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‘And Fire Came Down’ wins best novel at 2018 Davitt Awards

Monday, 13 August 2018
Emma Viskic’s novel And Fire Came Down (Echo) has won the award for best adult novel at the 2018 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. And...

Shortlist announced for inaugural Danger Prize

Monday, 13 August 2018
The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film or TV drama about Sydney and crime. Three true crime books were shortlisted, alongside...

Inky Awards 2018 shortlist announced

Friday, 10 August 2018
The Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Inky Awards for young adult literature. For the first time, the shortlist...

Shortlists for 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced

Friday, 10 August 2018
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2018 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Enigmatic...

McTiernan shortlisted for Not the Booker prize 2018

Friday, 10 August 2018
Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s 2018 Not the Booker prize. McTiernan's debut, The Rúin, was one of five shortlisted titles voted for by the public from a...

‘Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story’ named book of the year at 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA

Thursday, 9 August 2018
Christchurch writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop’s Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story (Penguin) has won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and the Elsie Locke Award for Nonfiction at this...

Australian Short Story Festival 2018 program announced

Wednesday, 8 August 2018
The program for the 2018 Australian Short Story Festival has been announced. The festival, which is co-founded by Margaret River Press and MidnightSun Publishing, will run from 19-21 October in...

Dymocks’ Books For Kids week launched

Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Dymocks booksellers has launched its week-long charity campaign, Books For Kids. During Books For Kids week, which runs from 4-12 August, the retailer will donate $1 from the sale of...

Booksellers prepare for Love Your Bookshop Day

Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Preparations are underway for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) on Saturday 11 August, with stores around the country hosting events and promotions. More than 50...

‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ wins National Biography Award

Tuesday, 7 August 2018
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett (Text) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 National Biography Award. The judges said...

‘The Lifted Brow’ & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction shortlist announced

Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Melbourne-based publisher and literary magazine the Lifted Brow has announced the shortlist for its Prize for Experimental Nonfiction. The shortlisted works are: ‘Occupy’ by Ashley Lee ‘List of the Affected’ by...

Rubbo awarded ‘Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award’

Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Managing director of Readings Mark Rubbo has been jointly awarded the Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award at the 2018 Creative Partnerships Awards. Rubbo shared the award with philanthropist, volunteer and advocate...

‘The Choke’ sold to UK, Europe, Commonwealth

Monday, 6 August 2018
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold UK, Europe and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to Sofie Laguna’s The Choke to London-based Gallic Books, reports the Bookseller. A&U rights associate Maggie Thompson...

Thorne’s ‘The Hating Game’ to be adapted for film; ‘The Simpsons’ producer attached

Monday, 6 August 2018
The Simpsons producer David Mirkin will direct a film adaptation of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game (Piatkus), reports Deadline. Mirkin’s directing credits include Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Heartbreakers. He...

Edify to promote OUP’s global catalogue in NZ

Friday, 3 August 2018
Auckland-based educational publishing and distribution company Edify has signed a marketing agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) whereby Edify will promote OUP’s global catalogue to New Zealand customers. In effect...

‘The Big Issue’ announces 2018 fiction edition

Friday, 3 August 2018
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its 2018 fiction edition, which will be distributed by vendors on 10 August. Traversing themes of race, identity, body...

Book-to-film adaptations receive development funding from Screen Australia

Thursday, 2 August 2018
Three book-to-film adaptations feature among the projects receiving story development funding from Screen Australia. The projects, and their producers, are: A feature film adaptation of the novel, The Natural Way...

‘A Ghost in My Suitcase’ adapted for stage

Thursday, 2 August 2018
Gabrielle Wang’s novel for younger readers, A Ghost in My Suitcase (Puffin), has been adapted to a theatre production and will premiere at the Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne from October 18-21...

‘Griffith Review’ 2018 Novella Project winners announced

Thursday, 2 August 2018
The winners of the Griffith Review’s Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: 'All the things I should have given' by Miriam Sved 'Distance' by...

NT Literary Awards 2018 winners announced

Thursday, 2 August 2018
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Zip Print Short Story Award ($1000) ‘The Virgin Mary and Katrina Sparks’...

Kidman secures film, TV rights to Moriarty’s ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’

Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Nicole Kidman’s production company Blossom Films and Australian producer Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories have purchased film and television rights to Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers (Macmillan), reports the Sydney...