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Australian Geographic, Hardie Grant announce publishing partnership

Monday, 5 August 2024
Australian Geographic and Hardie Grant are partnering on a new publishing program. The program will comprise new titles and updated editions of Australian Geographic’s core range of publications. In a...

Wright awarded 2024 Miles Franklin for ‘Praiseworthy’, becomes two-time winner

Thursday, 1 August 2024
Alexis Wright has won the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel Praiseworthy (Giramondo). Wright previously won the award in 2007 for her novel Carpentaria (Giramondo), and now...

Creative Australia International Travel, Translation, and Rights Funds for Literature recipients announced

Thursday, 1 August 2024
Creative Australia has announced 2024 recipients of grants from several funds supporting Australian literature. The recipients are: International Travel Fund Katherine Brabon Sarah Firth Chris Gooch Hasib Blaik Hourani Dinuka...

Mulhall awarded 2024 Reading Australia Fellowship

Thursday, 1 August 2024
The Copyright Agency has named Maya Mulhall, a teacher from Blackburn High School in Victoria, the 2024 Reading Australia Fellow for teachers of English and literacy and teacher librarians. Mulhall...

Wilson wins 2024 Desperate Literature Prize, Australian writer shortlisted

Thursday, 1 August 2024
London-based writer Sukie Wilson has won the 2024 Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, while Australian author Amanda Hildebrandt and UK-based writer Richie Jones are runners-up. Wilson won for their work...

Queensland Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced

Thursday, 1 August 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. In several categories, the awards' value has increased this year, with the total value of the awards now standing...

UBD to rebrand as Penguin Random House Distribution

Thursday, 1 August 2024
United Book Distributors (UBD), the distribution facility of Penguin Random House (PRH), has announced it will rebrand to Penguin Random House Distribution from 1 August, with the new name to...

Sullivan appointed MWF festival director

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Veronica Sullivan, head of programming at the Wheeler Centre (TWC), will step down from the role at the end of August to become festival director at Melbourne Writers Festival. Said...

Deadline for next Booktopia meeting of creditors extended

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Booktopia administrators have until early December to find a buyer for the company after a Federal Court judge ordered a three-month extension to the deadline before the next meeting of...

Wood longlisted for 2024 Booker Prize

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Australian author Charlotte Wood has been longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Stone Yard Devotional (A&U). The 13 books shortlist for the £50,000 (A$98,124) prize are: Creation...

Hamouda wins 2024 National Biography Award for ‘The Shape of Dust’

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
The Shape of Dust: A father wrongly imprisoned, a daughter’s quest to free him (Lamisse Hamouda with Hazem Hamouda, Pantera) has won the 2024 National Biography Award. Hamouda wins $25,000,...

Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
The Australian Book Review has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works are: ‘First Snow’ by Kerry Greer (WA) ‘Pornwald’ by Jill Van...

Pantera acquires Sheppard adult novel

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights for Holden Sheppard’s first novel for adults, Two Kings, in a deal brokered by Gaby Naher at Left Bank Literary. Two Kings is described...

Hardie Grant acquires Petracca cookbook

Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to AFL star and Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca’s debut cookbook, Christian Petracca’s On Trac Cookbook. A premiership player and midfielder for the...

Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship 2024 recipients announced

Monday, 29 July 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the three recipients of the 2024 Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship. The recipients are Anna Hickey-Moody, director of the Arts and Humanities Institute at...

Lomer wins 2024 Furphy Literary Award

Monday, 29 July 2024
Kathryn Lomer has won the $15,000 first prize in the 2024 Furphy Literary Award for the short story ‘Nothing about Kissing’. Lomer is a poet, YA author and novelist from...

QWC Varuna fellowship 2024 recipients announced

Monday, 29 July 2024
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced the recipients of its two 2024 residential fellowships to be held at Varuna, the National Writers’ House. Recipients of the 2024 fellowships are...

Weber to lead new audiobooks research project

Monday, 29 July 2024
A new research project, led by lecturer Millicent Weber at the Australian National University (ANU), will investigate ‘how audiobooks are reshaping Australian book culture, including publishing, circulation and reading practices’....