Grenville longlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
6 March 2024
In the UK, the longlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Local author Kate Grenville has been longlisted for Restless Dolly Maunder (Text). The longlisted titles...
Breen appointed Affirm agency manager
6 March 2024
Affirm Press has announced former marketing and publicity manager Grace Breen has returned from parental leave to take up the newly created role of agency manager. Breen will head Affirm’s...
Reti resigns from MWF board over program
28 February 2024
Retired clinician Leslie Reti has resigned from his position as Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) deputy chair. In a statement to the Age, Reti said his reasons for resigning from the...
Hardie Grant Explore, Intrepid Travel announce publishing joint venture
28 February 2024
Hardie Grant Explore (HG Explore) has announced a new joint venture with Intrepid Travel to publish a new series of travel books. The list will begin with The Intrepid List,...
S&S acquires Garside memoir ‘The Good Fight’
28 February 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Good Fight, a memoir by boxer Harry Garside. Garside rose to prominence following his bronze medal win at the...
Pantera acquires Lenton debut ‘Spite Pie’
28 February 2024
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the debut novel Spite Pie by journalist and writer Patrick Lenton in a two-book deal brokered by Lou Johnson at Key People Literary...
CBCA 2024 Notable Books announced
27 February 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2024. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....
Perth Writers Weekend programming remains unchanged, despite open letter
21 February 2024
Perth Writers Weekend, which will run from this Friday, 23 February until Sunday, 25 February, is taking place amid controversy due to the programming of Deborah Conway. An open letter...
HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime
21 February 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, a forthcoming cosy crime novel from Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, via Danielle Binks and Jacinta di Mase of...
Canberra Writers Festival moves to October
21 February 2024
The 2024 Canberra Writers Festival will run from 23–27 October. With the new dates occurring late in the year, organisers said that the 2024 festival is planned to ‘kick off...
Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration
14 February 2024
In the UK, Australian author Bob Graham has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration), which was announced along with...
Dorph, Webb-Pullman join VIPs committee, 2024 program dates announced
14 February 2024
Creative Australia has announced that the 2024 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) Program will run alongside the Sydney Writers' Festival in May this year. The 2024 VIPs Program will run from...
‘Meanjin’ announces two new residencies
14 February 2024
Literary journal Meanjin has announced two new residencies, offered in partnership with non-profit arts and cultural organisation InPlace, to ‘support writers of shorter works with dedicated writing time, much-needed funds, and...
New York Publishers’ Program 2024 to take place next week
7 February 2024
Creative Australia’s 2024 New York Publishers’ Program will take place between 12 and 16 February, with nine delegates to accompany Creative Australia senior officer, literature projects, Jo Simpson as part...
Rippin appointed Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25
7 February 2024
The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) has named Sally Rippin as the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2024–25. Rippin has written over 100 books for children and young adults, including the...
Hamilton to leave Writers Victoria
7 February 2024
Writers Victoria has announced CEO Lucy Hamilton will step down from the role and leave the organisation in March after three-and-a-half years. Said Hamilton: ‘I’m proud of my time at...
Vallance promoted to CYA publisher at UQP
7 February 2024
At University of Queensland Press (UQP), Cathy Vallance has been promoted to the role of children’s and young adult publisher. Vallance, who has been with UQP for about 10 years,...
Larrikin acquires Betoota Advocate series
7 February 2024
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to an as-yet-untitled nonfiction series from satire publication the Betoota Advocate. The publisher said the series, which is for readers aged 8 to 12,...
Adelaide Writers’ Week announces 2024 program
31 January 2024
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has announced its 2024 program, running from 2 to 7 March. Held in Adelaide's Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden, the week features 194 writers across 135 sessions, under...
Forrest wins Newcastle Short Story Award
31 January 2024
Western Sydney writer Patrick Cruz Forrest has taken first place in the 2023 Newcastle Short Story Award for his short story ‘Kuya’. The winners, which will be published in an...
Gecko Press acquired by Lerner Publishing Group
24 January 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand publishing house Gecko Press has been acquired by US Lerner Publishing Group, reported the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ). According to an...
Hachette acquires Hampton, Daniher picture books
24 January 2024
Hachette has acquired world rights to two picture books celebrating First Nations culture by Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher via Rochelle Fernandez at Alex Adsett Literary. According to the publisher,...
Hogan wins 2024 ABR Peter Porter Poetry Prize
24 January 2024
Australian poet Dan Hogan has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) 2024 Peter Porter Poetry Prize for their poem ‘Workarounds’. Hogan receives $6000, while the other four shortlisted poets—Judith Nangala Crispin,...
HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel
17 January 2024
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to The Travelling Library by Paul Dalgarno, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. The Travelling Library is 'a tender coming-of-age story...
Küster appointed as director of CSIRO Publishing
17 January 2024
Arend Küster has been appointed as director of CSIRO Publishing. Previously in the role the director, academic affairs at Springer Nature, Küster had focused on building strategic relationships with government...
Government releases interim report on Safe and Responsible AI
17 January 2024
The government has released its interim report on Safe and Responsible AI in Australia. The Department of Industry, Science and Resources report acknowledges that submissions to its earlier discussion paper...
Alice joins Byron Writers Festival as artistic director
17 January 2024
Byron Writers Festival has announced the appointment of Jessica Alice as its new artistic director. Alice, who announced in December that she was resigning as CEO of Writers SA, replaces...
Australian book market down 2.1% in value
17 January 2024
The book market was down in Australia by 2.1% in value and 1.7% in volume, according to figures from Nielsen BookData's BookScan service. Nielsen's 2023 snapshot, covering 1 January to...
Indie Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced
17 January 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books, have been announced. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Fiction Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth...
100 Story Building among Creative Ventures Program recipients
10 January 2024
The 100 Story Building in Footscray, Victoria, is among the funding recipients of the Creative Ventures Program, a Creative Victoria program that provides two-year grants to small creative organisations. The program...