Crawford’s ‘No Document’ sells to US Archive
Thursday, 29 April 2021
North American rights to Anwen Crawford’s nonfiction work No Document have been sold to Transit Books. Adam Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy from Transit acquired rights from Nick Tapper at Giramondo....
‘Phosphorescence’ wins 2021 ABIA Book of the Year Archive
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
The winners of the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. In the business awards, Penguin Random House Australia won publisher of the year while the University of...
Baxter’s ‘New Animal’ sells to US, UK, optioned for TV Archive
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
US rights to Ella Baxter's debut novel New Animal (A&U) have been sold to independent publisher Two Dollar Radio by The Book Group on behalf of Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary....
UWAP announces 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist Archive
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The winner receives a cash prize of $10,000, as well as manuscript development...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Ellen van Neerven has scooped the 2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with their poetry collection Throat (UQP). Van Neerven’s collection was awarded the overall $10,000 book of the year award,...
Liminal, Pantera establish $10,000 nonfiction prize Archive
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Liminal magazine and Pantera Press have announced a new nonfiction writing prize for First Nations writers and writers of colour. The winner of the Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize receives...
Ivers appointed HarperCollins commercial fiction & nonfiction publisher Archive
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
HarperCollins Australia has appointed Roberta Ivers to the newly created role of publisher, commercial fiction & nonfiction, HarperCollins Adult Books. ‘I am delighted to welcome Bert to our local publishing...
Doust joins Affirm as commercial publisher Archive
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Affirm Press has announced the appointment of Kelly Doust to the newly created role of publisher—commercial. ‘Kelly is exactly what we’ve been looking for to crack open new categories and...
Pham, Kruimink and Tu named SMH 2021 Best Young Australian Novelists Archive
Monday, 26 April 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced its 2021 Best Young Australian Novelists, all of whom have been chosen for debut novels. The writers are: K M (Kate) Kruimink for...
Wyld wins 2021 Stella Prize for ‘The Bass Rock’ Archive
Friday, 23 April 2021
Evie Wyld has won the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her novel The Bass Rock (Vintage). Judging panel chair Zoya Patel said the novel was ‘a consuming and perplexing...
Cook, Rajwar join Ultimo Press Archive
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Ultimo Press MD James Kellow has announced the appointment of Emily Cook and Katherine Rajwar to the positions of community & media manager and community & media coordinator respectively. Cook...
S&S acquires El Masry body inclusive wellbeing guide Archive
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to Be You Be Free by Shreen El Masry. El Masry is a non-diet, body inclusive and Health At Every Size...
Hachette acquires Temple middle-grade series Archive
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a middle-grade series by Kate Temple. The first book in the series of the same name, The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat...
Hughes-d’Aeth to head new UWAP advisory board Archive
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
The University of Western Australia (UWA) has announced its publishing arm will open for submissions from May, following UWA Publishing’s (UWAP) shift to a hybrid publishing model from late 2020....
Creative NZ Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary recipient announced Archive
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Emma Hislop has been named the recipient of of Creative New Zealand's 2021 Louis Johnson New Writer's Bursary, valued at NZ$11,000 (A$10,200). Hislop is a Taranaki-based writer whose work has...
S&S acquires Mahoney’s ‘Currently Between Husbands’ Archive
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to a book by writer and podcaster Cathrine Mahoney, host of So, I Quit My Day Job and co-host of Not...
Macky, Ballantyne to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; ABIA business awards shortlists announced Archive
Monday, 19 April 2021
Bookseller Mandy Macky and children's publisher Maryann Ballantyne will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Wednesday, 28 April. Macky will...
PRH acquires Crabb and Sales ‘Chat 10 Looks 3’ book Archive
Monday, 19 April 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to Well Hello by Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales. In the book, journalists Crabb and Sales, who started their popular podcast...
Zable honoured for Lifetime Achievement in Literature Archive
Monday, 19 April 2021
Arnold Zable has won the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature, which ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding...
ABC Books acquires Om memoir Archive
Friday, 16 April 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to ABC 7.30 reporter Jason Om’s debut memoir All Mixed Up, via Benython Oldfield of Zeitgeist Agency, to be published under the ABC Books...
Folio Books to relocate Archive
Friday, 16 April 2021
Brisbane’s Folio Books is closing temporarily, due to the planned demolition of the building in which the store is located. The store, which is holding a sale on all stock...
ABA 2021 conference program announced Archive
Friday, 16 April 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the first guests for its two-day conference, to be held in person and online from 20–22 June at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne....
Australians, New Zealander shortlisted for 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Four Australians and one New Zealander are among the finalists for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Australian and New Zealand authors shortlisted are: A N King for ‘The...
Jeffrey wins 2020 Anne Elder Award for ‘Dead Bolt’ Archive
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Australian Poetry has named Ella Jeffrey as the winner of the 2020 Anne Elder Award for her debut poetry collection Dead Bolt (Puncher & Wattmann). 'Ella Jeffery’s Dead Bolt is an...
‘As Fast as I Can’ wins Readings Children’s Book Prize 2021 Archive
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Penny Tangey's middle-grade novel As Fast as I Can (UQP) has won the 2021 Readings Children's Book Prize. Readings bookseller and prize judge Clare Millar writes that the judging panel were...
Pan Mac sells ‘Heartsick’ to US, UK Archive
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Pan Macmillan Australia has sold US and UK rights to debut nonfiction title Heartsick (Jessie Stephens) after ‘a highly contested auction’. US rights were sold to Henry Holt in a...
Program announced for APA BookUp conference Archive
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
The program has been announced for the Australian Publishing Association’s BookUp conference, which will run online and in-person in Sydney on Tuesday, 27 April. Hachette UK CEO David Shelley will...
PRH acquires Higgins memoir Archive
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired a memoir by Brittany Higgins. Higgins, whose decision to speak publicly about her alleged rape in a ministerial office was one of the...
Hardie Grant acquires book on Australia–US relations Archive
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights in debut nonfiction work Our Exceptional Friend: Australia's fatal alliance with the United States by Melbourne academic Emma Shortis, via Martin Shaw at...
Booktopia partners with online ed-tech company Zookal Archive
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Booktopia has become the exclusive supplier and fulfilment partner for online education technology company Zookal. Under the terms of the agreement, Booktopia will source, supply and distribute all of Zookal’s...
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