Colin Roderick Award 2019 shortlist announced
Friday, 9 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...
Sarroff appointed HarperCollins finance director
Thursday, 8 August 2019
HarperCollins ANZ has appointed Simone Sarroff to the new position of finance director, effective 17 September. CEO James Kellow said: ‘Simone brings a wealth of commercial experience from her previous...
Hachette’s Next Stock Date system goes live on TitlePage
Thursday, 8 August 2019
Hachette’s Next Stock Date (NSD) system, which lets booksellers know when stock will be available to order at Alliance Distribution Services, is now live on the Australian Publishers Association’s (APA)...
‘The Bomb’ named book of the year at 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA
Thursday, 8 August 2019
The Bomb by author Sacha Cotter and illustrator Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers) has won the Margaret Mahy book of the year award, as well as the picture book award, at...
The Big Issue announces 2019 fiction edition line-up
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Big Issue has announced the writers who will feature in its annual fiction edition. The edition will feature stories from five commissioned writers: Heather Rose, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Mark...
Dymocks Subiaco wins top award at Dymocks conference for second year running
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Dymocks Subiaco in Perth has won its second consecutive Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence, presented at the 2019 Dymocks national conference in Melbourne from 4-6 August. Dymocks managing director Steve...
Harlequin announces shortlist for First Nations Fellowship
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Harlequin has announced the shortlist for the 2019 First Nations Fellowship for commercial fiction. The shortlisted writers and titles are: Julie Janson for ‘Desert Lands’ Melanie Saward for ‘Barks and the City’...
Program announced for 2019 Blak & Bright festival
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The program for this year’s Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 5-8 September, has been announced. More than 60 First Nations writers and...
Most Underrated Book Award 2019 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Brontide (Sue McPherson, Magabala) Antidote to a Curse (James...
A&U to publish Rodda’s new junior fiction series
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a new three-book junior fiction series by Emily Rodda. The Monty’s Island series, which is illustrated by Lucinda Gifford, is aimed at children aged...
Canberra’s Muse bookstore, café and wine bar up for sale
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
The owners of Muse bookstore, café and wine bar in Canberra are looking to sell their business. Daniel Sanderson and Paul Eldon said they are putting their business on the...
Colin Roderick Award 2019 longlist announced
Monday, 5 August 2019
The longlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...
The Little Book Nook opens on the Sunshine Coast
Monday, 5 August 2019
A new bookshop specialising in children’s titles has opened in Queensland's Sunshine Coast suburb of Palmwoods. The Little Book Nook is owned and run by Kay Nixon, who has worked...
Morris shortlisted for Glass Bell Award
Friday, 2 August 2019
In the UK, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) has been shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award. Selected from a longlist of 12, the shortlisted titles are: Our House (Louise Candlish,...
UWAP acquires On’s poetry collection ‘Turbulence’
Friday, 2 August 2019
The UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Thuy On’s debut poetry collection Turbulence. ‘It’s a really surprising first book by a sharp poetic mind with an acute sensibility...
Liminal Fiction Prize longlist announced
Friday, 2 August 2019
Liminal magazine has announced the longlist for the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize. The longlisted authors and their works are: Bryant Apolonio, for ‘Bad Weather’ Kasumi Borczyk, for ‘Cheese Me Please’...
‘Too Much Lip’ optioned for screen adaptation
Thursday, 1 August 2019
Melissa Lucashenko’s Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel Too Much Lip (UQP) has been optioned for screen by production company Cenozoic Pictures. The deal, which was negotiated by Lucashenko’s agent Alex...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 1 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best crime novel This Mortal Boy (Fiona Kidman,...
Shortlists for 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced
Thursday, 1 August 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize Taking Liberty: Indigenous...
Boyd to retire as HarperCollins CFO
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
HarperCollins ANZ chief financial officer Malcolm Boyd will retire in October after 32 years with the company. Boyd was appointed financial controller of Williams Collins in 1987 and later, as...
NT Literary Awards 2019 winners announced
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short story award ($1000) ‘Centring’, by Glen Hunting Poetry award ($1000) ‘Lyapirtneme/No...
PRH to face Fair Work over ‘adverse treatment’
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) will face a hearing at the Fair Work Commission after refusing to withdraw a ‘first and final warning’ to an editor who tweeted in support...
Lucashenko wins 2019 Miles Franklin for ‘Too Much Lip’
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Melissa Lucashenko has won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her sixth novel, Too Much Lip (UQP). Lucashenko is the third Indigenous author to win the Miles Franklin in...
Lindfield Bookshop & Children’s Bookshop to close
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Lindfield Bookshop & Children’s Bookshop in Sydney’s North Shore will close at the end of August after 46 years of operation. Owner Scott Whitmont said it’s with ‘considerable sadness’ that...
Disher’s ‘Bitter Wash Road’ optioned for screen
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Producers Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell of Adelaide-based production company Dancing Road Productions have optioned the screen rights to Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road (Text), via Jenny Darling & Associates. First published in 2013,...
Dalla Rosa shortlisted for 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Australian writer Paul Dalla Rosa has been shortlisted for the £30,000 (A$54,500) Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Dalla Rosa is shortlisted for his story ‘Comme’, originally published in Granta...
WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
Monday, 29 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) The Sky Runs...
Berbay to expand publishing program in 2020
Monday, 29 July 2019
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay Books will double its publishing list from eight to 16 titles in 2020, as well as publishing its first graphic novel, chapter book and junior fiction...
Hammer shortlisted for UK Dagger award for first-time authors
Friday, 26 July 2019
Chris Hammer's novel Scrublands (A&U) has been shortlisted at the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger Awards. Published in the UK by Wildfire, Hammer’s novel is shortlisted for the 2019...
Baskin wins industry recognition award at ORIAs
Friday, 26 July 2019
Booktopia deputy CEO and CTO Wayne Baskin has won in the industry recognition category at the 2019 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia was nominated for the best pureplay retailer...
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