PRH named ‘master publishing partner’ for Bluey books ahead of US, UK launches
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) will publish Bluey titles in the US from October 2020 and in the UK from 2021, after BBC Studios named the multinational ‘master publishing partner’ for...
Vickerman wins SLQ Young Writers Award
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Ellen Vickerman has won the the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) Young Writers Award for her short story 'Unit K13', described by the judges as ‘a standout winner’. Vickerman receives...
NT Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Thursday, 10 September 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards were announced in August. The finalists in each category are: Short story award ($1000) 'Of Ruts and Roars' (Mhairi Duncan) 'Bull...
NT Writers Festival program announced
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
The program for this year’s NT Writers Festival, which runs from 1–4 October, has been announced. The festival’s theme is ‘Gunamidirra garawa birditj | when the tides turn’. Live events, including...
Australia Council to hold online discussions about future of arts
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
The Australia Council has released a discussion paper ahead of two online ‘town hall’ meetings to discuss the future of the arts and culture industries in light of the Covid-19...
Grattan Street Press shortlisted for higher education award
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Grattan Street Press (GSP), the University of Melbourne's teaching press, has been named a finalist in the Learning Experience category of the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) 2020 Higher Education Awards....
Booktopia, QBD among top 500 private Australian companies; Booktopia stage four lockdown sales up 150%
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Online book retailer Booktopia and the QBD bookselling chain have both made IBISWorld’s Top 500 Private Companies List, reports the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Booktopia is ranked at 372, up...
Affirm acquires Hoffman memoir ‘Full Credit to the Boys’
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Mel Hoffman’s memoir Full Credit to the Boys. Described by the publisher as 'a critical and often hilarious examination of gender in professional...
PRH acquires Next Chapter fellow Cehic’s short story collection
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to Sadvertising, the debut short story collection by Next Chapter fellow Ennis Cehic. According to the author, the satirical stories in...
Richell Prize 2020 longlist announced
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the longlist for the 2020 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted works are: 'The Dream Weavers Apprentice' (Kate Clinch-Jones)...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2020 winners announced
Monday, 7 September 2020
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced...
Banjo Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 September 2020
HarperCollins has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'The List' (Megan Albany) 'The Tuesday Afternoon Murder Club'...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 winners announced
Monday, 7 September 2020
The winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work...
More than 3500 tune in live to Indigenous Literacy Day on YouTube
Friday, 4 September 2020
More than 3500 viewers tuned in live to the Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) ‘visual event’ streamed on YouTube on 2 September, and almost 17,000 viewers have now watched it. The...
Hardie Grant acquires full ownership of children’s publishing division
Friday, 4 September 2020
Hardie Grant has acquired full ownership of the former joint venture Hardie Grant Egmont, creating Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing. In a statement, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing said it now plans...
Educational Publishing Awards 2020 winners announced
Friday, 4 September 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Promoting Literacy Development (PLD) was awarded the 2020 Publisher of the Year for...
Australian Geographic acquires ‘Deadly Science’ series
Friday, 4 September 2020
Australian Geographic has acquired world rights to an eight-book 'Deadly Science' nonfiction series aimed at primary school readers. Developed in conjunction with Deadly Science founder Corey Tutt, who will edit...
Blake Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Friday, 4 September 2020
The shortlist for the Blake Poetry Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: 'History of Sadness' by Louise Carter 'On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record' by Judith...
EWF announces At Home Residencies
Thursday, 3 September 2020
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) has launched a new remote residency program, the EWF At Home Residencies. Four successful applicants will each receive $1600 to commit to spending two weeks...
UQP acquires McQuire’s ‘Black Witness: The power of Indigenous media’
Thursday, 3 September 2020
UQP has acquired world rights to Black Witness: The power of Indigenous media, an updated collection of Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire's work. McQuire has been reporting...
YA trilogy ‘Valentine’ optioned for screen
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Jodi McAlister's supernatural YA trilogy 'Valentine' (Penguin) has been optioned for screen by Like A Photon Creative via Alex Adsett of Alex Adsett Publishing Services. McAlister's trilogy features a team...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best illustrated book Crafting Aotearoa (ed...
APA Books From Australia website to promote titles at Frankfurt
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) will promote members’ titles to international publishers on a new export-focused website. According to the APA, the Books from Australia website will be ‘coordinated free...
Inaugural Write North residency recipients announced
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Create NSW and Byron Writers Festival have announced the recipients of the inaugural Write North Writers’ Group Residency, worth almost $40,000. The successful mid-career and established NSW writers' group comprises...
New parliamentary inquiry into Covid-19 impact on arts
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts will report on Australia’s cultural and creative industries and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sector in...
HarperCollins acquires four Hawkins novels
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two adult novels and world rights to two children’s novels by Kelli Hawkins via Melanie Ostell at Melanie Ostell Literary. Hawkins' debut Other...
Scribner acquires new Falconer nonfiction work
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Scribner Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Delia Falconer’s new nonfiction work Signs and Wonders from Jane Novak at the Jane Novak Literary Agency. Building on Falconer’s essays ‘Signs and Wonders’...
Nib Literary Award 2020 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Mark and Evette Moran Literary Award, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: After the Count: The death of Davey Browne...
City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2020 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘The Silence of Water’, a work of historical fiction by Sharron Booth ‘Still...
Affirm acquires Layton memoir ‘No Apologies’
Tuesday, 1 September 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights No Apologies, a memoir by former elite netballer and current All-Australian AFLW player Sharni Layton. In 2016 Layton was named International Netball Player of...
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