia among several territories surveyed for the report. Commissioned through EIBF’s RISE Bookselling (‘Resilience, Innovation...