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New prize for humour writing added to VPLAs

VPLA logo Monday, 16 September 2024
A new award category, the John Clarke Prize for Humour Writing, has been added to the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs), named in honour of satirist, writer and actor John...

Fogarty Literary Award funding increased

Monday, 16 September 2024
The Fogarty Literary Award for young Western Australian writers has received an increase in funding. In an announcement, Fremantle Press said the Fogarty Foundation increased funding for the award by...

Hepworth, Griffiths chosen as inaugural LYBD ambassadors

Monday, 16 September 2024
BookPeople has announced that authors Sally Hepworth and Andy Griffiths are the inaugural adult and children’s author ambassadors for this year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) campaign. As ambassadors, Hepworth...

Danger Awards 2024 winners announced

Monday, 16 September 2024
The 2024 winners of the Danger Awards have been announced. Winners in each category are: Fiction The Tea Ladies (Amanda Hampson, Penguin) Debut fiction   Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder (Kerryn Mayne,...

Atlantic acquires new Dettmann novel 

Black and white photograph of Jessica Dettmann Thursday, 12 September 2024
Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin (A&U), has acquired ANZ rights to a new novel by Jessica Dettmann, in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown....

Shawline rebrands 

Thursday, 12 September 2024
Shawline Publishing has rebranded as New Found Books. A statement on the publisher’s website said the website had been ‘rebranded and redirected for the protection of our authors and quality...

Ultimo acquires Reid’s third novel 

Black and white photograph of Diana Reid Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Diana Reid’s third novel, Signs of Damage. In Signs of Damage, 13-year-old Cass goes missing while the Kelly family is holidaying in the...

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...

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,...

Wolfers promoted to new Murdoch role 

Photograph of Justin Wolfers in front of a brick wall Thursday, 5 September 2024
Murdoch Books has announced Justin Wolfers has been promoted to the newly created role of commissioning editor. Wolfers, who has worked at Murdoch Books for over 10 years, most recently...

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 &...

UQP sells Bigna’s debut to S&S BFYR 

Thursday, 5 September 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold North American rights to Sandy Bigna’s debut middle-grade verse novel, Little Bones, to Krista Vitola, executive editor at Simon & Schuster Books for...

Reid launches PR and literary agency 

Reid Books PR & Literary Agency logo Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Karen Reid, who resigned from Penguin Random House Australia last year after 30 years at the company, has launched a new business, Reid Books PR and Literary Agency. ‘This agency...

APA sustainability survey results, recommendations released

Tuesday, 3 September 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released the results from its inaugural sustainability survey, along with a set of recommendations for publishers to follow to improve the environmental sustainability of...

S&S acquires Dix memoir

Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Promise, the memoir of Arnold Dix, an international barrister, scientist and engineer who spearheaded the rescue of 41 trapped...

Simon & Schuster acquires Cottle YA series

Monday, 2 September 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to two books in a new YA series by debut author Ruby Jean Cottle, via agents Lou Johnson and Belinda Bolliger...

Murdoch acquires Goh solo cookbook 

Photograph of Helen Goh holding a whisk Monday, 2 September 2024
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to the first solo cookbook by Helen Goh, Baking and the Meaning of Life. The publisher described the book as a ‘brilliant modern-day baking...

Davitt Awards 2024 winners announced

Davitt Awards logo Monday, 2 September 2024
Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2024 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced...

Muse bookstore closes

Thursday, 29 August 2024
The Muse bookstore in Canberra closed last weekend, after owners Dan Sanderson and Paul Eldon decided not to renew their lease on the establishment, which was also a cafe/restaurant and...

Atlantic acquires Zorn novel ‘Better Days’ 

Photograph of Claire Zorn Thursday, 29 August 2024
Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin, has acquired ANZ rights to the novel Better Days by Claire Zorn, in a deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank...

Shawline denies allegation of unpaid royalties 

Thursday, 29 August 2024
Shawline Publishing Group CEO Brad Shaw, whose company is being sued by author Dan Moon in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for alleged unpaid royalties, has responded to the...

 

 

 

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