Books Create Australia shares 2022 election recommendations
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Joint industry group Books Create Australia has outlined seven specific policy recommendations that will form the basis of the group's ongoing messages to government about the sector's needs. The recommendations...
Mamun replaces Pandiella at S&S
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced the appointment of Ace Mamun as marketing and publicity director, replacing Anabel Pandiella, who was appointed head of publicity and marketing at Welbeck...
UQP acquires Saleh debut poetry collection
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to the debut poetry collection The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazel el-Banat by Arab-Australian writer and activist Sara M Saleh. Described...
‘A Place Near Eden’ wins 2022 Vogel
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
A Place Near Eden by Melbourne writer Nell Pierce has won this year’s $20,000 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age of 35. Described...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022 winners announced
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
The winners of the 2022 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Safdar Ahmed’s graphic novel Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s immigration detention system (Twelve Panels Press) was...
Booktopia opens new corporate offices in Western Sydney
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Online book retailer Booktopia has opened its new corporate offices in the Western Sydney suburb of Rhodes. The company said the new, 2000 sqm offices will free up space at...
Green to leave Meanjin
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Meanjin editor Jonathan Green has announced that the December 2022 edition of the literary journal will be his last. Green, who has has been in the role since 2015, is...
Bublitz shortlisted for Gold Dagger
Monday, 16 May 2022
Australia-based author Jacqueline Bublitz has been shortlisted for the Gold Dagger, awarded to the best crime novel originally written in English by an author of any nationality, in the UK...
Michael Gifkins Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 16 May 2022
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished...
New writers festival for Wollongong
Friday, 13 May 2022
The South Coast Writers Centre (SCWC) has announced a new literary festival, to take place in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The South Coast Writers Festival will run...
Australian Reading Hour moves to March from 2023
Friday, 13 May 2022
Australia Reads has announced that its flagship event the Australian Reading Hour, which has run each year in September for the past decade, will not take place in 2022, with...
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 winners announced
Thursday, 12 May 2022
The winners of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The NZ$60,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, Aotearoa New Zealand's richest writing prize, went to Wellington...
McTiernan’s ‘The Murder Rule’ optioned for screen
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Dervla McTiernan's fourth crime novel The Murder Rule (HarperCollins) has been optioned for screen by Disney's FX, in a deal brokered by Shane Salerno of The Story Factory. The Murder...
Douglas-Kinghorn appointed Voiceworks editor
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Express Media has announced Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn as the new editor of Voiceworks literary journal. Douglas-Kinghorn has been a member of the Voiceworks editorial committee for the past two years. As...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Monday, 9 May 2022
The shortlists for the 2021 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000) Debesa (Cindy Solonec, Magabala)...
Otmar awarded 2022 Janet Mackenzie Medal
Friday, 6 May 2022
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Geelong-based writer, editor, researcher and trainer Renée Otmar as the winner of the the 2022 Janet Mackenzie Medal for services to editing....
Black Inc. sells ‘The Successor’ to North America
Friday, 6 May 2022
Black Inc. has sold North American rights to The Successor: The high-stakes life of Lachlan Murdoch by Paddy Manning to Canadian nonfiction publisher Sutherland House after a two-way auction. Described...
Hachette acquires Rolfe YA graphic novel
Thursday, 5 May 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired Get Your Story Straight, the debut YA graphic novel by Melbourne-based author and illustrator Briar Rolfe. The deal was brokered by Hachette head of children’s publishing Jeanmarie...
Nash to step down as Booktopia CEO as company earnings down 63%
Thursday, 5 May 2022
Booktopia has announced that co-founder Tony Nash will step down from the role of CEO, as the company reported earnings fell 65% despite revenue growth of 9% in the nine...
Parker-Chan shortlisted for Hugo Award for Best Novel
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Australian writer Shelley Parker-Chan is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for her debut novel She Who Became the Sun. She Who Became the Sun was published...
Tedeschi wins 2022 Calibre Essay Prize
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Sydney-based classical musician Simon Tedeschi has won the 2022 Calibre Essay Prize for his essay ‘This Woman My Grandmother’. Tedeschi, whose debut Fugitive, will be published by Upswell this month,...
Judith Wright Poetry Prize, Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize winners announced
Monday, 2 May 2022
Overland has announced the winners of the 2021 Judith Wright Poetry Prize and Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. Writer, bookseller and co-founder of Vre Books Ender Baskan won the $6000...
Baxter, Burrows, Reid named SMH Best Young Australian Novelists 2022
Monday, 2 May 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced the Best Young Australian Novelists for 2022. The writers and their novels, all debuts, are: Ella Baxter for New Animal (A&U) Michael Burrows for Where the Line Breaks (Fremantle...
Araluen wins Stella Prize for ‘Dropbear’
Friday, 29 April 2022
Evelyn Araluen has won the 2022 Stella Prize for Dropbear (UQP), the first time a poetry collection has won the award. In the prize's 10th year, Araluen receives an additional...
Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult fiction After Story...
Molloy wins 2021 Anne Elder Award
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Australian Poetry has announced Audrey Molloy's The Important Things (Gallery Press) as the winner of the 2021 Anne Elder Award for a first book of poetry. According to the 2021 prize...
Local authors longlisted for CWA Daggers
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Several Australia-based authors have been longlisted for the UK Crime Writers' Association's (CWA) 2022 Dagger Awards. Jacqueline Bublitz has been longlisted for the Gold Dagger for best novel for her...
Australians, New Zealander shortlisted for 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Two Australians and one New Zealander are among the finalists for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Australian and New Zealand writers shortlisted are: Sarah Walker for ‘Slake’ (Australia)...
Wheeler Centre 2022 Hot Desk fellows
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2022 Hot Desk Fellowships. The 21 Hot Desk fellows are: Julia Bak Kasumi Borcyzk J R Burgmann Aurelia St Clair...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
The shortlist for the 2021 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: ‘are you ready poem’ by Ender Baskan...
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