PANZ Book Design Awards 2021 finalists announced
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
The finalists for the 2021 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Among the categories announced were: Best illustrated book Billy Apple®: Life/Work (Christina Barton,...
UQP sells ‘The White Girl’ to HarperVia
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
UQP has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) for The White Girl by Tony Birch to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia. The deal was handled by UQP rights manager Kate McCormack in...
My Friend Fox (Heidi Everett, Ultimo Press)
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
This memoir from mental health recovery advocate Heidi Everett is a thoroughly real and stunningly evocative retelling of her life as a person with diagnosed mental illness. Everett tells the...
Anything But Fine (Tobias Madden, Penguin)
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Anything But Fine is the young adult debut of Tobias Madden, who works in publishing and is part of the #LoveOzYA community. Like his main character, Luca, Madden grew up...
The Magpie Wing (Max Easton, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Max Easton’s The Magpie Wing is a moving portrait of a city and region undergoing enormous change, told through the perspectives of three unique, sympathetic and vulnerable characters. The book...
Private Prosecution (Lisa Ellery, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Lawyer-turned-writer Lisa Ellery uses her knowledge and experience in the legal sector to round out detailed judicial proceedings in her debut thriller, building a believable foundation for the tense drama...
Mildenhall announced as Varuna New Zealand residency exchange recipient
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Kate Mildenhall has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural New Zealand residency exchange, an international residency program held by Varuna, the National Writers’ House in collaboration with the...
Griffith Review announces Long and the Short of It competition winners
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Griffith Review has announced the recipients of its inaugural emerging voices writing competition. The four winning writers share in $15,000, courtesy of the Copyright Agency's cultural fund. The winners are:...
Text Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Monday, 12 July 2021
The shortlist for the $10,000 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced. The seven shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Dancing Barefoot’ by Alice Boyle (YA), a story about...
Nour, Barnette awarded Affirm Press Mentorships for Sweatshop Writers
Monday, 12 July 2021
Affirm Press and Sweatshop have announced the recipients of the second round of the Affirm Press Mentorship for Sweatshop Writers. The recipients of the 2021 mentorships are African American writer...
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Monday, 12 July 2021
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Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced
Friday, 9 July 2021
The winners of the 2020 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The winners are: Best horror novel None Shall Sleep (Ellie...
Online Storytime pilot extended, awarded $30,000 funding
Friday, 9 July 2021
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced its Online Storytime pilot will be extended by a further 12 months to December 2022, with the Australia Council providing $30,000...
West awarded 2021 Reading Australia Fellowship
Thursday, 8 July 2021
The Copyright Agency has named Edwina West, from Sydney’s Oakhill College, as the 2021 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English Literacy. West receives a grant of $15,000, which will...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Sales Children’s/YA Berbay has sold Simplified Chinese rights to Norton and the Bear (Gabriel Evans) to Oriental Babies and Kids Limited. Hardie Grant has sold North American rights to Explore...
how to make a basket (Jazz Money, UQP)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
‘don’t forget this place / where life begins / tell it to the bubs to pass onto theirs / when strangers come / when other trees fall’ Jazz Money writes...
Local authors recognised overseas, new Perth indie bookshop
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Two local authors have been recognised in overseas awards: Michael Robotham won the CWA Steel Dagger for best thriller for his novel When She Was Good, while Laura Jean Mckay’s The...
‘Ginnie & Pinney, Learn & Grow’ series optioned for TV
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Big Sky Publishing’s educational children's series Ginnie & Pinney, Learn & Grow has been optioned for development as a television series by Australian animation studio Moody Street Productions. Created by...
Samantha Rutter on founding new publisher Storytorch during Covid
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
After crowdfunding a successful 2020 children’s book, author Samantha Rutter sought a way to ‘pay it forward’ through a new publishing house focused on celebrating community. She tells Books+Publishing about...
Road Tripping with Pearl Nash (Poppy Nwosu, Wakefield)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Since her 2018 debut Making Friends with Alice Dyson, shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award and the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, Poppy Nwosu has been creating protagonists that are a...
Happy Hour (Jacquie Byron, A&U)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Three years after her husband’s death, 65-year-old artist Frances Calderwood has developed a drinking problem and squirrelled herself away from human contact. However, the cocoon built by the quirky, acerbic...
Sold Down the River (Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells, Text)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Once upon a time, Australian farmers traded thousands of megalitres of water for something as simple as a slab of beer. Then the economic mood changed. The 1980s brought political leaders...
The Song of Lewis Carmichael (Sofie Laguna, illus by Marc McBride, A&U)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Lyrical, mesmerising and full of heart, The Song of Lewis Carmichael by Sofie Laguna, complemented by the soft, detailed pencil drawings of Marc McBride, is a beautiful middle-grade adventure story...
Griffith Review announces emerging voices competition longlist
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Griffith Review has announced the longlist for its inaugural emerging voices writing competition. The longlisted writers are: Claire Aman Brendan Colley Sonja Dechian Nicholas Duddy Declan Fry Alison Gibbs Lucas...
ACT Book of the Year 2020 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
The shortlist for the 2020 ACT Book of the Year Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Acting Like a Girl (Sandra Renew, Recent Work Press) Bodies of Men...
Centre for Stories announces Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship
Monday, 5 July 2021
Perth's Centre for Stories has announced a new fellowship, the Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli Fellowship for Writers. Open to mid-career writers under the age of 40, the annual fellowship is awarded to...
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Monday, 5 July 2021
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‘A Kind of Spark’ wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Friday, 2 July 2021
In the UK, Scottish author Elle McNicoll has won the overall £5000 (A$9215) Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights of Media), reports the...
‘The Animals in that Country’ shortlisted for Arthur C Clarke Award
Thursday, 1 July 2021
In the UK, The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe) has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction. McKay’s novel, which won the...
Ell wins 2021 Calibre Essay Prize
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Canberra-based editor, translator and author Theodore Ell has won the 15th Calibre Essay prize for ‘Façades of Lebanon’, his essay on the Beirut explosion in August 2020. Ell receives $5000...
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