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Chowdhury named Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellow

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced Penguin Random House audio producer Radhiah Chowdhury as the recipient of the 2019–2020 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. The fellowship will allow Chowdhury to...

Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Disoriental (Négar Djavadi, trans Tina Kover, Europa Editions) Drive Your...

First writers announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The first writers have been announced for next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 29 February to 5 March. International guests include Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma, Omani novelist and...

Winners of 2019 YABBAs announced

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The winners of the 2019 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Seriously Do Not Open This Book (Andy...

John Flanagan’s ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ to be adapted for film

Tuesday, 29 October 2019
A film based on YA adventure series ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ by Australian author John Flanagan (Random House Children’s) has received funding and is expected to begin production in 2020, reports the...

Meyer’s ‘A Superior Spectre’ shortlisted for Saltire Literary Awards

Monday, 28 October 2019
Angela Meyer’s novel A Superior Spectre (Peter Bishop) has been shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year award, as part of Scotland's Saltire Literary Awards. Published in the...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 28 October 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...

Charts this week

Monday, 28 October 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Khaki Town Judy Nunn William Heinemann 2 Me Elton John Macmillan 3 19th Christmas James Patterson Century 4 The Testaments Margaret Atwood...

Hammer wins UK Dagger award for ‘Scrublands’

Friday, 25 October 2019
Australian writer Chris Hammer has won the John Creasey Award for the best crime novel by a first-time author at the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2019 Dagger awards. Hammer's...

‘The Things We Can’t Undo’ wins AAFT Award for Children’s Literature

Thursday, 24 October 2019
Gabrielle Reid’s YA novel The Things We Can’t Undo (Ford Street) has won the 2019 Australian Association of Family Therapists’ (AAFT) Award for Children’s Literature. The novel follows the relationship between...

Galley Beggar publisher questions Booker Prize judging process

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
‘It’s one thing to feel bad about losing. It’s another to feel you were never in the game ... Toxic thoughts and questions flood your mind when you can’t trust...

Winners announced for PM’s Literary Awards 2019

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
The winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones, Text) Nonfiction Half...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Sales Fiction Filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta has optioned the film rights to Offshore (Joshua Mostafa, Seizure, see news). Children’s Ford Street Publishing has sold simplified Chinese-language rights to TooCool (Phil Kettle)...

Remember, remember the 10th of September: Release day for ‘The Testaments’

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Three retailers share how their release-day strategies panned out for this year’s biggest release: Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Vintage). The sweet spot In Fremantle, New Edition bookseller Kristy Diffey has...

2020 vision: Kids’ and YA title preview

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
New books from favourites including Melina Marchetta, Sally Morgan and Jessica Townsend are slated for 2020 publication, alongside debuts by Danielle Binks and Georgina Young that are already generating buzz....

Chadwick, McMillan win 2019 Polari Prizes

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
In the UK, writers Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan have won the 2019 Polari Prizes for work that explores the LGBT experience, reports the Bookseller. Now in its ninth year,...

Film rights to Mostafa’s ‘Offshore’ optioned

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta has optioned the film rights to Joshua Mostafa’s novella Offshore (Seizure). Mostafa was joint winner of Seizure’s seventh annual Viva La Novella competition, with Carly Cappielli for...

Deborah Cass Prize 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Deniz Agraz for ‘Rosewater’ Michelle Almiron...

Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: Furious Hours: Murder, fraud...

‘The Glad Shout’ wins 2019 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction

Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Alice Robinson’s second novel, The Glad Shout (Affirm), has won the 2019 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. The Glad Shout was chosen from a shortlist of six by a...

Twelve Australians nominated for 2020 Astrid Lindgren Award

Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Twelve Australian authors, illustrators and organisations have been announced as candidates for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's richest prize for children's literature. The Australian candidates are: Randa...