Morrissey, Cunningham, Wood awarded in 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
Meyer wins UK’s inaugural ‘Mslexia’ Novella Competition Archive
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Author Angela Meyer has won the inaugural £1000 (A$1815) Mslexia Novella Competition for Joan Smokes (Contraband). Joan Smokes centres on a young woman who attempts to escape the past by...
Croggon, Tuomy, Nou join advisory group for Victorian creative industries Archive
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Writer and critic Alison Croggon, spoken word poet and author Abe Nouk, and screenwriter, director and producer Fiona Tuomy are among the 20 Victorians who have been appointed to a...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of Ignite grants Archive
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
The Copyright Agency has awarded a total of $46,440 to eight authors and three artists, as part of its Cultural Fund’s Ignite grants program. The authors to receive grants, which...
Berbay sells third Canty ‘Heads and Tails’ picture book to US Archive
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
Berbay Publishing has sold North American rights to Melbourne author and illustrator John Canty’s Heads and Tails: Underwater to Candlewick Press. This is the third picture book in Canty’s ‘Heads and Tails’...
Jennings presented with CBCA Lifetime Achievement award Archive
Monday, 3 June 2019
Paul Jennings has received the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Lifetime Achievement award, presented at an event at the CBCA conference in Canberra on 2 June. Jennings is the...
Australian Book Design Awards 2019 winners announced Archive
Monday, 3 June 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) announced the winners of the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards at an event in Sydney on 31 May. The winning titles in each category...
Ang, McGregor and Nelson win 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards Archive
Monday, 3 June 2019
Rachel Ang, Fiona McGregor and Jason Nelson have won the 2019 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards for writing that was first published online or electronically. Ang won the fiction category for...
‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ receives Screen Australia funding Archive
Friday, 31 May 2019
A television adaptation of Holly Ringland’s novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate) has received story development funding from Screen Australia. The eight-part series will be produced by...
Clarke’s ‘The Patchwork Bike’ wins US picture book award Archive
Friday, 31 May 2019
The Patchwork Bike (Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus by Van T Rudd, Lothian) has won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in the picture book category. A winner and two honour books...
Hachette signs international deal for three new ‘Nevermoor’ books; details for book 3 announced Archive
Friday, 31 May 2019
Rights to three new books in Jessica Townsend’s ‘Nevermoor’ series have been jointly acquired by Hachette Australia, Hachette Children’s Group UK and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in the...
Four NZ bookshops to receive Puffin grants Archive
Friday, 31 May 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) NZ has announced that four New Zealand bookshops will each receive NZ$5000 (A$4707) in funding for children’s reading programs as part of its Puffin bookshop grants...
Screen rights to Nix’s ‘The Keys to the Kingdom’ series sold Archive
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Herschend Entertainment Studios has acquired film and television rights to Garth Nix’s seven-book fantasy series ‘The Keys to the Kingdom’ (A&U), reports Deadline. Jill Grinberg Literary Management sold rights on behalf...
2019 ‘Griffith Review’ Novella Project winners announced Archive
Thursday, 30 May 2019
The winners of the Griffith Review’s 2019 Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: 'Cleave' by Keren Heenan 'Spectrums' by Allanah Hunt 'Annah the Javanese'...
Hurley joins A&U NZ as publisher Archive
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Michelle Hurley will join Allen & Unwin New Zealand in the role of publisher. Hurley has worked at Random House New Zealand and Allen & Unwin Australia, and has been...
Rusher departs MUP for Hachette Archive
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Emma Rusher will leave her position as head of sales and marketing at Melbourne University Publishing for a new role as communications director at Hachette Australia. Hachette’s marketing and publicity...
Finalists for 2019 Walkley-Pascall Prize for arts criticism announced Archive
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2019 Walkley-Pascall Prize for arts criticism, as part of its Mid-Year Celebration. The finalists are: Rosemary Neill for 'Shooting stars: exposing...
54 bookshops to receive Puffin grants Archive
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Puffin has announced the 54 Australian bookshops that will receive a share of $100,000 in funding for children’s reading programs. The winning bookshops each receive funding between $500 and $5000...
ABA booksellers of the year 2019 finalists announced Archive
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The finalists for the 2019 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) booksellers of the year awards have been announced. The finalists for bookseller of the year are: Desiree Boardman (Readings Hawthorn) Suzie...
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