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Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 June 

Friday, 10 June 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National  The Saturday Paper  Bad Art Mother (Edwina Preston, Wakefield) Losing Face (George Haddad, UQP)...

‘Love & Virtue’ wins ABIA book of the year 2022

Friday, 10 June 2022
The winners of the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. Diana Reid's debut novel Love & Virtue took out the overall ABIA book of the year as well as...

Canada’s Indigo Books sales up 17.4% in 2022

Thursday, 9 June 2022
Canada’s largest bookshop chain Indigo Books & Music increased its sales by 17.4.% for the year ending 2 April, reports Publishers Weekly. The chain reported total sales of C$1.06 billion...

George Robertson Award 2022 winners announced

Thursday, 9 June 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2022 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry. The 2022 recipients are: Pam...

Pantera acquires new Awad novel 

Thursday, 9 June 2022
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the novel Let Me Know When We Get There by Amal Awad, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. Described by the publisher as...

Text Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The shortlist for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000, has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘Bellamy Jones and the Lost Treeheart’ by Emily Beck...

WBN published Thursday next week

Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Due to the Queen's Birthday public holiday on Monday, 13 June, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 16 June next week. The deadline for classifieds and job...

Neilma Sidney Travel Fund 2022 recipients announced

Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the seventh round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, which has opened up to international travel again after pandemic-related travel restrictions in 2021....

Grace Heifetz: insights from the Open Book pilot program

Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The inaugural Open Book internship program received over 200 applications, with two successful applicants undertaking paid six-month internships this year, each with three different publishers and supported by an industry...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2022: Mika Tabata 

Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry....

Desmond Elliott Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 7 June 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s £10,000 ($17,400) Desmond Elliott Prize, presented to the best first novel from UK and Ireland, has been announced. The shortlisted novels are:...

Rachel Funari Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: ‘The Reliquary’ by Claire Alcock ‘In the Wake of Tokyo’ by Louise...

ALS Gold Medal 2022 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 7 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted works of fiction and poetry are: Wild Abandon (Emily Bitto, A&U) Human Looking (Andy Jackson, Giramondo) Pushing...

ABDA awards 2022 winners announced

Tuesday, 7 June 2022
The winners of the 70th Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The winners in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2022: Emily Hart 

Monday, 6 June 2022
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry....

Books in the media this weekend, 4–5 June 

Friday, 3 June 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National  The Saturday Paper  Machines Behaving Badly: The morality of AI (Toby Walsh, La Trobe...

Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2022: Emily Cook 

Friday, 3 June 2022
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry....

PRH to publish Rutledge debut novel 

Thursday, 2 June 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to A Man and His Pride, a commercial fiction title by debut novelist Luke Rutledge, via Melanie Ostell Literary. PRH describes...

black&write! fellowships 2022 recipients announced

Wednesday, 1 June 2022
The 2022 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Queensland Elder Herbert Wharton and Lay Maloney from Victoria. Each fellowship is worth $10,000 and...

The Collins Booksellers story

Wednesday, 1 June 2022
May this year marks the 100-year anniversary of Collins Booksellers, which was established by Fredrick Henry (Harry) Slamen in 1922. The company celebrated its centenary over the weekend, where it...

BookUp full 2022 program announced

Wednesday, 1 June 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released the full program for the one-day BookUp publishing conference, to be held in Sydney next Thursday, 9 June, ahead of the Australian Book...