Penguin Literary Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Friday, 11 March 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'On a Bright Hillside in Paradise' by Annette Higgs, about a...
ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 11 March 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins publishing division HQ have announced the shortlist for the 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The winner will receive...
Warburton appointed ALIA CEO
Thursday, 10 March 2022
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the appointment of Cathie Warburton as its new CEO, replacing Sue McKerracher who left the organisation in January. Warburton has experience...
MacLehose Press acquires two new Papathanasiou novels
Thursday, 10 March 2022
MacLehose Press, an imprint of Hachette-owned UK publisher Quercus, has acquired world rights to two new novels by Peter Papathanasiou in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary....
ASA, writers festivals receive RISE funding
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Australian Short Story Festival and the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival have each received funding in the seventh and final round of...
Chidgey, Mason longlisted for 2022 Women’s Prize
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writers Catherine Chidgey and Meg Mason have been longlisted for the £30,000 (A$54,000) Women’s Prize for Fiction. Chidgey, the author of six novels, is longlisted for Remote Sympathy,...
Wang appointed Australian Children’s Laureate 2022–23
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) has named Gabrielle Wang as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2022–23. Melbourne-based Wang is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 20 books, including...
APA: proposed copyright changes would ‘gift’ publishing rights to libraries
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have, in separate responses to the federal government’s proposed copyright amendment bill, highlighted their concern that the draft bill...
A&U acquires trans and gender diverse anthology
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the anthology Nothing to Hide: Voices of trans and gender diverse Australia. Edited by Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees and...
A&U acquires Kostakis YA novel
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to a new novel by YA author Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something. The queer contemporary YA novel is, according to the publisher,...
NZ National Reading Survey: number of readers dips slightly
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura has published the results from its 2021 National Reading Survey, which found the number of adults who read has dropped slightly since the poll was...
Black Inc. acquires second Blaine book
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ rights to Australian Gospel, the second work of nonfiction by Lech Blaine, via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. In 1983, a three-year-old boy named Elijah is...
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature winners announced
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
The winners of the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature have been announced. Presented biennially by the South Australian government, the awards offer a total prize pool of $167,500. The...
Ahmed awarded 2022 Kat Muscat Fellowship
Monday, 7 March 2022
Munira Tabassum Ahmed is the recipient of the 2022 Kat Muscat Fellowship, which offers professional development up to the value of $5000 for an editorial project or work of writing...
ILF announces new ambassador, relocation to Hachette offices
Monday, 7 March 2022
Wiradjuri astrophysicist and science communicator Kirsten Banks has been announced as a new ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). 'We are excited to have Kirsten Banks as our newest...
Portside Review receives $60k DFAT grant
Friday, 4 March 2022
The Centre for Stories' journal Portside Review has been awarded $60,000 in funding as one of four recipients of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) Australian Cultural Diplomacy...
HarperCollins acquires Cheers illustrated nonfiction guide
Friday, 4 March 2022
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to The New Rulebook, a work of illustrated nonfiction by psychologist and educator Chris Cheers. Cheers gained thousands of Instagram followers during the rolling Melbourne...
Stella Count 2019/20: gender parity achieved for first time
Thursday, 3 March 2022
The results of the 2019 and 2020 Stella Counts (delayed due to Covid) have been announced, showing that representation of women and non-binary authors in Australian book reviews has reached...
BWF 2022 program announced
Thursday, 3 March 2022
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs 3–8 May, has been announced. Over 100 artists will appear at more than 200 events for the 60th celebration...
Varuna 2022 First Nations Fellowships announced
Thursday, 3 March 2022
Varuna, the National Writers' House has announced the recipients of its First Nations Fellowships for 2022. The six fellowship recipients and their projects are: Jenny Fraser, for her narrative nonfiction...
Duncan wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2022
Thursday, 3 March 2022
Naomi Parry Duncan has been awarded Writers Victoria's $20,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Gai-mariagal man Musquito. Originally from Port Jackson, Musquito was a resistance fighter...
UQP acquires two more books from Thompson
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to two new books by Aboriginal (pakana) author Adam Thompson. The first book, a novel set in Launceston and focused on pakana man Rusty, ‘a...
APA Bologna stand to feature 15 publishers
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
The Australian stand at the 2022 Bologna Book Fair, which this year runs 21–24 March, will feature books from 15 local publishers, three of which will send representatives to the...
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted books, chosen from longlists announced in January, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction A...
New appointments at Welbeck ANZ
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Welbeck ANZ has announced the appointment of Gareth Woods-Jack and Zoe Knowles to its sales, marketing and publicity team. Woods-Jack, previously at Simon & Schuster, has been appointed head of...
Holden’s ‘The Winter Road’ wins 2021 Walkley Book Award
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Kate Holden has won the 2021 Walkley Book Award for The Winter Road (Black Inc.). The Winter Road blends journalism, historical research, and crime and political reportage together to explore...
Stella Prize 2022 longlist announced
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
The longlist for the $50,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: Coming of Age in the War on Terror (Randa Abdel-Fattah, NewSouth)...
The Book Orchard takes over Just Books Bairnsdale
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
The Book Orchard has taken over Just Books Bairnsdale in East Gippsland, Victoria. The Book Orchard owner Annemieke Jongsma took over the business from Just Books owner Elaine Medhurst on...
Booktopia profits halved after Covid lockdowns
Monday, 28 February 2022
Online retailer Booktopia’s profits halved in the six months to 31 December compared to the same period last financial year, despite a 15.5% revenue rise for the same period. In...
Hardie Grant acquires Micallef memoir
Monday, 28 February 2022
Hardie Grant Books (HGB) has acquired world rights to the memoir Tripping Over Myself by Australian comedian, actor and writer Shaun Micallef. Micallef has appeared on Australian television since 1994,...
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