Oswald, McGahan, St John TV adaptations receive funding
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Television adaptations of novels The Family Doctor (Debra Oswald, A&U), The Rich Man's House (Andrew McGahan, A&U) and The Ladies in Black (Madeleine St John, Text) are among 21 projects sharing...
Byron Writers Festival announces Restart funding program
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Byron Writers Festival has announced a new residency program funded by Create NSW, which has granted the festival $185,000 to be disbursed in residencies as well as free workshops for...
S&S Australia reports record year, sales up 15%
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Total sales at Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia grew to more than $50 million for the first time, up 15% on 2019, the company reports. S&S Australia managing director Dan...
Pantera acquires debut thriller
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The Scarlet Cross, a ‘gripping debut psychological thriller’ by Lyn McFarlane, from Jane Novak Literary Agency. McFarlane said she is ‘delighted to be...
UQP to publish Indigenous speculative fiction anthology
Monday, 1 March 2021
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) will publish an anthology of Indigenous speculative fiction in collaboration with Koori and Lebanese writer Mykaela Saunders, who will curate and edit the collection....
Scribner acquires Cave’s ‘Into the Rip’
Monday, 1 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia’s Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Into the Rip: How the Australian way of risk made my family braver, happier … and less American by...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Friday, 26 February 2021
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2021 has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted titles, for readers aged 5 to 12, are: The Power of Positive Pranking...
Transit Lounge acquires Bacon short story collection
Friday, 26 February 2021
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Eugen Bacon’s short story collection Danged Black Thing. Bacon is an African-Australian computer scientist and writer of speculative fiction, whose previous titles have...
Wakefield acquires Roff debut short fiction collection
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Wakefield Press has acquired world rights to the debut short fiction collection, provisionally titled Third Heaven, by Adelaide writer Andrew Roff, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. ‘Roff’s daring, irreverent...
ARRA 2020 finalists announced
Thursday, 25 February 2021
The finalists for the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Association's (ARRA) annual awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Favourite paranormal romance Alpha Night (Nalini Singh, Gollancz) Famine...
UQP acquires Atkins picture book
Thursday, 25 February 2021
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Egg, the first picture book by YA author Clare Atkins. A ‘multi-layered picture book with thought-provoking metaphors around environment, generational...
Griffiths appointed HarperCollins sales director
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
HarperCollins has appointed Karen-Maree Griffiths to the position of sales director, replacing Darren Kelly in the role. ‘We are delighted to welcome Karen-Maree back to HarperCollins,' said CEO said Jim...
CBCA 2021 Notable Books announced
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2021. The books in each category are: Older readers The F Team (Rawah Arja, Giramondo)...
Australians longlisted for 2021 Walter Scott Prize
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Four Australian authors have been longlisted for the UK's £25,000 (A$44,440) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Steven Conte was longlisted for The Tolstoy Estate, K M Kruimink for A...
Pantera acquires Fa’Aoso memoir
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the debut memoir by actor and former professional footballer Aaron Fa'Aoso in a six-figure pre-empt from Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management....
Williams wins 2021 MUD Literary Prize
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press) has won the fourth annual MUD Literary Prize. Presented annually for the best debut literary novel by an Australian writer,...
Scribner acquires Haigh Evatt history
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Under its Scribner imprint Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the great Australian dissent, a new work of history by Gideon...
S&S acquires historical fiction debut
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Understudy, a historical fiction debut by Julie Bennett. ‘The Understudy is set in 1973, the year the Opera House opened....
Text announces Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Text Publishing has announced the Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers, a new initiative designed to nurture and encourage a new Australian children’s writer under the age of 25. The...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 longlists announced
Monday, 22 February 2021
The longlists for the Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best Designed Commercial...
ABIA 2021 longlists announced
Monday, 22 February 2021
The longlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Bluffs (Kyle Perry, Michael...
SRB to increase nonfiction reviews; festivals, Wheeler Centre receive funding
Monday, 22 February 2021
The Copyright Agency has announced funding from its Cultural Fund to support writers via the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) and panels at seven major writers festivals and the Wheeler...
Publisher, bookseller Facebook pages wiped of content
Friday, 19 February 2021
Many book publishers, literary journals and booksellers have had their Facebook pages wiped of content after the social media platform banned the sharing of all Australian news content in response...
Kelly departs HarperCollins
Friday, 19 February 2021
HarperCollins Australia has announced the departure of sales director Darren Kelly, after nine years in the role. HarperCollins ANZ CEO Jim Demetriou said, ‘Darren has been an amazing advocate for...
WAYRBA 2021 shortlists announced
Thursday, 18 February 2021
The shortlists for the 2021 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Pig the Blob (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) Twelve...
PRH acquires Lattouf’s ‘How to Lose Friends and Influence White People’
Thursday, 18 February 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired the first book by journalist and activist Antoinette Lattouf, How to Lose Friends and Influence White People. The book was acquired at auction...
Inaugural Little Hare Illustration Prize winner announced
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced Meg Rennie as the winner of the inaugural 2020 Little Hare Illustration Prize. ‘Meg’s artwork enchanted the judging panel with her vivacious character...
Avery signs four-book deal after Walker Wednesday submission
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to two picture books and two graphic novels by Western Australian author Sean E Avery, after he submitted his manuscripts to Walker Wednesday....
HarperCollins acquires two Foster novels
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two new novels by Sara Foster, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown in a ‘fiercely contested’ auction. The first title, The Hush, ‘is...
Staff changes at Readings: Kenwood resigns; Ryan appointed Carlton shop manager
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Former Penguin Random House (PRH) publishing manager Louise Ryan has joined Readings as the manager of the company's Carlton shop. Ryan resigned from her role at PRH in December last...
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