Perkin’s My Bookshop to close Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
My Bookshop, the independent Melbourne bookstore owned by Corrie Perkin, is set to close, ‘a victim of Covid-19 lockdowns and lease negotiations’, reports the Age. Perkin, who launched the Hawksburn...
Oratia Media named Bologna publisher of the year, Oceania Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Independent New Zealand/Aotearoa publisher Oratia Media has won the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The winner's citation describes Oratia Media as...
IPEd announces shortlist for 2021 Rosie Award Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, also known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are: Johannes Jakob, for his...
Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award has been announced. Selected from 100 submissions, including short story collections and novellas of up to 30,000 words, the 12...
Authors, industry figures recognised in 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours Archive
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Several authors and publishing industry figures are among the recipients of this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours. Publishing industry figures cited include writers Lily Brett and James Bradley, who were awarded...
Walker named 2021 UQP Quentin Bryce Award winner Archive
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Sarah Walker has been named the winner of the 2021 UQP Quentin Bryce Award for her essay collection The First Time I Thought I Was Dying. Established in 2020, the...
Williams to step down as ILF commits to First Nations leadership Archive
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) executive director Karen Williams has announced she will step down after 11 years in the role. She will transition out of the role over the...
Ultimo Press acquires Coyle debut novel in two-book deal Archive
Friday, 11 June 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights for two books by debut novelist Zoë Coyle, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans of Cameron’s Management. Where the Light Gets In is...
Akec, Kemp win UWAP Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript Archive
Friday, 11 June 2021
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced Kgshak Akec and Joshua Kemp as this year’s joint winners of the Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript, for their respective manuscripts ‘Hopeless Kingdom’...
MWF partners with the Age, Book of the Year award returns Archive
Thursday, 10 June 2021
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) will partner with the Age newspaper, with the festival to present the Age Book of the Year award, which is returning after a nine-year hiatus. According to...
EWF 2021 goes completely digital Archive
Thursday, 10 June 2021
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), which was originally planned as a hybrid festival of both online and in-person events at locations across Melbourne, has announced it will shift its 2021...
Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 10 June 2021
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Homing Stars’ by Tiffany Korssen ‘Lady Finger’ by Keshe Chow ‘The Tooth...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2021 finalists announced Archive
Thursday, 10 June 2021
The finalists for the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlists in each category, chosen from 166 entries, are: Picture Book Award...
ABA moves 2021 conference online only Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced it will hold its forthcoming 2021 conference online only, due to the uncertainty caused by Melbourne’s ongoing Covid-19 restrictions. The conference had been...
PEN Sydney establishes writer’s refuge program Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
PEN Sydney has established a writer’s refuge for writers living with disadvantage and/or discrimination that restricts their work. Supported by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at University of...
HarperCollins acquires Funnell’s ‘Let Her Speak’ Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Let Her Speak by investigative journalist Nina Funnell. Let Her Speak traces the stories of sexual assault survivors across Australia as they work to...
Spineless Wonders launches new imprint Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Small press Spineless Wonders, which specialises in short fiction, has created a new imprint, ES-Press. ES-Press was established to publish poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction including essays and memoir—work that...
Writing NSW Emerging Writers mentees announced Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Writing NSW has announced the successful applicants for its new Emerging Writers Mentorship Program for emerging writers from Indigenous or culturally diverse backgrounds. The successful applicants are: Deniz Agraz Jackie...
Scribner acquires Ballard’s ‘I, Millennial’ Archive
Monday, 7 June 2021
Simon & Schuster has acquired I, Millennial: One snowflake’s screed against plague, boomers, billionaires & everything else by comedian Tom Ballard, to be published under its Scribner imprint. The publisher...
Digital library service hoopla expands to Australia Archive
Monday, 7 June 2021
US online library service hoopla digital has expanded to Australia, its first international market beyond North America. Available immediately, the service offers library card holders from selected libraries access to...
HarperCollins acquires ‘This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch’ Archive
Friday, 4 June 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, an ‘irrepressibly clever and uplifting book about the role of joy in women’s lives’ by...
MUP announces operating profit increase of 19% Archive
Friday, 4 June 2021
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has reported its operating profit for the two-year period of 2019–2020 is up 19%, compared to 2017–2018. ‘Since the end of 2018, total equity in the...
UQP acquires Haddad debut novel ‘Losing Face’ Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
UQP has acquired world rights to Losing Face, the debut novel by Sydney writer George Haddad. Losing Face interweaves the stories of Joey, who has recently finished school and is...
Inaugural Kuracca Prize longlist announced Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Overland has announced the longlist for the inaugural Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature, created in honour of the late Wiradjuri elder, poet, writer, activist and artist Kerry Reed-Gilbert. The longlisted...
Ultimo acquires Hyland crime fiction in two-book deal Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Canticle Creek and a second book by crime writer Adrian Hyland. ‘When Adam Lawson's wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s...
Dunnell wins Fogarty Literary Award for ‘The Glass House’ Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Perth writer Brooke Dunnell has won the Fogarty Literary Award for her novel The Glass House. Dunnell receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and a publishing contract...
HGCP to publish ‘Freedom Day’, sponsor Freedom Day Festival Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the acquisition of picture book Freedom Day, which will be released under the new Bright Light Books imprint in August. Freedom Day tells...
‘The Nancys’ optioned for screen Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Screen adaptation rights to crime novel The Nancys by Melbourne-based New Zealand author R W R McDonald (A&U) have been optioned by Queensland production company Hoodlum Entertainment, via Grace Heifetz...
HarperCollins acquires Maiden book on ‘toxic Canberra bubble’ Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
HarperCollins Australia has announced its acquisition of world rights to an as yet untitled book on the ‘toxic Canberra bubble’ by Walkley Award-winning journalist Samantha Maiden in ‘a fiercely contested...
Australian children’s book creators sign open letter in support of Palestine Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Almost 300 publishing professionals, authors, illustrators and others with a connection to the children’s book industry have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian liberation since it was posted online on...
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