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12 October 2023
 

Anna O

THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME Anna Ogilvy hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since that night at The Farm when she was found asleep with a kitchen... Read more
 
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Womersley, Mullins, Limbrick awarded Copyright Agency fellowships x

The 2023 Copyright Agency Author Fellowship and Fellowship for Nonfiction Writing have been awarded to Chris Womersley and Patrick Mullins respectively, while Scott Limbrick is the inaugural recipient of the... Read more
 
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Local editors shortlisted for International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing

Julie Ganner and Agata Mrva-Montoya, both University of Sydney Master of Publishing lecturers and Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd) members, have been shortlisted for the Accessible Books Consortium’s (ABC)... Read more
 
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'The Sitter' rights sold, awarded Joan C Bell Prize x

University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold North American rights to Angela O’Keeffe’s latest novel, The Sitter, to Jim Gauer at Zerogram, in a deal brokered by UQP rights and... Read more
 

 

Inaugural Varuna Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship winners

Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced Sarah Holland-Batt, Cathy Perkins and Geordie Williamson as the recipients of the inaugural Ann Moyal Nonfiction Fellowship. Holland-Batt, Perkins and Williamson were chosen... Read more
 

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Affirm Press acquires Duckor-Jones coming-of-age novel x

Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Max, a coming-of-age novel by Avi Duckor-Jones, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. The titular protagonist is ‘grappling with questions about his birth parents and... Read more
 

 

How to Be Remembered to be adapted to film

Michael Thompson’s novel How to Be Remembered (A&U) will be adapted as a feature film by MRC Film in the US. According to Deadline, the novel will be adapted for... Read more
 

Wiley CEO Napack steps down

In the US, Wiley president and CEO Brian Napack has resigned from the company, reports Publishers Weekly. Napack has held the roles of president and CEO since December 2017. He... Read more
 

 

Silver Linings (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books) x

Following the multi-award-winning success of Katrina Nannestad’s World War II novels for younger readers, Silver Linings sees her move from the battlefields of Europe to post-war Australia, and a story... Read more
 

 

 

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