Hachette Australia acquires Armstrong picture book series
Thursday, 6 July 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to the first two picture books in a new series by Gamilaroi man, ABC television presenter and former AFL player Tony Armstrong. The George...
The Monthly launches books podcast; Rubbo, Chin-Dusting create bookselling podcast
Thursday, 6 July 2023
The Monthly has launched a new books podcast, Read This. The weekly podcast, to be hosted by the magazine’s editor, former Sydney Writers’ Festival artistic director and former Wheeler Centre director Michael Williams...
Affirm to represent David Fickling Books
Thursday, 6 July 2023
Affirm has announced it will take on sales and distribution of UK independent publishing house David Fickling Books (DFB). Based in the UK, DFB began as an imprint of Scholastic,...
APA Rising Star 2023 shortlist announced; BookUp program revealed
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Rising Star award. The five shortlisted professionals, who each began their publishing careers in the past 10 years,...
Dank’s ‘We Come with This Place’ wins ALS Gold Medal
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
The winner of the Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal is Debra Dank for We Come with This Place (Echo). The judges called the book ‘a generous, moving gift to...
Forster awarded 2023 Reading Australia Fellowship
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
The Copyright Agency has named Bridget Forster, a Victorian teacher with over 20 years of experience, the 2023 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English and Literacy and teacher librarians....
Johnstons announce sale of Collins Booksellers
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Duncan and Diana Johnston have announced the sale of the Collins Booksellers franchise, with 25 franchised outlets sold to owners of the Moonee Ponds Collins store, Will and Laura Smith....
artsACT announces funding recipients
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government arts agency artsACT has announced funding for several literature-related projects among its list of recent Arts Activities grant recipients. Successful applicants include: Tania McCartney, for...
HarperCollins settles, apologises after defamation case
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
HarperCollins Australia has settled a long-running defamation suit brought against it by John Gill, a former doctor from the defunct Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in Sydney, reports the Age. The newspaper...
Booktopia ends Nash agreement, Traurig to resign, as company looks to raise $8.1m
Monday, 3 July 2023
Online book retailer Booktopia is intending to raise approximately $6.5 million via the placement of new shares. The company has also agreed to extend an existing loan facility with AFSG...
NewSouth acquires ‘bold new history’ from Rees
Monday, 3 July 2023
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to 'a bold new history' by Yves Rees, via Jacinta di Mase Management. The as yet untitled book promises 'a rollicking ride that challenges...
ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 winners
Friday, 30 June 2023
The winners for the ACT Notable Book Awards, which highlight and celebrate the excellence and talent of writers in and around the ACT region, have been announced. The winning works...
Khoo wins 2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
Thursday, 29 June 2023
The winner of the 2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction is Sydney Khoo for their story 返屋企 [faan uk kei]. Judges Kate Mildenhall, Sara El Sayed and Katherine Larsen said,...
Berbay to be distributed by Hardie Grant
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Berbay Publishing has announced a partnership with Hardie Grant Australia for the sale and distribution of its titles. Berbay managing director Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke applauded the leadership qualities of the Hardie...
Upswell acquires Brack’s The Secret Landscapes
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to The Secret Landscapes by Clara Brack. Brack's book is 'an innovative and thrilling manuscript exploring the lives of artists and doing so by...
Byron Writers Festival full 2023 program announced
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Byron Writers Festival (BWF) has announced the full line-up for its 2023 event, which runs 11–13 August. The festival program includes more than 120 writers exploring the theme of ‘wild...
Moulton to leave Magabala
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Magabala Books CEO Anna Moulton will leave her position at the publisher in September. ‘Moulton has provided exceptional leadership of Magabala Books for almost 10 years, through a period of...
Audiences return to SWF in ‘larger than expected’ numbers
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) audiences returned to this year's festival as a live event in larger than expected numbers, similar to pre-Covid festivals, sparking conversations about ‘envisioning the future, our...
NT Writers Festival achieves box office record for Mparntwe/Alice Springs
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
NT Writers saw a box office record for its festival in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, which took place from 1–4 June, selling over 2500 tickets and generating box office income of over...
Hachette acquires Girma vampire trilogy
Monday, 26 June 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a 'dark fantasy trilogy' by debut Australian author Tigest Girma, as part of a global deal alongside Hachette Children’s Group in the United...
WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
Monday, 26 June 2023
The winners of the 2023 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in May, the winners in each category are: The Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000) Tracy Ryan...
PRH acquires Ardern memoir
Friday, 23 June 2023
Australian and New Zealand rights to an as-yet-untitled memoir by former New Zealand prime minster Jacinda Ardern have been acquired by Holly Toohey at Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia, and...
Changes to BookPeople committee
Friday, 23 June 2023
BookPeople, formerly the Australian Booksellers Association, has announced changes to its board. Tim Jarvis of Fullers Bookshop, Hobart, has been appointed president, replacing Jane Seaton of Beaufort Street Books, Mount...
Speech Pathology awards 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 22 June 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Age Category: Birth to three Baby Lou...
Hardie Grant acquires Janke memoir
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Hardie Grant Explore has acquired world print, ebook and audio rights to a memoir by Wuthathi, Yadhaighana and Meriam woman Terri Janke, founder of the largest and longest running Indigenous-owned law...
Australia Reads partners with Uni Melb to research events, announces reading symposium
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Australia Reads has announced a joint research project with the University of Melbourne, to investigate 'the ways Australian authors connect with communities through live literature events—from author talks to workshops,...
Literature Structural Investment fund recipients announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the recipients of the most recent round of the Literature Structural Investment fund which includes the three streams of translation, rights travel,...
Pilson receives Steph Bowe mentorship
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Ella Pilson has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. Pilson, a recent graduate of RMIT's Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing,...
O’Keeffe wins 2023 UQP Quentin Bryce Award
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Angela O’Keeffe has been named the winner of the 2023 University of Queensland Press (UQP) Quentin Bryce Award for her novel The Sitter. In the novel, ‘two women stand staring...
PRH acquires Hayes memoir
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to the memoir of Darren Hayes, the former frontman of pop duo Savage Garden. Hayes, a singer, songwriter, music producer, composer...
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