Text Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Monday, 5 June 2023
The shortlist for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000, has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Upswell' by Beth Amos (YA), about a 17-year-old surfer...
Aurealis Awards 2022 winners announced
Monday, 5 June 2023
The winners of the Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing published in 2022 in Australia, have been announced. Among the winning categories are: Best Fantasy Novel...
Neilma Sidney Travel Fund recipients announced
Monday, 5 June 2023
Writers Victoria has announced the ninth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The successful recipients, who share in a total of $58,675, are: Aimee Chan (NSW),...
MidnightSun acquires Brewin YA
Friday, 2 June 2023
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to a new YA novel by Melbourne author Emily Brewin. The Two Sides of Grace tells the story of 16-year-old Grace who’s living alone...
UQP sells US rights to two picture books by Soweol Han
Friday, 2 June 2023
UQP has sold North American rights to debut picture book Tiny Wonders forthcoming follow-up Nightsong (Sally Soweol Han) to Bloomsbury US. Sally Soweol Han is a Korean-Australia author-illustrator, currently shortlisted...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists announced
Thursday, 1 June 2023
The finalists for the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlists in each category are: Picture book Duck Goes Meow (Juliette MacIver,...
Scribe acquires Darling novella
Thursday, 1 June 2023
Scribe has acquired ANZ and UK rights to Thunderhead by Miranda Darling. ANZ rights were acquired at auction from Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary, and UK rights were acquired from John Ash,...
NewSouth acquires ‘Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower: The letters’
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower: The letters, edited by Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham. The publisher describes the book as ‘a major contribution to the literary...
First in-person VIPs program since 2019 held alongside SWF
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
This year’s annual Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program was held alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival and ran from 22–26 May. The 2023 program was attended by 14 international guests and comprised an industry forum...
Canelo acquires McKenzie crime series
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
British publisher Canelo has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to a three-book crime series by Dinuka McKenzie, reports BookBrunch. Rights were acquired via Bill Goodall Literary Agency on...
ALS Gold Medal 2023 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted works are: We Come With This Place (Debra Dank, Echo) Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Iris (Fiona...
black&write! fellowships 2023 recipients announced
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
The 2023 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Dakota Feirer and Jacob K Gallagher. Each fellowship is worth $10,000 and includes editorial development...
Transit Lounge acquires Cranston debut novel
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Belinda Cranston’s debut novel Not Like Mr Benn. The author ‘beautifully captures the pluck and longing as well as the sadness and bewilderment of...
ABDA announces 2023 award winners, new paid internship
Monday, 29 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. ABDA has also announced the establishment of the 'Baseline' Book...
Abdu awarded Dal Stivens award, Hardcastle awarded Kathleen Mitchell award
Monday, 29 May 2023
Jumaana Abdu has been awarded the $15,000 Dal Stivens Literary Award, presented biennially to an author aged 30 or under for the best literary short story or essay, for her...
Ismail, Stewart awarded $50k Marten Bequest scholarship
Monday, 29 May 2023
Rafeif Ismail and Emily Stewart are among the seven recipients of the 2023 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships, each worth $50,000. Ismail, who received the prose scholarship, is an emerging award-winning...
Kinokuniya awaits ‘Gender Queer’ classification appeal
Friday, 26 May 2023
Sydney bookshop Kinokuniya has paid for the Australian Classification Board to determine the classification of the graphic novel Gender Queer: A memoir (Maia Kobabe, Oni Press) after a complaint about...
Allum wins 2023 Fogarty Literary Award for ‘The Skeleton House’
Friday, 26 May 2023
Katherine Allum has won the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award for her novel The Skeleton House. Allum receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and a publishing contract with...
‘RecipeTin Eats: Dinner’ wins 2023 ABIA book of the year
Thursday, 25 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. In the business awards, Allen & Unwin won publisher of the year while the University of Queensland...
Hachette makes Commitment to Professional Behaviour in Publishing
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Hachette Australia has released a Commitment to Professional Behaviour in Publishing, which is adapted from the British version established by industry groups the Association of Authors’ Agents, the Booksellers Association,...
Audiobook platform Libro.fm to launch locally in July
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
The US-based digital audiobook platform Libro.fm, which partners with independent bookshops, has announced it will launch in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in July. Co-founder and CEO Mark Pearson...
Pantera sells Kinky History in six-figure pre-empt
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Pantera Press has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Kinky History by Esmé Louise James to Nina Shield at TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in a 'significant...
Dank wins record four awards in 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Debra Dank's We Come With This Place (Echo) has taken out a record four awards, including...
HarperCollins acquires Hayes memoir
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to I’m Liz Hayes, the memoir of broadcast journalist Liz Hayes. Hayes has spent over 40 years as a reporter and presenter for Nine Entertainment,...
2023 First Nations Writers Festival to be held in Townsville
Monday, 22 May 2023
The First Nations Writers Festival, featuring First Nations writers of the greater Pacific region, will take place in Townsville from 26–27 May. Among the featured writers are Julie Janson, author...
Davies awarded 2023 Janet Mackenzie Medal
Monday, 22 May 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Kerry Davies as the winner of the 2023 Janet Mackenzie Medal for services to editing. Davies has worked in publishing and communications since...
UQP acquires Metcalfe debut memoir
Monday, 22 May 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to the debut memoir Breath by Carly-Jay Metcalfe, via Jeanne Ryckmans of Cameron’s Management. Breath was the winner of the 2022...
Carmichael, Gibson, Haddad named SMH Best Young Australian Novelists 2023
Friday, 19 May 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced the Best Young Australian Novelists for 2023. The writers and their novels are: Jay Carmichael for Marlo (Scribe) Katerina Gibson for Women I Know (Scribner) George...
Emerging Writers Festival 2023 program launched
Friday, 19 May 2023
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) has launched its 20th anniversary program for 14–24 June, featuring nearly 200 artists in over 60 events in various locations across Melbourne. The opening night...
Hachette acquires nonfiction from Schlegl, Qin via Law partnership
Friday, 19 May 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired two nonfiction titles via its publishing scout partnership with Australian screenwriter, author and broadcaster Benjamin Law. Adult nonfiction publisher Sophie Hamley acquired ANZ, UK and Commonwealth...
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