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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

Kat Muscat logo 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

Photo of author Trent Dalton credit Lyndon Mechielsen 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

VanOver returns to PRH amid staff changes 

PRH logo 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...