Scribe acquires new Horton novel ‘Time Together’
27 June 2024
Scribe has acquired world rights to Time Together, a new novel from Luke Horton, via Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. The publisher said Time Together is ‘a novel about...
Literature organisations, writers among latest Creative Aus grant recipients
26 June 2024
Many literature organisations and writers have been successful in the latest round of Creative Australia funding. Among the recipients of Creative Australia’s current $16.4 million investment round decided over the...
Affirm acquires second Solly novel
26 June 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Kate Solly’s second novel, The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up. Solly is a mother of six and author of Tuesday Evenings with the...
APA CEO Gordon-Smith steps down, Di Biase-Dyson promoted
26 June 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced CEO Michael Gordon-Smith will retire from the position at the end of June, after 11 years in the role, with current APA chief...
EWF to launch 2024 program in August
26 June 2024
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has announced that its 2024 program launch will take place at the Wheeler Centre, Naarm/Melbourne, on 1 August. This program launch—which will be the festival’s...
Niland, McKinnon among James Beard Award winners
26 June 2024
Fish Butchery by chef Josh Niland (Hardie Grant) and Tenderheart: A cookbook about vegetables and unbreakable family bonds by Hetty Lui McKinnon (Plum) are among the winners of the 2024...
A&U NZ: Hurley appointed publishing director, Hellen to build children’s list as publisher at large
26 June 2024
Allen & Unwin New Zealand (A&U NZ) has appointed publishing director Jenny Hellen to the newly created role of publisher at large, and appointed Michelle Hurley to Hellen’s former role,...
New poetry journal launches
26 June 2024
The Marrow, a new online poetry journal, will launch with a first issue on 30 June. The journal, founded by poets and editors Audrey Molloy, Daragh Byrne and Natalie Bühler,...
Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024 shortlist announced
26 June 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, worth £5000 (A$9541), has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The six titles shortlisted for the 2024 award are: Martyr!...
Amplify Bookstore’s winter picks
26 June 2024
Amplify Bookstore is an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, founded by Jing Xuan Teo and Marina Sano. Here, they share...
Pantera acquires Madigan nonfiction ‘Torn’
26 June 2024
Pantera has acquired world rights to Nicole Madigan’s nonfiction book Torn, via Jeanne Ryckmans of Key People Literary Management. The book follows individual stories of women who have faced major...
Louise Southerden on ‘Tiny: A memoir about love, letting go and a very small house’
25 June 2024
Author and travel writer Louise Southerden has written four nonfiction books, including the world’s first surfing guide for women. Her latest book, Tiny (Hardie Grant Explore, August 2024), is also...
Louise Southerden recommends
25 June 2024
I loved Music and Freedom, a novel by Zoë Morrison, which I found in the street library out the front of where I live. (I stumble upon a lot of...
Inaugural recipients announced for NZSA mentorships
25 June 2024
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa Te Kaituhi Māori (NZSA) has announced the inaugural recipients of its NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki programs....
Upswell acquires White’s essay collection
25 June 2024
Upswell has acquired world rights to Jessica White’s collection Silence Is My Habitat: Ecobiological essays. Upswell publisher Terri-ann White said White’s new book of essays ‘contains multiple dimensions’, with ‘a...
Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre receives $100K for inclusion program
25 June 2024
The Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre in Perth, Western Australia, has been awarded approximately $100,000 from Creative Australia to run its Inclusive Residency Pilot Program for emerging Australian writers...
Farr wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
25 June 2024
Tracy Farr has won the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) (NZSA) Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize for Wonderland, an alt-history set on...
APA announces Children’s Editorial Program
25 June 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced a new Children’s Editorial Program, following the model of the existing Residential Editorial Program, with a picture book editing intensive to run for...
New ‘Basic’ US Spotify plan drops audiobooks
25 June 2024
In the US, Spotify has increased the price of its Premium subscription offer to US$11.99 (A$18) a month and introduced a new ‘Basic’ plan that costs US $10.99 (A$16.50) and...
Coelho, Becker win Yoto Carnegie medals
24 June 2024
In the UK, the winners of the Yoto Carnegie medals for writing and illustration for children and young people have been announced. Joseph Coelho, the UK’s current Children’s Laureate, won...
UQP acquires Morton’s VPLA-winning debut
24 June 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Rachel Morton’s debut novel, The Sun Was Electric Light, which won the 2024 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished...
Rossell’s ‘The Midwatch’ sells to North America, European territories
24 June 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) imprint Dial Books for Younger Readers has acquired North American rights to Judith Rossell’s forthcoming illustrated middle-grade novel The Midwatch, via Daniel Lazar at Writers House...
More than 90k attend SWF; MWF attendance up 12%
24 June 2024
The 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which ran from 20 to 26 May, had a total attendance of 91,680 across its 225 events. The attendance figure is an increase on...
Scribner acquires Latimore nonfiction title
24 June 2024
Simon & Schuster imprint Scribner Australia has acquired ANZ and UK rights to Kumanjayi: Death and indifference by First Nations journalist Jack Latimore, in a deal via Melanie Ostell at...
Booktopia requests extension to voluntary trading suspension as it seeks funding
21 June 2024
Online bookseller Booktopia has requested that the voluntary suspension placed on its securities be extended, as it continues to seek funding to meet its redundancy costs and provide working capital....
Mildura program; inaugural Liminal Festival; new Queensland poetry festival; Words on the Waves bestsellers
20 June 2024
Mildura Writers Festival has announced the program for its 2024 festival, running from 18 to 21 July. Guests include Christos Tsiolkas, Charlotte Wood, Nam Le, Melissa Lucashenko, Stan Grant, Julie...
BookPeople conference ‘biggest for many years’
20 June 2024
The 2024 BookPeople conference, held in Melbourne from 15 to 17 June, was its ‘biggest conference for many years’, according to the organisation. The event attracted 175 bookseller delegates, including...
Hammad wins 2024 RSL Encore Award
20 June 2024
In the UK, Isabella Hammad has won the 2024 RSL Encore Award for her second novel, Enter Ghost (Vintage), reports the Bookseller. The value of the prize (which celebrates second...
S&S acquires Kitching romance novel
20 June 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to The Life Experiment, a romance novel from Melbourne-based author Jess Kitching, in a deal negotiated by Daniel Pilkington. Described by...
APA Rising Star 2024 shortlist announced
20 June 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for its 2024 Rising Star award. The shortlisted professionals, who each began their publishing careers in the past 10 years, are:...
