Three Sara Foster novels sold to US in six-figure deal
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown Australia has sold North American rights to three novels by Perth-based author Sara Foster to Blackstone Publishing in a six-figure deal. Blackstone Publishing acquired rights...
Voss Literary Prize 2019 longlist announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Flames (Robbie Arnott, Text) Book of Colours (Robyn Cadwallader, Fourth Estate) The Making of Martin...
CHASS Australia Book Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Australia Book Prize. The prize, worth $3500, is part of the CHASS Australia...
National Book Award 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
In the US, the shortlists for the 2019 National Book Award have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Trust Exercise (Susan Choi, Serpent’s Tail) Sabrina & Corina: Stories (Kali Fajardo-Anstine, One...
NZ Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2019 announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Creative New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, worth NZ$60,000 (A$56,160) each. Novelist, essayist and biographist Elizabeth Knox will be honoured in...
Amazon launches Kindle for kids
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Amazon has launched a Kindle for children, marking the first time the company has designed a device specifically for kids. The Kindle Kids Edition, priced at A$182.50, includes the standard...
Melbourne writers, literary orgs receive council arts grants
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Several writers and literary organisations have received a share of more than $800,000 in funding from the City of Melbourne as part of its annual arts grants program. Recipients and...
Brow Books acquires Dao’s debut novel
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Brow Books has acquired world rights to André Dao’s debut novel, which has the working title Anamnesis, or A Book No Longer Discussed Today. Set in Ho Chi Minh City,...
SPN conference 2019 industry research day program announced
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the program for its industry research day as part of the 2019 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in...
APA announces new industry conference BookUp
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced a new conference for the Australian book industry called BookUp. Aimed at ‘all book publishing people’, the one-day event will explore the future...
Richell Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 October 2019
Hachette Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: 'The Earth Starts Talking' (Ayla Black) 'The Blind Pussy...
Book industry orgs endorse Jolly Postman agreement
Monday, 7 October 2019
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have endorsed an industry agreement which enables libraries to...
Masson joins MidnightSun with spec-fic YA novel
Monday, 7 October 2019
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to Sophie Masson’s YA speculative fiction novel The Ghost Squad. Set in ‘an alternative yet jarringly familiar reality’, The Ghost Squad follows 16-year-old Polly...
Booktopia to launch publishing program
Friday, 4 October 2019
Booktopia has announced it will commence its own publishing program through a new imprint called Booktopia Editions. The company says it will initially focus on ‘trade paperback editions of commercial...
Cobby Eckermann to headline 2019 Odyssey Literary Festival
Friday, 4 October 2019
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program will host the fourth annual Odyssey Literary Festival at Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre on 15 October. The event is headlined by poet...
‘Zobi and the Zoox: A story of coral bleaching’ awarded Whitley Medal 2019
Friday, 4 October 2019
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winner of the 2019 Whitley Awards, presented for outstanding publications that profile the unique wildlife of the Australasian region. The Whitley Medal,...
SPN announces conference keynotes
Thursday, 3 October 2019
The Small Press Network has announced three keynote speakers for its 2019 Independent Publishing Conference, to be held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 21–23 November. Claire Squires, director...
Goldsmiths Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 3 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the £10,000 (A$18,300) Goldsmiths Prize, which rewards fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form’, has been announced. The...
Australian novels, international rights: What’s the story? Part two
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
In the lead-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair on 16–21 October, Books+Publishing is publishing a three-part feature on Australian fiction rights sales by researcher Airlie Lawson. A PhD candidate at...
The information age: Children’s reference books
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
In a time of internet fatigue, young readers are turning back to books as authoritative sources of information. Danielle Binks investigates. George Orwell is said to have stated, ‘In a...
No David Unaipon Award to be presented this year
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Judges for this year’s Queensland Literary Awards won’t choose a shortlist or winner for this year’s David Unaipon Award, presented to an outstanding manuscript by an unpublished Aboriginal or Torres...
HarperCollins acquires former NSW homicide detective Jubelin’s memoir
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to former NSW homicide detective Gary Jubelin’s as yet untitled memoir. HarperCollins head of Australian nonfiction Helen Littleton acquired rights via Fordham Company CEO Nick...
Book designer spotlight: Michelle Mackintosh
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Michelle Mackintosh is a freelance book designer, as well as a writer, illustrator and Japanophile (she’s co-written four books on Japan with her husband, writer and DJ Steve Wide). She...
WA government abandons art gallery, library & museum merger
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
The WA state government has abandoned a proposed amalgamation of the State Library of Western Australia, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum, reports the Australian...
‘Transformed’ SLV to open in early December
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced it will open its ‘transformed’ library on 5 December, following a five-year, $88 million redevelopment. The redevelopment includes a suite of new spaces and...
Innes appointed PRH NZ head of marketing and publicity
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Penguin Random House (PRH) has appointed Becky Innes to the new role of head of marketing and publicity—New Zealand. Innes is the marketing manager at A&U NZ and has more...
Hachette acquires ‘On’ series from MUP
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Melbourne University Publishing's (MUP) 'On' series of essays. The deal was negotiated by MUP then-acting CEO Richard Tegoni. The list of over 30...
National Translation Award 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) has announced the shortlists for the National Translation Awards for poetry and prose. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Prose Anniversaries: From a year in...
PRH sells ‘The Yield’ to US, France
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold Tara June Winch’s novel The Yield to publishers in the US and France. Pamela Malpas at Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency sold world English-language...
New report shows decline in arts funding over past decade
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
An extensive report by Australia’s new arts and culture industry lobby details the decline in the country’s per capita arts funding over the past decade. The Big Picture: Public expenditure...
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