UQP acquires Riwoe’s historical novel ‘On Gold Mountain’
Thursday, 4 October 2018
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to historical novel On Gold Mountain by Brisbane-based writer Mirandi Riwoe. Set on the goldfields of north Queensland during the...
Pages and Pages opens dedicated event space
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Pages and Pages Booksellers, situated on Sydney's North Shore in the suburb of Mosman, has announced it is opening a new dedicated event space. Following the consolidation of Pages and...
PRH acquires Ronnie Scott’s ‘The Adversary’ in two-book deal
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary in a two-book deal. PRH acquired rights at auction to The Adversary and a second...
ASA announces 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlist
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Barbara Jefferis Award. The shortlisted titles are: The Trapeze Act (Libby Angel, Text) Troppo (Madelaine Dickie, Fremantle...
Vu, Thomas win 2018 Inky Awards
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Peter Vu and Angie Thomas have won the 2018 Inky Awards, presented by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria. Peter Vu’s Paper Cranes Don’t Fly...
Melbourne bookshop Collected Works to close in November
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Melbourne bookshop Collected Works will not be renewing its current lease, according to owner Kris Hemensley, who runs the shop with his wife, Loretta. Currently situated in the historic Nicholas...
SPN Independent Publishing Conference 2018 program: publishing in the age of Trump, podcasts, disability awareness
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the full program for its 2018 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 22-24 November. The three-day...
Brow Books signs Grills in two-book deal; Ord’s ‘diary comic’ to publish in February
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Brow Books has acquired world rights to big beautiful female theory by writer and artist Eloise Grills as part of a two-book deal. Described as ‘a book-length narrative essay combining...
Inaugural recipients of $150k The Next Chapter initiative announced
Monday, 1 October 2018
The Wheeler Centre (TWC) has announced the 10 inaugural recipients of the 2018 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, each worth $15,000. The recipients of the grants will each be...
PRH sells Stevenson crime-thriller debut in US and UK
Monday, 1 October 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) has sold North American and UK (ex ANZ) rights to debut crime-thriller Greenlight (Michael Joseph) by Sydney-based author Benjamin Stevenson. PRH senior rights manager Nerrilee Weir...
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant, S&S and Walker join forces in NZ sales and marketing agency
Thursday, 27 September 2018
HarperCollins has announced a new combined sales and marketing agency in New Zealand, which will represent Hardie Grant, Simon & Schuster (S&S) and Walker Books. The new Auckland-based agency, which...
Egan announced as incoming ABA CEO
Thursday, 27 September 2018
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced Robbie Egan as incoming CEO, beginning in early December 2018. Currently the group operations manager at Readings, Egan has been treasurer and a...
Minister admits NSW arts funding was redirected to Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, 27 September 2018
NSW arts minister Don Harwin has admitted that some money from a Create NSW funding round was diverted to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO), meaning 11 arts organisations missed out...
Australian Reading Hour: 1240 orgs, 2324 readers participate
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
More than 1240 organisations and 2324 readers registered to participate in Australian Reading Hour (ARH) on 20 September, a huge increase in participation from last year's inaugural campaign. The campaign,...
Readings SLV moves to larger site amid library redevelopment
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
The Readings bookshop at State Library Victoria (SLV) has moved to a larger shop space, due to the $88.1 million redevelopment of SLV. The new SLV shop site is 60%...
SPN announces Isdahl, Dattner as conference keynotes
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the keynote speakers for the 2018 Independent Publishing Conference, which runs from 22-24 November 2018 in Melbourne. Danika Isdahl, production manager at US-based...
Wyld, Howard, Younus announced as inaugural participants of Writers SA residency project
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Author Karen Wyld, journalist Jane Howard and poet Manal Younus have been announced as the inaugural participants of Writers SA's new Writers and Readers in Residence Project. Supported by the Australia...
Vivas to join Hardie Grant Egmont as publisher
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has appointed Ana Vivas to the newly created role of publisher. In her new role at HGE she will 'champion the picture books and children's fiction...
Giramondo acquires McGregor’s ‘photoessay memoir’ on ‘Indelible Ink’
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Giramondo has acquired world rights to a ‘photoessay memoir’ called A Novel Idea by Sydney author and performance artist Fiona McGregor, via Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary Agency. A...
Text dominates shortlist for 2018 CHASS Australia Book Prize
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Australia Book Prize, with Text Publishing responsible for all three shortlisted titles. The...
Horne Prize backflips on rule change, Marr and Funder quit as judges
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
The Saturday Paper and Aesop have removed a controversial rule change to the Horne Prize, acknowledging that the changes ‘were restrictive and should not have been included’. As a result...
Third O’Neill title sold to UK’s Lightning Books
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
UK publisher Lightning Books has acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to Ryan O’Neill’s 2012 debut short story collection The Weight of a Human Heart, reports Book Brunch. Lightning...
Recipients of CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants announced
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) have announced the four recipients of the 2018 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants, each worth NZ$5000 (A$4590). The winner...
Funder quits as judge for Horne Prize
Monday, 24 September 2018
Author Anna Funder has quit the judging panel for the Horne Prize, after a rule change about which judges were not consulted, reports the Australian. Prize organisers made changes to...
Booktopia wins people’s choice award at Telstra Business Awards
Monday, 24 September 2018
Online bookseller Booktopia has won the people’s choice award at the national finals of the Telstra Business Awards. Announced at an awards dinner on 20 September, the national award win...
Leading Edge restructures, Marinov departs
Friday, 21 September 2018
Leading Edge Group has restructured its business and Leading Edge Books national group manager Galina Marinov has been made redundant. Leading Edge has dissolved its group teams, including the books...
Educational Publishing Awards 2018 winners announced
Friday, 21 September 2018
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2018 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). Promoting Literacy Development was named Primary Publisher of the Year and Oxford University...
Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 21 September 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been announced. The shortlisted pieces are: ‘Amid fear and guns, polio finds a refuge’ (Jo Chandler, Undark)...
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ to be adapted as TV miniseries
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Synchronicity Films will adapt Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) as a television drama miniseries. The project is currently in development, with Australian writer-producer Jacquelin Perske to adapt Morris’...
T A G Hungerford Award 2018 shortlist announced
Thursday, 20 September 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 City of Fremantle T A G Hungerford Award has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Father of the Lost Boys' (Yuot Alaak) 'She Came to...
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