QBD unrolls Australian Geographic kiosks
16 September 2020
QBD has unrolled three Australian Geographic kiosks within its stores at Carindale, Chermside and Joondalup as part of its retail partnership with the Australian Geographic brand. The partnership also includes...
Arathimos wins 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
15 September 2020
Michalia Arathimos has won the the 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for her short story collection Apologia (originally titled ‘The Free Box’). Judge Justin Wolfers described the collection as...
S&S acquires biography ‘The Nazis Knew My Name’
15 September 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Nazis Knew My Name, Maya Lee's biography of her mother, Australian–Slovakian Auschwitz survivor Magda Hellinger. Lee's book is based on...
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing establishes new illustration prize
15 September 2020
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has established a new illustration prize. The Little Hare Prize for Illustration has been established to ‘inspire new work from unpublished and emerging artists’ and...
A&U acquires 2020 Calibre Prize winner Rees’ memoir
15 September 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to 2020 Calibre Prize winner Yves Rees’ memoir via Jacinta di Mase, following a five-way auction. All About Yves: Notes from a...
Vic gov reveals support package for small businesses
14 September 2020
The Victorian government has announced a $3 billion package to support small businesses affected by the Covid-19 lockdown, reports the ABC. The package includes $1.1 billion in cash grants to...
Hardie Grant, Kellow launch Ultimo Press
14 September 2020
Hardie Grant has announced the launch of Ultimo Press, a new Sydney-based publishing house to be led by former HarperCollins ANZ CEO James Kellow as managing director and ‘backed by’...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2020 winners announced
14 September 2020
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2020 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. The winning books in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in May, are: Picture fiction:...
Ubud to run as Kembali 2020
14 September 2020
The organisers of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) have announced the annual festival will combine with the Ubud Food Festival in 2020 to create Kembali 2020, a festival...
Affirm acquires picture book based on viral TikTok poem
11 September 2020
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to picture book Our Family Pledge, based on a poem by Emmaline Carroll Southwell that has accumulated millions of views on video sharing platform...
PRH named ‘master publishing partner’ for Bluey books ahead of US, UK launches
10 September 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) will publish Bluey titles in the US from October 2020 and in the UK from 2021, after BBC Studios named the multinational ‘master publishing partner’ for...
Vickerman wins SLQ Young Writers Award
10 September 2020
Ellen Vickerman has won the the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) Young Writers Award for her short story 'Unit K13', described by the judges as ‘a standout winner’. Vickerman receives...
NT Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
10 September 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards were announced in August. The finalists in each category are: Short story award ($1000) 'Of Ruts and Roars' (Mhairi Duncan) 'Bull...
NT Writers Festival program announced
9 September 2020
The program for this year’s NT Writers Festival, which runs from 1–4 October, has been announced. The festival’s theme is ‘Gunamidirra garawa birditj | when the tides turn’. Live events, including...
Australia Council to hold online discussions about future of arts
9 September 2020
The Australia Council has released a discussion paper ahead of two online ‘town hall’ meetings to discuss the future of the arts and culture industries in light of the Covid-19...
Grattan Street Press shortlisted for higher education award
9 September 2020
Grattan Street Press (GSP), the University of Melbourne's teaching press, has been named a finalist in the Learning Experience category of the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) 2020 Higher Education Awards....
Booktopia, QBD among top 500 private Australian companies; Booktopia stage four lockdown sales up 150%
8 September 2020
Online book retailer Booktopia and the QBD bookselling chain have both made IBISWorld’s Top 500 Private Companies List, reports the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Booktopia is ranked at 372, up...
Affirm acquires Hoffman memoir ‘Full Credit to the Boys’
8 September 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Mel Hoffman’s memoir Full Credit to the Boys. Described by the publisher as 'a critical and often hilarious examination of gender in professional...
PRH acquires Next Chapter fellow Cehic’s short story collection
8 September 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to Sadvertising, the debut short story collection by Next Chapter fellow Ennis Cehic. According to the author, the satirical stories in...
Richell Prize 2020 longlist announced
8 September 2020
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the longlist for the 2020 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted works are: 'The Dream Weavers Apprentice' (Kate Clinch-Jones)...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2020 winners announced
7 September 2020
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2020 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced...
Banjo Prize 2020 shortlist announced
7 September 2020
HarperCollins has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'The List' (Megan Albany) 'The Tuesday Afternoon Murder Club'...
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 winners announced
7 September 2020
The winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work...
More than 3500 tune in live to Indigenous Literacy Day on YouTube
4 September 2020
More than 3500 viewers tuned in live to the Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) ‘visual event’ streamed on YouTube on 2 September, and almost 17,000 viewers have now watched it. The...
Hardie Grant acquires full ownership of children’s publishing division
4 September 2020
Hardie Grant has acquired full ownership of the former joint venture Hardie Grant Egmont, creating Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing. In a statement, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing said it now plans...
Educational Publishing Awards 2020 winners announced
4 September 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Promoting Literacy Development (PLD) was awarded the 2020 Publisher of the Year for...
Australian Geographic acquires ‘Deadly Science’ series
4 September 2020
Australian Geographic has acquired world rights to an eight-book 'Deadly Science' nonfiction series aimed at primary school readers. Developed in conjunction with Deadly Science founder Corey Tutt, who will edit...
Blake Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist announced
4 September 2020
The shortlist for the Blake Poetry Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted poems are: 'History of Sadness' by Louise Carter 'On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record' by Judith...
EWF announces At Home Residencies
3 September 2020
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) has launched a new remote residency program, the EWF At Home Residencies. Four successful applicants will each receive $1600 to commit to spending two weeks...
UQP acquires McQuire’s ‘Black Witness: The power of Indigenous media’
3 September 2020
UQP has acquired world rights to Black Witness: The power of Indigenous media, an updated collection of Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire's work. McQuire has been reporting...
