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The winners of the 2022 Northern Territory Literary Awards, which celebrate the unpublished work of established and emerging NT writers, have been announced.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...
Winter wins 2022 CLNZ Writers’ Award
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Iona Winter has won the NZ$25,000 (A$22,300), Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ)/New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Writers’ Award for her creative nonfiction project ‘A counter of moons’. Winter’s work...
Ritchie wins 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Brendan Ritchie has won the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for his novel Eta Draconis. Ritchie, an academic and early-career novelist from the south coast of WA,...
Varuna announces 2023 residential fellowships
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its 2023 residential fellowships. The writers and their projects are: Eleanor Dark flagship fellowship Angela O’Keeffe, for her literary fiction...
Hickey wins 2022 Danger Prize
Monday, 12 September 2022
Margaret Hickey has won the 2022 Danger Prize for her debut novel Cutters End (Penguin). Set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End, the winning novel follows Detective...
De Kretser shortlisted for Kirkus Prize
Monday, 12 September 2022
Michelle de Kretser is a finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction, worth US$50,000 (A$73,100), for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). De Kretser's book is one of six finalists in...
UQP acquires Prosser debut novel ‘Big Time’
Monday, 12 September 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Jordan Prosser’s debut novel Big Time. Described as Almost Famous meets Slaughterhouse-Five, Big Time is an anti-fascist ode to the...
Parker-Chan wins Hugo Award for Best New Writer
Friday, 9 September 2022
Australian writer Shelley Parker-Chan has won the Best New Writer category at the Hugo Awards for science fiction. Parker-Chan's debut She Who Became the Sun was first published in the...
Allinson, Brennan win Age Book of the Year awards
Friday, 9 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. Miles Allinson won the fiction award for his second novel In Moonland (Scribe), while Bernadette Brennan won the...
Queensland Literary Awards 2022 winners
Friday, 9 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) Wounded Country (Quentin Beresford,...
EPAA 2022 winners announced
Thursday, 8 September 2022
The winners of the 2022 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The winners in each category are: Secondary publisher of the year Cambridge University Press Primary publisher of...
Mascara, Varuna announce diverse writers residency
Thursday, 8 September 2022
Mascara Literary Review has announced the inaugural Mascara Varuna Writers’ and Editors’ Residency, supported by the Copyright Agency and the Adès Family Foundation. The residency is open to First Nations...
Luff appointed SWF manager of children’s and YA
Thursday, 8 September 2022
Nathan Luff has been appointed manager of children’s and YA at Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), replacing Amelia Lush, who programed the 2019–22 children’s and YA programs. Luff will program the...
Writing NSW diverse mentorship program winners announced
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Writing NSW has announced the recipients of the 2022 diverse writers mentorship program for emerging writers from Indigenous or culturally diverse backgrounds. The winners are: Azka Hameed Mayu Kanamori Harold...
Richell Prize 2022 longlist announced
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2022 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The 20 longlisted authors, chosen from over 700 entries, are: Alexander...
Banjo Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
HarperCollins Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Pine River Falls' by Christine Gregory 'Next of...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2022 winners announced
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2022 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winners in each category receive $15,000. The winning titles, chosen from shortlists...
Allan appointed Fremantle Press CEO
Monday, 5 September 2022
Former DK global publisher Alex Allan has been appointed Fremantle Press CEO, replacing Jane Fraser, who is stepping down after 15 years in the role. Allan, who has 20 years’...
Gamieldien wins inaugural WestWords/Ultimo Prize
Monday, 5 September 2022
The winner of the inaugural WestWords/Ultimo Prize is The Scope of Permissibility by Zeynab Gamieldien. Chosen from ‘an incredibly high calibre of entries’ by judges Michael Campbell (WestWords executive director),...
Wattison wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize
Friday, 2 September 2022
Meredith Wattison has won the $10,000 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Poetry. Based in the Macarthur Region of NSW, Wattison won first prize for ‘The Loose Wild Grace Of...
Inaugural Berry Writers Festival program announced
Thursday, 1 September 2022
The full program for the inaugural Berry Writers Festival, to be held 21–23 October in Shoalhaven, NSW, has been announced. The three-day program includes panel discussions, conversations, performances, author signings,...
‘Tiddas’ stage adaptation to play as part of Brisbane Festival 2022
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Anita Heiss’s 2014 novel Tiddas (S&S) has been adapted for stage in a joint production with La Boite Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Brisbane Festival. Tiddas, which will...
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