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Fegan wins 2022 Catalyse Nonfiction Prize  Archive

Monday, 28 November 2022
Express Media and Deakin University have announced Sar Fegan as the winner of the Catalyse Nonfiction Prize, formerly the Deakin University Nonfiction Prize. Fegan won for their piece 'A Fiery...

NSW Prem’s History Awards adds $10,000 prize  Archive

Monday, 28 November 2022
The NSW Government has announced the establishment of a new history prize category in the NSW Premier’s History Awards. The Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize, valued at $10,000, will...

Affirm acquires Daley anthology about teachers  Archive

Friday, 25 November 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a forthcoming anthology about teachers, to be edited by Megan Daley. The anthology will showcase educators who nurture, inspire, champion and create change, in...

Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Award  Archive

Thursday, 24 November 2022
Sydney-based author Antigone Kefala is the winner of this year’s $15,000 Patrick White Literary Award. The award recognises Kefala’s achievements as a poet, and a writer of fiction and nonfiction....

Pettit, Hawkins to join Affirm sales team  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Affirm Press has announced the appointment of Priscilla Pettit and Christopher Hawkins as key account managers for NSW/ACT. Pettit has spent three years with Dymocks stores as assistant manager at...

Christmas predictions 2023: Amplify Bookstore  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this final...

Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2022 winners  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The winners of the 2022 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Fiction ($2500) ‘The Golden Bracelet’ (Deniz Agraz, Meniscus Literary Journal) Nonfiction ($2500) ‘Not...

ACT Writers Centre re-launches as Marion  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The ACT Writers Centre has re-launched as Marion, with the tagline ‘elevating writers and their art’. The new name is ‘a tipped hat to two creative forces that have influenced...

Send us your Christmas closing dates  Archive

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
To be included in Books+Publishing’s annual list of publishers’ and distributors’ trade closing dates for the holiday period, please complete our Christmas closing dates survey by noon, Tuesday, 29 November....

PRH, S&S deal scrapped  Archive

PRH logo Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann won’t appeal a US court’s decision to block its acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S). In a statement, Bertelsmann said it will ‘advance...

TikTok Shop UK launches books category  Archive

Monday, 21 November 2022
TikTok Shop UK has launched a new books category to enable users to buy titles from partner organisations via the social media platform, reports the Bookseller. Partner organisations at launch...

QBD 2022 Books of the Year announced  Archive

Monday, 21 November 2022
QBD has announced the chain’s 2022 Books of the Year. The winning titles are: Fiction Lying Beside You (Michael Robotham, Hachette) Nonfiction My Dream Time: A memoir of tennis and...

Books in the media this weekend, 19–20 November  Archive

Friday, 18 November 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National  The Saturday Paper  Liberation Day (George Saunders, Bloomsbury)  Salonika Burning (Gail Jones, Text)  The...

Erese wins final Deborah Cass Prize  Archive

Friday, 18 November 2022
Anneliz Marie Erese has won Writers Victoria’s 2022 Deborah Cass Prize for her story ‘International’. Erese’s story was chosen from a shortlist of 11. She receives $3000 to assist in further development...

‘Currowan’ wins Walkley Book Award  Archive

Friday, 18 November 2022
Bronwyn Adcock has won the 2022 Walkley Book Award for Currowan: The story of a fire and a community during Australia's worst summer, published by Black Inc. Chosen from a...