REAL Awards 2019 shortlists announced Archive
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards—which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards) and...
Serong longlisted for £15,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize Archive
Monday, 6 May 2019
Jock Serong has been longlisted for the £15,000 (A$28,230) Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize, for his novel Preservation (Text). Preservation is one of 12 titles longlisted for the prize, which celebrates...
Aurealis Awards 2018 announced Archive
Monday, 6 May 2019
The winners of the 2018 Aurealis Awards for the best Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writing published in 2018 have been announced. The winning titles were: Best science fiction...
Cohen wins Russell Prize for humour writing Archive
Monday, 6 May 2019
David Cohen has won the 2019 Russell Prize for humour writing for his short story collection The Hunter and Other Stories of Men (Transit Lounge). Cohen’s ‘eclectic collection’ was chosen...
Four writers named 2019 ‘SMH’ Best Young Australian Novelists Archive
Monday, 6 May 2019
Tom Lee (Coach Fitz, Giramondo), Robbie Arnott (Flames, Text), Jamie Marina Lau (Pink Mountain on Locust Island, Brow Books) and Ruby J Murray (The Biographer's Lover, Black Inc.) have been...
UQP sells world English rights to ‘The Lost Arabs’ to Andrews McMeel Universal Archive
Monday, 6 May 2019
UQP has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Omar Sakr’s poetry collection The Lost Arabs to US-based Andrews McMeel Universal. UQP publishing director Madonna Duffy said the deal came...
ALS Gold Medal 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 3 May 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Aqua Spinach (Luke Beesley, Giramondo) Beautiful Revolutionary (Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Scribe) click here for...
McGraw-Hill and Cengage to merge Archive
Friday, 3 May 2019
Education publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage have agreed to merge. In an announcement, the publishers said both companies’ boards of directors had signed off on ‘a definitive agreement to combine in...
Baker & Taylor to close wholesale retail business Archive
Friday, 3 May 2019
In the US, Baker & Taylor (B&T) has announced that it is closing its retail wholesale business in order to align itself with the education focus of its parent company,...
Pan Macmillan and Affirm win at 2019 ABIAs; ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ wins book of the year Archive
Friday, 3 May 2019
The winners of the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 2 May. Pan Macmillan won publisher of the year, while Affirm Press won small publisher...
Khaled Lutfi awarded 2019 Prix Voltaire Archive
Friday, 3 May 2019
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has awarded imprisoned publisher Khaled Lutfi the 2019 Prix Voltaire, which supports defenders of freedom to publish. Lutfi is the founder of Cairo-based Tanmia Bookshop...
Gunaratne wins 2019 Jhalak Prize for ‘In Our Mad and Furious City’ Archive
Thursday, 2 May 2019
Guy Gunaratne’s debut novel In Our Mad and Furious City (Tinder) has won the £1000 (A$1860) Jhalak Prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers, reports the Bookseller. Gunaratne’s...
Trioli confirmed as Faine’s replacement Archive
Thursday, 2 May 2019
ABC News Breakfast presenter Virginia Trioli has been confirmed as Jon Faine’s replacement as host of the Mornings program on ABC Radio Melbourne, reports ABC News. Trioli has hosted television...
Longlist announced for inaugural Fogarty Literary Award Archive
Thursday, 2 May 2019
Fremantle Press has announced the longlist for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award, an unpublished manuscript award for young writers in Western Australia, worth $20,000. The longlisted manuscripts are: ‘Where the...
Eaves wins 2019 Wellcome Prize for ‘Murmur’ Archive
Thursday, 2 May 2019
In the UK, Will Eaves’s novel Murmur (CB Editions) has won the £30,000 (A$55,820) Wellcome Book Prize, awarded to the best new work of fiction or nonfiction centred on medicine...
UQP acquires Chris Flynn novel in two-book deal Archive
Thursday, 2 May 2019
UQP has acquired world rights to Chris Flynn’s novel Mammoth, as well as a short story collection, in a two-book deal. Set mostly in the US, Mammoth is narrated by...
Book buyer spotlight: Big W’s Meredith Drake Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Meredith Drake has been a book buyer at Big W for over 10 years, and was once described by the Australian as ‘the most influential figure on the local book...
National Library of China to archive social media posts Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
The National Library of China will archive over 200 billion public posts on popular microblogging site Weibo, as part of a project to preserve the country’s digital heritage, reports the...
Self-service library to open in regional NZ Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
A new self-service library sharing a space with a hairdressing salon will open in Castlecliff, New Zealand, on 4 May. The library is a partnership between Whanganui District Library, community...
‘Call me Zebra’ wins 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
In the US, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi has won the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel Call me Zebra (Alma Books), reports the Washington Post. The judges...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells two Sophie Beer titles to the US Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to two books by illustrator Sophie Beer to Penguin imprint Dial Books for Young Readers. Beer’s book Love Makes a Family sold...
Screen Australia announces funding for ‘Zac Power the Movie’ Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Screen Australia has announced story development funding for Zac Power the Movie, an animated feature film based on the children’s book series of the same name published by Hardie Grant...
Program for inaugural Storyfest announced Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
The program for the inaugural Storyfest, running on the NSW South Coast from 21-23 June, has been announced. The festival’s gala dinner, featuring a conversation with Maggie Beer at Cupitt’s...
US orgs partner on ‘library-controlled’ ebook lending platform Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
In the US, a new collaboration aims to provide all public libraries with a free and open, library-controlled platform to manage ebooks and audiobooks, reports Publishers Weekly. The Digital Public...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 winners announced; Griffiths wins book of the year Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
The winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 29 April. Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, by...
Stanford University proposes to end funding of university press Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
In the US, Stanford University is moving to end its annual US$1.7 million (A$2.4m) in financial support to its university press, reports Inside Higher Ed. University provost Persis Drell told...
S&S announces 100,000 in sales of ‘The Fast 800’; brings forward companion recipe book Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Simon & Schuster Australia has brought forward the publication date of The Fast 800 Recipe Book (Claire Bailey & Justine Pattison) from September to 20 June, to coincide with Michael...
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Monday, 29 April 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker, Hamish Hamilton) My Sister,...
The Little Bookroom and Lost in Books collaborate on ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ giveaway Archive
Monday, 29 April 2019
Melbourne specialist children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom and Sydney-based multilingual children’s bookshop and social enterprise Lost in Books are collaborating on a picture book giveaway. Based in the culturally diverse...
PRH Write It! fellowship 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 26 April 2019
The shortlist for Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia's inaugural Write It! fellowship program has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their manuscripts are: Alyse Lloyd for 'If The Full Moon...
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