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24 September 2024

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Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter on Friday, 27 September, due to a public holiday in Victoria on that day.
 
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Newcastle Poetry Prize 2024 winners announced

The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2024 Newcastle Poetry Prize. Winning pieces include: First prize ($15,000) ‘Dombóvár’ by Christopher (Kit) Kelen Second prize ($5000) ‘Welcome Swallow’... Read more
 
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Kostakis appointed to PLR Committee x

Author Will Kostakis has been appointed to the Public Lending Right (PLR) Committee for a four-year term as an author representative. Minister for the Arts Tony Burke said: ‘Will is... Read more
 
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PRH acquires Westerfeld, Larbalestier novel ‘The Mortons’ x

Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier in a two-book deal at auction, via Jill Grinberg Literary Management. The Mortons was... Read more
 

 

Affirm acquires Lefevre’s memoir x

Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Carol Lefevre’s memoir Bloomer, via literary agent Fran Moore. Lefevre is a visiting research fellow at the University of Adelaide, where she gained... Read more
 

Sage 'considering' licensing content for AI x

In the UK, academic publisher Sage has confirmed the company is considering licensing authors’ content to artificial intelligence companies, reports the Bookseller. A Sage spokesperson told the Bookseller: ‘We have... Read more
 

 

The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery (Antony Elworthy, Walker, November) x

According to his grandson, Gramps has had ‘what they call a Chequered Career’. It has taken him on all sorts of adventures, though by far the most exciting was his... Read more
 

 

 

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