Collins celebrates 100 years with new prize for political writing
Friday, 27 May 2022
Collins Booksellers has announced the establishment of a new literary prize, the Australian Political Book of the Year Award. Collins chairman Duncan Johnston said in a statement that recognition of...
Gervay wins 2022 Crystal Kite award
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Susanne Gervay has won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Gervay...
Mabey awarded Creative NZ Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary
Thursday, 26 May 2022
Claire Mabey has been named the recipient of Creative New Zealand’s 2022 Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary, receiving funding of NZ$23,150 (A$21,150). Based in Pōneke (Wellington), Mabey is a writer...
ASAL announces book awards finalists
Thursday, 26 May 2022
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the finalists for several literary awards that the organisation oversees. Magarey Medal ASAL and the Australian Historical Association have...
Mason wins fiction book of the year at 2022 British Book Awards
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Sydney-based Aotearoa New Zealand writer Meg Mason has won the 2022 British Book Award for fiction book of the year for her second novel Sorrow and Bliss (Fourth Estate). The...
Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards, which celebrate excellence in writing across the Northern Territory, have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction...
Lui acquires first three books for Joan imprint
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced the first three titles to be published under its new Nakkiah Lui-curated Joan imprint, acquiring ANZ rights to debuts by Brooke Boney, Sarah Firth...
SWF: 2022 festival wraps up with change of government
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
This year's Sydney Writers Festival (SWF), the final for outgoing artistic director Michael Williams, has all but wrapped up, having run from 16 to 22 May. Two events, The SWF...
Solomun to wind up The Rights Hive
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Natasha Solomun, who founded The Rights Hive agency in 2017, has announced the business will cease operating at the end of June. Solumun, who has worked in international rights for...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 longlist announced
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
The longlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 12 longlisted novels are: The Other Half of You (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) After Story...
A&U acquires Gray debut novel ‘Green Dot’
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the novel Green Dot by Madeleine Gray, in a pre-empt deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. UK rights...
Quilliam named ILF ambassador
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced a new ILF ambassador, Aboriginal artist and adjunct professor Wayne Quilliam. A photographer, artist, filmmaker, author and cultural advisor, Quilliam has 30 years...
ABIA 2022 shortlists announced
Monday, 23 May 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: General fiction book of the year When Things Are Alive...
Fijian writer Rokonadravu wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific category
Monday, 23 May 2022
Fijian writer Mary Rokonadravu has won the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for her story 'The Nightwatch', described by Pacific region judge, Wiradjuri writer, poet and...
‘Shifting Grounds’ and ‘Vandemonians’ joint 2022 Ernest Scott Prize winners
Monday, 23 May 2022
Shifting Grounds: Deep histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland (Lucy Mackintosh, Bridget Williams Books) and Vandemonians: The repressed history of colonial Victoria (Janet McCalman, Miegunyah Press) have jointly won the 2022...
Williams appointed The Monthly editor
Monday, 23 May 2022
Schwartz Media has announced the appointment of Michael Williams as editor of The Monthly. Appointed interim artistic director of Sydney Writers’ Festival in late 2020, Williams delivered the festival's 2021 and...
Pinerolo to cease programs as Hamilton retires
Friday, 20 May 2022
Pinerolo, the Children's Book Cottage will cease running its publications and programs after 12 years of operations, following the retirement of founder Margaret Hamilton. Hamilton, a librarian, former publisher and...
NT Writers Fest announces full line-up, travel subsidy scheme
Friday, 20 May 2022
The full program for this year's NT Writers Festival, which runs from 23–26 June at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Garrmalang/Darwin, has been announced. Themed...
Affirm Press acquires Swindell fiction debut
Friday, 20 May 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to comedian Carolyn Swindell's debut novel We Only Want What’s Best, via Sandy Wagner Creative Agents. Described by the publisher as 'a tense examination...
Books Create Australia shares 2022 election recommendations
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Joint industry group Books Create Australia has outlined seven specific policy recommendations that will form the basis of the group's ongoing messages to government about the sector's needs. The recommendations...
Mamun replaces Pandiella at S&S
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced the appointment of Ace Mamun as marketing and publicity director, replacing Anabel Pandiella, who was appointed head of publicity and marketing at Welbeck...
BWF 2022: ‘Big, diverse festival that attracted a diverse audience’
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) wrapped up last week, having run 3–8 May, with an online festival running 10–14 May. BWF CEO Sarah Runcie told Books+Publishing 'particular standouts' were the festival's...
Prize money increase for Spark Prize
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Hardie Grant Books and RMIT Writing and Publishing have announced the prize money for the Spark Prize has increased from $2000 to $5000. The biennial developmental prize for narrative nonfiction,...
Vivas replaces Byng at HarperCollins
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
HarperCollins Australia has announced the appointment of Ana Vivas as its new head of Australian children's publishing. Currently children's publisher at Hardie Grant, Vivas replaces Chren Byng, who was appointed...
‘In the Clearing’ to become Disney+ drama series
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
A series adaptation of In the Clearing by J P Pomare (Hachette) has been acquired by Disney for its streaming service Disney+. Pomare's 2019 novel is a fictionalised account of...
UQP acquires Saleh debut poetry collection
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to the debut poetry collection The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazel el-Banat by Arab-Australian writer and activist Sara M Saleh. Described...
ABA 2022 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 ABA Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the...
‘A Place Near Eden’ wins 2022 Vogel
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
A Place Near Eden by Melbourne writer Nell Pierce has won this year’s $20,000 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age of 35. Described...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022 winners announced
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
The winners of the 2022 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Safdar Ahmed’s graphic novel Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s immigration detention system (Twelve Panels Press) was...
Booktopia opens new corporate offices in Western Sydney
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Online book retailer Booktopia has opened its new corporate offices in the Western Sydney suburb of Rhodes. The company said the new, 2000 sqm offices will free up space at...
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