Petraitis wins inaugural A&U Crime Fiction Prize
Monday, 11 April 2022
Vikki Petraitis is the winner of the inaugural Allen & Unwin (A&U) Crime Fiction Prize for her debut crime fiction novel The Unbelieved. Petraitis, who has been writing true crime...
International Booker 2022 shortlist announced
Friday, 8 April 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$90k), has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Cursed Bunny (Bora Chung, trans by Anton Hur, Honford Star) A New Name:...
‘Crawdads’ tops Dymocks Top 101, BookTok titles dominate
Friday, 8 April 2022
For the second year in a row, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Corsair) is the number one book on Dymocks' annual Top 101 online poll, while titles popular...
Books in the media this weekend, 9–10 April
Friday, 8 April 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Auē (Becky Manawatu, Scribe) The Burnished Sun (Mirandi Riwoe, UQP) Judith...
Aurealis Awards 2021 finalists announced
Thursday, 7 April 2022
The finalists for the 2021 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. Among the finalists are: Best horror novel The Bridge (J...
HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel
Thursday, 7 April 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Paul Dalgarno's second novel A Country of Eternal Light, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as...
Jaffé steps down from StoryFest
Thursday, 7 April 2022
Meredith Jaffé is stepping down from the role of president and festival director of NSW South Coast festival StoryFest to focus on her writing career. Curated by Jaffé since its...
Sustainability and the Australian book industry: a snapshot, part two
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
In the second of a three-part series looking at sustainability in the Australian book industry, Angela Meyer speaks with publishers, printers and other central players in the supply chain about...
Nonfiction picture books popular at ‘phenomenal’ Bologna
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
The 2022 Bologna Children's Book Fair wrapped up on 24 March, the first time the event was held in three years. ‘The event was much smaller than before Covid, and...
SoA calls on Amazon to cut ebook refund window
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on Amazon to cut its ebook returns window from 14 days to 48 hours, reports the Bookseller. An online petition,...
May books reviewed
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
A round-up of local books to look out for in May, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction Fans of Australian crime will be excited to see...
Centre for Stories announces new international writing fellowship
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
The Centre for Stories has announced a new international writing fellowship for writers living outside Australia. Valued at $30,000, the Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship offers a three-month paid residency...
Dymocks Parramatta under new ownership
Wednesday, 6 April 2022
Dymocks Parramatta, located in Westfield Parramatta, has been sold by Perry Lennon after 21 years of ownership. Parramatta local Shaveta Sharma took over management on Friday, 1 April and will...
Jasmine Seymour on ‘Open Your Heart to Country’
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Jasmine Seymour's fourth picture book Open Your Heart to Country (Magabala, June) is a bilingual story of healing and belonging. Told in Dharug and English, the book also showcases Seymour's signature...
Jasmine Seymour recommends
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
The last book I read and loved is the picture book Sea Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy (Magabala). I picked it up in the school library last week and...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Dark as Last...
PRH profit, revenue up in 2021
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) has recorded a 9.2% profit growth on a 6% revenue rise in 2021, as reported by parent company Bertelsmann. PRH global revenue reached €4.03 billion (A$5.86b),...
Storytorch acquires Pierlot nonfiction picture book
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Storytorch Press has acquired world rights to nonfiction picture book What Will You Make Today? by Canberra-based author and playwright Maura Pierlot. To be illustrated by Triandhika Anjani, What Will...
Simpson named UTS New Writer in Residence
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Yuwaalaraay storyteller, performer and author Nardi Simpson has been selected as the Copyright Agency-University of Technology Sydney (UTS) New Writer in Residence for 2022. Simpson is the author of Song...
SCBWI Picture Book Illustrator Awards open to Aotearoa NZ creators
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
After running as a trial in 2021, the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Picture Book Illustrator Awards have received three-year funding from the Copyright Agency. SCBWI regional...
Lonesborough wins IBBY Ena Noël Award 2022
Monday, 4 April 2022
Gary Lonesborough’s debut YA novel The Boy from the Mish (A&U) has won the biennial Ena Noël Award, presented by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for...
ASA launches Authors Legal
Monday, 4 April 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched a new non-profit law firm to provide low-cost legal advice to its members. Authors Legal will be headed by managing lawyer and...
Chidgey shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award
Monday, 4 April 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey has been shortlisted for the 2022 Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000 (A$147,400), for her novel Remote Sympathy. First published by Te Herenga Waka University...
Dylan Thomas Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 4 April 2022
The shortlist for the £30,000 (A$52,500) International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted books are: No One is Talking About This (Patricia Lockwood, Bloomsbury) Open Water (Caleb Azumah...
Canberra Writers Festival 2022 dates announced
Friday, 1 April 2022
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced that the 2022 festival will be staged from 10–14 August, ‘with a welcome return to a full program of live events’. CWF was cancelled...
HarperCollins acquires debut novel after ‘heated’ auction
Friday, 1 April 2022
HarperCollins Publishers Australia has acquired ANZ rights to the novel The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers after a 'heated' auction, in a deal brokered by Benython Oldfield of...
Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 April
Friday, 1 April 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper A History of Dreams (Jane Rawson, Brio) The Fish (Lloyd Jones,...
Pung’s ‘Laurinda’ optioned for TV
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Development and production rights to Alice Pung’s YA novel Laurinda have been acquired by production company EQ Media, in a deal negotiated by Sophy Williams at Black Inc. EQ Media...
Hardie Grant acquires Firebrace’s ‘Come Together’
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Hardie Grant has acquired world print and ebook rights to children’s picture book Come Together: Things every Aussie kid should know about the First Peoples by musician and Yorta Yorta,...
Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 31 March 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: TAKE CARE (Eunice Andrada, Giramondo) Dropbear (Evelyn Araluen, UQP) No Document (Anwen Crawford, Giramondo)...
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