Online programs to get young people reading and writing at home
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Junior columnist Adele Walsh shares some of the best online literary programming for young people that has sprung up since the Covid-19 lockdown began. The realisation that we would all...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Acquisitions Fiction Simon & Schuster Australia’s Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to short story collection Hold Your Fire (Chloe Wilson) from Rach Crawford at Mackenzie Wolf (see news). The...
Day, Merrison awarded 2020 black&write! fellowships
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The 2020 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Eunice Day and Carl Merrison. Day, whose mother’s tribe is the Yimen Eaglehawk people from...
Vale Judith Clarke
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Children's writer Judith Clarke has died, aged 76. Clarke was the author of 20 award-winning books for children and teenagers, including the YA novels My Lovely Frankie, Three Summers, The Winds...
Vale Beth Noble
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Beth Noble, former owner of the Bay Bookshop in Bateman's Bay, south coast NSW, died in Nyngan on Monday, 18 May. Noble was 69. The Bay Bookshop, which won Bookshop...
ALS Gold Medal 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Element (Jordie Albiston, Puncher & Wattmann) Nganajungu Yagu (Charmaine Papertalk Green, Cordite)...
Black Inc. sells second Oslo Davis colouring book as US sales of first top 86k copies
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Black Inc. has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to Australian cartoonist Oslo Davis's new colouring book This Annoying Home Life: A Mindless Coloring Book for the Whole Family to Chronicle...
UQP acquires Araluen poetry collection ‘Dropbear’
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired Evelyn Araluen’s debut poetry collection Dropbear. Dropbear is the second work the publisher has acquired from the Wheeler Centre’s inaugural Next Chapter...
‘A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares’ optioned for TV
Monday, 18 May 2020
Television rights to Krystal Sutherland’s YA novel A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares (Penguin) have been optioned by the US division of production company Yellow Bird. Yellow Bird US, a...
Read the latest Publishers weekly
Monday, 18 May 2020
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. View the edition here.
Screen adaptations of Marchetta, Zusak novels, Jamieson & Cai picture book
Thursday, 14 May 2020
TV adaptions of Melina Marchetta's novel The Place on Dalhousie (Penguin) and Markus Zusak's The Messenger (Picador) have received funding from Screen Australia in its latest development funding announcement, while...
Peter Carey Short Story Award 2020 longlist announced
Thursday, 14 May 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from over 300 entries, the 18 longlisted stories are: ‘Once Were Three Sisters’ (Alice Mantel) ‘The...
Vale Richard Turner
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Dymocks regional business development manager Richard Turner has died. Dymocks writes: ‘It is with great sadness that Dymocks announces the passing of Richard Turner, who has died after a short...
Scribner acquires Wilson’s ‘Hold Your Fire’
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia's Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Chloe Wilson's debut short story collection Hold Your Fire, from Rach Crawford at Mackenzie Wolf in a four-way auction....
‘Bluey: The Beach’ wins 2020 ABIA Book of the Year
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The winners of the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. Allen & Unwin (A&U) won publisher of the year, and titles published by the company took out...
Cultural criticism needs to reflect Australia’s diversity
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
'Before we can ever call ourselves a free and equal society for all, multicultural Australia must be reflected in all the conversations and critiques that shape our nation’s stories.'—Writer and...
Miles Franklin longlist, latest HarperCollins and S&S results and more
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Independent publishers dominate this year’s Miles Franklist longlist; out of the 10-strong list, only one book published by one of the Big Four is up for the $60,000 award. In...
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing (Jessie Tu, A&U)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Somewhere between wetting her pants during a standing ovation and sleeping with her conductor, violinist Jena Chung finds herself lonely. Set against a backdrop of Sydney suburbs from Willoughby to...
The Snowman’s Wish (Sophie Masson, illus by Ronak Taher, Dirt Lane Press)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
With The Snowman’s Wish, Sophie Masson and Ronak Taher have crafted a soft tale about the passage of time and the beauty in the world. Mr Snowman, a kindly soul...
Metal Fish, Falling Snow (Cath Moore, Text)
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Fourteen-year-old Dylan blames herself for her mum’s recent tragic death. Left alone with her mum’s boyfriend Pat, Dylan has no choice but to leave her hometown and join him on...
Text Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The shortlist for the $10,000 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing has been announced. The seven shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Therefore I Am' by Miranda Luby, which follows Sarah,...
Australia Institute Writer in Residency Program longlist announced
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The longlist for the Australia Institute Writer in Residency Program has been announced. One winning writer will receive a $5000 stipend to undertake a two-week residency to develop a nonfiction...
Manawatu wins New Zealand Book Award for fiction
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
The winners of the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. Debut novelist Becky Manawatu took out the NZ$55,000 ($A51,700) Jann Medicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, New Zealand’s...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020 longlist announced
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 10 longlisted novels are: The White Girl (Tony Birch, UQP) Room for a Stranger (Melanie...
Woodson, Albertine win 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
US writer Jacqueline Woodson and Swiss illustrator Albertine have been named the winners of the 2020 IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Hans Christian Andersen Award. Woodson has...
Wheeler Centre announces 2020 Hot Desk fellows
Tuesday, 12 May 2020
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2020 Hot Desk Fellowships. The 21 Hot Desk fellows are: Mama Alto Alex Creece Monikka Eliah Lou Garcia-Dolnik Veronica Heritage-Gorrie...
Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2020 shortlists announced
Monday, 11 May 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Woollahra Digital Literary Award has been announced. The award, founded by Woollahra Council to support innovation in Australian digital literature, offers prizes in fiction (judged...
Michael Gifkins Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 11 May 2020
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc have announced the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished...
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Monday, 11 May 2020
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. View the edition here.
ANZ authors among IPPY award winners
Friday, 8 May 2020
Books by Australian and New Zealand authors are among the winners of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), which recognise excellence in independent publishing. The winners in the Australia/New...
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