Publishers, suppliers owed $12.6m by the Co-op, Curious Planet
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
The Co-op Bookshop and its Curious Planet stores owed $12.6 million to publishers and toy sellers as of last week, with $8.8 million owed for stock delivered and services rendered...
Horne Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 18 November 2019
The shortlist for the $15,000 Horne Prize for narrative nonfiction has been announced. The shortlisted writers are: Claire G Coleman for ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’, on the prolonged suffering of...
De Zilva wins 2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize
Monday, 18 November 2019
Olivia De Zilva has won the 2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize for ‘Let’s Eat 食飯!’. De Zilva described ‘Let’s Eat 食飯!’ as ‘an ode to my wonderful family’. ‘Let’s Eat...
Kat Muscat Fellowship increases to $5000
Monday, 18 November 2019
The value of Express Media's annual Kat Muscat Fellowship has increased from $3000 to $5000. The fellowship, named in honour of the late writer and Voiceworks editor Kat Muscat, offers...
Albiston wins 2019 Patrick White Award
Monday, 18 November 2019
Melbourne-based poet Jordie Albiston has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2019. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of...
HarperCollins to publish new Dalton novel in June 2020
Friday, 15 November 2019
HarperCollins Australia will publish Trent Dalton’s second novel All Our Shimmering Skies in June 2020. Set in Darwin in 1942, All Our Shimmering Skies follows ‘motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger’s...
Text acquires new Lohrey novel
Friday, 15 November 2019
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to Amanda Lohrey’s new novel The Labyrinth, via Lyn Tranter of Australian Literary Management. The Labyrinth returns to the setting of Lohrey’s 2008 novella...
The Lifted Brow wins Best Original Nonfiction at Stack Awards
Friday, 15 November 2019
The Lifted Brow (TLB) has won the award for Best Original Nonfiction at the 2019 international Stack Awards, which recognise the year's best independent magazine publishing. The nonfiction category recognises...
Matthews, Luckie win 2019 ABA NSW rep of the year
Thursday, 14 November 2019
Geoff Matthews from Penguin Random House and Nicky Luckie from Hachette Australia were named joint winners of this year’s NSW rep of the year at the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA)...
‘Her Mother’s Daughter’ wins Nib Literary Award
Thursday, 14 November 2019
Nadia Wheatley’s Her Mother's Daughter (Text) has won the Waverley Council’s Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for 2019. Wheatley’s ‘multi-layered’ memoir is a portrait of ‘a fraught marriage...
‘Overland’ Fair Australia Prize 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Literary journal Overland has announced the shortlists for this year’s Fair Australia Prize. To view all the shortlisted authors and their projects, click here. Sponsored by the United Workers Union...
Hessom Razavi announced as ABR’s Behrouz Boochani fellow
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Perth-based writer and doctor Hessom Razavi has been announced as the recipient of the Australian Book Review's (ABR) $10,000 Behrouz Boochani Fellowship. As part of the fellowship Razavi will make...
Pantera acquires two new Wasley novels
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to two new works of women’s fiction by Sasha Wasley, via Alex Adsett Publishing Services. Spring Clean for the Peach Queen follows a woman...
Queensland Literary Awards 2019 winners announced
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
The winners of the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of state significance ($25,000) Too...
Morrison joins Echo as associate publisher
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Echo Publishing has appointed Tegan Morrison as associate publisher, replacing Angela Meyer in the role after she left the company to pursue her writing career. Morrison has 20 years’ experience...
Ryckmans appointed artistic director of Canberra Writers Festival
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Literary agent and former publisher Jeanne Ryckmans has been announced as the new artistic director of the Canberra Writers Festival. Ryckmans, who replaces Michaela Bolzan in the role, previously served...
Australian authors on 2020 Dublin Literary Award longlist
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Twelve books by Australian authors have been nominated for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. The longlisted books by Australian authors are: Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) The Making of Martin...
Burbidge wins 2019 ABA Vic rep of the year
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Gavin Burbidge from Penguin Random House was named as this year’s Victorian Rep of the Year at the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Victorian booksellers and publishers Christmas party on 11...
‘Missing Marvin’ wins Children’s Peace Literature Award
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Sue deGennaro’s picture book Missing Marvin (Scholastic) has won this year’s Children’s Peace Literature Award. Convener of the judging panel Kate Prescott described Missing Marvin as a funny and gentle...
Fitzgerald wins 2019 Richell Prize for climate change-inspired stories
Monday, 11 November 2019
Melbourne-based writer Else Fitzgerald has won the 2019 Richell Prize for her entry ‘Nearly Curtains’. Set in a future marked by climate change, the collection of short stories explores the...
The University of Western Australia to close UWA Publishing
Friday, 8 November 2019
The University of Western Australia has decided to close UWA Publishing (UWAP) after almost 85 years of operation, reports the Australian. An internal memo from deputy vice-chancellor Tayyeb Shah said...
Australians nominated for 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals
Friday, 8 November 2019
A number of Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. Karen Foxlee (Lenny's Book of Everything, A&U), Paul Jennings (A Different Land,...
Fyfe wins 2019 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing
Friday, 8 November 2019
Melissa Fyfe's article ‘Getting cliterate’ (Good Weekend) has won this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Fyfe receives $7000. Her winning article describes the work of urologist Helen...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2019 winners announced
Friday, 8 November 2019
The winners of the 2019 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winning titles are: Birth to three years Let’s Go...
Walkley Book Award 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 7 November 2019
The Walkley Book Award 2019 shortlist has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Rusted Off: Why country Australia is fed up (Gabrielle Chan, Vintage) See What You Made Me Do (Jess Hill, Black...
Herrick’s YA novel ‘By the River’ wins German Youth Literature Prize
Thursday, 7 November 2019
NSW-based author Steven Herrick’s YA novel By the River (A&U) has won Germany’s Youth Literature Prize in the young adult division. First published in 2004, By the River follows 14-year-old...
A&U sells ‘Pain and Prejudice’ to US, UK
Thursday, 7 November 2019
Allen & Unwin has sold rights to Gabrielle Jackson’s Pain and Prejudice to Piatkus in the UK and Greystone Books in North America. Published in Australia in October, Pain and...
Pantera acquires new Amal Awad novel
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to journalist and author Amal Awad’s third novel, Control on the Way Down, a work of women’s fiction. Awad’s novel is about a Muslim...
Black Inc. acquires El Sayed’s memoir ‘Muddy People’
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to Sara El Sayed’s debut memoir Muddy People, a ‘smart, funny, terrifically lively exploration of growing up as a Muslim Australian in the outer...
VanOver returns to PRH amid staff changes
Monday, 4 November 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced a number of staff changes in its adult publishing division. Brandon VanOver has returned to PRH in the role of commissioning editor, where...
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