Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Friday, 17 July 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Adult crime...
McKinty, Pomare shortlisted for US-based Macavity Award
Friday, 17 July 2020
In the US, Irish-Australian author Adrian McKinty and New Zealand author J P Pomare have been shortlisted for the Mystery Readers International’s Macavity Awards. McKinty was shortlisted for the Best...
Winch wins 2020 Miles Franklin for ‘The Yield’
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her second novel, The Yield (Hamish Hamilton). Winch, a Wiradjuri woman, is the fourth First Nations writer to...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 shortlist announced
Thursday, 16 July 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their works are: ‘Abomination’ by Ashley Goldberg (fiction) ‘The Dead Falls’ by...
S&S acquires two new Blanchard novels
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to two new books by historical fiction author Tania Blanchard. The first book in the new contract, like Blanchard's previous novels,...
EK Books acquires picture book from Exisle Academy participant
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Exisle Publishing has acquired Cookie, a debut picture book by 18-year-old writer Isabelle Duff. Duff was part of the first intake of students to participate in 'Exisle Academy', an author...
Scribe acquires Doig’s ‘We Are All Preppers Now’
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Scribe has acquired world English-language rights to Tom Doig’s third full-length book, We Are All Preppers Now, a narrative nonfiction work that examines the practices of survivalism and doomsday prepping...
ACT Writers publishes open letter regarding CWF 2020
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
ACT Writers has stated in an open letter published Sunday, 12 July that ‘as it currently stands, [it] cannot support or promote’ the 2020 Canberra Writers Festival (CWF). However, in...
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: 'Egg Timer' by C J Garrow (Vic) 'Hieroglyph'...
HarperCollins announces Books Bring Us Together campaign
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
HarperCollins Australia is launching Books Bring Us Together, a campaign aimed at celebrating 'the power of reading and the importance of local booksellers to our communities'. The campaign will include...
McKinty, McTiernan win 2020 Thriller Awards
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Adrian McKinty and Dervla McTiernan have won in their respective categories at the International Thriller Writers’ Thriller Awards 2020. McKinty's The Chain (Hachette) was named best hardcover novel, while McTiernan's...
Yager awarded 2020 Reading Australia Fellowship
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
The Copyright Agency has announced Karen Yager, deputy head at Knox Grammar School in New South Wales, is the 2020 recipient of the Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English...
Affirm acquires Grills’ ‘big beautiful female theory’
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to big beautiful female theory, an illustrated collection of 'memoir–essays' by comics artist, critic and poet Eloise Grills, in a deal brokered by Martin...
Booksellers establish new literary journal
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula booksellers Celeste Deliyiannis and Emily Westmoreland have created a new annual literary journal in response to Covid-19. PENinsula will incorporate photography, short fiction, nature writing and...
Paterson de Heer receives Writers SA Varuna Fellowship for Young Writers
Monday, 13 July 2020
Phoebe Paterson de Heer is the recipient of this year’s Writers SA Varuna Fellowship for Young Writers. Paterson de Heer receives seven nights accommodation at Varuna, a $300 travel subsidy...
PRH acquires Doyle’s ‘Echolalia’
Monday, 13 July 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Echolalia by Briohny Doyle in a two-book deal via Rach Crawford of Mackenzie Wolf. According to Doyle, the novel is ‘about grief, responsibility,...
ASA announces recipients of Takeaway Creatives grants
Friday, 10 July 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 14 recipients of its $1000 Takeaway Creatives grants, funded by the Australia Council's Covid-19 Resilience Fund. The successful authors and illustrators...
Virtual events planned for Indigenous Literacy Day; ILF records ‘huge increase’ in support
Friday, 10 July 2020
Indigenous Literacy Day, to be held on Wednesday 2 September, will this year feature three virtual events celebrating language and literacy and focussing on voices and footage from the communities...
Shortlist for 2020 National Biography Award announced
Friday, 10 July 2020
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the 2020 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works are: The Girls (Chloe Higgins, Picador) Beyond Words: A...
Byron Writers Fest, Create NSW offer new $40k writers residency
Thursday, 9 July 2020
Byron Writers Festival and Create NSW have partnered to offer a new writing group residency worth almost $40,000. The Write North Writers’ Group Residency for mid-career to established writers will...
ABA: 2020 Booksellers’ Choice awards announced; Huber, McDonald named booksellers of the year
Thursday, 9 July 2020
The winners of the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. This year for the first time the awards are presented in...
ANZ writers to feature in online literary event series ‘Comfort Food’
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Dinner Party Press, a new not-for-profit literary events organisation, has launched a four-part web series featuring writers from Australia and Europe. The event series, titled Comfort Food, will celebrate food,...
Melbourne libraries re-close as second lockdown begins
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
In line with the stage three restrictions announced by Victorian premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday, Melbourne libraries including State Library Victoria (SLV) and all City of Melbourne Library branches will...
Walker launches biannual ‘Walker Wednesday’ to discover new writers
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Walker Books will accept unsolicited manuscripts on two specific dates in 2020 via an online portal as part of its new ‘Walker Wednesday’ initiative to ‘discover new Australian stories for...
‘Real Pigeons’ to be adapted for TV by James Corden
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Andrew McDonald, illus by Ben Wood, Hardie Grant Egmont) is being developed by host of the The Late Late Show James Corden as a TV series...
Canberra Writers Festival 2020 program launched
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The Canberra Writers Festival, which will run from 12 to 16 August, has launched its 2020 program. In a statement, the festival said artistic director Jeanne Ryckmans’ program would be...
Australian book sales down 2% for year to June
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Strong sales during the second quarter of 2020 have largely cushioned the overall Australian book market from the effects of Covid-19, with Australian book sales down by just 2% for...
ABA: Online conference commences, Love Your Bookshop Day on 3 October
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
The first of the Australian Booksellers Association's (ABA) 2020 online conference events took place on Monday, 6 July, with ABA CEO Robbie Egan in conversation with Meryl Halls and Nic...
Verity La announces publishing break, apologises for ‘grave error’
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Online literary journal Verity La has announced it is taking a break from publishing to ‘reflect on the ways in which the journal has been complicit with systemic racism, sexism...
Furphy Literary Award 2020 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
The shortlists for the inaugural Furphy Literary Award has been announced. The six shortlisted stories and writers in the open category are: 'Ando Gets Plastered' by Cate Kennedy 'Awakening' by...
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