Aurealis Awards 2019 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
The winners of the 2019 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The winners in each category are: Best science fiction novel...
Transit Lounge acquires Jach’s ‘Travelling Companions’ Archive
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Transit Lounge has acquired world English-language rights to Antoni Jach’s fourth novel, Travelling Companions. Publisher Barry Scott said the novel is ‘charming, amusing and philosophical. Solitary travellers and a couple...
Further Creative Vic Sustaining Creative Workers grants announced Archive
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Creative Victoria has announced a second tranche of recipients of its Sustaining Creative Workers grants. Initially announced in April in response to Covid-19 as a $2.2 million fund, the quick-response...
Nib Literary Award 2020 longlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
The longlist for the $20,000 Mark and Evette Moran Literary Award, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Nothing New (Robyn Annear, Text) After the Count (Stephanie Convery,...
New interim board at The Lifted Brow apologises, promises restructure Archive
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
A new interim board at TLB Society Inc., which produces literary journal The Lifted Brow and publishes books under publishing arm Brow Books, has announced it will undertake ‘a complete...
Hall, Kneen receive $80k Copyright Agency fellowships Archive
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has awarded three fellowships totalling $240,000. Writers Rodney Hall and Krissy Kneen and visual artist Khaled Sabsabi will each receive $80,000 to create new works....
Coles to offer free ‘Treehouse’ mini titles, donate to ILF Archive
Monday, 27 July 2020
Australian supermarket chain Coles has partnered with author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Terry Denton to offer 24 pocket-sized ‘Treehouse’ titles as the chain’s new Collectables items, available from Wednesday, 29...
Savage to leave Writers Victoria Archive
Monday, 27 July 2020
Writers Victoria CEO Angela Savage has been appointed the inaugural CEO of Public Libraries Victoria (PLV). PLV chairperson Chris Buckingham said in a statement that Savage stood out during the...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 people’s choice shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 24 July 2020
The titles shortlisted for the $10,000 People’s Choice Book of the Year Award in the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: A Lifetime of Impossible...
Educational Publishing Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 24 July 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). The shortlists in each category are: Primary Student Resource: Arts/Science/Humanities/Social Sciences/Technologies/Health and Physical...
McKinty wins 2020 Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Archive
Friday, 24 July 2020
Irish-Australian writer Adrian McKinty has won the 2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for his novel, The Chain (Hachette). McKinty received the £3000 (A$5490) award at...
MWF Digital program announced Archive
Thursday, 23 July 2020
The full program for the 2020 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which will be delivered entirely online from 7–16 August, has been announced. MWF Digital will run under the theme ‘Attention’, and...
UQP acquires two new books from Birch Archive
Thursday, 23 July 2020
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired a short story collection, Dark as Last Night, and a work of poetry, Whisper Songs, by Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Tony Birch. ‘Dark as...
Federal government extends JobKeeper, cuts rate Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
The federal government has revealed changes to its JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, with the program to be extended beyond its original September end-date—albeit at a lower rate. From 28 September,...
Shortlist for inaugural Matilda Children’s Literature Prize announced Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
HarperCollins Australia has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Matilda Children’s Literature Prize. The three shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Exposed' by Sandy Bigna, about a teenager who starts having strange flashbacks...
Fuller, Woods win 2020 Readings YA, children’s book prizes Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Readings has announced the winners of its YA and children's book prizes for 2020. Lisa Fuller was named the winner of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize for her debut...
Wakefield to publish #LoveOzYA horror anthology Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Wakefield Press will publish YA fiction anthology Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, described as ‘the brainchild of acclaimed YA author and Wakefield Press staff member Poppy Nwosu, who will curate...
Scribe acquires nonfiction anthology on class in Australia Archive
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Scribe has acquired world rights to Cop this Lot: Writers on growing up class-conscious in Australia, an anthology of essays on the theme of social class in Australia. Rights were...
ABA: Nielsen reports pre-lockdown sales surge, predicts rebound Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Book sales in Australia in the week prior to Australia’s first Covid-19 lockdown increased by 35% in volume and 10% in value on the same time in 2019, according to...
Pantera acquires Liminal anthology ‘Collisions’ Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to Liminal magazine anthology Collisions: Fictions of the Future (ed by Leah Jing McIntosh, Adalya Nash Hussein, Cher Tan & Hassan Abul). The anthology...
Griffith Review Novella Project 2020 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
The winners of the Griffith Review’s Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning writers are: Rhianna Boyle Claire G Coleman Mikele Prestia Kate Veitch. The four winners share the $25,000...
McGuire appointed MWF artistic director Archive
Monday, 20 July 2020
Michaela McGuire has been appointed artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF). McGuire, who has been artistic director of Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) since late 2016, will take up...
Publishers donate books for children in Melbourne public housing towers Archive
Friday, 17 July 2020
Not-for-profit organisation AMSSA Youth Connect has worked with Readings to facilitate the donation of more than 1000 children's books from publishers including Hachette, Hardie Grant and Walker Books to residents...
Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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...
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