Reviews, residencies, new publications receive latest Copyright Agency funding
Monday, 25 July 2022
Increased funding for book reviews, a new Mascara x Varuna editorial and writing residency, and several publications are among 20 initiatives receiving a total of $256,245 in the latest round...
Kennedy wins 2022 Furphy Literary Award
Monday, 25 July 2022
The winners of the 2022 Furphy Literary Award have been announced. Cate Kennedy won first place in the open category for her short story ‘Art and Life’, receiving $15,000 and...
Henderson appointed Hachette senior nonfiction publisher
Friday, 22 July 2022
Hachette Australia has appointed Scott Henderson, previously editor and content director of Men’s Health Australia, as senior nonfiction publisher. Group publishing director Fiona Hazard said Henderson 'clearly has the vision...
Ultimo launches UK fiction list
Friday, 22 July 2022
Ultimo Press will launch six fiction titles into the UK market in late 2022. Carried by the Hardie Grant UK sales team, Ultimo’s fiction list will be launched in the...
Furphy Literary Award 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 21 July 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Furphy Literary Award has been announced. The winner of the short story competition receives $15,000, making the award one of the richest prizes for a...
Down wins 2022 Miles Franklin for ‘Bodies of Light’
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Jennifer Down has won the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her second novel Bodies of Light (Text). At 31 years old, Down is one of the youngest authors...
A&U acquires Lim middle-grade novel
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ, Oceania and non-exclusive Asia rights to a new middle-grade novel by Rebecca Lim, Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky, via the Annabel Barker...
Affirm acquires two Robinson novels
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to two new novels by Alice Robinson. The first title, Blueshifts, is a literary/speculative fiction novel set both 100 years into the future and...
T S Bookshop urges board to rethink closure
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Customers and supporters of the T S Bookshop in Melbourne have launched a Change.org petition in response to the planned closure of the store by the board of the Theosophical...
Summers leaves Hardie Grant
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Hardie Grant Books publisher Arwen Summers has left the role after five years at the company. Summers said in a LinkedIn post she was 'in need of major change' after two...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2022 finalists announced
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
The finalists for the 2022 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Finalists were announced in 10 categories including: Best illustrated book Bill Hammond: Across...
HarperCollins acquires two crime novels by Lando
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to two novels by Veronica Lando, via Benjamin Paz at Curtis Brown. The first book, The Drowning Girls, is a ‘darkly absorbing’ mystery set in...
Batt awarded Reading Australia fellowship
Monday, 18 July 2022
The Copyright Agency has named Jantiena Batt, a deputy principal working within the ACT Education Directorate, as the 2022 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English Literacy. Batt receives a...
Sidnam wins 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize
Friday, 15 July 2022
Wellington-based poet and student Emma Sidnam has been awarded the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer. Chosen from a shortlist of four,...
Ultimo acquires debut novel ‘Higher Education’
Friday, 15 July 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to debut novel Higher Education by Kira McPherson, in a deal brokered by Cara Lee Simpson from UK-based agency Peters Fraser + Dunlop. According...
Nash to step down from Booktopia executive management
Thursday, 14 July 2022
The board of Booktopia Group has given founder and CEO Tony Nash notice to step away from executive management of the company. Current CFO Geoff Stalley has been appointed interim...
Affirm acquires Barron debut novel ‘Golden Days’
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Golden Days, the debut novel by Aotearoa New Zealand author Caroline Barron, via Nadine Rubin Nathan of High Spot Literary. Described by the...
National Biography Award 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 14 July 2022
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted books are: Car Crash: A memoir (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.) Home...
FedEx to manage all UBD new releases
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
United Book Distrbutors (UBD) has announced that from next month all its new release deliveries will be managed by FedEx (TNT). The distributor said that, after assessing its freight model...
McHardy leaves Booktopia
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Franscois McHardy has left his position as head of publishing at Booktopia after three years in the role, and will be lecturing next semester in the Master of Publishing course...
Byron Writers Festival full 2022 program announced
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Byron Writers Festival, Australia’s largest regional writers festival, has announced the full line-up for its 2022 event, which runs 26–28 August. After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the festival...
Griffith Review announces emerging voices competition winners
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its second annual emerging voices writing competition. The winners of the Long and Short of It competition are: Stephanie Barham Melanie Myers Emily...
KYD announces new creative nonfiction prize
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a new creative nonfiction prize. Open exclusively to KYD subscribers, the KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize will be judged by essayist Fiona Wright in...
Fair Work approves BRTD EBA
Monday, 11 July 2022
The enterprise bargaining agreement between staff and owners at Sydney bookshop Better Read Than Dead (BRTD) signed earlier this year, has been approved by the Fair Work Commission. Conditions under...
Rimmer buys Collins Orange
Monday, 11 July 2022
Author Kelly Rimmer has purchased Collins Booksellers Orange, NSW from founders Phillip and Margaret Schwebel. After 22 years, the Schwebels sold the store to Rimmer, a long-time customer, with the...
Writers Vic announces 2022 Writeability fellows
Monday, 11 July 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the 2022 Writeability fellows. The following five writers with disability were awarded Writeability fellowships: Dorian Sutton for 'The Passenger', a young adult, queer coming-of-age story about...
Wilderness Society announces Environment Award shortlists, new Karajia Award
Friday, 8 July 2022
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL), as well as the new Karajia Award for First Nations children's storytelling. The shortlisted...
Australian publishers returning to Frankfurt in person
Friday, 8 July 2022
Attendees from 12 Australian publishing businesses will attend Frankfurt this year as part of the Australian Publishers Association (APA) stand, with a further 15 attending virtually and four publishers sending...
Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2022 shortlists announced
Thursday, 7 July 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years All Dogs Bark...
S&S acquires MAFS star Robinson’s memoir
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to the memoir of lifestyle personality, businesswoman and podcaster Jules Robinson. Robinson rose to fame following her appearance on Married at...
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