Andrew Krakouer & Jacqueline Dinan on ‘My Dad’s Gone Away’
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
In the unique new picture book My Dad’s Gone Away (Magabala, October 2024), authors Andrew Krakouer, a Minang (Nyoongar) and Inggarda (Yamatji) man and former AFL player, and Jacqueline Dinan,...
Hachette, Media Diversity Australia partner on new traineeship
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Hachette Australia and Media Diversity Australia (MDA) have announced ‘a significant partnership’, with Hachette becoming the inaugural book publisher member of MDA. Announcing the partnership, Hachette and MDA have also...
James to step down at UQP
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
UQP has announced that director Ben James will step down from his position at the end of September. James was appointed UQP director in 2019. During his time in the...
Hazard to join Keeperton
Monday, 5 August 2024
New publishing venture Keeperton has announced the appointment of former Hachette Australia group publishing director Fiona Hazard as head of global strategy and development. In a statement, Keeperton said the...
UQP acquires two Sakr collections
Monday, 5 August 2024
UQP has acquired two new books by Omar Sakr. The first, The Nightmare Sequence, is a collection of poetry responding to the ongoing situation in Gaza, with a foreword by...
Australian Geographic, Hardie Grant announce publishing partnership
Monday, 5 August 2024
Australian Geographic and Hardie Grant are partnering on a new publishing program. The program will comprise new titles and updated editions of Australian Geographic’s core range of publications. In a...
Books in the media this weekend, 3–4 August
Friday, 2 August 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper Bird (Courtney...
Wright awarded 2024 Miles Franklin for ‘Praiseworthy’, becomes two-time winner
Thursday, 1 August 2024
Alexis Wright has won the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel Praiseworthy (Giramondo). Wright previously won the award in 2007 for her novel Carpentaria (Giramondo), and now...
Mulhall awarded 2024 Reading Australia Fellowship
Thursday, 1 August 2024
The Copyright Agency has named Maya Mulhall, a teacher from Blackburn High School in Victoria, the 2024 Reading Australia Fellow for teachers of English and literacy and teacher librarians. Mulhall...
Karkalla at Home (Mindy Woods, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Karkalla at Home: Native foods & everyday recipes for connecting to Country by Mindy Woods is a remarkable cookbook showcasing contemporary recipes with native Australian ingredients. The book ‘extends an...
SLV staff, board reportedly discussed cancelled Bootcamp writers’ political views; ‘Untapped’ titles move to Ligature; academic authors ‘shocked’ at Microsoft AI agreement
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
This week, the Age and the Guardian reported that State Library Victoria board members and senior staff discussed the political views of writers who were to host the library’s Teen Writing...
Kitchen Sentimental (Annie Smithers, T&H)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Why do we cook, and where do we learn to appreciate food? In her new memoir, Kitchen Sentimental, chef and author Annie Smithers (Recipe for a Kinder Life) tackles these...
Cherrywood (Jock Serong, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Jock Serong’s Cherrywood obscures time and place, braiding together the fates of his characters through extraordinary ventures and chance meetings. In his latest novel, Serong (The Burning Island, On the...
Lanchester to step down from ASA, Booktopia orders not being filled, ACT Literary Awards winners
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Olivia Lanchester, CEO of the Australian Society of Authors, is stepping down; meanwhile, in the latest Booktopia news, the website is not taking orders, and customers with outstanding orders will...
Meet the Rising Stars: Katherine Rajwar
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement...
Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 July
Friday, 12 July 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The End and Everything Before It (Finegan Kruckemeyer, Text) The Mires (Tina...
Hogan wins Mary Gilmore Award, Priest wins Magarey Medal
Thursday, 11 July 2024
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced that Dan Hogan is the winner of the 2024 Mary Gilmore Award and Ann-Marie Priest is the winner of...
UQP acquires Araluen poetry collection
Thursday, 11 July 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to a new poetry collection from Evelyn Araluen, author of the Stella Prize–winning Dropbear (also UQP). Araluen’s new collection, The Rot, ‘dramatises the bad faiths...
Meet the Rising Stars: Riikka Dunn
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement...
Meet the Rising Stars 2024: Justin Wolfers
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement...
Books in the media this weekend, 29–30 June
Friday, 28 June 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Everything Is Water (Simon Cleary, UQP) Song in the Grass (Kate Fagan,...
Heyman, Hoey recipients of Varuna exchange
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Australian writer Kathryn Heyman and Aotearoa New Zealand writer Dominic Hoey are the recipients of the 2024 New Zealand–Australia Residency Exchange, an international residency program held by Varuna, The National...
Jane Harrison steps down from Blak & Bright
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Blak & Bright has announced that Jane Harrison has stepped down from her role as artistic director and CEO. Harrison has been in the role since the four-day First Nations...
APA announces Rising Stars shortlist, Gordon-Smith to step down; Booktopia requests extension to voluntary trading suspension; attendance up at MWF, SWF
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced CEO Michael Gordon-Smith will retire from the position, with current APA chief of staff Patrizia Di Biase-Dyson to be the new CEO. The...
Amplify Bookstore’s winter picks
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Amplify Bookstore is an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, founded by Jing Xuan Teo and Marina Sano. Here, they share...
Louise Southerden on ‘Tiny: A memoir about love, letting go and a very small house’
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Author and travel writer Louise Southerden has written four nonfiction books, including the world’s first surfing guide for women. Her latest book, Tiny (Hardie Grant Explore, August 2024), is also...
Farr wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Tracy Farr has won the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) (NZSA) Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize for Wonderland, an alt-history set on...
S&S acquires Kitching romance novel
Thursday, 20 June 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to The Life Experiment, a romance novel from Melbourne-based author Jess Kitching, in a deal negotiated by Daniel Pilkington. Described by...
Anita Heiss on ‘Dirrayawadha’
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Anita Heiss is one of Australia’s most prolific and celebrated authors, known for her works across genres including nonfiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction and children's books. Books+Publishing reviewer Melissa Mantle...
Anita Heiss recommends
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
I just re-read Vivienne Cleven’s Bitin’ Back, published as part of the UQP First Nations Classics series. Hands down, this is one of the funniest books I have ever read,...
