Queensland Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) The...
Winners of the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Battle...
Odgers wins Alice Literary Award
Monday, 3 September 2018
The Society of Women Writers has awarded the 2018 Alice Literary Award to author Sally Odgers. The Alice Literary Award is presented in the form of a trophy to 'an Australian woman...
‘Last King of the Cross’ wins inaugural Danger Prize
Monday, 3 September 2018
John Ibrahim’s memoir Last King of the Cross (Pan) has won the inaugural Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film or TV drama about Sydney and crime. Open to...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2018 winners announced
Monday, 3 September 2018
Alan Carter’s Marlborough Man (Fremantle Press) has won the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. The novel, about an ex-undercover agent from England trying to distance himself from his...
NYWF 2018 program launched
Friday, 31 August 2018
The full program for the National Young Writers' Festival (NYWF), which runs from 27-30 September in Newcastle, has been announced. Presented by This is Not Art (TiNA), the NYWF presents...
Waverley Library Award 2018 longlist announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Waverley Library Award for Literature, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Relatively Famous (Roger Averill, Transit Lounge) The Trauma Cleaner:...
‘Overland’ Victoria University Short Story Prize 2018 winners announced
Friday, 31 August 2018
Katerina Gibson has won the 2018 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for new and emerging writers for her story ‘How to disappear into yourself (in 8 steps)’. Chosen from...
PRH acquires Leah Purcell’s ‘The Drover’s Wife’
Friday, 31 August 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired world rights to Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, a novel based on Purcell’s play of the same name. The...
Slee wins inaugural Banjo Prize
Friday, 31 August 2018
HarperCollins Australia has announced journalist Tim Slee as the winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of Australian commercial fiction for his manuscript ‘Burn’. Slee’s work was chosen...
Jackson, Jones win Viva la Novella
Friday, 31 August 2018
Seizure has announced New Zealand authors Anna Jackson and Avi-Duckor Jones as the winners of this year's Viva la Novella competition. They are the first New Zealanders in the competition's six-year...
New bookshop Rabble Books & Games opens in Perth
Thursday, 30 August 2018
A new bookshop has opened in the Perth suburb of Maylands. Rabble Books & Games opened on 1 June and is situated on the Eighth Avenue shopping strip. The shop...
Hope Prize winners announced
Thursday, 30 August 2018
The winners of the Brotherhood of St Laurence's 2018 Hope Prize for short stories have been announced. Finnegan Kruckemeyer won the $10,000 first prize for ‘Like Dresses in a Tree’;...
Grills wins ‘Lifted Brow’ Prize for Experimental Nonfiction
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Literary journal the Lifted Brow has selected Eloise Grills as the winner of its 2018 Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for her piece ‘big beautiful female theory’. Grills receives $5000 and her winning...
Australian Reading Hour announces author events
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
The Australian Reading Hour (ARH), which will take place on Thursday, 20 September, has announced a number of events for the day. The annual campaign encourages Australians to 'pick up a...
A&U acquires UK rights to ‘Ten Steps to Nanette’
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired UK rights to comedian Hannah Gadsby’s memoir Ten Steps to Nanette. A&U initially acquired ANZ rights to the book last year via Kevin Whyte...
Booktopia named Business of the Year at Telstra Business Awards
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has been named New South Wales Business of the Year at the Telstra Business Awards. The judges said they were impressed by Booktopia’s ‘leadership in warehouse innovation,...
Dymocks returns to Midland Gate in Perth
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Dymocks has opened a new store in outer Perth shopping centre Midland Gate. Officially opened on 23 August, the store marks Dymocks’ return to Midland after the retailer closed its...
Writers Victoria launches Publishability program
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Writers Victoria has launched Publishability, a two-year initiative to support emerging writers living with disability. Publishability will provide two authors with mentorship, editing, professional development opportunities, and financial support over...
Staff changes at Hardie Grant Egmont, Lewis appointed MD
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont has announced several staff changes to its management team. Troy Lewis will move from his current role as director at Hardie Grant (where he was responsible for...
NZ Book Trade Industry Awards 2018 winners announced
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
The winners of the 2018 New Zealand Book Trade Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on 25 August. The winners in each category are: Bookshop of the Year Volume, Nelson...
Jacobson wins 2018 Thomas Shapcott Prize
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Poet Anna Jacobson has won the 2018 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for her manuscript ‘I know I may not escape unscathed’. Jacobson receives $2000 and a publishing contract with University...
Gentill, Bailey win 2018 Ned Kelly Awards
Sunday, 26 August 2018
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The Best Crime Novel was presented to Sulari Gentill for...
De Kretser wins 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award for ‘The Life to Come’
Sunday, 26 August 2018
Michelle de Kretser has won the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel The Life to Come (A&U). The Life to Come is de Kretser’s first novel since Questions of Travel (A&U), which won the...
Jameyson wins 2018 Lady Cutler Award
Friday, 24 August 2018
The School Magazine editor Karen Jameyson has won this year’s Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service...
Harlequin announces commercial fiction fellowship for First Nations writers
Friday, 24 August 2018
Harlequin Australia has partnered with Flinders University and Writers SA to launch a new commercial fiction fellowship for First Nations writers. The fellowship is open to one First Nations writer...
Robinsons launches ‘Colour your world’ campaign with TV advertising
Friday, 24 August 2018
Independent bookselling chain Robinsons Bookshop has this week launched a new campaign called ‘Colour your world’, led by a television commercial airing on Channel 10 in Melbourne. The campaign aims...
Rae wins 2018 Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Award
Thursday, 23 August 2018
Murray Rae has won the NZ$10,000 (AU$9120) Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit Literary Award for his book Architecture and Theology: The Art of Place (Baylor University Press). Rae is an architect...
UQP acquires Mundell’s second novel
Thursday, 23 August 2018
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to The Trespassers, the second novel by Melbourne-based author Meg Mundell. Martin Shaw from Alex Adsett Publishing Services sold rights...
Screen rights to ‘The Nowhere Child’ acquired
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Australian production company Carver Films and US-based production company Anonymous Content have acquired screen rights to Christian White’s debut thriller The Nowhere Child (Affirm). Carver Films is known for producing...
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