Barjas wins US$50k International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Jordanian poet and novelist Jalal Barjas has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel Notebooks of the Bookseller (Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing). Barjas receives US$50,000...
Amani Haydar on ‘The Mother Wound’
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Artist, writer and lawyer Amani Haydar's father murdered her mother in 2015, while Haydar was pregnant with her first child. The Mother Wound (Macmillan, July), Haydar's debut memoir, is an...
Splice acquires Ouston debut novel ‘Clouds’
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
UK independent press Splice has acquired world English rights to debut novel Clouds by Hobart author Adam Ouston, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. According to Shaw, Clouds is 'an...
Amazon opens POD facility in Western Sydney
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Amazon has opened its first Australian print on demand (POD) facility at its Western Sydney fulfilment centre. Publishers and self-published authors will need to enrol their titles in the POD...
Hughes wins £10k Encore Award for ‘The Wild Laughter’
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
In the UK, Caoilinn Hughes has won the £10,000 ($18,260) Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Encore Award, presented annually to the best second novel of the year, for her book...
ABA 2021 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Monday, 24 May 2021
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2021 ABA Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the...
Copyright Agency goes to tribunal over new schools deal
Monday, 24 May 2021
The Copyright Agency has asked the Copyright Tribunal of Australia to help design a new way to collect data on the copying and sharing of content at schools. The Copyright...
Civica library index: Australians turn to local fiction during pandemic
Monday, 24 May 2021
Civica has released its 2021 Libraries Index, which looks at the borrowing data from 34 million loans across 104 regional and metropolitan libraries in Australia and New Zealand between 1...
Luiselli wins 2021 International Dublin Literary Award for ‘Lost Children Archive’
Friday, 21 May 2021
Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli has won the €100,000 (A$157,230) Dublin Literary Award for her novel Lost Children Archive (Fourth Estate). Lost Children Archive, which also won last year’s Rathbones Folio Prize,...
Robotham shortlisted for CWA Steel Dagger
Friday, 21 May 2021
Australian author Michael Robotham has been shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in the 2021 Crime Writers Association (CWA) Daggers crime writing awards. Robotham, who has twice won the...
Centre for Stories receives funding for $300K writing program
Friday, 21 May 2021
Perth's Centre for Stories has been awarded a $185,000 grant from the Ian Potter Foundation, which, combined with $83,708 from the Australia Council for the Arts and contributions from donors,...
SWF 2021 ‘emphasised the power and importance of live events’
Thursday, 20 May 2021
The 2021 Sydney Writers' Festival, which wrapped up earlier this month having run from 26 April to 2 May, achieved sales and attendance levels ‘that would have been significant even...
‘The Yield’ optioned for screen
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Tara June Winch's 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel The Yield (Penguin) has been optioned for screen adaptation. Winch is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary with the option and purchase...
Von Reinhold wins Republic of Consciousness Prize for ‘Lote’
Thursday, 20 May 2021
In the UK, Shola von Reinhold and Jacaranda Press have won this year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses for von Reinhold's debut novel Lote, reports the Bookseller. Von Reinhold’s novel explores...
Australia Reads announces 2021 special edition books
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Australia Reads has announced four new Australia Reads Special Editions publishing in late 2021 to coincide with Australian Reading Hour on Tuesday, 14 September. The following four books, valued at...
BWF 2021: rebuilding audiences in ‘a slightly strange time’
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Brisbane Writers Festival, which was held in May for the first time this year, was ‘experimental in a number of ways’ according to festival CEO Sarah Runcie. The festival was...
Byron Writers Festival announces first guests for 2021 event
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
The Byron Writers Festival, scheduled to run 6 to 8 August this year, has announced its first guests. Julia Baird (Phosphorescence, Fourth Estate), will appear on a number of festival...
Meet literary agent Natasha Solomun
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
As the pandemic keeps rights sellers from meeting face-to-face, Books+Publishing is shining a regular spotlight on the work of Australian rights agents. Today, we hear from Natasha Solomun, who worked as a rights executive...
Amazon picks up ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ series adaptation
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Amazon Prime Video has announced it has commissioned production on a seven-part series adaptation of Holly Ringland's 2018 novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate), with Sigourney Weaver set...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 12 longlisted novels are: Amnesty (Aravind Adiga, Picador) The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) At the...
Brio Books becomes part of Booktopia
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Booktopia has announced independent publisher Brio Books will become part of its publishing business. Booktopia will continue publishing books under the Brio imprint as part of its Booktopia Publishing division,...
Gibson wins 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Australian writer Katerina Gibson has won the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for their story ‘Fertile Soil’. Judge Tina Makereti, representing the Pacific region, said ‘the...
Melbourne Prize announces new categories
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced two new award categories in the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. In addition to the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature, which was won by...
Beijing Book Fair to run as hybrid event
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
This year’s Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which runs from 25–29 August, will be held as a hybrid fair, with physical presence limited to Chinese and China-based publishers. International publishers...
Google bans ebooks on Shopping ads
Monday, 17 May 2021
Google has announced that as of 18 May, the platform will no longer allow the advertising of ebooks on Google Shopping ads. ‘This means that all Shopping ads for digital...
Leilani wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘Luster’
Monday, 17 May 2021
In the UK, American writer Raven Leilani has won the £20,000 (A$36,240) Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel Luster (Picador). Luster follows Edie, a young Black woman who begins...
Creative Victoria announces latest VicArts recipients
Monday, 17 May 2021
Several writers and literary projects have been included among the recipients in the latest round of Creative Victoria’s VicArts grants. The program will provide over $2.5 million in funding for...
‘How to Make a Bird’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
Friday, 14 May 2021
Children’s picture book How to Make a Bird (Meg McKinlay, illus by Matt Ottley, Walker) has won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented...
Booksellers’ Choice 2021 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced
Friday, 14 May 2021
The shortlists for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2021 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the 2021 awards are: Adult Fiction Book...
‘Shuggie Bain’ wins Book of the Year at the British Book Awards
Friday, 14 May 2021
Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize-winning debut novel Shuggie Bain (Picador) has won book of the year at the British Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. Stuart’s novel, which also won the debut...
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