Heiss to curate First Nations imprint Bundyi
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Wiradyuri author Anita Heiss has been appointed as publisher at large for Simon & Schuster's new imprint, Bundyi. Named for the Wiradyuri word meaning ‘to share with me’, the Bundyi...
Affirm signs Mellor for five-book series and third ‘Grandest Bookshop’ book
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a new five-book series by Amelia Mellor as well as the third novel in Mellor's series that began with The Grandest Bookshop in...
Stella Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 30 March 2023
The shortlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The shortlisted books are: We Come With This Place (Debra Dank, Echo) big beautiful female...
IPEd conference program announced for May
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
The program for the 11th Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference, will take place as an online event in May under the theme ‘Where editing and the future meet’, has...
De Kretser wins 2023 Folio Prize
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Australian author Michelle de Kretser has won in the fiction category of the Rathbones Folio Prize, for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). In the award's first year under a new prize...
Rubbo to retire as Readings MD
Monday, 27 March 2023
Readings managing director Mark Rubbo is retiring on 30 June after almost 50 years in the book business, but will remain as chair of the Readings board. Rubbo took over...
Agius leaves Welbeck
Monday, 27 March 2023
Benny Agius has left Welbeck ANZ where she was managing director. Agius was appointed to the position in 2021 when Welbeck established its local arm in the region. The Welbeck...
Auckland Writers Festival reveals 2023 program
Friday, 24 March 2023
Auckland Writers Festival has revealed its full 2023 program, featuring over 25 international guests alongside 200 New Zealand writers across 160 events running 16–21 May. This year’s festival marks the...
Arnott shortlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize
Friday, 24 March 2023
Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott has been shortlisted for Swansea University's Dylan Thomas Prize, awarded for the best literary work published in English and written by an author aged 39 or...
MWF announces 2023 program
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced its 2023 program, which will run from 4–7 May 2023 and be held predominately at State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Capitol theatre. Opening...
ASAL announces pilot fellowship program recipients
Thursday, 23 March 2023
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the recipients of a pilot program of Copyright Agency-funded writers’ fellowships. Luisa Mitchell and Fiona Murphy are the winners...
Hachette Australia acquires Unreich memoir of mother’s Holocaust survival
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired the ANZ rights to A Brilliant Life: My mother’s inspiring story of surviving the Holocaust by Australian journalist Rachelle Unreich. In Australia, Hachette head of literary...
‘Runt’ wins 2023 Indie Book of the Year
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin) has been named Book of the Year at the 2023 Indie Book Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Horse (Geraldine...
Crismani wins 2023 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Monday, 20 March 2023
Wiradjuri writer and filmmaker Edoardo Crismani has been awarded the 2023 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship for the manuscript ‘Finding Billy Brown’ and will be mentored by Wiradjuri author Tara June...
Pantera sells ‘The Deadly Daylight’ to Holiday House
Monday, 20 March 2023
Pantera Press has sold World English rights (excluding ANZ) to Ash Harrier’s The Deadly Daylight to New York-based independent publisher Holiday House. The first Alice England Mysteries book, The Deadly...
AWW 2023 audience ‘informed, provoked and entertained’
Monday, 20 March 2023
The 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) drew crowds of 17,000 people to the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden from 4–9 March. The event hosted 158 writers and authors across 130 sessions...
Open Book expands to three internships
Monday, 20 March 2023
The Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship program, which ran as a pilot program offering two internships in 2022, has expanded to offer three paid internships this year, with one an...
BookPeople announces 2023 conference program
Friday, 17 March 2023
BookPeople has released a draft of program for its 2023 conference and trade exhibition, to be held on 18-19 June in Adelaide. Keynotes include journalist and author Julia Baird on...
Affirm acquires Ham debut nonfiction ‘The Lucky Ones’
Friday, 17 March 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the debut nonfiction work by journalist and activist Melinda Ham, via Rochelle Fernandez of Alex Adsett Literary. The Lucky Ones is about refugees...
NZ book review website to be launched
Thursday, 16 March 2023
A new book review website, the Aotearoa NZ Review of Books (ANZRB) will be launched on 22 March, according to New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa....
SWF 2023 program announced
Thursday, 16 March 2023
The program for the 2023 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs 22–28 May, has been announced. Themed 'Stories for the Future', this year’s SWF is the first to be programmed...
Holland-Batt longlisted for 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize
Thursday, 16 March 2023
Sarah Holland-Batt’s poetry collection The Jaguar (UQP) has been longlisted for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize, worth C$130,000 (A$142,700). The Griffin Poetry Prize is awarded annually for the best collection of poetry...
Giramondo sells US, UK rights to Wright titles
Thursday, 16 March 2023
Giramondo has sold international rights to several Alexis Wright books. In North America, New York-based independent press New Directions will publish Alexis Wright's forthcoming novel Praiseworthy (April) and her novel...
Moriarty’s ‘Apples Never Fall’ to be adapted for screen
Thursday, 16 March 2023
Liane Moriarty’s novel Apples Never Fall (Macmillan) will be adapted as a limited series. Apples Never Fall centres on the Delaneys, who appear to be a contented family. Former tennis coaches...
QBD Books to open 86th store in Frankston
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Bookselling chain QBD Books has announced the opening of its 86th store in Bayside Shopping Centre, Frankston on 1 April. The opening of QBD Books Bayside will feature local crime...
PANZ climate action report released
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has announced the completion of its report on Climate Action for the New Zealand Publishing Industry: A snapshot and...
Llewellyn to step down as Wheeler Centre CEO
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
The Wheeler Centre (TWC) CEO Caro Llewellyn has announced her resignation and will vacate the role at the end of her contract in July this year, to focus on writing...
Australian Book Design Awards 2023 longlists announced
Friday, 10 March 2023
The longlists for the 2023 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in the first three categories are: Best...
UQP announces ‘best sales results in over 20 years’
Friday, 10 March 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced its 2022 sales results, boasting a 15.4% increase in trade sales value, a 10.2% increase in ebook sales value and 105% increase in...
Bendigo Writers Festival announces 2023 program
Friday, 10 March 2023
The Bendigo Writers Festival (BWF) has announced its program for the festival running from 4–7 May 2023 in Bendigo, Victoria. Based at the 150-year-old Capital Theatre, the festival will feature...
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