Matt Okine’s debut novel to be adapted for film
Monday, 25 November 2019
Sydney-based production company Aquarius Films has acquired film rights to comedian Matt Okine’s debut novel Being Black 'N Chicken, & Chips (Hachette), reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Principal producer Angie...
PRH sells Aung Than graphic novel series to US in six-figure deal
Monday, 25 November 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold North American rights to the first three books in Gavin Aung Than’s middle-grade graphic novel series ‘Super Sidekicks’ to Random House Children's Books...
Christmas predictions: Nat Latter from Rabble Books & Games in Perth
Friday, 22 November 2019
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 instalment, Nat...
Black Inc. sells ‘The Motivation Hoax’ to UK
Friday, 22 November 2019
Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to James Adonis’ The Motivation Hoax: A smart person’s guide to inspirational nonsense (Nero) to The History Press. The History Press,...
Hardy to step down as MWF artistic director
Friday, 22 November 2019
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) artistic director Marieke Hardy has announced she will leave her role ahead of the 2020 festival, after completing two years of a three-year contract. Hardy advised...
‘A Secret Safe to Tell’ wins Chinese children’s award
Friday, 22 November 2019
In China, a translated edition of Naomi Hunter’s A Secret Safe to Tell (illus by Karen Erasmus, Empowering Resources) has won the gold award at the Children’s Choice Book Awards. Translated into...
‘Trust Exercise’ wins 2019 National Book Award for fiction
Friday, 22 November 2019
In the US, the winners of the 2019 National Book Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Fiction Trust Exercise (Susan Choi, Serpent’s Tail) Nonfiction The Yellow House...
‘Songwoman’ wins 2019 Most Underrated Book Award
Friday, 22 November 2019
Ilka Tampke’s second novel Songwoman (Text) has won the Small Press Network’s (SPN) Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA) for 2019. Songwoman is a sequel to Tampke’s debut novel Skin (Text), published...
CPA report estimates $600m in private sector arts support
Thursday, 21 November 2019
Creative Partnerships Australia (CPA) has published a new report called Giving Attitude, the first of its proposed biennial surveys of private sector support for the arts. Giving Attitude is based...
Recipients of $150k The Next Chapter initiative announced
Thursday, 21 November 2019
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 10 recipients of the 2019 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, worth $15,000 each. The 2019 recipients are: Arthur Bolkas (nonfiction, VIC) Racheal Oak...
‘See What You Made Me Do’ to be developed as TV documentary series
Thursday, 21 November 2019
Journalist Jess Hill’s nonfiction book See What You Made Me Do: Power, control and domestic abuse (Black Inc.) will be adapted into a documentary series to air on SBS TV...
Hardie Grant Reconciliation Action Plan endorsed
Thursday, 21 November 2019
Reconciliation Australia has endorsed Hardie Grant’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which sets a path for the company to work towards reconciliation and constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Book on Jack the Ripper’s victims wins £50k Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
UK historian Hallie Rubenhold has won the £50,000 ($94,700) 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction for her book The Five: The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the...
China ‘most active’ international market for Oz kids publishers: Insights from the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
A delegation of Australian publishers and agents attended this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF), which ran from 15–17 November. Wenona Byrne, Australia Council’s director of literature, reports...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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ABC Books acquires Tilley memoir in six-figure deal
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
ABC Books has acquired world rights to radio broadcaster Tom Tilley’s coming-of-age memoir Speaking in Tongues, in a six-figure deal via the Fordham Company. Tilley will step down as host...
Marketing to the gatekeepers: Karys McEwen on marketing books for young people
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
In her final column for Junior, Karys McEwen explores what works (and what doesn’t) when marketing children’s literature to the people actually purchasing books—adults. When it comes to marketing literature to...
Di Bello joins S&S as commercial fiction publisher, Ivers steps down
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has appointed Cassandra Di Bello in the role of commercial fiction publisher, replacing Roberta Ivers who has moved into a freelance role as a publishing...
‘Heads and Tails: Insects’ wins CICLA for Best International Picture Book
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
John Canty's picture book Heads and Tails: Insects (Berbay) has won an award for Best International Picture Book at the Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Awards (CICLA) in China. Heads...
Broadside festival: Garner tops bestsellers
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
More than 16,000 people attended the inaugural Broadside festival on 9–10 November at the Melbourne Town Hall. Run by the Wheeler Centre, the festival featured international guests including UK author...
Canada’s $100k Giller Prize awarded to Ian Williams’ ‘Reproduction’
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Canadian writer Ian Williams has been announced as the 2019 winner of the C$100,000 (A$111,400) Giller Prize for his novel Reproduction (Random House Canada). Williams is assistant professor of poetry...
Christmas closing list: Submissions due Monday
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Publishers and distributors are asked to submit their Christmas closing dates by 5pm, Monday 25 November. A full list will appear in the Weekly Book Newsletter on Wednesday 4 December....
Affirm acquires novel, memoir from two Varuna fellowship recipients
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to two books that grew out of manuscripts developed at Varuna, the Writers House, as part of the publisher’s mentorship award. Katherine Arguile’s debut...
HarperCollins launches new prize for YA, middle-grade
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
HarperCollins Children’s Books Australia has launched a new prize for middle-grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, called the Matilda Children’s Literature Prize. The winner of the annual prize will...
Voss Literary Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Book of Colours (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate) The Making of Martin Sparrow (Peter Cochrane, Viking)...
Pickard announced as new ASA chair
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Nicholas Pickard has been announced as the new chair of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), succeeding Christopher Pash who will continue as a member of the board. Pickard is...
Publishers, suppliers owed $12.6m by the Co-op, Curious Planet
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
The Co-op Bookshop and its Curious Planet stores owed $12.6 million to publishers and toy sellers as of last week, with $8.8 million owed for stock delivered and services rendered...
Horne Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 18 November 2019
The shortlist for the $15,000 Horne Prize for narrative nonfiction has been announced. The shortlisted writers are: Claire G Coleman for ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’, on the prolonged suffering of...
Lovell wins US$75k Cundill History Prize for ‘Maoism’
Monday, 18 November 2019
In Canada, British author and Chinese literature translator Julia Lovell has won the 2019 Cundill History Prize, worth US$75,000 (A$110,050), for her book Maoism: A Global History (The Bodley Head)....
De Zilva wins 2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize
Monday, 18 November 2019
Olivia De Zilva has won the 2019 Deakin University Nonfiction Prize for ‘Let’s Eat 食飯!’. De Zilva described ‘Let’s Eat 食飯!’ as ‘an ode to my wonderful family’. ‘Let’s Eat...
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