HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to three new books from crime writer Dervla McTiernan, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown Australia. The first book in McTiernan’s new deal, which is... Read more
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors have announced the shortlist for the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished novel. The three manuscripts and their authors are:... Read more
The Wheeler Centre has announced the successful applicants for its 2019 Hot Desk Fellowships. This year, the Wheeler Centre is offering three new fellowships for regional and interstate writers, who... Read more
The Australian Book Industry Awards’ (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry.... Read more
In the US, Richard Powers has won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Overstory (Vintage). The Overstory tells the story of nine strangers brought together by... Read more