Walker acquires debut Australian YA psychological thriller Archive
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Walker Books has acquired world rights to debut author Sarah Epstein’s YA psychological thriller Small Spaces. Due for release in April 2018, Small Spaces is the story of 17-year-old Tash,...
‘The Windy Season’ wins 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Sam Carmody’s The Windy Season (A&U) has won the 2017 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Carmody’s novel, which follows 20-year-old Paul as he travels to a fictional West Australian...
Echo acquires midlife dating guide Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Bonnier Publishing’s Echo imprint has acquired world rights to Kerri Sackville’s Out There: A Survival for Guide for Dating in Midlife via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown Australia. Out There...
HGE announces 2017 Ampersand Prize shortlist Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has announced the shortlist for its 2017 Ampersand Prize for unpublished YA and middle-grade authors. The six shortlisted authors and their works are: Lincoln Law for...
ABC’s ‘The Book Club’ to host year-end special, announces book industry’s favourite 2017 reads Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
ABC TV’s The Book Club will host a year-end special episode on 19 December when it will announce the results of its ‘five of the best’ reader poll for 2017....
Asher Award 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Asher Literary Award. The shortlisted titles are: Our Lady of the Fence Post (J H Crone, UWA...
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ coming to Melbourne in 2019 Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be coming to Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in early 2019. The play, based on an original new story by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne...
Noted festival on hiatus in 2018 Archive
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Canberra’s experimental writers’ festival Noted will not be held in 2018. The festival announced on its website in September that it will spend the next year ‘looking at ways to...
Baker appointed MD of OUP Archive
Monday, 23 October 2017
Oxford University Press (OUP) Australia and New Zealand has appointed Arthur Baker as its new MD, covering Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Baker replaces Peter van Noorden, who...
artsACT announces 2018 project funding recipients Archive
Monday, 23 October 2017
A number of writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the 2018 ACT Arts Project Fund, delivered by artsACT. Writers to receive funding are: Jo Clay ($8250) to...
Walkley Book Award 2017 longlist announced Archive
Friday, 20 October 2017
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2017 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney (Graham Archer, Ebury) Victoria: The Queen (Julia...
Most Underrated Book Award 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 20 October 2017
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Most Underrated Book Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Island Will Sink (Briohny Doyle, Brow Books) The Invisible...
ARC funding for project exploring authorship and copyright Archive
Friday, 20 October 2017
Monash University legal academic Rebecca Giblin and a team of researchers have received Australian Research Council funding for the project ‘Reclaiming copyright’s lost value for authors and the public’. The...
Writers among the recipients of the 2017 New Zealand Arts Awards Archive
Friday, 20 October 2017
A number of writers and illustrators are among the 11 recipients of the 2017 New Zealand Arts Awards, presented by the New Zealand Arts Foundation. Poet Hera Lindsay Bird was...
Rushdie to headline Melbourne’s Global Atheist Convention in 2018 Archive
Friday, 20 October 2017
UK author Salman Rushdie will headline the 2018 Global Atheist Convention, which runs from 9-11 February at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. International guests also include UK author Richard...
Imlah promoted to Picador publisher Archive
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Pan Macmillan commissioning editor Mathilda Imlah has been promoted to publisher of the company’s Picador imprint. Publishing director Cate Paterson told Books+Publishing that former publisher Geordie Williamson has moved to...
Authors announced for NZ Festival Archive
Thursday, 19 October 2017
The New Zealand Festival in Wellington has announced the authors appearing at its Writers and Readers stream, which runs from 8-11 March 2018. Among the international guests are US sci-fi...
New Frontier to launch baby and early years imprint Archive
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Children’s publisher New Frontier will launch a new baby, pre-school and early years imprint called Bright Star in July 2018. Publisher Sophia Whitfield told Books+Publishing that the imprint will include...
‘The Shortest History of Europe’ sells over 300,000 copies in China Archive
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Sales for the Chinese edition of Australian historian John Hirst’s The Shortest History of Europe (Black Inc.) have hit over 300,000 units in China. While Black Inc. originally sold simplified...
FNAWN condemns HSC students’ abuse of van Neerven Archive
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) has condemned the online abuse of writer Ellen van Neerven after a poem from her 2016 collection, Comfort Food (UQP), appeared on the...
RB Media launches Audiobooks.com in Australia Archive
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Audiobook publisher and digital media distributor RB Media, which owns Australian audiobook provider Wavesound, has launched its streaming and downloading service Audiobooks.com in Australia today. RB Media is offering new...
Copyright Council publishes new report on economic contribution of copyright industries Archive
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Australian Copyright Council (ACC) has published a report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers on the economic contribution of Australian copyright industries from 2002-2016, the fifth report of its kind commissioned by...
MidnightSun acquires debut novel ‘Beneath the Mother Tree’ Archive
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to playwright and radio dramatist D M Cameron’s debut novel Beneath the Mother Tree for publication in 2018. Beneath the Mother Tree is a ‘fast-paced’...
Burch wins inaugural Victorian Premier’s History Award for ‘Returning the Kulkyne’ Archive
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
John Burch has won the inaugural Victorian Premier’s History Award, worth $5000, for his book Returning the Kulkyne, announced as part of the Victorian Community History Awards in Melbourne on...
Australian bestsellers in September: Harper straight to the top of fiction, Pape holds on as bestselling nonfiction Archive
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Jane Harper’s second novel Force of Nature has debuted at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in September, despite being released in the final week of the month. Harper’s debut...
Feminist Writers Festival receives state government funding for 2018 event Archive
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has received $45,000 in funding from the Victorian Government to stage its second festival in 2018. The four-day festival will be held in Melbourne and...
ABA to hold 2018 conference in Canberra Archive
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will hold its 2018 conference in Canberra on 17-18 June. The conference and trade exhibition will be held at the QT Hotel and the gala...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2017 White Ravens list Archive
Friday, 13 October 2017
Several books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2017 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles on the...
A&U acquires feminist ‘little inventor’ picture book Archive
Friday, 13 October 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Melbourne-based illustrator and designer Sher Rill Ng’s debut picture book, Our Little Inventor via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. The...
ABC to end ‘The Book Club’ after 11 years Archive
Friday, 13 October 2017
The last episode of The Book Club will air on the ABC on 19 December, with Jennifer Byrne announcing she’s leaving the broadcaster after 11 years as host of the...
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