UWAP acquires debut novel by Tsokos Purtill
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel Matia. Tsokos Purtill is a Western Australian writer of Greek heritage, who lives in Perth/Boorloo on the...
Davitt Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult novel Release...
Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin for ‘Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens’
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Shankari Chandran has won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (Ultimo). Chosen from a shortlist of six announced in June,...
Over 300 attendees for 2023 BookPeople conference; 2024 conference to be held in Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
More than 300 delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors attended the BookPeople conference and trade exhibition held in Adelaide on 18–19 June 2023, including over 140 bookshop and library delegates. BookPeople...
Big W pulls ‘Welcome to Sex’ from physical stores
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Big W will stop selling the book Welcome to Sex: Your no-silly-questions guide to sexuality, pleasure and figuring it out (Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes, HGCP) in physical stores, following...
Pantera acquires Matthiesson debut
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to debut novel Together We Fall Apart by Sophie Matthiesson from Clare Forster at Curtis Brown. The publisher described the debut as 'a compelling...
Murdoch appointed PANZ president
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
The Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has appointed a new president and vice president and two new council members at its annual general meeting. Penguin Random...
Affirm signs Tuohy memoir
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a memoir by AFL Geelong Cats defender Zach Tuohy, to be co-written by ABC sports journalist Catherine Murphy. Tuohy, who has played 120...
Dank’s ‘We Come with This Place’ wins ALS Gold Medal
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
The winner of the Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal is Debra Dank for We Come with This Place (Echo). The judges called the book ‘a generous, moving gift to...
Forster awarded 2023 Reading Australia Fellowship
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
The Copyright Agency has named Bridget Forster, a Victorian teacher with over 20 years of experience, the 2023 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English and Literacy and teacher librarians....
Johnstons announce sale of Collins Booksellers
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Duncan and Diana Johnston have announced the sale of the Collins Booksellers franchise, with 25 franchised outlets sold to owners of the Moonee Ponds Collins store, Will and Laura Smith....
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...
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,...
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...
Former Hill of Content employee files federal court suit
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
A former employee of the Hill of Content Bookshop has filed a claim against the employer in the federal circuit court, alleging that her dismissal from employment at the bookshop...
Dymocks opens Eastgate Bondi Junction store
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Bookstore chain Dymocks opened has opened a new franchise store at the Eastgate Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Franchise owners Bill Wang and Candy Liu said they...
Hachette, A&U drop ins detail Roberts-Smith case
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Both Hachette Australia and Allen & Unwin (A&U) have announced the publication of drop in titles on the defamation trial brought by former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith against Fairfax Media Publications,...
Rachel Funari Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: ‘Pink’ by Jean Flynn ‘Schism’ by Helen Booth ‘Days that Swing Outwards’...
Hachette signs two new books from Lester
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two books by historical fiction novelist Natasha Lester, as part of an ANZ and UK deal made in conjunction with Little, Brown Book...
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...
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...
McInnes wins 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific category
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Aotearoa New Zealand author Himali McInnes has won the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Pacific region for her story ‘Kilinochchi’, about a mother who leaves her adopted country...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 longlist announced
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 11 longlisted novels are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak Akec, UWAP) Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cold Enough...
Echo acquires Thomas debut murder mystery
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Paul Thomas’s debut murder mystery The Beacon, as part of a two-book deal, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. With a career as...
Puncher & Wattmann acquires Dimitriadis’s ‘The Mother Must Die’
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Puncher & Wattmann (P&W) has acquired ANZ rights to debut short story collection The Mother Must Die by Koraly Dimitriadis via the author. Dimitriadis, a Melbourne-based bestselling poet who self-published her poetry...
BookPeople 2023 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2023 Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the past 12 months, with the...
