Queensland literary projects funded Archive
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The University of Queensland will receive $20,000 ‘to provide time and space to emerging writer Ellen van Neerven for their creative development of new work enhanced by access to unique...
Celebrating 75 years of the CBCA Book of the Year Award Archive
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week—supported by a joint campaign by the ABA and the ASA encouraging people to 'shop local, read local'—kicks off this week following...
US half-yearly bookstore sales up 30% Archive
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
In the US, bookstore sales in the first half of 2021 rose 30.3% compared to the same period last year, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstore sales rose from US$2.82 billion (A$3.9b)...
Nielsen launches local ebook sales tracking service Archive
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Nielsen Book Australia has launched a new ebook sales tracking service. Collecting ebook sales data directly from publishers, PubTrack Digital Australia & New Zealand is, according to Nielsen, ‘the first...
Hachette Book Group to acquire Workman Publishing Archive
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
In the US, Hachette Book Group (HBG) will acquire independent publisher Workman Publishing in a US$240 million (A$327m) deal, reports Publishers Weekly. Workman Publishing, which has about 300 employees across...
SLQ 2021 Young Writers Award winner announced Archive
Tuesday, 17 August 2021
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced that Ellen Vickerman is the winner of the 2021 Young Writers Award. Vickerman wins a $2000 cash prize for her story 'Sun...
NZ Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 16 August 2021
Hachette Aotearoa NZ and the Margaret Mahy estate have announced the shortlist for the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize. The shortlisted illustrators are: Elizabeth Knowles Tara Southgate Sarah Trolle Jessica Twohill...
Lockdowns hit print book sales Archive
Monday, 16 August 2021
Simultaneous lockdowns across several states have led to year-on-year declines in both value and volume of print books in recent months, according to Nielsen Book Australia. While the print book...
ASA, ABA promote ‘shop local, read local’ campaign for CBCA Book Week Archive
Friday, 13 August 2021
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) are promoting a ‘shop local, read local’ campaign for Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week 2021, which...
‘The Bible in Buffalo Country’ wins 2021 NT History Book Award Archive
Friday, 13 August 2021
The winner of the 2021 Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award has been announced. The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925-1931 (Sally May, Laura Rademaker, Donna Nadjamerrek &...
PANZ 2021 conference program announced Archive
Friday, 13 August 2021
The program for the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) International Conference, to be held in Auckland on 20 August, has been announced. The program of...
Hardie Grant North America appoints publisher Archive
Friday, 13 August 2021
Jenny Wapner will join Hardie Grant North America in the newly created role of publisher. She will be based in San Francisco, where the publisher’s North American marketing team is...
Larrikin House acquires Freeman picture book Archive
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Larrikin House has acquired worldwide rights to children’s picture book The Heartbeat of the Land by Cathy Freeman. The publisher says the book is ‘a poignant call for environmental action...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2021 winners announced Archive
Thursday, 12 August 2021
The winners of the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Margaret Mahy Book of the Year...
Giramondo partners with RMIT to launch Speculate Prize Archive
Thursday, 12 August 2021
RMIT University has announced it will partner with Giramondo Publishing to launch the Speculate Prize, a new trans-Tasman award for an unpublished speculative fiction manuscript. The biennial prize aims to...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2021 shortlists announced Archive
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2021 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize...
Picador apologises over response to criticism of Orwell Prize-winner Archive
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
In the UK, Kate Clanchy will partially rewrite her 2020 Orwell Prize-winning book Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me as publisher Picador says it’s ‘profoundly sorry’ for...
ILF announces virtual program for Indigenous Literacy Day 2021 Archive
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced an on demand program for Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD), which falls on Wednesday, 1 September this year. The virtual program will celebrate and...
Stanner Award 2021 finalists announced Archive
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stanner Award has been announced. Presented every two years by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the award is for...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Angoulême’s La librairie de la bande dessinée et de l’image Archive
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Angoulême in Southwestern...
Chaudhary wins 2021 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Archive
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Camilla Chaudhary has won the 2021 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘The Enemy Asyndeton’. Chosen from a shortlist of three announced in July,...
Jennifer Down on ‘Bodies of Light’ Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Jennifer Down's third book Bodies of Light (Text, October) follows protagonist Maggie as she reluctantly revisits a past she's fought to keep buried. Reviewer Jacqui Davies says 'despite its bleak...
S&S stands by Zonfrillo memoir Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) managing director Dan Ruffino has told the Age he would consider taking legal action against the Age and Sydney Morning Herald publisher Nine, if the...
S&S acquires Cachia memoir ‘Then There Was Her’ Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Simon & Schuster has acquired world rights to Then There Was Her by influencer and entrepreneur Sophia Cachia, in a deal brokered by Bruce Kaider at ONE Sports & Entertainment....
NZ Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
The winners of this year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror have been announced. The winners include: Best novel—adult The Stone Wētā (Octavia Cade,...
SRB announce 2021 Juncture Fellowship recipients Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
The Sydney Review of Books (SRB) has announced the recipients of the 2021 Juncture Fellowship. The six recipients are: Patrick Allington Louis Klee May Ngo Luke Patterson Oliver Reeson. As...
New Noosa bookshop The Junction opens, Sandy Pages closes Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
The Junction Bookstore, a new independent bookshop, has opened its doors in Noosa, Queensland. Owned by Alison Arnold and her family, the bookshop is located up the hill from Noosa’s...
Major Street Publishing launches business podcast; children’s podcast by Tait and Daley reaches top 10 Archive
Monday, 9 August 2021
Melbourne business book publisher Major Street Publishing has launched a podcast to champion Australian business books and authors. Your Next Read will be hosted by podcaster Luke Mathers, and released...
HarperCollins reports revenue up 19%, profit up 42% Archive
Monday, 9 August 2021
HarperCollins has reported a record profit and 19% revenue growth in the 2021 fiscal year, according to parent company News Corp’s annual results. The publisher reported revenue of US$1.98 billion...
Dyer to step down as AWW director Archive
Monday, 9 August 2021
Jo Dyer will step down as director of the Adelaide Writers Week (AWW) after the 2022 event. ‘Adelaide Writers’ Week is a very special festival and I count myself as...
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