Herrmann shortlisted for FutureBook Awards Archive
Friday, 13 October 2017
Bolinda founder and co-CEO Rebecca Herrmann has been shortlisted for the 2017 FutureBook Awards, run by the Bookseller in the UK. Herrmann is shortlisted for FutureBook Leader of the Year,...
Brow Books sells world rights to Prescott’s ‘The Town’ Archive
Friday, 13 October 2017
Brow Books has sold world rights to Shaun Prescott’s debut novel The Town to Faber. Faber will publish The Town in the UK in August 2018 and is ‘actively selling...
Australians nominated for 2018 Astrid Lindgren Award Archive
Friday, 13 October 2017
Nine Australian authors and illustrators and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula Dubosarsky Mem Fox Morris...
Hardie Grant to distribute new cookbook series by Noma chef René Redzepi Archive
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant has signed a deal with US publisher Artisan for Australian distribution of a new three-book series by the founder and head chef of Copenhagen restaurant Noma, René Redzepi....
Scribe pre-empts UK and Commonwealth rights for ‘major book about honesty’ from US podcaster Archive
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to a nonfiction book by US podcaster Anna Sale, creator and presenter of the podcast ‘Death, Sex and Money’, just...
HGE sells UK rights to ‘Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds’ Archive
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia and Canada) to Jeremy Lachlan’s middle-grade adventure novel Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds in a...
Davis appointed COO of Hardie Grant Archive
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Andrew Davis, former deputy CEO Asia Pacific at Penguin Random House and former vice president of the Australian Publishers Association, has joined Hardie Grant as its chief operating officer. The...
Finch Publishing celebrates 25th Anniversary Archive
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Finch Publishing is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founder Rex Finch said he is ‘pleased (and slightly amazed)’ to be celebrating the occasion. The company launched in 1992. Finch,...
Tynan wins CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017 for ‘Atomic Thunder’ Archive
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Elizabeth Tynan has won the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) 2017 Australia Book Prize, for her book Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story (NewSouth). Tynan’s book was...
PRH to publish ‘a heartfelt tribute’ to Australian women Archive
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced it will publish Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women, a hardcover children’s nonfiction book dedicated to notable Australian...
Echo to publish Jabour’s debut novel ‘The Way Things Should Be’ Archive
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia’s Echo imprint will publish Guardian Australia journalist Bridie Jabour’s debut novel in May 2018. The Way Things Should Be centres on four adult siblings in the lead-up to...
New Varuna fellowship program announced for Indigenous writers Archive
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
A three-year, $30,000 grant from the Copyright Agency will fund a new fellowship program for Indigenous writers at Varuna. The Copyright Agency Fellowships for First Nations Writers are open to...
Hardie Grant Books to publish Yumi Stynes’ debut cookbook Archive
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Hardie Grant Books has announced the acquisition of broadcaster Yumi Stynes’ debut cookbook, The Zero F*cks Cookbook: Best Food Least Effort. The cookbook includes 60 ‘inventive, delicious and nutritious recipes...
IBBY Australia selects two refugee stories for 2018 Honour List Archive
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
IBBY Australia has selected two refugee stories for the 2018 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Hachette) was selected for the...
Schrader wins 2017 CLNZ Writers’ Award Archive
Monday, 9 October 2017
Freelance historian Ben Schrader has won the second annual Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Writers’ Award for nonfiction, worth NZ$25,000 (A$22,720), to help support his project Won and Lost: Saving New...
Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 6 October 2017
Scribe and Express Media have announced the shortlist for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Sian Campbell, for ‘Harriet and the...
The rights stuff 2017: Healthy year for Australian rights sales Archive
Friday, 6 October 2017
For the 15th year in a row, Books+Publishing has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall and...
Carey to headline Geelong’s Word for Word Nonfiction festival Archive
Friday, 6 October 2017
Novelist Peter Carey will headline this year’s Word for Word Nonfiction festival, which runs at the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre from 17-19 November. Carey will be in conversation with...
Almost 28,000 votes cast for Dymocks members’ favourite children’s book of all time Archive
Thursday, 5 October 2017
Dymocks Booklovers members have cast almost 28,000 votes for their favourite children’s book of all time, with 18 Australian titles making the top 51—up from 13 last year. Possum Magic...
Queensland Writers Fellowships, ‘Griffith Review’ Fellowships announced Archive
Thursday, 5 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Queensland Writers Fellowships and Griffith Review Fellowships were announced at the Queensland Literary Awards ceremony on 4 October. The winners of the Queensland Writers Fellowships...
Queensland Literary Awards 2017 winners announced Archive
Thursday, 5 October 2017
The winners of the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) were announced on 4 October. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley, Affirm) Nonfiction Saltwater...
Pan Macmillan signs two-book deal with debut YA author Guillaume Archive
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Pan Macmillan Australia has signed a two-book deal with debut YA author and BuzzFeed Australia editor Jenna Guillaume, via Danielle Binks for Jacinta di Mase Management. Pan Macmillan acquired ANZ rights...
Tan’s ‘Rubik’ sold to North America Archive
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
US and Canadian rights to Elizabeth Tan’s debut novel Rubik (Brio) have been sold to Unnamed Press. The deal was negotiated by Rachel Crawford at New York agency Wolf Literary...
LEB to hold 2018 conference in Hobart Archive
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Leading Edge Books (LEB) will hold its annual conference on 25-27 March 2018 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart. The conference program will incorporate a half-day supplier trade show...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients Archive
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Writers Victoria has announced the first round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Ten successful writers, playwrights and publishers were selected from of 205 applicants to receive...
New PRH Australia imprint Penguin Life to launch next year Archive
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia will launch Penguin Life, an imprint focussed on personal development and healthy living, in January 2018. Six books will be published under the imprint in...
Digital Writers’ Festival reveals 2017 program Archive
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
The program for the 2017 Digital Writers Festival (DWF), which runs from 24 October to 3 November, has been announced. More than 120 guests will participate in the online-first program,...
Text to publish two John Clarke collections Archive
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Text Publishing will release two collections by the late satirist John Clarke at the end of 2017. Tinkering: The Complete Book of John Clarke, which is publishing 27 November, will...
Richell Prize 2017 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As...
Crowley, Oseman win 2017 Inky Awards Archive
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Cath Crowley and Alice Oseman have won the 2017 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Cath Crowley’s Words in Deep Blue...
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