Age Book of the Year, Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlists, Mossop joins SWF
3 August 2022
The shortlists for the Age Book of the Year 2022, which this year includes a nonfiction category, and the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize have been announced, while the longlist...
Down wins Miles Franklin, Henderson joins Hachette, Kennedy wins 2022 Furphy Literary Award
27 July 2022
Jennifer Down has won the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her second novel Bodies of Light; Hachette Australia has appointed Scott Henderson as senior nonfiction publisher, starting 1 September;...
Nash to step down from Booktopia executive role, National Biography Award shortlist, Sidnam wins 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize
20 July 2022
The board of Booktopia Group has given founder and CEO Tony Nash notice to step away from executive management, appointing current CFO Geoff Stalley as interim CEO. The State Library...
Speech Pathology book awards shortlist, Aus publishers to attend Frankfurt in person, Rimmer buys Collins Orange
12 July 2022
Australian publishers will be attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair in person, with publishers either taking part in the Australian Publishers Association stand or attending independently. In bookshop news, author...
New York Publishers’ Program recipients, Jackson wins ALS Gold Medal, Ned Kelly Awards shortlists
6 July 2022
The Australia Council has announced the rights sellers, literary agents and publishers to take part in the 2022 New York Publishers’ Program, as well as the recipients of the Translation...
Miles Franklin 2022 shortlist, Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards winners, Fraser to step down at Fremantle Press
29 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced in the past week, as well as the winners of the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. Melbourne Writers...
‘The Dogs’ removed from Miles Franklin longlist, ACCC approves Opus acquisiton of Ovato, WA Premier’s Book Awards winners
22 June 2022
John Hughes’ novel The Dogs (Upswell) has been removed from the Miles Franklin longlist following instances of plagiarism found by the Guardian, which has since uncovered further examples, while Upswell...
ABIA, ABA awards winners, Affirm to launch national sales team, Hughes apologises for plagiarism in ‘The Dogs’
16 June 2022
Affirm Press has announced the launch of its own national sales team which will be fully operational from January 2023, while the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has reported its members...
ABDA 2022 winners, ALS Gold Medal shortlist, KYD announces anthology contributors
8 June 2022
In news from the past week, the winners of this year’s Australian Book Design Awards have been announced, along with the shortlists for the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children...
ASAL book awards finalists, Vucic awarded $50k Marten Bequest scholarship
31 May 2022
To celebrate its centenary, Collins Booksellers has established the Australian Political Book of the Year Award, a new literary prize worth $10,000. Meanwhile, the Australian Library and Information Association has...
Miles Franklin 2022 longlist, Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific winner, ABIA 2022 shortlists
25 May 2022
This week, the longlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award was revealed. Simon & Schuster Australia has appointed Ace Mamun as marketing and publicity director, replacing Anabel Pandiella; the...
Ockham NZ Book Awards, NSW Premier’s winners, new Wollongong writers festival, Australian Reading Hour moves to March
18 May 2022
Australia Reads has announced its annual flagship event the Australian Reading Hour, which runs in September, will not take place this year, and will instead moves to March from next...
Nash to step down as Booktopia CEO, WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlist, Otmar wins 2022 Janet Mackenzie Medal
11 May 2022
Booktopia has announced co-founder Tony Nash will step down as CEO, but continue working within the company in a new position focused exclusively on growth, as company earnings fell 65%....
Araluen wins Stella Prize; Parker-Chan finalist for Hugo Award; UK paper crisis to worsen
4 May 2022
Evelyn Araluen has won the 2022 Stella Prize for Dropbear (UQP), the first time a poetry collection has won the award after it opened to works of poetry this year;...
Booksellers’ Choice shortlists, Wheeler Centre 2022 Hot Desk fellows
28 April 2022
In awards news, the Australian Booksellers Association announced the shortlists for the 2022 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards; local writers Sarah Walker, Eleanor Kirk and Shelley Burne-Field are...
ABDA shortlists, FALS inaugural residency recipients, Waterstones profits down
21 April 2022
This week, the Australian Book Designers Association announced the shortlists for the 70th Australian Book Design Awards; the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies announced the recipients of its inaugural Writing...
Publishers report ‘phenomenal’ Bologna fair; ‘Crawdads’ tops Dymocks list; Petraitis wins A&U Crime Fiction Prize
13 April 2022
Australian publishers who attended the 2022 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which wrapped up on 24 March, reported a 'phenomenal' fair; The Lifted Brow has announced a new board with plans...
Stella Prize, CBCA, NSW Prem’s shortlists
6 April 2022
The London Book Fair, which runs this week, sees several Australian publishers attending in person after more than two years of attending rights fairs virtually, while Canberra Writers Festival has...
ABIA 2022 longlist, Puncher & Wattmann acquires ‘Grimmish’, SWF 2022 program
30 March 2022
WestWords and Ultimo Press have partnered to offer a new prize for emerging writers ‘with a connection to Western Sydney’; Scribe children’s imprint Scribble and Sydney-based Think+DO Tank Foundation have...
Williams to leave SWF, Perth Writers Weekend 2022 wrap, Manga and adult fiction drive 2021 sales
23 March 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the 2022 program for its conference, to be held in person 12–13 June at the Sheraton Grand Hyde Park in Sydney, while Perth...
Penguin Literary Prize shortlist, floods devastate Lismore Library and Book Warehouse, ABDA longlists
17 March 2022
The Australian Society of Authors, the Australian Short Story Festival and the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival are among the latest and final recipients of the Restart Investment to...
Stella Count results, ILF moves to Hachette offices, Varuna First Nations Fellowship recipients
9 March 2022
The results of the 2019/2020 Stella Count have revealed gender parity has been achieved for the first time since the count began in 2012. Meanwhile, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has...
Stella Prize longlist, Booktopia profits drop, appointments at Welbeck and Byron Writer’s Festival
2 March 2022
In this week’s news, Welbeck ANZ has appointed Gareth Woods-Jack and Zoe Knowles to its sales, marketing and publicity team as head of sales and marketing executive, respectively. Meanwhile, Zoe...
Cassim joins ILF, ANZ publishers shortlisted for Bologna Prize, S&S reports growth in revenue
23 February 2022
Five Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand publishers have been shortlisted for the 2022 Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, with the winner to...
ABA commissions report on sustainability, Hachette partners with Law, Liminal & SA and Sydney Opera House mentorship recipients
16 February 2022
In this week’s news, the ABA has commissioned a report on sustainability in the book industry, to be produced by freelance editor Angela Meyer. The ABA has also announced a...
VPLA winners, Webb-Pullman appointed publisher, Blak & Bright full program
9 February 2022
The winners of the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced, including Veronica Gorrie who took out the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for Black and Blue: A memoir...
AWW 2022 program, new SA fellowship, WAYRBA, NBCC shortlists
2 February 2022
In this week’s news, Adelaide Writers’ Week has announced the full program for this year’s festival, with Bruce Pascoe, Grace Tame, Liane Moriarty and Richard Flanagan among the 165 guests...
BRTD enterprise agreement, ABA ICYMI campaign, Newbery, Caldecott winners
27 January 2022
In news this week, following industrial action in November last year, workers and management at Sydney bookshop Better Read Than Dead have signed an enterprise agreement, which has been submitted...
New appointments at HarperCollins and Bloomsbury, Hazel Rowley shortlist
19 January 2022
HarperCollins has announced the appointment of Michelle Weisz as publishing director of HarperCollins Australia’s children’s books division. Weisz replaces Cristina Cappelluto, who has joined Bloomsbury Australia as managing director. The...
PMLA winners, ACCC lodges case against Booktopia
12 January 2022
Late last year, the winners of the 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced. Amanda Lohrey, who won the fiction prize for her novel The Labyrinth, was also named the...
