Winners announced for PM’s literary awards 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
The winners of the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Border Districts (Gerald Murnane, Giramondo) Australian history John Curtin’s War:...
Indie Book Awards 2019 longlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2019 Indie Book Awards for books published in 2018. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Lost Man (Jane...
Rights People to represent Affirm Press kids list Archive
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Affirm Press has engaged international agency Rights People to represent its kids list. Affirm sales and marketing director Keiran Rogers says he is anticipating more international rights sales as a...
$20k unpublished manuscript award launched for WA young writers Archive
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Fremantle Press is partnering with social-purpose organisation the Fogarty Foundation to launch an unpublished manuscript award for young writers in Western Australia, worth $20,000. The biennial award, called the Fogarty Literary...
Online store for self-published kids’ books runs as pilot project Archive
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
A new online store for self-published Australian picture books has launched as a pilot project. Self-published author Suzanne Barton launched the retail pilot, called Top Indie Kids’ Books, as a...
PRH sells ‘Kensy and Max’ series to US in four-book deal Archive
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold North American rights to Jacqueline Harvey’s children’s book series ‘Kensy and Max’ to Kane Miller Publishers. The four-book deal was brokered by Rights...
Findlay to edit ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’ Archive
Monday, 3 December 2018
Blogger and appearance activist Carly Findlay will edit the forthcoming anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia, to be published by Black Inc. in 2020. Black Inc. is seeking first-person submissions that...
Davey appointed head of category at Leading Edge Archive
Monday, 3 December 2018
Leading Edge Group has appointed Charlie Davey as head of category. Davey has held senior positions at Big W and WHSmith, and has more than 27 years’ experience working in...
‘Deep Time Dreaming’ wins John Mulvaney Book Award Archive
Monday, 3 December 2018
Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia (Black Inc.) has won the John Mulvaney Book Award, which recognises significant contributions to the publication of Australian archaeology. Deep Time Dreaming,...
Paper prices to increase in February Archive
Friday, 30 November 2018
Australian paper prices are set to increase in February 2019, following price rises by paper suppliers in 2018, reports Print21. Three major Australian paper suppliers, Ball & Doggett, Spicers, and...
Big Sky sells UK rights to ‘Frederick Whirlpool VC’ Archive
Friday, 30 November 2018
Big Sky Publishing has sold UK rights to Alan Leek's history book Frederick Whirlpool VC to UK military history publisher Pen & Sword. Leek's book tells the true story of Frederick...
Booktopia looks to crowdfund $10m Archive
Friday, 30 November 2018
Online retailer Booktopia is seeking up to $10 million in equity to help expand warehouse automation, buy more stock and fund the liquidity of the business. Booktopia has engaged crowdfunding...
HEDS hires 20 new warehouse staff to address delays Archive
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Australian booksellers have been experiencing slower than usual order turnaround times from HarperCollins Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS), as the Christmas retailing period gets underway. In an email dated 27 November,...
Copyright Agency awards record $240,000 in fellowships Archive
Thursday, 29 November 2018
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has awarded a total of $240,000 for three fellowships. Melbourne writer Jeff Sparrow was awarded the $80,000 author fellowship for his project 'Thinking Differently: Other...
The Next Chapter mentors announced Archive
Thursday, 29 November 2018
The recipients of the 2018 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...
Pasifika dual-language resources win NZ award Archive
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
In New Zealand, a series of books published by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to help Pasifika children with literacy has won the Pacific Service Excellence Award, as part of...
Berbay acquires middle-grade series by Louise Park Archive
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Berbay Publishing has acquired world rights to a three-book middle-grade fiction series by Australian children's author Louise Park. The first book in the series, titled Grace's Castle, is a fast-paced time-slip adventure...
Scribe acquires Louise Omer memoir ‘Holy Woman’ Archive
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Scribe has acquired world rights to a memoir about 'faith, feminist spirituality, and a search for meaning' by writer and critic Louise Omer, via Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary...
Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Awards 2018 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
The winners of the 2018 Scarlet Stiletto Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime, have been announced. Melbourne writer Philomena Horsley, a medical anthropologist who specialises in autopsies, won the $1500...
Serong wins inaugural Staunch Book Prize Archive
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Australian author Jock Serong has won the inaugural Staunch Book Prize for his novel On the Java Ridge (Text). The UK-based prize aims to 'make space for an alternative to...
Publishers, authors welcome NZ Copyright Act review Archive
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
The New Zealand government’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released an issues paper on the review of the Copyright Act, which has been welcomed by both the Publishers...
Horne Prize 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 26 November 2018
The Saturday Paper and skin care company Aesop have announced the shortlist for the $15,000 Horne Prize for narrative nonfiction. The shortlisted writers are: Melanie Cheng for 'All the Other Stories', on...
Collins Booksellers opens in Thirroul, NSW Archive
Friday, 23 November 2018
Collins Booksellers has opened a store in the town of Thirroul in New South Wales. Located 70km south of Sydney, Collins Thirroul is the only bookstore in the Northern Illawarra...
Pitt wins 2018 Walkley Book Award for ‘The House’ Archive
Friday, 23 November 2018
Journalist and author Helen Pitt has won the 2018 Walkley Book Award for The House (A&U). Chosen from a shortlist of three, Pitt's book explores the history of the Sydney Opera...
‘Living in Hope’ wins 2018 Most Underrated Book Award Archive
Friday, 23 November 2018
A memoir by a member of the Stolen Generations, Living in Hope (Frank Byrne with Gerard Waterford & Francis Coughlan, Ptilotus Press), has won the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Most Underrated Book...
‘The Dead Still Cry Out’ wins Nib Literary Award Archive
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Helen Lewis' The Dead Still Cry Out (Text) has won the Waverley Council’s Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award for 2018. The book tells the true story of Lewis’...
Amazon unblocks Oz shoppers from US store Archive
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Australian consumers are now able to purchase and ship items from Amazon’s international website, according to a statement from Amazon. The retailer suspended shipping to Australian addresses from its international website...
Book-to-screen projects receive Screen Australian funding Archive
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Two book-to-film adaptations feature among the projects receiving story development funding from Screen Australia. The projects, and their producers, are: A feature film adaptation of Finding Sanity: John Cade, Lithium and...
‘The Women in Black’ sells in multiple territories after translation rights made available after 12 years Archive
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Text Publishing has sold rights in multiple territories to Madeleine St John’s The Women in Black, alongside several other books by St John, after translation rights were made available for...
Riwoe sells third Heloise Chancey novel to UK’s Legend Press Archive
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Brisbane-based author Mirandi Riwoe has sold world rights to her historical crime fiction novel The Death of Me to UK publisher Legend Press. Rights were acquired by Legend commissioning editor Lauren...
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