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Pilson receives Steph Bowe mentorship

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Ella Pilson has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. Pilson, a recent graduate of RMIT's Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing,...

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...

PRH acquires Hayes memoir

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to the memoir of Darren Hayes, the former frontman of pop duo Savage Garden. Hayes, a singer, songwriter, music producer, composer...

Kellow to step down at Ultimo

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Hardie Grant has announced that Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow will step down from the position at the end of June. Kellow spent 14 years living and working in...

Caldwell wins Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
In the UK, Lucy Caldwell has won the £25,000 (A$46,700) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel These Days (Faber), reports the Bookseller. These Days is set during...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The six longlisted novels, chosen from a longlist of 11 announced in May, are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak...

Crozier wins 2023 Text Prize

Monday, 19 June 2023
Lauren Crozier has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. Text said the novel was 'a dazzling adventure loaded with larger-than-life characters,...

ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 shortlists

Monday, 19 June 2023
The shortlist for the ACT Notable Book Awards, which highlight and celebrate the excellence and talent of writers in and around the ACT region, have been announced. The shortlisted works...

BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year winners announced

Monday, 19 June 2023
BookPeople has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards, formerly the Booksellers Choice awards, and the Bookseller of the Year awards. The winning titles and booksellers...

HarperCollins, private equity firm KKR among bidders for S&S

Monday, 19 June 2023
HarperCollins and private equity firm KKR are among the bidders for Simon & Schuster (S&S), which owner Paramount Global is putting up for sale after the US government blocked Penguin...

Iltners wins 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award

Monday, 19 June 2023
Kirsty Iltners has won the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her entry Depth of Field. Iltners, a writer and freelance photographer living in Brisbane, receives a...

Menzies-Pike wins Pascall Prize, Hughes plagiarism coverage wins journalism award

Friday, 16 June 2023
Sydney Review of Books (SRB) outgoing editor Catriona Menzies-Pike has won the 2023 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism for two SRB book reviews, 'Critic Swallows Book' on Trent Dalton's Boy...

‘Immaculate’ wins 2023 Vogel

Friday, 16 June 2023
Immaculate by Meanjin/Brisbane-based actor and writer Anna McGahan has won this year's $20,000 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age of 35. Described by...

US children’s literature diversity on the rise

Friday, 16 June 2023
In the US, 40% of 2022 children’s book released had a Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) author, illustrator or compiler, a new report has found, reports Publishers Weekly. The...

Penguin Literary Prize 2023 winner announced

Thursday, 15 June 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced Jade and Emerald by Michelle See-Tho as the winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize. Jade and Emerald is the story of a...

Inaugural First Nations fellowship in Cambridge open to applications

Thursday, 15 June 2023
A new fellowship offers First Nations writers the opportunity become a writer-in-residence at the University of Cambridge. Philanthropic organisation Cambridge Australia Scholarships (CAS) is providing the fellowship for an Aboriginal...

Little Book Press sales and distribution to Affirm

Thursday, 15 June 2023
Affirm Press will sell and distribute titles by Little Book Press (LBP), the publishing arm of Raising Literacy Australia founded in 2017. All proceeds from LBP are directed to the...

Kingsolver wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for ‘Demon Copperhead’

Thursday, 15 June 2023
US author Barbara Kingsolver has won the 2023 Women’s Prize for fiction, worth £30,000 (A$56,000), for her 10th novel, Demon Copperhead (Faber). Kingsolver is the first writer to have won the...

The APA on a new ‘clean and modern’ TitlePage and future potential

Wednesday, 14 June 2023
The APA's Titlepage and supply chain manager Cat Colwell spoke to Books+Publishing about some recent changes to book pricing and availability service TitlePage, as well as its potential to provide more real-time...

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...

Gilbert withdraws Russian-set novel from publication

Wednesday, 14 June 2023
US author Elizabeth Gilbert is pulling her novel The Snow Forest from publication, in response to a backlash from Ukrainian readers unhappy about the book being set in Russia, reports...

Vivendi’s purchase of Lagardère approved

Tuesday, 13 June 2023
The European Commission has approved French media company Vivendi’s acquisition of Hachette parent company Lagardère, reports Publishers Weekly. Vivendi’s properties include the French book publisher Editis. However, to have its...