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...
Kellow to step down at Ultimo
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Hardie Grant has announced that Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow will step down from the position at the end of June. Kellow spent 14 years living and working in...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The six longlisted novels, chosen from a longlist of 11 announced in May, are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak...
Crozier wins 2023 Text Prize
Monday, 19 June 2023
Lauren Crozier has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. Text said the novel was 'a dazzling adventure loaded with larger-than-life characters,...
ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 shortlists
Monday, 19 June 2023
The shortlist 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 shortlisted works...
BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year winners announced
Monday, 19 June 2023
BookPeople has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards, formerly the Booksellers Choice awards, and the Bookseller of the Year awards. The winning titles and booksellers...
Iltners wins 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award
Monday, 19 June 2023
Kirsty Iltners has won the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her entry Depth of Field. Iltners, a writer and freelance photographer living in Brisbane, receives a...
Menzies-Pike wins Pascall Prize, Hughes plagiarism coverage wins journalism award
Friday, 16 June 2023
Sydney Review of Books (SRB) outgoing editor Catriona Menzies-Pike has won the 2023 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism for two SRB book reviews, 'Critic Swallows Book' on Trent Dalton's Boy...
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