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Text sells ‘The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted’ into North America

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Text Publishing has sold North American rights to Robert Hillman’s forthcoming novel The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted to Putnam and Penguin Canada ‘for a significant sum’. Hillman’s book, which...

Bray appointed Bloomsbury Australia MD

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Liz Bray has been appointed the managing director of Bloomsbury Australia following the recent departure of Kate Cubitt. Bray has worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years,...

CBCA Notable Books for 2018 announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The Children’s Book Council of Australian (CBCA) has released its list of Notable Books for 2018. They are as follows: Older readers Mallee Boys (Charlie Archbold, Wakefield Press) The Fall...

Asialink 2018 arts exchanges announced

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
The recipients of the University of Melbourne’s Asialink Arts Exchanges Program (previously known as the Residencies Program) for 2018 have been announced. Writers receiving residencies in Asian countries are: Annee Lawrence,...

Five ANZ publishers nominated for Bologna Prize

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Five Australian and New Zealand publishers have been nominated for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The shortlisted publishers are Magabala Books,...

Silcox awarded ‘ABR’ 40th anniversary fellowship

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Beejay Silcox as the recipient of its $10,000 Fortieth Birthday Fellowship. Silcox will contribute several articles and review essays to ABR throughout 2018,...

MidnightSun YA novel optioned for film

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Adelaide-based writer Cameron Raynes’ novel First Person Shooter (MidnightSun) has been optioned for film by Perth production company Factor 30 Films. First Person Shooter is a coming-of-age story set in...

Gomides awarded 2018 Kat Muscat Fellowship

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Melbourne-based writer Ana Maria Gomides has been awarded the 2018 Kat Muscat Fellowship. Gomides will use the fellowship to work on a book of short stories, personal essays and narrative...

Readings Children’s Book Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 27 February 2018
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2018 has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile (Jo Sandhu, Penguin) Nevermoor: The Trials...

Watts wins UWAP Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript

Monday, 26 February 2018
Western Australian poet Julie Watts has won the 2018 UWA Publishing (UWAP) Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript for her poetry manuscript, ‘Legacy’. Watts was chosen from a shortlist...

Araluen wins ‘Overland’ Judith Wright Poetry Prize

Monday, 26 February 2018
Evelyn Araluen has been awarded the 2017 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets. Araluen won the prize for her poem ‘Guarded by birds’, with second place...

Farrell’s Bookshop celebrates 40 years

Monday, 26 February 2018
Farrell’s Bookshop in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Farrell’s was founded in 1978 by Roy and Liz Farrell, who set up the shop in Mornington’s...

Clarke to edit new anthology ‘Growing Up African in Australia’

Monday, 26 February 2018
Black Inc. has announced it will publish a new anthology in 2019, Growing up African in Australia, which will be edited by Maxine Beneba Clarke, with assistance from writers Ahmed...

Marriott wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal

Friday, 23 February 2018
Children’s author, editor and teacher Janice Marriott has won the 2018 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. Marriott is...

Screen Australia announces funding for new book-to-film adaptations

Friday, 23 February 2018
Films based on books by Hannah Kent, Alice Pung, Peter Goldsworthy and Tara Winkler are among the latest projects to receive funding from Screen Australia. Screen Australia announced yesterday that...

Feminist fairytale collection lands small press its first North American deal

Friday, 23 February 2018
Australian publisher Serenity Press has sold US and Canadian rights to Kate Forsyth’s collection of feminist fairytale retellings, Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women (illus by...

‘Overland’ Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize 2017 shortlist announced

Thursday, 22 February 2018
The shortlist for Overland’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize for travel-themed short fiction has been announced. The 13 shortlisted entries are: ‘If there are zebra finches’ (Claire Aman) ‘Hot days’...

Yolngu artist Warrkatja wins inaugural Magabala illustrator award

Thursday, 22 February 2018
Yolngu artist Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr has won Magabala Books’ inaugural Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award, reports the Australian. New to illustrating books, Warrkatja is a painter whose work draws on traditional...

McLean appointed acting CEO of UPLIT and BWF

Thursday, 22 February 2018
Ann McLean has been appointed acting chief executive officer for 2018 at UPLIT, the organisation responsible for the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF). McLean will serve in the role while the...

‘ABR’ Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poets are: Eileen Chong (Sydney) Katherine Healy (Adelaide) L K Holt (Melbourne)...

Creative Victoria announces new Diversity and Inclusion Program funding

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Creative Victoria has announced new funding opportunities under its Diversity and Inclusion Program to ‘address barriers to participation by underrepresented groups in Victoria’s creative industries’. As part of the initiative,...