Report finds people reading more books due to Covid-19
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
A new research report from GlobalWebIndex (GWI) has found 20% of Australians and 26% of New Zealanders surveyed are reading more books due to Covid-19. The coronavirus-focused market research report...
Transit Lounge acquires Papathanasiou’s ‘The Stoning’
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Transit Lounge has acquired world English rights to debut crime fiction novel The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou, via Martin Shaw from Shaw Literary. Canberra-based Papathanasiou, who published his memoir Little...
Kamaleddine’s ‘The Truth About Luck’ wins inaugural Matilda Children’s Literature Prize
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Samera Kamaleddine has won HarperCollins Australia’s inaugural Matilda Children’s Literature Prize for her YA manuscript The Truth About Luck. Kamaleddine’s novel tells the story of a 16-year-old Lebanese–Australian Layla Karimi,...
MUBA renamed SPN Book of the Year Award
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
The Small Press Network (SPN) has renamed its annual Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA) as the Small Press Network Book of the Year Award. The MUBA 'celebrated hidden gems—engaging and...
‘Invisible Boys’ optioned for film and TV
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Director Nicholas Verso and producer Tania Chambers have optioned the film and television rights to Invisible Boys (Holden Sheppard, Fremantle Press), via Haylee Nash of the Nash Agency. The YA...
Williams appointed interim SWF artistic director
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Former Wheeler Centre director Michael Williams has been appointed interim artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF), reports the Age. Williams will remain based in Melbourne, spending a week...
Federal government to propose copyright reforms later this year
Monday, 17 August 2020
The federal government will propose reforms to Australia’s copyright laws in exposure draft legislation it expects to release later this year. The proposed reforms will follow the government’s initial response...
ANZ children’s illustrations to feature in ‘The Ickabog’
Monday, 17 August 2020
Six Australians and four New Zealanders are among the 34 children whose artworks will illustrate the UK version of J K Rowling's The Ickabog (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)....
National Simultaneous Storytime 2021 to take place on International Space Station
Monday, 17 August 2020
Philip Bunting's forthcoming picture book Give Me Some Space! (Scholastic, November) has been chosen for the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) 2021, which will take...
Robotham shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger
Friday, 14 August 2020
Good Girl Bad Girl (Michael Robotham, Hachette) has been shortlisted for the Gold Dagger in the 2020 Crime Writers Association (CWA) Dagger Awards. The Gold Dagger is for the best...
Boldwood to publish Higgins’ ‘An Unusual Boy’ in ‘innovative’ partnership with Booktopia
Friday, 14 August 2020
Fiona Higgins’ next novel will be published by UK-based Boldwood Books and distributed in Australia by Booktopia via its Booktopia Publisher Services distribution arm. Boldwood, which has acquired world rights...
Saunders wins 2020 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Friday, 14 August 2020
Mykaela Saunders has won the 2020 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘River Story’. Saunders receives $6000. C J Garrow was placed second for...
NCACL launches First Nations children’s book resource
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature (NCACL) has produced a new, freely accessible database of children’s books by and about Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Stage one,...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2020 winners announced
Thursday, 13 August 2020
The winners of the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. New Zealand poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh’s first book for children, Mophead, took...
Auckland booksellers enter stage three lockdown
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
In New Zealand, Auckland bookshops have entered stage three lockdown for at least three days as the country responds to four new cases of Covid-19 contracted from an unknown source....
CBCA Book Week 2020 postponed to October
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
This year's CBCA Book Week, which usually runs in late August during term three, will now take place in term four, from October 17–23. The rescheduled dates are due to...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best novel Whatever it Takes (Paul Cleave,...
Arab-Australian writers auction signed books for Beirut
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
An online auction has been established by Arab-Australian authors, academics and artists to raise funds for Impact Lebanon, a charity providing disaster relief for the victims of the Beirut explosion....
Guidelines for $75m RISE and $35m Arts Sustainability funds released
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
The federal government has released guidelines for the $75 million Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund and $35 million Arts Sustainability Fund announced in June in response to...
Create NSW funding recipients announced; future of Writing NSW ‘at risk’
Monday, 10 August 2020
Create NSW has announced the recipients of its Multi-Year Organisations Funding. In the literature category, four organisations received combined funding of $570,000: Red Room Poetry ($125,000): To support its vision for...
Hardie Grant acquires Ellis’ ‘Sex, Lies and Question Time’
Monday, 10 August 2020
Hardie Grant Books has acquired Sex, Lies and Question Time: The successes and struggles of women in Australia’s parliament by former Australian politician Kate Ellis. The publisher said Ellis’ book...
Magabala acquires Reid’s ‘Our Matriarchs Matter’
Monday, 10 August 2020
Magabala Books has acquired Our Matriarchs Matter by Wiradjuri and Wailwan activist, lawyer and co-founder of Instagram account Blackfulla Bookclub, Teela May Reid. The publisher acquired the work of junior...
Scott joins WA Writers Hall of Fame, WA Prem’s Book Award winners announced
Monday, 10 August 2020
The winners of the 2019 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced, with Kim Scott inducted into the Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame. Scott's works include the award-winning...
A&U announces new crime fiction prize
Monday, 10 August 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced a new prize for an unpublished crime or thriller manuscript, with the winner to receive a publishing contract and advance against royalties of $25,000....
Changes to JobKeeper, Victorian business grants
Friday, 7 August 2020
Businesses will now only need to show their GST turnover has fallen in the June quarter to qualify for the extended JobKeeper scheme, reports the ABC. Previously businesses needed to...
UQP acquires Walker’s ‘The First Time I Thought I was Dying’
Friday, 7 August 2020
UQP has acquired world rights to The First Time I Thought I was Dying, a collection of personal essays and cultural criticism on ‘the unruly body in late capitalism’ from...
S&S acquires Rogers autobiography
Friday, 7 August 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired the autobiography of rugby player Mat Rogers. The book, scheduled for Christmas 2021, is the first major acquisition by new S&S nonfiction publisher...
Parritt joins ABA
Thursday, 6 August 2020
Former Lonely Planet Asia Pacific marketing manager David Parritt has joined the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) as product and member services assistant. The ABA said Parritt brings with him ‘a...
Woodley purchases ALS Library Services
Thursday, 6 August 2020
Patricia Genat has sold ALS Library Services to managing director Simon Woodley. Genat, who has owned the business for 13 years, said, ‘It was a privilege to own and run...
Shortlists for 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize...
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