Open Book 2023 interns announced
Friday, 28 April 2023
The successful applicants for the 2023 Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship have been announced. Selected from over 220 applications were Enchinea Close-Brown, Keerthana Ravindran and Isabelle Webb. Close-Brown, who will...
Hachette on AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list
Friday, 28 April 2023
Hachette Australia has been included in this year’s Best Places to Work list, published annually by the Australian Financial Review and BOSS magazine. The publisher placed seventh in the Retail, Hospitality,...
De Kretser shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize
Friday, 28 April 2023
In the UK, Michelle de Kretser has been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s (RSL) Ondaatje Prize, for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). Scary Monsters is one of five books shortlisted...
Holland-Batt wins 2023 Stella Prize for ‘The Jaguar’
Friday, 28 April 2023
Sarah Holland-Batt has won the 2023 Stella Prize, worth $60,000, for The Jaguar (UQP). It’s the second time a poetry collection has won the award, following Evelyn Araluen’s win last...
ABS survey finds children are reading less
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Children’s participation in reading for pleasure has dropped from 79% in 2017–18 to 72% in 2021–22, according to a survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The survey on...
UQP acquires Weetman nonfiction
Thursday, 27 April 2023
UQP has acquired ANZ rights to a nonfiction book by Nova Weetman. The as yet untitled book weaves together experiences of love and loss from throughout Weetman’s life, including...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 27 April 2023
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. The books shortlisted for the...
Writing NSW: CEO, program director depart
Monday, 24 April 2023
Writing NSW CEO Jane McCredie will leave the organisation in July. In a statement, Writing NSW said McCredie had been an ‘integral part of Writing NSW for the past...
Australian Book Design Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Monday, 24 April 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Among the category shortlists are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover...
BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year shortlists announced
Monday, 24 April 2023
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Book of the Year Awards, formerly the Booksellers Choice awards. The shortlisted titles, chosen from longlists announced earlier this month, are: Adult...
IPEd announces Rosie shortlist
Friday, 21 April 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie. The shortlisted editors are: Bronwyn Mitchell for Wetlands of...
Hardie Grant offers new benefits to staff
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Hardie Grant has announced a set of new paid benefits for employees. As well as the new paid benefits—menstrual and menopause leave, fertility treatment leave, and gender transition leave—the publishing...
Holland-Batt poetry collections sell to Bloodaxe UK
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
UQP has sold UK rights to Sarah Holland-Batt’s three poetry collections to UK poetry publishing house Bloodaxe, in a deal brokered by Rights Manager Hayley Tomlinson. Bloodaxe acquired rights to...
Christmas Press acquires Carrington’s ‘Leaf Letters’
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Christmas Press has acquired world rights to Leaf Letters, a junior fiction title by author-illustrator Lorena Carrington. The interactive short novel for young readers is about nine-year-old Hazel Bird, who...
Age Book of the Year 2023 shortlists announced
Monday, 17 April 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Every Version of You...
Papertalk Green wins 2023 Red Room Poetry Fellowship
Friday, 14 April 2023
Charmaine Papertalk Green has won the Red Room Poetry Fellowship for her project Jugarnu Wangga Migamanmanha (Older woman making talk). Chosen from 50 applications and a shortlist of 10 poets,...
Jiang appointed Sydney Review of Books editor
Friday, 14 April 2023
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has appointed James Jiang as its new editor. Jiang is a scholar, critic and editor who has worked with the Australian Book Review, Griffith Review and Cordite....
Echo acquires Kell historical novel
Thursday, 13 April 2023
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Katrina Kell’s first novel for adults, via Fiona Smith at Beyond Words Literary Agency. The book is inspired by the French nude portrait...
De Kretser longlisted for Ondaatje Prize
Thursday, 13 April 2023
In the UK, Michelle de Kretser has been longlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's (RSL) Ondaatje Prize, for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). Scary Monsters is one of nine books longlisted...
Sydney Uni creates scholarship for First Nations publishing students
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
The University of Sydney is offering a new scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking the university's Master of Publishing postgraduate degree. The scholarship will cover academic course...
Aria acquires Lette backlist, new novels
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
UK publisher Aria, an imprint of Head of Zeus, has acquired The Revenge Club and a second title from author and comedian Kathy Lette, reports the Bookseller. Editorial director Rachel...
Johnson joins Ultimo as marketing and community manager
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Ultimo Press has appointed Andrea Johnson as marketing and community manager. Johnson joins the publisher from HarperCollins Australia, where she has been social and digital manager, supporting a range of...
Nib Literary Award prize money doubled
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
Waverley Council has announced that the prize money for the Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award will be doubled from $20,000 to $40,000. Sydney philanthropists Mark and Evette Moran,...
Local authors on Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023 shortlist
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
Three Australians and one Aotearoa New Zealand author are among the finalists for the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The authors shortlisted for the Pacific region are: Jean Flynn, for...
Digital lending rights claims deadline extended
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
The federal government has extended the deadline for new title claims under its extended lending rights scheme, which now covers digital formats. Claimants will now have until 30 June 2023...
‘The Great Greenwashing’ sells to US
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
Douglas Richmond at House of Anansi Press has acquired North American rights to The Great Greenwashing by John Pabon. The deal was made with Sophy Williams at Black Inc. on behalf of...
Government pledges funding for Trove
Monday, 3 April 2023
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has welcomed the federal government's commitment to funding the library's digital archive, Trove. In its May federal budget, the government will commit $33 million...
Winter to leave Text
Monday, 3 April 2023
Text senior editor David Winter is leaving the company this month after 14 years with the publisher. Winter, who started at Text in 2009 as an acquiring editor, was associate...
Writing WA appoints Yeoman as CEO
Friday, 31 March 2023
Writing WA has appointed literary editor, festival director and journalist Will Yeoman as its new chief executive officer (CEO), starting 24 April. ‘I am absolutely stoked to welcome Will Yeoman...
BWF 2023 program announced
Friday, 31 March 2023
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs 10–14 May, has been announced. This year's festival is the first under new artistic director Jackie Ryan, who took...
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