‘The Animals in that Country’ shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award
Thursday, 1 July 2021
In the UK, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe) has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction. McKay’s novel, which won the...
Cosslett appointed PANZ president, NZ book sales receive pandemic boost
Thursday, 1 July 2021
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has appointed Graeme Cosslett as president of the PANZ council. Cosslett, who is director of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)...
Dymocks to add 25 stores as part of three-year plan
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Dymocks will launch its own range of non-book items in August this year, and aims to increase the size of the chain by adding 25 stores as part of a...
ABA conference 2021: Diversity discussed, book sales going strong
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2021 conference, which was moved online in the wake of uncertainty caused by Melbourne’s Covid-19 outbreak, took place from 20–23 June. Most of the programmed...
Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Canberra-based editor, translator and author Theodore Ell has won the 15th Calibre Essay prize for ‘Façades of Lebanon’, his essay on the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Ell receives $5000...
Hachette acquires Yarwood debut in two-book deal
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sydney author Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel The Wakes in a 'hotly contested' international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck with Catherine Drayton...
Colin Roderick Award 2021 longlist announced
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
The longlist for the $20,000 Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The 15 longlisted titles are: The...
Readings staff vote for EBA, BRTD staff consider industrial action
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
A majority of staff at the Readings bookselling chain in Melbourne have voted to negotiate an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) reports. In...
Ultimo acquires Jafari debut ‘Forty Nights’
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Pirooz Jafari’s literary fiction debut Forty Nights, in a deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. Forty Nights is a novel...
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients announced
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Writers Victoria has announced the sixth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Round six was delayed in early 2020 due to Covid-19 and travel restrictions, and...
Desperate Literature Prize 2021 winner announced, Australians shortlisted
Monday, 28 June 2021
London writer Paige Cowan-Hall has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, while Australia-based writers Phillippa Finkemeyer, Campbell Andersen and Erin Scudder made the...
Holland-Batt awarded $100,000 Judy Harris fellowship
Monday, 28 June 2021
Australian poet, writer and critic Sarah Holland-Batt has been awarded the University of Sydney’s $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence fellowship at the Charles Perkins Centre. Holland-Batt, who is associate...
Affirm acquires Berry’s ‘Fearlessly Failing’
Monday, 28 June 2021
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to nutritionist and podcast host Lola Berry’s new personal development book Fearlessly Failing. Affirm said Fearlessly Failing is ‘a guide to embracing challenges and...
Nicholls wins 2021 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Friday, 25 June 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Jan Nicholls as the winner of the 2021 Nan Chauncy Award for her contribution to children’s literature. Nicholls was a teacher...
Black Inc. acquires Clode’s book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’
Friday, 25 June 2021
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to biologist and natural history author Danielle Clode’s new book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’, via Jenny Darling & Associates. Black Inc. publisher...
Australian Book Design Awards 2021 winners announced
Friday, 25 June 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in April, the winners in each...
Jakob wins 2021 IPEd Rosie award
Thursday, 24 June 2021
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Johannes Jakob as the winner of the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie, for his work on The Bluffs (Kyle...
Pilkington departs Hachette
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Hachette Australia has announced that sales director Daniel Pilkington is leaving the company. ‘In his more than 10 years with Hachette, he has made not only a significant contribution to...
Transit Lounge acquires Howell debut
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Transit Lounge has acquired world English rights to Adriane Howell's debut novel Hydra, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. The novel’s protagonist is Anja, a disgraced antiquarian who comes to...
Byron Writers Festival 2021 full program announced
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Byron Writers Festival has revealed the full program for its 2021 event, which runs the weekend of 6–8 August at various locations throughout Byron Bay, NSW. In its 25th year,...
NewSouth acquires Kamenev’s ‘Kin’
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
NewSouth has acquired ANZ rights to Kin: Family in the 21st century by journalist Marina Kamenev via Melanie Ostell Literary. In Kin, Kamenev will investigate how traditional ideas of family...
D&Q to publish Ang short story collection, graphic novel
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly (D&Q) has acquired world rights (ex ANZ) to two books by Melbourne-based cartoonist Rachel Ang, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. The first...
Chow wins 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Keshe Chow has won the 2021 Lip magazine Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for her story ‘Lady Finger’. Judge Nicola Redhouse said Chow’s story ‘achieved a wonderful balance of surprise,...
Booktopia shortlisted for online retail awards
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted for the 2021 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist in the Best Pureplay Retailer category for 'online-only retailers who demonstrate best...
Affirm signs first debut from Sweatshop mentorship
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Affirm Press has acquired a debut novel by Shirley Le, the first book to be acquired through the Affirm Press Mentorship for Sweatshop Writers. Le, a Vietnamese-Australian writer from Yagoona,...
‘Fight Like a Girl’ to be adapted for TV
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Aquarius Films has acquired all development and production rights to Clementine Ford’s nonfiction book Fight Like a Girl (A&U), in a deal negotiated by Jacinta Dimase at Jacinta Dimase Management....
Lit orgs, writers among latest Australia Council funding recipients
Monday, 21 June 2021
The Australia Council has announced $8.8 million in funding for 256 projects in its latest round of funding. Among the literature organisations to receive funding for projects are Liminal Magazine...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021 shortlists announced
Monday, 21 June 2021
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2021 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL). The shortlisted titles in each category are: Nonfiction The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants (Philip...
ABA 2021 Booksellers’ Choice winners announced
Monday, 21 June 2021
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2021 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Adult Fiction Book of...
Lui wins Russell Prize for Humour Writing, Bunting wins inaugural writing for young people award
Friday, 18 June 2021
Nakkiah Lui has won the $10,000 biennial Russell Prize for Humour Writing for Black is the New White (A&U), the book of her play of the same name. Judges Mark...
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