UNSW academic wins international book award Archive
Monday, 4 March 2019
Robin Derricourt’s Unearthing Childhood: Young Lives in Prehistory (Manchester University Press) has won the Archaeology and Ancient History PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Unearthing Childhood is...
Clunes Booktown Festival 2019 program announced Archive
Friday, 1 March 2019
The program for the 2019 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 4-5 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. Around 25 writers will appear at the festival, including Robbie...
Plunkett receives ABR Patrons’ Fellowship Archive
Friday, 1 March 2019
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced poet and critic Felicity Plunkett as the recipient of its $10,000 ABR Patrons' Fellowship. Plunkett will contribute several articles to ABR over the...
S A Jones’ ‘The Fortress’ sells to US Archive
Friday, 1 March 2019
Natasha Solomun of The Rights Hive has sold North American rights to S A Jones' novel The Fortress to US-based Erewhon Books, a new independent publisher of speculative fiction. The...
Hamad’s ‘White Tears/Brown Scars’ sold to US Archive
Friday, 1 March 2019
North American rights to journalist and academic Ruby Hamad’s forthcoming book White Tears/Brown Scars (MUP) have been sold via auction to US publisher Catapult. Rachel Crawford at MacKenzie Wolf sold...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 28 February 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Man Out of Time (Stephanie...
‘Penguin Bloom’ adaptation receives Screen Australia funding Archive
Thursday, 28 February 2019
A feature film adaptation of Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive's nonfiction book Penguin Bloom (ABC Books) has received production funding from Screen Australia. Set on Sydney's Northern Beaches, Penguin...
Amazon Australia creates 500 permanent jobs after criticism of casual workforce Archive
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Amazon will create 500 permanent jobs in its Australian fulfilment centres following criticism about the insecure casual employment of its labour hire workers, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The permanent...
Affirm focuses on children’s/YA manuscripts in 2019 mentorship award Archive
Thursday, 28 February 2019
This year’s Affirm Press Mentorship Award will focus exclusively on young adult and middle-grade fiction submissions, says the publisher. Writers of the three winning submissions will receive a week-long residency...
CBCA 2019 Notable Books announced Archive
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2019. The books in each category are: Older readers Between Us (Clare Atkins, Black Inc.)...
‘Cardinal’ available in Victoria after suppression order lifts Archive
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
After court suppression orders relating to the trial of Cardinal George Pell were lifted yesterday, 26 February, ABC journalist Louise Milligan’s book Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell...
Overland announces Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist Archive
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
The shortlist for Overland’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction has been announced. The shortlisted entries are: ‘Kátharsis’ (George Haddad) ‘Folie à Deux’ (Mairead O’Neill) ‘Paper boats’ (Angela...
Skrzypczak awarded 2019 Kat Muscat Fellowship Archive
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Writer and educator Liana Skrzypczak has been awarded the 2019 Kat Muscat Fellowship. Skrzypczak, who was adopted from Korea into an Australian family, will use the fellowship to travel to...
Rockel wins UWAP Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript Archive
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Tasmanian author Angela Rockel has won the 2019 UWA Publishing (UWAP) Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript for her manuscript, ‘Rogue Intensities’. Rockel was chosen from a shortlist of...
James appointed director of UQP Archive
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Ben James has been appointed director of the University of Queensland Press (UQP), effective from 25 March. James will replace Jill Eddington, who retired from the position of CEO in...
Overland announces Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist Archive
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
The shortlist for the 2018 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Surfing at black fellas’ (Ross Belton) ‘Post (c)...
ABR announces Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2019 shortlist Archive
Monday, 25 February 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: 'Dancing with Stephen Hawking' (John Foulcher) 'The Mirror Hurlers' (Ross...
Dalton wins 2019 MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction Archive
Monday, 25 February 2019
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe (Fourth Estate) has won the 2019 MUD Literary Prize, awarded to a debut novel. Dalton receives a cash prize of $3000, which will be presented...
Australian Romance Readers Awards 2018 winners announced Archive
Monday, 25 February 2019
The winners of the 2018 Australian Romance Readers Awards, presented by the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA), have been announced, with Kylie Scott named favourite Australian romance author. Scott’s novel...
PRH announces new fellowship program for underrepresented writers Archive
Friday, 22 February 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has established an annual fellowship program that aims to ‘find, nurture and develop’ unpublished writers with a focus on underrepresented sections of the community. Modelled...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 22 February 2019
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2019 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Ice Wolves: Elementals Book One (Amie Kaufman, HarperCollins) The Orchard Underground (Mat Larkin, Hardie...
Melbourne couple wins at 2019 Prix Sorcières Archive
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Picture book Petit Soldat (Editions du Seuil), by Melbourne-based couple Pierre Jacques Ober and Jules Ober, has been awarded at the 2019 Prix Sorcières in France. Due to be published...
Inaugural crime fiction festival in Tasmania announces first guests Archive
Thursday, 21 February 2019
A new biennial festival focused on crime fiction has announced the first guests for its inaugural program. Taking place in Cygnet and locations around Tasmania’s Huon Valley over Halloween (31...
Aurealis Awards 2018 finalists announced Archive
Thursday, 21 February 2019
The finalists for the 2018 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The finalists are: Best science fiction novel Scales of Empire...
Jennings, Colpoys longlisted for Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals Archive
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Australian children's author Paul Jennings and illustrator Allison Colpoys have been longlisted for the UK's 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals respectively. Jennings' novel A Different Boy (A&U), illustrated by Australian artist...
UQP acquires Khatun, Whittaker, Elvery Archive
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
UQP has announced a number of acquisitions made by publisher Aviva Tuffield across the publisher’s trade, scholarly and poetry lists. Tuffield acquired ANZ rights to Australian-Bangladeshi historian Samia Khatun’s Australianama:...
Big Sky lands 17-book deal for US rights Archive
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Big Sky Publishing has sold North American and US territories rights to 17 children’s book titles to independent educational publishing house Rosen Publishing. Set in motion at the 2018 Frankfurt...
Writers to pitch work for screen adaptation at inaugural SQ/QWC Adaptable Program Archive
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Twenty-five writers will pitch their work to film industry figures as part of a new initiative run by Screen Queensland (SQ) and the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC), which aims to...
Harper acquires Stella-longlisted memoir; three-book deal with former Harper’s Bazaar editor Archive
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s memoir The Erratics, which was recently longlisted for the Stella Prize. Winner of the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize, The Erratics was published...
VIPs announced for SWF 2019 Archive
Monday, 18 February 2019
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2019 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program, to be held alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival in late April and...
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