Dao, Morrissey and O’Grady named SMH Best Young Australian Novelists 2024
Sunday, 19 May 2024
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced the Best Young Australian Novelists for 2024. The writers and their books are: André Dao for Anam (Hamish Hamilton) John Morrissey for Firelight...
Dorothy Hewett Award 2024 shortlist announced
Friday, 17 May 2024
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from over 200 entries, are: ‘The Protector of Fledglings’ by...
Miles Franklin 2024 longlist announced
Thursday, 16 May 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The longlisted titles, selected from 104 books, are: Only Sound Remains (Hossein Asgari, Puncher & Wattmann) Wall (Jen...
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2024 winners announced
Thursday, 16 May 2024
The winners of the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The fiction prize went to Emily Perkins for Lioness (Bloomsbury). Convenor of fiction judges Juliet Blyth said: ‘At...
Cumberland City Council overturns ban on same-sex parenting books in libraries
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Cumberland City Council in Western Sydney has voted to overturn its recent motion to ban same-sex parenting books from its libraries, reports the ABC. According to the ABC, the motion...
Hastings wins 2024 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize
Thursday, 16 May 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins imprint HQ have announced that Kathleen Hastings is the winner of the 2024 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. Selected from...
‘Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors’ wins 2024 Ondaatje Prize
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors by Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions) has won the 2024 Ondaatje Prize, worth £10,000 (A$18,946), reports Book Brunch. Penman’s book was chosen from a shortlist of six...
Wright wins 2024 James Tait Black fiction prize
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright (Giramondo) has won the fiction award in the 2024 James Tait Black Prizes. Wright’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of four fiction works for the...
Vale Mark Johnson
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Bookseller Mark Johnson, longtime proprietor of Forest Bookshop, Forestville, NSW, died on Anzac Day, aged 86 years. Johnson was the partner of Max Oliver of Lindfield Bookshop, who died three...
‘Brotherless Night’ wins 2024 Carol Shields Prize
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan (Penguin) has won the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, worth US$150,000 (A$226,385). The judging jury—made up of Jen Sookfong Lee (chair), Laila Lalami,...
Palmer wins 2024 Ernest Scott Prize
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and history on a Central Australian pastoral station (Shannyn Palmer, MUP) has won the 2024 Ernest Scott Prize for History. Award judges Grace Karskens and Frank...
ALS Gold Medal 2024 longlist announced
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. Longlisted works include: Frank (Jordie Albiston, NLA Publishing) The Prize (Kim E Anderson, Pantera) Like to...
Editorial and publishing assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Allen & Unwin Capable and organised assistant wanted at Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publishing house, to support several publishers and a busy editorial department. To thrive in...
Amba Press welcomes Andrew Fuller and Georgie Brooks
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Educational publisher Amba Press welcomes clinical psychologist Andrew Fuller (author of The A to Z of Feelings, Unlocking Your Child’s Genius, Your Best Life at Any Age, Tricky Behaviours, Tricky...
Changes in distribution sales & returns for Aconyte Books in Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Aconyte Books will no longer be distributed by Simon & Schuster Australia after 31 August 2024. All requests for returns authorisations must be with HEDS by 5 October 2024. Requests...
Book Face opens store in Northbridge, NSW
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Bookselling chain Book Face has opened its fifth store—a bookstore in the Sydney suburb of Northbridge. Store manager Luke Holmes said that the company opened a bookstore in the area...
‘Murdle’ wins book of the year at the 2024 British Book Awards
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Murdle, a collection of murder mystery puzzles by G T Karber (Souvenir Press), has won book of the year at the 2024 British Book Awards, as well as taking out...
Wellington bookstore Good Books closed
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Good Books, in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, has ceased trading. The bookshop, established in late 2020 by writers Catherine Robertson and Jane Arthur, had its final day of operation last...
Edgar Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 13 May 2024
Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which honour ‘the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television’ published or produced in 2023....
SLNSW offers new $50K creative writing fellowship
Monday, 13 May 2024
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the creation of a new $50,000 creative writing fellowship, as well as a new Summer Scholars Program. The $50,000 Imago Creative Writing...
NT Writers Festival announces 2024 program
Monday, 13 May 2024
The NT Writers Festival has announced the program for its 2024 festival, which will run from 27 to 30 June on Larrakia Country in Darwin (Garramilla). Events will take place outdoors at...
Aotearoa Booksellers Choice Award shortlist announced
Monday, 13 May 2024
The shortlist for the Aotearoa Book Industry Awards Booksellers Choice Award has been announced. The 16 books in the running for the award, which will be voted for by booksellers,...
Pantera acquires Eley’s romantasy ‘The Rule’
Monday, 13 May 2024
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The Rule by Bronwyn Eley in a two-book deal. The Rule is a fantasy novel following Zinha, a member of the underground assassin...
The Voice to Parliament Handbook wins ABIA book of the year
Thursday, 9 May 2024
The winners of the 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced, with The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Thomas Mayo & Kerry O’Brien, HG Explore) taking out the overall book...
Hachette announces restructure, King to oversee international divisions
Thursday, 9 May 2024
Hachette has announced a restructure, involving changes to its UK and US operations, that the publisher says is ‘designed to meet consumer needs in all formats and fuel Hachette’s growth...
Birch, McMullin win 2024 Age Book of the Year awards
Thursday, 9 May 2024
The winners of the Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Tony Birch won the fiction award for his novel Women & Children (UQP) and Ross McMullin won...
Levitina shortlisted for UK Historical Novel Society’s First Chapters Competition
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Sydney author Julia Levitina has been shortlisted for the UK Historical Novel Society’s (HNS) First Chapters Competition. Levitina was shortlisted in the 20th-century historical fiction category for the opening chapters...
Pulitzer Prize 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
In the US, the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the book categories were: Fiction Night Watch (Jayne Anne Phillips, Fleet) Nonfiction A Day...
Wright wins second Stella; NSW, WA premiers’ lit awards shortlists; Hachette on Best Places to Work list
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Last Thursday Alexis Wright became the first author to win the Stella Prize twice, with her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (Giramondo), named the winner of the $60,000 award in a ceremony in...
Gohan by Emiko Davies takes out top cookbook prize
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Smith Street Books are delighted to announce that Emiko Davies’ Gohan has won the prestigious Fortnum & Mason Cookbook of the Year, as well as the André Simon Special Commendation...
