Hachette acquires 2017 Richell Prize winner ‘State Highway One’
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sam Coley’s State Highway One, via Grace Heifetz at Curtis Brown. Coley’s entry of the same name won the 2017 Richell Prize for...
Tim’s Bookshop Kew up for sale after 35 years
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Tim’s Bookshop in the Melbourne suburb of Kew is for sale, after owners Tim Warmington and Lynn Frankes decided to retire after 35 years in the book trade. Warmington told...
Scholastic acquires ‘Hunger Games’ prequel
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Scholastic has acquired world English rights to a new novel by Suzanne Collins set in the 'Hunger Games' universe. The yet to be titled prequel, known as Untitled Panem Novel,...
Cothren wins 2019 Peter Carey Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Alex Cothren has won the 2019 Peter Carey Short Story Award for his story ‘Let’s Talk Trojan Bee’. Judge Nic Low described Cothren’s story as ‘a polyphonic piece built entirely...
A&U UK to publish Hardcastle’s ‘Below Deck’ in UK
Monday, 17 June 2019
Allen & Unwin’s UK arm (A&U UK) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to Below Deck, the third book by 25-year-old author Sophie Hardcastle, reports the...
Tim Flannery children’s book sells to US, Canada
Monday, 17 June 2019
Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management has sold US and Canadian rights to writer and environmentalist Tim Flannery's forthcoming children's book Explore Your World: Weird, wild, amazing! (illus by Sam Caldwell)....
Daddo, Phommavanh, Bancks among participants in Littlescribe co-author program
Friday, 14 June 2019
Online literacy platform Littlescribe has announced its co-author program and participating authors. Authors Andrew Daddo, Oliver Phommavanh, Katrina McKelvey, Tristan Bancks, Deborah Abela and Andreea Kindryd have signed up to...
Overland adds youth categories to Fair Australia Prize
Friday, 14 June 2019
Literary journal Overland will add two new categories for youth entries to its Fair Australia Prize this year. Sponsored by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, the two new categories are for the...
CBCA conference 2019 highlights children’s humour writing
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Around 320 delegates attended the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) conference in Canberra from 31 May to 2 June, where children’s humour writing was a major focus. The 13th...
Transit Lounge acquires new novel from Krauth
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Kirsten Krauth's new novel Almost a Mirror in a deal brokered by Jo Butler. Recently shortlisted for the Penguin Literary Prize, Almost a...
Booktopia shortlisted for online retail awards
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Online bookseller Booktopia has been shortlisted in several categories in the 2019 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia is a finalist for Best Pureplay Retailer and Technology Champion, while Booktopia...
Pages & Pages to close
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, Sydney, will close on 30 August following the owners' decision not to renew their lease. Chris and Phil Page first opened the store in...
Hollier joins MUP as CEO
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has appointed Nathan Hollier as its new chief executive officer. Hollier, who has been director of Monash University Publishing for nine years, takes over from acting...
Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: 'Inheritance' by Elizabeth Flux 'How to Cook Pho' by Emily Dang 'The...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best illustrated book As You Will:...
Booktopia launches book club; McHardy joins as head of publishing
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Booktopia will launch a members-only book club, with former Simon & Schuster Australia managing director Franscois McHardy joining the company to oversee the program. As part of the book club,...
Netflix to adapt ‘Thelma the Unicorn’ for animated musical feature
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Aaron Blabey’s picture book Thelma the Unicorn (Scholastic) will be adapted into an animated musical film by Netflix. The project will be adapted by husband-and-wife filmmakers Jared and Jerusha Hess...
Byron Writers Festival program announced
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
The program for this year’s Byron Writers Festival, which runs from 2–4 August, has been announced. More than 140 local and international guests will take part in over 120 sessions...
Morrissey, Cunningham, Wood awarded in 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
A number of Australian authors and industry figures were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Di Morrissey, author of 25 novels and five children's books, was awarded a Member...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2019 longlist announced
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced, featuring a work begun by Ngaio Marsh herself during the Second World War. Marsh's...
Boochani, Kneen, Coleman to contribute to Affirm collection on homelessness
Friday, 7 June 2019
Affirm Press will publish a new ‘profit-for-purpose’ book, an anthology of stories by writers who have experienced homelessness. We Are Here: Stories of home, place and belonging will be edited...
‘At the End of Holyrood Lane’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
Friday, 7 June 2019
Children’s picture book At the End of Holyrood Lane (Dimity Powell & Nicky Johnston, EK Books) has won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member...
NZ Book Awards for Children and YA 2019 finalists announced
Thursday, 6 June 2019
The shortlists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture book award Mini Whinny: Happy Birthday...
Parrish wins Lambda award for graphic novel
Thursday, 6 June 2019
Canada-based Australian comics artist Tommi Parrish has won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for a graphic novel for their book The Lie and How We Told It (Fantagraphics). The Lie and...
Chloe Wilson wins ‘Iowa Review’ Award for fiction
Thursday, 6 June 2019
Melbourne writer Chloe Wilson has won the Iowa Review Award for fiction for her story ‘Tongue-Tied’. Wilson receives US$1500 (A$2150) and publication in the December issue of the Iowa Review....
Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival program announced
Thursday, 6 June 2019
The program for the 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, running from 12–28 July, has been announced. More than 60 events will be held at bookshops, libraries, cafes and...
S&S acquires global rights to two new Kathy Reichs novels
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired global rights to two new novels by bestselling crime fiction writer Kathy Reichs. The first novel, A Conspiracy of Bones and Blood, will be...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
The shortlists for this year's Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) If I Tell...
YA debut ‘What I Like About Me’ sold to US and France
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Jacinta di Mase Management has sold US and Canadian rights to Jenna Guillaume’s YA debut What I Like About Me (Pan) to Peachtree Publishing, and French-language rights to Pocket Jeunesse....
Karskens wins ‘ABR’ 2019 Calibre Prize
Wednesday, 5 June 2019
Historian Grace Karskens has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2019 Calibre Prize for her essay ‘Nah Doongh’s Song’. Karskens' essay examines the ‘unusually long life of one of the...
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