SPN to wind up in 30 days unless new board formed
Monday, 21 October 2024
The board of the Small Press Network (SPN) has informed members that it will apply to Consumer Affairs Victoria to terminate the organisation in 30 days, unless a new board...
Richell Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Hachette Australia and the Richell family, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and Simpsons Solicitors, has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The...
Transit Lounge acquires Raszewski’s second novel
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to For One Visitor at a Time, the second novel by Melbourne-based author Monica Raszewski. For One Visitor at a Time tells the story of...
A&U acquires Chung memoir
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the memoir Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You by Candice Chung via Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. In describing the memoir, the publisher...
Black Inc. acquires Grenville’s nonfiction project ‘Unsettled’
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ rights to Kate Grenville’s nonfiction project Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place. Said Grenville: ‘I’ve been circling this book for twenty years. Researching and...
James awarded 2024 ASA Medal
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann James is the recipient of the 2024 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian...
South Australian Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards have been announced. The debut memoir of Adelaide author Shannon Burns, Childhood (Text), has won the Premier’s Award for the best...
Pan Macmillan acquires Kerr’s adult fiction debut
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Pan Macmillan Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Kay Kerr’s untitled adult fiction debut, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. In the novel, ‘a burnt-out and unravelling young...
UQP acquires Field’s ‘The Eagle and the Crow’
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to J M Field’s book The Eagle and the Crow, which ‘records and provides important insights into Indigenous ways of knowing...
Paragraph Fellowship inaugural shortlist announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Paragraph Fellowship has been announced by the new Time to Write initiative. Shortlisted works are: ‘Decadence’ by Hossein Asgari ‘The Heron’ by Jessica Au ‘Reasons...
Promotions at S&S
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced the promotions of three staff members in the editorial team and one staff member in the finance team, effective this month. Anthea Bariamis...
McGregor, Sakr, Apolonio awarded Copyright Agency fellowships
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the three recipients of its 2024 writing fellowships, sharing a prize pool of $170,000, which aim to ‘usher in new Australian writing from both...
New Dawn forms audiobook partnership with Bolinda
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Fantasy and speculative fiction publisher New Dawn has formed an ‘exclusive partnership’ with Bolinda Audio for the audiobook company to publish New Dawn's titles into the trade and library audio...
Marahuyo awarded 2024 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Writing NSW has awarded its 2024 Varuna fellowship to J Marahuyo for her poetry manuscript ‘Disclosure of Violence’. ‘Disclosure of Violence’ was described by the judges as a ‘deeply affecting...
Book-to-film adaptations to receive Screen Australia funding
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Two book adaptations are among the 15 projects to share $8.1 million in the latest round of production funding from Screen Australia. Watching You is a six-part psychological thriller series...
UWAP acquires Negri’s YA verse novel
Monday, 14 October 2024
University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Julianne Negri’s young adult verse novel Hunting Bears, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. Hunting Bears is...
Karajia and Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2024 winners announced
Monday, 14 October 2024
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2024 Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Karajia Award for First Nations children’s storytelling. Winners in each category are: Environment...
A&U acquires ‘Runt’ sequel
Monday, 14 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping, Craig Silvey’s sequel to Runt, via Lesley Thorne at Aitken Alexander Associates. Runt and the Diabolical...
Flanagan shortlisted for 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
Monday, 14 October 2024
In the UK, Question 7 by Australian author Richard Flanagan (Knopf) has been shortlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, worth £50,000 (A$96,907). The six titles shortlisted for...
Bookshops to celebrate LYBD with discounts, events and giveaways
Friday, 11 October 2024
Bookshops across the country are preparing to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) on 12 October with a range of special events, discounts, and activities designed under this year’s theme...
Details announced for Byron Writers Festival, Sydney Rare Book Fair
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Two events—the Byron Writers Festival and the Sydney Rare Book Fair—have announced details of forthcoming events. Sydney Rare Book Fair 2024 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers...
A&U acquires second Spencer novel
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Broke Road, the second novel from Matthew Spencer, via Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management Literary Agency. Broke Road is set in the...
Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2024 longlist
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Odd Couple: The Australia-America Relationship (Allan Behm, Upswell) Quarterly Essay...
Kitching, Pickens shortlisted in Laurel Prize
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among those shortlisted for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The shortlisted titles are:...
HarperCollins acquires Ablett memoir
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to ‘inspirational memoir’ One Day at a Time by Jordan Ablett. ‘On a quiet Melbourne afternoon in the eerie early days of the pandemic, young...
Affirm acquires Brownlee rom-com
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Victoria Brownlee’s foodie rom-com novel, Eat Your Heart Out, via Linwood Messina Literary Agency. Eat Your Heart Out follows six competing food writers...
Lewis to leave Hardie Grant
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Hardie Grant group director, people and culture Troy Lewis is leaving Hardie Grant after seven years to explore other opportunities. Having joined as maternity cover for then Hardie Grant Books...
Dymocks: Changes to website, loyalty program and flagship store
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Dymocks will this week roll out ‘a multimillion-dollar new website project’ that will provide ‘stronger search capabilities, a more streamlined check-out process, more delivery options and personalised recommendations,’ reports the...
Derby wins 2024 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Mark Derby has won the 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Writers’ Award, worth...
Booksellers Aotearoa NZ launches buying group
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand is offering members access to a new service—a book buying group. Beginning with 26 members, the buying group provides access to an online ordering portal, which...
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