Overland announces 2021 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Overland has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize. The shortlisted stories, chosen from over 400 entries, are: ‘The Quake’ by Germain Canon ‘Trucked’ by Harmony...
‘Nevermoor’ to be adapted as musical film
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Jessica Townsend's 2017 middle-grade novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) has been acquired by Paramount Pictures to be adapated as a film musical, reports Deadline. The musical adaptation...
ABDA Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
The shortlists for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Shortlists include: Best designed commercial fiction cover Catch Us the...
FALS announces Writing at the Reef Residency recipients
Thursday, 14 April 2022
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS), based at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, has announced the recipients of its inaugural Writing at the Reef Residency, sponsored by the...
HarperCollins announces Barty publishing program
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to two children’s series and a memoir by Australian tennis player Ash Barty, in a deal brokered by Barty’s management team, HarperCollins head of nonfiction...
The Lifted Brow announces new board, plans to resume publishing
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
TLB Society Inc., which produces literary journal The Lifted Brow and publishes books under the imprint Brow Books, has announced a new board and the creation of ‘new foundational documents...
Dymocks Adelaide relocates to Regent Theatre
Monday, 11 April 2022
Dymocks has announced its flagship Adelaide shop will move into the disused, heritage-listed Regent Theatre in Rundle Mall, reports InDaily. According to Dymocks, the relocation will involve a $1.5 million...
Petraitis wins inaugural A&U Crime Fiction Prize
Monday, 11 April 2022
Vikki Petraitis is the winner of the inaugural Allen & Unwin (A&U) Crime Fiction Prize for her debut crime fiction novel The Unbelieved. Petraitis, who has been writing true crime...
‘Crawdads’ tops Dymocks Top 101, BookTok titles dominate
Friday, 8 April 2022
For the second year in a row, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Corsair) is the number one book on Dymocks' annual Top 101 online poll, while titles popular...
Aurealis Awards 2021 finalists announced
Thursday, 7 April 2022
The finalists for the 2021 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the finalists are: Best horror novel The Bridge (J...
HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel
Thursday, 7 April 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Paul Dalgarno's second novel A Country of Eternal Light, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as...
Jaffé steps down from StoryFest
Thursday, 7 April 2022
Meredith Jaffé is stepping down from the role of president and festival director of NSW South Coast festival StoryFest to focus on her writing career. Curated by Jaffé since its...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Dark as Last...
Storytorch acquires Pierlot nonfiction picture book
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Storytorch Press has acquired world rights to nonfiction picture book What Will You Make Today? by Canberra-based author and playwright Maura Pierlot. To be illustrated by Triandhika Anjani, What Will...
Simpson named UTS New Writer in Residence
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Yuwaalaraay storyteller, performer and author Nardi Simpson has been selected as the Copyright Agency-University of Technology Sydney (UTS) New Writer in Residence for 2022. Simpson is the author of Song...
SCBWI Picture Book Illustrator Awards open to Aotearoa NZ creators
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
After running as a trial in 2021, the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Picture Book Illustrator Awards have received three-year funding from the Copyright Agency. SCBWI regional...
Lonesborough wins IBBY Ena Noël Award 2022
Monday, 4 April 2022
Gary Lonesborough’s debut YA novel The Boy from the Mish (A&U) has won the biennial Ena Noël Award, presented by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for...
ASA launches Authors Legal
Monday, 4 April 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new non-profit law firm to provide low-cost legal advice to its members. Authors Legal will be headed by managing lawyer and...
Chidgey shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award
Monday, 4 April 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey has been shortlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000 (A$147,400), for her novel Remote Sympathy. First published by Te Herenga Waka University...
Canberra Writers Festival 2022 dates announced
Friday, 1 April 2022
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced that the 2022 festival will be staged from 10–14 August, ‘with a welcome return to a full program of live events’. CWF was cancelled...
HarperCollins acquires debut novel after ‘heated’ auction
Friday, 1 April 2022
HarperCollins Publishers Australia has acquired ANZ rights to the novel The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers after a 'heated' auction, in a deal brokered by Benython Oldfield of...
Pung’s ‘Laurinda’ optioned for TV
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Development and production rights to Alice Pung’s YA novel Laurinda have been acquired by production company EQ Media, in a deal negotiated by Sophy Williams at Black Inc. EQ Media...
Hardie Grant acquires Firebrace’s ‘Come Together’
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Hardie Grant has acquired world print and ebook rights to children’s picture book Come Together: Things every Aussie kid should know about the First Peoples by musician and Yorta Yorta,...
Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 31 March 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: TAKE CARE (Eunice Andrada, Giramondo) Dropbear (Evelyn Araluen, UQP) No Document (Anwen Crawford, Giramondo)...
Government announces additional ‘phase-down’ RISE funding
Thursday, 31 March 2022
The federal government has included $20 million to ‘phase-down’ the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund in its 2022–23 budget, announced on Wednesday 30 March. First announced as...
Morison awarded 2022 Boundless Mentorship
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Gamilaroi writer Judi Morison has won the 2022 Boundless Indigenous Writer's Mentorship for her family saga ‘When Grandmothers Speak’. Set in Queensland and northern New South Wales in the 1950s,...
AWW 2022: ‘energising and uplifting’
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
The 2022 Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW), which ran from 5–10 March in the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden, hosted 180 authors and 41 chairs across 108 sessions of open-air readings, panel...
New Westwords/Ultimo Prize announced
Monday, 28 March 2022
WestWords and Ultimo Press have partnered to offer a new prize for emerging writers with ‘a connection to Western Sydney’. Free to enter, the Westwords/Ultimo Prize offers the winner $5000...
BookUp 2022 keynotes announced
Monday, 28 March 2022
The Australian Publisher’s Association (APA) has announced the first guests for its second BookUp conference, which will take place at the ICC Sydney on Thursday, 9 June. The APA said...
SWF 2022 program announced
Friday, 25 March 2022
The program for the 2022 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs Monday 16 – Sunday 22 May, has been announced. Themed ‘Change My Mind’, the 25th SWF features 234 events...
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