Herschend Entertainment Studios has acquired film and television rights to Garth Nix’s seven-book fantasy series ‘The Keys to the Kingdom’ (A&U), reports Deadline. Jill Grinberg Literary Management sold rights on behalf... Read more
Emma Rusher will leave her position as head of sales and marketing at Melbourne University Publishing for a new role as communications director at Hachette Australia. Hachette’s marketing and publicity... Read more
Michelle Hurley will join Allen & Unwin New Zealand in the role of publisher. Hurley has worked at Random House New Zealand and Allen & Unwin Australia, and has been... Read more
The winners of the Griffith Review’s 2019 Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning authors and their works are: ‘Cleave’ by Keren Heenan ‘Spectrums’ by Allanah Hunt ‘Annah the Javanese’... Read more
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2019 Walkley-Pascall Prize for arts criticism, as part of its Mid-Year Celebration. The finalists are: Rosemary Neill for ‘Shooting stars: exposing... Read more