Industry bodies, creators sign open letter on AI training
Thursday, 24 October 2024
In the UK, a coalition of trade bodies including the Publishers Association, the Society of Authors, Publishers’ Licensing Services, Independent Publishers Guild, Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society and Association of...
UQP acquires Byres mystery novel
Thursday, 24 October 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to Dead Ends, a ‘darkly funny and sexy’ mystery novel by Samantha Byres, via literary agent Jane Novak. Dead Ends begins as ‘all-round chaos merchant...
Lucashenko, McWilliams win 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Melissa Lucashenko has won the $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize in the adult category for Edenglassie (UQP), while Beverley McWilliams has won the $30,000 children and young adult (CYA) category...
‘Language City’ wins 2024 British Academy Book Prize
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
In the UK, US author writer Ross Perlin has won the £25,000 (A$48,543) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother...
Whitley Awards 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winners of the 2024 Whitley Awards, presented for outstanding publications that profile the unique wildlife of the Australasian region. The Whitley Medal,...
Australian, Aotearoa New Zealand titles on 2024 White Ravens list
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Several books by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand authors have been included in the 2024 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. Among the works listed in 2024...
HarperCollins acquires O’Flynn romantasy series at auction
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to two books in The Tides of Ever series by Olivia O’Flynn, via Samuel Bernard of Zeitgeist Agency in a ‘heated auction across several...
Bolinda, A&U acquire new Heath crime series
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Allen & Unwin and Bolinda Audio have acquired print and audio book rights, respectively, to two titles in a new crime series by Jack Heath. At Bolinda, audio rights and...
Festivals: Stella, Australian Short Story Festival
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Dates and details for two forthcoming small festivals have been announced. Stella Day Out which took place in Sydney on 19 October, will run in Ballarat on 16 November and...
Teens and the ‘book slump’: Why we should diagnose a situation rather than an identity
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
With multiple reports pointing to a decline in reading for pleasure among young people, school library and research professional Gabrielle Mace argues a change in language could help teens avoid...
Readings Prize 2024 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Readings has announced the winners of the 2024 Readings Prize in each category and the winner of the Gab Williams Prize. The winning titles are: New Australian Fiction Prize Thanks...
Nielsen, GfK Entertainment global report finds biggest sales drop in NZ
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
A report by Nielsen BookData and GfK Entertainment, covering 16 territories in the first eight months of the year, has found sales in the fiction segment increased in 14 of...
Affirm signs Douglas’s ‘Cosy Vegan’ cookbook
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the cookbook Cosy Vegan by Liz Douglas. Affirm described the book as ‘the ultimate kitchen companion for those wanting to explore a plant-based lifestyle,...
Nix wins best novel at 2024 Ditmar Awards
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Ditmar Awards were announced on 7 October, as part of the Australian national science fiction convention ‘Conflux 18’ in Canberra. The winning works include: Best novel The...
Kitching, Pickens awarded in Laurel Prize
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among prize recipients for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The 2024 winners are:...
Arts and Disability Initiative funds literature recipients
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Four literature recipients are among Creative Australia’s Arts and Disability Initiative, which supports 10 projects overall, with funding totalling $300,000. The successful recipients related to writing and illustration are: Anthony...
‘Edenglassie’ wins 2024 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University in Townsville has announced Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (UQP) is the winner of the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary...
Nakata Brophy Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 21 October 2024
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for the best poem by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted works, selected by judges Karen Wyld and Eugenia...
Rossell wins 2024 Albert Ullin Award
Monday, 21 October 2024
Melbourne author and illustrator Judith Rossell is the recipient of the 2024 Albert Ullin Award, worth $10,000. The prize judging panel said: ‘It is Rossell’s profound love for creating stories...
Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 21 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hush (Ciella Williams, Playlab Theatre) Nonfiction Living in Tin: The...
Shawline liquidation affects hundreds
Monday, 21 October 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has released general advice for authors affected by the Shawline liquidation, following the news that ‘an astounding 600 titles are affected and the authors...
SPN to wind up in 30 days unless new board formed
Monday, 21 October 2024
The board of the Small Press Network (SPN) has informed members that it will apply to Consumer Affairs Victoria to terminate the organisation in 30 days, unless a new board...
Richell Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Hachette Australia and the Richell family, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and Simpsons Solicitors, has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The...
Transit Lounge acquires Raszewski’s second novel
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to For One Visitor at a Time, the second novel by Melbourne-based author Monica Raszewski. For One Visitor at a Time tells the story of...
A&U acquires Chung memoir
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the memoir Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You by Candice Chung via Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. In describing the memoir, the publisher...
Black Inc. acquires Grenville’s nonfiction project ‘Unsettled’
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ rights to Kate Grenville’s nonfiction project Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place. Said Grenville: ‘I’ve been circling this book for twenty years. Researching and...
James awarded 2024 ASA Medal
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann James is the recipient of the 2024 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian...
South Australian Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards have been announced. The debut memoir of Adelaide author Shannon Burns, Childhood (Text), has won the Premier’s Award for the best...
Pan Macmillan acquires Kerr’s adult fiction debut
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Pan Macmillan Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Kay Kerr’s untitled adult fiction debut, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. In the novel, ‘a burnt-out and unravelling young...
UQP acquires Field’s ‘The Eagle and the Crow’
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to J M Field’s book The Eagle and the Crow, which ‘records and provides important insights into Indigenous ways of knowing...
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