Around 15,000 attend Perth Festival’s Literature & Ideas Weekend; Hill tops bestsellers Archive
Monday, 2 March 2020
Around 15,000 people attended Perth Festival’s Literature & Ideas Weekend, which ran from 21–23 February. Perth Festival producer Anna Kosky said the audience was receptive to the new three-day format....
Lightning Source to remove books from catalogue for ‘content integrity’ Archive
Friday, 28 February 2020
Ingram’s print-on-demand service Lightning Source will remove from its catalogue print content that ‘does harm’ to buyers’ and affects the reputations of its retail and publishing partners. In a notice...
Azar longlisted for International Booker Prize 2020 Archive
Friday, 28 February 2020
Iranian-Australian writer Shokoofeh Azar has been longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize for her novel The Englightenment of the Greengage Tree (trans by Anonymous, Wild Dingo Press). Azar is...
BookUp announces first keynotes Archive
Friday, 28 February 2020
The Australian Publishers Association has announced the first keynote speakers for its inaugural book industry conference BookUp. Demographer Claire Madden will present ‘Generational change: where is Australia going?’, a look...
UQP acquires Next Chapter fellow Thompson’s short story collection Archive
Friday, 28 February 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Adam Thompson’s debut short story collection Born into this. Set in Tasmania, Thompson's stories deal with Aboriginal identity and...
Affirm acquires picture book by Godwin, Lester Archive
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Affirm Press has acquired the rights to Sing me the Summer, a picture book written by publisher and author Jane Godwin and illustrated by Alison Lester. The book, which ‘celebrates...
Booktopia appoints Rowe national sales manager Archive
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Booktopia has appointed Michelle Rowe in the newly created role of national sales manager. Rowe was previously the state manager for Western Australia and South Australia at the University Co-operative...
Godfrey awarded 2020 Kat Muscat Fellowship Archive
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Perth-based writer Maddie Godfrey has been awarded the 2020 Kat Muscat Fellowship. Godfrey plans to use the fellowship to develop a hybrid manuscript of poetry and personal essays called ‘Womanhood...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist Archive
Thursday, 27 February 2020
The shortlist for the 2019 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The nine shortlisted poems are: ‘Chinny chin chin’ (Grace Yee) ‘Eulogy for...
Affirm to publish speculative fiction anthology by diverse writers Archive
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Affirm Press will publish a speculative fiction anthology by writers from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, as part of a partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and the Western...
TV adaptations of Cheng, Clarke books receive development funding Archive
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
TV adaptions of Melanie Cheng's short story collection Australia Day (Text) and Maxine Beneba Clarke's Foreign Soil (Hachette) have received funding from Screen Australia in its latest development funding announcement. The...
CBCA 2020 Notable Books announced Archive
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2020. The books in each category are: Older readers The Man in the Water (David...
Seizure announces 2020 Viva la Novella shortlist Archive
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Seizure has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Viva la Novella competition. This year’s shortlisted authors and their works are: Lana Guineay, for ‘Dark Wave’ Keely Jobe, for ‘Snake Skin’...
Boochani’s ‘No Friend But the Mountains’ to be adapted for film Archive
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Behrouz Boochani’s book No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (trans by Omid Tofighian, Picador) will be adapted as a feature film. The feature will be primarily shot...
UQP to present gender equality award in honour of Quentin Bryce Archive
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has established a new award, named in honour of former Governor General Quentin Bryce, that celebrates women’s lives or promotes gender equality. Established in...
The Next Chapter mentors announced Archive
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
The recipients of the 2019 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, each worth $15,000, have been matched with their mentors, who will work with them over 12 months to help...
Wyld wins UWAP Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript Archive
Monday, 24 February 2020
South Australian author Karen Wyld has won the 2020 UWA Publishing (UWAP) Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript for her manuscript ‘Where the Fruit Falls’. Wyld was chosen from...
City of Melbourne relaunches Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards Archive
Monday, 24 February 2020
Melbourne's Lord Mayor's Creative Writing Awards, last held in 2017, will be relaunched this year, reports CBD News. Prizes will be awarded in six categories: short story, poetry, narrative nonfiction,...
Brown wins 2020 MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction Archive
Monday, 24 February 2020
Sienna Brown’s Master of My Fate (Vintage) has won the 2020 MUD Literary Prize, awarded to a debut novel. Brown receives a cash prize of $3000, and will be presented...
Australian Book Design Awards 2020 longlists announced Archive
Friday, 21 February 2020
The longlists for the 2020 Australian Book Design Awards have been announced. Longlisted titles in some of the categories are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover Bruny (Heather Rose, A&U), designed...
MWF to cut artist numbers for 2020 schools program Archive
Friday, 21 February 2020
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) plans to reduce the number of artists appearing in its 2020 schools program, reports the Age. While more than 60 artists participated in the 2019 schools...
Foxlee, Cai, Tan longlisted for 2020 Carnegie, Greenaway medals Archive
Friday, 21 February 2020
Australian children’s author Karen Foxlee and illustrators Shaun Tan and Rovina Cai have been longlisted for the UK’s 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals respectively. Foxlee was longlisted for the...
‘The Trespassers’ makes UN reading list on sustainability goals Archive
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Meg Mundell’s novel The Trespassers (UQP) has been included on a recommended reading list inspired by the United Nations’ sustainable development goals—a set of global benchmarks that are designed to...
Patch leaves PRH Archive
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Bethany Patch has left her role as senior editor of Dorling Kindersley (DK) at Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia. Patch joined the PRH adult publishing team in mid-2016 before moving...
National Library makes cuts to ‘unprofitable’ publishing imprint Archive
Thursday, 20 February 2020
The National Library of Australia is cutting the number of books it publishes each year through its NLA Publishing imprint, reports the Canberra Times. The total number of books published...
Scribe acquires Woollett’s ‘The Newcomer’ Archive
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Scribe has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Laura Elizabeth Woollett’s third book, The Newcomer, via Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. Inspired by a real-life murder on Norfolk Island,...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2020 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
The shortlist for the Readings Children's Book Prize for 2020 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Pie in the Sky (Remy Lai, Walker Books) The Dog Runner (Bren MacDibble,...
‘The Absolute Book’ sold to US following rave review, sales spike Archive
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Victoria University Press has sold North American rights to New Zealand author Elizabeth Knox’s fantasy novel The Absolute Book following a rave review. Dan Kois’ review of The Absolute Book,...
Aussie picture books to feature in Bologna nonfiction exhibition Archive
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Several Australian titles have been selected for a major exhibition on nonfiction picture books, to be held during this year's Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The exhibition, called ‘Beauty and the...
Pantera acquires narrative nonfiction ‘The Psychic Test’ Archive
Monday, 17 February 2020
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to journalist Gary Nunn’s debut The Psychic Test: An investigation into the supernatural industry, via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. A work of narrative...
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