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MWF announces 2023 program

Thursday, 23 March 2023
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced its 2023 program, which will run from 4–7 May 2023 and be held predominately at State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Capitol theatre. Opening...

ASAL announces pilot fellowship program recipients

Thursday, 23 March 2023
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the recipients of a pilot program of Copyright Agency-funded writers’ fellowships. Luisa Mitchell and Fiona Murphy are the winners...

Baker steps down at OUP, joins Copyright Agency 

Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Oxford University Press ANZ managing director Arthur Baker has resigned from his role. Baker, who was appointed to the position in 2017, will join the Copyright Agency as director: strategy...

‘Runt’ wins 2023 Indie Book of the Year

Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin) has been named Book of the Year at the 2023 Indie Book Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Horse (Geraldine...

Pantera sells ‘The Deadly Daylight’ to Holiday House 

Monday, 20 March 2023
Pantera Press has sold World English rights (excluding ANZ) to Ash Harrier’s The Deadly Daylight to New York-based independent publisher Holiday House. The first Alice England Mysteries book, The Deadly...

Open Book expands to three internships

open book logo Monday, 20 March 2023
The Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship program, which ran as a pilot program offering two internships in 2022, has expanded to offer three paid internships this year, with one an...

BookPeople announces 2023 conference program

Book people logo Friday, 17 March 2023
BookPeople has released a draft of program for its 2023 conference and trade exhibition, to be held on 18-19 June in Adelaide. Keynotes include journalist and author Julia Baird on...

NZ book review website to be launched

Thursday, 16 March 2023
A new book review website, the Aotearoa NZ Review of Books (ANZRB) will be launched on 22 March, according to New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa....

SWF 2023 program announced

Thursday, 16 March 2023
The program for the 2023 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs 22–28 May, has been announced. Themed 'Stories for the Future', this year’s SWF is the first to be programmed...

Holland-Batt longlisted for 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize

Thursday, 16 March 2023
Sarah Holland-Batt’s poetry collection The Jaguar (UQP) has been longlisted for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize, worth C$130,000 (A$142,700). The Griffin Poetry Prize is awarded annually for the best collection of poetry...

Giramondo sells US, UK rights to Wright titles 

Thursday, 16 March 2023
Giramondo has sold international rights to several Alexis Wright books. In North America, New York-based independent press New Directions will publish Alexis Wright's forthcoming novel Praiseworthy (April) and her novel...

Australian Reading Hour digital event attracts 17,000

Wednesday, 15 March 2023
The 2023 Australian Reading Hour on Thursday 9 March involved more than 250 events across the country. Over 17,000 students watched the The Magic of Storytelling live digital event, held...

Transit Lounge acquires anaesthetist’s thriller 

Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to All You Took From Me by NSW author and doctor Lisa Kenway in a direct publisher-to-author deal. ‘This is a dark, twisty thriller...

PRH acquires new Flanagan book 

Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Question 7 by Richard Flanagan via PRH publisher at large Nikki Christer. Question 7 melds fiction and nonfiction, 'beginning at...

QBD Books to open 86th store in Frankston 

Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Bookselling chain QBD Books has announced the opening of its 86th store in Bayside Shopping Centre, Frankston on 1 April. The opening of QBD Books Bayside will feature local crime...

PANZ climate action report released

Tuesday, 14 March 2023
The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has announced the completion of its report on Climate Action for the New Zealand Publishing Industry: A snapshot and...

Llewellyn to step down as Wheeler Centre CEO 

Tuesday, 14 March 2023
The Wheeler Centre (TWC) CEO Caro Llewellyn has announced her resignation and will vacate the role at the end of her contract in July this year, to focus on writing...

Australian Book Design Awards 2023 longlists announced

Friday, 10 March 2023
The longlists for the 2023 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in the first three categories are: Best...

Bendigo Writers Festival announces 2023 program

Friday, 10 March 2023
The Bendigo Writers Festival (BWF) has announced its program for the festival running from 4–7 May 2023 in Bendigo, Victoria. Based at the 150-year-old Capital Theatre, the festival will feature...

Aurealis Awards shortlists announced

Friday, 10 March 2023
The shortlists for the 2022 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the shortlists are: Best Fantasy Novel The Not So...

Penguin Literary Prize 2023 shortlist announced

Thursday, 9 March 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted titles are: 'The Elementals' by Liz Allan, the story of The Bastards, a...

 

 

 

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