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BWF 2022 program announced  Archive

Thursday, 3 March 2022
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF), which runs 3–8 May, has been announced. Over 100 artists will appear at more than 200 events for the 60th celebration...

Varuna 2022 First Nations Fellowships announced  Archive

Thursday, 3 March 2022
Varuna, the National Writers' House has announced the recipients of its First Nations Fellowships for 2022. The six fellowship recipients and their projects are: Jenny Fraser, for her narrative nonfiction...

Duncan wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2022  Archive

Thursday, 3 March 2022
Naomi Parry Duncan has been awarded Writers Victoria's $20,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Gai-mariagal man Musquito. Originally from Port Jackson, Musquito was a resistance fighter...

Jennifer Pinkerton recommends  Archive

Wednesday, 2 March 2022
One of my big loves is my place on the map: the Northern Territory. As it’s such a beautiful, but sometimes strange part of Australia, I am always keen to...

April books reviewed  Archive

Wednesday, 2 March 2022
A round-up of local books to look out for in April, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction In April, readers can anticipate Toni Jordan’s ‘timely’ new...

Jennifer Pinkerton on ‘Heartland’  Archive

Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Jennifer Pinkerton's Heartland (A&U, May) is a wide-ranging survey of modern dating and relationships that addresses topics from love in lockdown and dating app usage to polyamory and pornography consumption. Reviewer...

New appointments at Welbeck ANZ  Archive

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Welbeck ANZ has announced the appointment of Gareth Woods-Jack and Zoe Knowles to its sales, marketing and publicity team. Woods-Jack, previously at Simon & Schuster, has been appointed head of...

Waterstones buy Blackwell’s  Archive

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
In the UK, Waterstones has bought former family-owned chain Blackwell’s for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. The funds for the purchase came via Waterstones owner Elliott Advisors, which also...

Stella Prize 2022 longlist announced  Archive

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
The longlist for the $50,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: Coming of Age in the War on Terror (Randa Abdel-Fattah, NewSouth)...

Hardie Grant acquires Micallef memoir  Archive

Monday, 28 February 2022
Hardie Grant Books (HGB) has acquired world rights to the memoir Tripping Over Myself by Australian comedian, actor and writer Shaun Micallef. Micallef has appeared on Australian television since 1994,...

Scribner launches in Canada  Archive

Thursday, 24 February 2022
In Canada, Simon & Schuster (S&S) has announced it is launching Scribner Canada, reports Publishers Weekly. Scribner Canada will publish literary fiction and nonfiction from Canada, as well as titles...

Dirt Lane to become WestWords imprint  Archive

Thursday, 24 February 2022
Not-for-profit picture book publisher Dirt Lane Press, founded by publisher Margrete Lamond in 2016, will become an imprint of Western Sydney arts organisation WestWords. The Orange-based publisher, which has been...

How international book markets performed in 2021  Archive

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Through the PubMagNet initiative, a collaboration between book industry trade magazines from around the world, representatives from publications in Italy, Spain, the UK, Russia, Norway and the German-language markets have...

CBCA 2022 Notable Books announced  Archive

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2022. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....

Hardie Grant ‘Innovate’ RAP endorsed  Archive

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Hardie Grant has announced the next level of its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), the ‘Innovate’ RAP, has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. The Innovate RAP commits Hardie Grant to ‘creating...

Tablo Tales acquires Eckermann verse novel  Archive

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Tablo Tales, the new literary imprint of Tablo Publishing led by creative director Jemma Birrell, has acquired world rights to a new book by South Australian poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, via...

 

 

 

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