The shortlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Dictionary of Lost Words... Read more
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Aoife Clifford’s third novel When We Fall, via Clare Forster at Curtis Brown. Set in the the small Australian coastal town of Merritt, When... Read more
The recipients of the Varuna First Nations Fellowships for 2021 have been announced. The writers and their projects are: Krista Dunstan for her YA work ‘Noble Intentions’ Lisa Fuller for... Read more
With school holidays in full swing across most of the country, Bluey books are dominating the bestsellers chart, with Bluey: Easter Fun! at number one for the fourth week in... Read more
In the UK, a survey of the country’s most prolific publishing houses by the Bookseller has found that there were 200 books by British writers of colour this northern spring.... Read more
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