MWF schools’ program 2019 announced
Friday, 24 May 2019
The program for the 2019 Melbourne Writers Festival schools’ program has been announced. More than 60 writers, artists and performers will feature in over 70 events from 2–5 September, with...
Higgie wins inaugural Fogarty Literary Award for ‘The History of Mischief’
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Rebecca Higgie has won the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript for her novel The History of Mischief. Higgie receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ to be adapted for TV
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe (Fourth Estate) will be adapted as an international television drama, reports Deadline Hollywood. Screen rights to Dalton’s bestselling debut, negotiated on behalf of HarperCollins Australia,...
IPEd conference 2019: pay rates, copyright discussed
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
More than 300 delegates attended this year's National Editors Conference in Melbourne in May, under the theme ‘Beyond the page’. Run by the Institute for Professional Editors (IPEd), the peak...
Christer steps down as PRH publishing director, to be replaced by Ractliffe
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Justin Ractliffe has been appointed Penguin Random House (PRH) ANZ publishing director, replacing Nikki Christer in the role. Christer will step into the new role of publisher at large. Christer...
Eight local titles make ALIA most borrowed list 2019
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has partnered with library provider Civica to compile a list of most borrowed books from Australian libraries from April 2018 to March 2019...
Miles Franklin 2019 longlist announced
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Lebs (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) Boy Swallows...
S&S acquires d’Alpuget’s updated Hawke bio
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to Bob Hawke: The Complete Biography (Blanche d'Alpuget) and will publish ‘an updated and revised commemorative hardback edition’ in December 2019....
Purcell resigns from Booktopia
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Booktopia director of books John Purcell has resigned from the company, effective 22 May. Purcell began at Booktopia in a customer service role in 2009. Booktopia said in a statement,...
Schulz to resign from UQP after 11 years
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
UQP children’s and YA publisher Kristina Schulz will resign from the position, after an 11-year tenure with the publisher. Schulz began with UQP in 2008 and during her time commissioned...
Readings YA Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Readings Young Adult Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Highway Bodies (Alison Evans, Echo) What I Like About Me (Jenna Guillaume, Pan) Stone Girl (Eleni Hale,...
Four authors to promote Oz crime fiction in US
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
Four Australian writers will travel to the US to promote Australian crime writing, after receiving a $25,000 career development grant last week. Sulari Gentill, Robert Gott, Jock Serong and Emma...
Scribe acquires Madeleine Ryan’s debut novel
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
Scribe has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to debut literary novel A Room Called Earth by Australian writer Madeleine Ryan, via Barbara Zitwer of the Barbara J Zitwer Agency. The...
Crowdfunding campaign for First Nations and POC Writers Count launched
Monday, 20 May 2019
The First Nations and People of Colour Writers (FNPOC) Count has launched a crowdfunding campaign through the Australian Cultural Fund to cover the cost of its research project. The FNPOC...
Remiger wins 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize
Monday, 20 May 2019
Tom McLean, writing as Tom Remiger, has won the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished novel for his novel Soldiers. Chosen from a shortlist of three, Soldiers (shortlisted as...
Stella winner ‘The Erratics’ sells to US, Canada
Friday, 17 May 2019
Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell Agency has sold US and Canadian rights in two separate deals to 2019 Stella Prize winner The Erratics (Vicki Laveau-Harvie, Fourth Estate). US rights...
Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival launches crowdfunding campaign for 2019 event
Friday, 17 May 2019
The organisers of the Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, which is set to run this year from 12–28 July, have begun a crowdfunding campaign after unsuccessful applications for Australia...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients
Friday, 17 May 2019
Writers Victoria has announced the fourth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Twelve successful writers, booksellers and publishers were selected from 111 applicants to receive a...
EWF 2019 program announced
Thursday, 16 May 2019
The program has been announced for this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival, which runs in Melbourne from 19-29 June. More than 300 guests will appear at over 70 events. The opening...
Serong shortlisted for £15,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Jock Serong has been shortlisted for the £15,000 (A$28,230) Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize, for his novel Preservation (Text). Preservation is one of six novels shortlisted for the prize, which celebrates...
Young wins 2019 Text Prize for ‘Loner’
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Melbourne writer Georgina Young has won the 2019 Text Prize for her YA novel, Loner. Loner is a ‘humorous and heartfelt exploration of new adulthood’ set in Melbourne’s South Eastern...
‘The Big Four’ wins Ashurst Business Literature Prize
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Ian Gow and Stuart Kells have won this year's Ashurst Business Literature Prize for their book The Big Four: The Curious and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (La...
2019 VIPs program highlights US market, inclusivity and creating buzz
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
This year’s annual Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program was held alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival and ran from Tuesday, 30 April through to Friday, 3 May. The 2019 program was...
Australian Reading Hour ambassadors’ books covers revealed
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Australian Reading Hour (ARH) has revealed the covers of the five books by its children’s ambassadors being published for this year’s event on 19 September. The Wiggles Love Books! (Five...
SWF 2019: paid attendance figures, book sales up in second year at Carriageworks
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
This year's Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) had the third highest paid attendance in the festival's 22-year history, with more than 52,500 ticket sales bringing in over $1.2 million in revenue....
‘Trace’ longlisted for CWA Gold Dagger for nonfiction
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Rachael Brown’s Trace (Scribe) has been longlisted for the UK Crime Writers Association’s (CWA) Gold Dagger for nonfiction. Brown’s true crime book based on the podcast of the same name...
Dymocks celebrates 140th anniversary
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Dymocks is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year with an anniversary party instore at Dymocks Sydney on 27 May. William Dymock opened the first Dymock's Book Arcade in Market Street,...
Giramondo acquires artist Carment’s ‘Womerah Lane’
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Giramondo has acquired world rights to award-winning artist Tom Carment’s illustrated title, Womerah Lane, to be published in October. In Womerah Lane, Carment ‘offers a reportage on his life, as...
Kidman wins 2019 New Zealand Book Award for fiction
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Fiona Kidman has won the NZ$53,000 (A$50,200) fiction prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her novel This Mortal Boy (Vintage). Judges said that This Mortal Boy, which...
Shortlist announced for inaugural Fogarty Literary Award
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Fremantle Press has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award, an unpublished manuscript award for young writers in Western Australia, worth $20,000. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘Where the...
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