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SPN Book of the Year shortlist announced

Thursday, 6 October 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year (BOTY) Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Friends and Dark Shapes (Kavita Bedford, Text) No...

Ampersand Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ampersand Prize for unpublished young adult and middle-grade manuscripts. The winner receives an advance and publishing contract from...

Aus Political Book of the Year 2022 longlist announced

Monday, 3 October 2022
The longlist for the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles, selected from over 35 nominations by judging panel Laurie Oakes, Laura Tingle,...

Lim wins 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award

Friday, 30 September 2022
S L Lim has won the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award for Revenge: Murder in three parts (Transit Lounge). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors,...

Robinson appointed ILF publishing manager

Friday, 30 September 2022
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has appointed Nicola Robinson to the role of publishing manager. Robinson has worked in publishing, journalism and community arts with a focus on children’s books,...

Jaireth wins ACT Book of the Year

Friday, 30 September 2022
Canberra writer Subhash Jaireth has won the 2021 ACT Book of the Year for his essay collection Spinoza’s Overcoat: Travels with writers and poets (Transit Lounge). Chosen from a shortlist of...

IPEd responds to APA diversity survey

Thursday, 29 September 2022
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is developing a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy in response to findings concerning the lack of diversity in the Australian publishing industry, which...

Vizard wins Banjo Prize for ‘The Love Contract’

Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Steph Vizard has won HarperCollins's Banjo Prize, for her unpublished manuscript ‘The Love Contract’. Chosen from a shortlist of five, Vizard’s novel is described by the publisher as ‘an enemies-to-lovers...

Parker-Chan wins two British Fantasy Awards

Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Australian writer Shelley Parker-Chan has won two categories at the 2022 British Fantasy Awards. Parker-Chan took out both best fantasy novel and best newcomer for She Who Became the Sun...

UQP acquires Plozza middle-grade novel

Tuesday, 27 September 2022
UQP has acquired ANZ rights to Meet Me at the Moon Tree, a new middle-grade novel by Shivaun Plozza. Meet Me at the Moon Tree follows 10-year-old Carina grieving the...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2022 winners announced

Monday, 26 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Gerard Reid Award for Best Book Conversātiō...

PRH acquires Kirsten Holocaust memoir

Monday, 26 September 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to US-based Australian author Karen Kirsten’s Holocaust memoir Irena’s Gift, via Chris Bucci and Vanessa Kerr at Aevitas. Irena’s Gift tells the story of...

A&U acquires Nadesalingam memoir

Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to a memoir by Priya Nadesalingam. Following the national interest generated by community supporters over several years in the ‘Home to Biloela’...

ACT Book of the Year 2021 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 20 September 2022
The shortlist for the 2021 ACT Book of the Year, which recognises ‘quality contemporary literary works’ by authors based in the ACT, has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Oil...

Sony acquires ‘Horse’ screen rights

Monday, 19 September 2022
Screen rights to Geraldine Brooks’s most recent novel Horse (Hachette) have been acquired by Sony’s 3000 Pictures ‘in a competitive situation’, according to Deadline. Brooks’ novel tells the story of...

Bublitz sweeps 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards

Monday, 19 September 2022
New Zealand author Jacqueline Bublitz has won both the Best Novel and Best First Novel categories at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards, for her debut Before You Knew My Name...

MWF 2022: box office ‘comparable’ to previous 10-day festivals

Friday, 16 September 2022
The first in-person Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) since 2019 wrapped up on Sunday, 11 September following a four-day program comprising 150 events with over 270 guests. Taking place in venues...

Environment Award for Children’s Literature, Karajia Award 2022 winners announced

Friday, 16 September 2022
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2022 Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the inaugural Karajia Award for First Nations children’s storytelling. The winners in each category...

NT Literary Awards 2022 winners announced

Friday, 16 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Northern Territory Literary Awards, which celebrate the unpublished work of established and emerging NT writers, have been announced. Winners in seven categories were announced, including:...

Riwoe, Beudel awarded Copyright Agency author fellowships

Thursday, 15 September 2022
The Copyright Agency has awarded $80,000 writing fellowships to Mirandi Riwoe and Saskia Beudel. Riwoe received the Author Fellowship to write her novel A Short History of Longans, a story...

ADS adds Toll, resources; outlines improvements at XL

Thursday, 15 September 2022
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) has added Toll as a delivery partner alongside its leading freight partner XL Express, which ADS reports it has ‘worked closely with’ on improvements for Christmas...

Cronk debut sells to US

Thursday, 15 September 2022
Sally Bird at Calidris Literary Agency has sold world rights to Australian author Evelyn Cronk’s debut novel Without Question to US publisher Level Best Books, which specialises in contemporary and...

Deakin, Copyright Agency announce $20K children’s author residency

Thursday, 15 September 2022
Deakin University and the Copyright Agency have partnered to create a new residency for children's authors. The Deakin University/Copyright Agency Children’s Writer-in-Residence program offers a $20,000 stipend and a three-month...