Affirm acquires Collinson self-help follow-up
Monday, 26 August 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to self-help book Master Your Relationship Anxiety by Georgie Collinson. According to the publisher, Master Your Relationship Anxiety ‘delivers a simple four-week program for...
Author sues Shawline Publishing alleging unpaid royalties
Monday, 26 August 2024
Author Dan Moon is suing Shawline Publishing in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, claiming he is owed thousands in unpaid royalties, reports the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Moon told...
Williams named inaugural Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award recipient
Thursday, 22 August 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi has announced Janine Williams, also known by her pen name J L Williams, as the inaugural recipient of the $30,000 Lynley Dodd...
Varuna First Nations Fellowship 2024 recipients announced
Thursday, 22 August 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the five recipients of its 2024 First Nations fellowships. The five successful applicants (and their manuscripts) are: Sharleigh Crittenden for ‘The Children Nobody...
Returning to BookUp in 2024
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
The annual BookUp conference for 2024, presented by the Australian Publishers Association (APA), was held at the State Library Victoria, Melbourne, on Wednesday 7 August, with wide-ranging sessions inviting participants to contemplate...
Aotearoa research grants announced
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
The 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc (NZSA) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers....
Steger among staff to leave Age/SMH
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
The books editor at the Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Jason Steger, is among dozens of journalists leaving the newspapers, reports the Guardian. The Guardian stated that up to 85...
Publishers welcome Australian owner for Booktopia
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Publishers have welcomed the sale of Booktopia to Shant Kradjian, the owner of electronics retailer digiDirect, who has been meeting with publishers and authors to discuss the bookseller’s future and...
A&U acquires Caro novel ‘Lyrebird’
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Lyrebird, the second adult novel by Jane Caro, in a deal brokered by Jacinta di Mase Management. In the novel, no...
Readings New Australian Fiction Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize. This year’s six shortlisted books are: Thanks for Having Me (Emma Darragh, Joan) Ghost Cities (Siang Lu,...
Transit Lounge acquires Everly-Wilson novel
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to The Maskeys, a new novel from Stuart Everly-Wilson. Publisher Barry Scott described the novel as ‘brimming with wit and pathos’. ‘Set in the...
Eitel takes over Imprints Booksellers
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Jason Lake and Katherine Woehlert, former owners of Adelaide bookstore Imprints Booksellers, have sold the business to Amelia Eitel. Eitel told InReview that taking over the bookshop was ‘very much...
McGrathNicol confirms Booktopia sale
Monday, 19 August 2024
The administrators of online bookseller Booktopia—McGrathNicol partners Keith Crawford, Matthew Caddy and Damien Pasfield—have confirmed the sale of Booktopia’s business and related assets to the owner of Australian consumer electronics...
RWA announces 2024 Ruby winners
Monday, 19 August 2024
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the Ruby Awards. The winners in each category are: Romantic...
German bookselling chain, trade publication to close
Monday, 19 August 2024
In Germany, Weltbild, once one of the country’s largest bookselling operations, is closing down on 31 August, while the German book trade paper BuchMarkt will close on 31 December after...
New QBD store in Queensland
Monday, 19 August 2024
QBD has announced it will open a new store in Orion Springfield Central in Ipswich, Queensland. Trent Dalton, Heather Morris and Lauren Jackson will feature in the store opening. This...
Oliver appointed Blak & Bright artistic director
Monday, 19 August 2024
First Nations literature festival Blak & Bright has announced the appointment of Bebe Oliver as the new artistic director and CEO of the festival. Oliver takes over from Jane Harrison,...
CBCA Book of the Year 2024 winners announced
Friday, 16 August 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Book of the Year Awards. This year, the CBCA shadow judging winners were announced simultaneously. Now...
Readings Young Adult Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Readings Young Adult Book Prize. This year’s six shortlisted books are: A Way Home (Emily Brewin, MidnightSun) Blind Spot (Robyn Dennison, Text)...
A&U acquires Grynberg personal development title
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Living a Life of Greatness by podcaster Sarah Grynberg. ‘Sarah believes greatness is fulfilment and purpose in life, and she shows it’s...
S&S acquires Amerena debut novel
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to I Want Everything, a debut novel by Dominic Amerena, in a pre-emptive offer, via agent Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary....
APA announces editors selected for Children’s Editorial Program intensive
Thursday, 15 August 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the 26 editors selected to participate in the Children’s Editorial Program’s inaugural initiative, the Picture Book Editing Intensive, taking place in October 2024....
Gregg overall winner at New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Thursday, 15 August 2024
In Aotearoa New Zealand, Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki) has won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2024 New Zealand Book...
Booksellers report dramatic sales drop during Olympic Games
Thursday, 15 August 2024
In Paris, booksellers have reported significant sales drops during the 2024 Olympic Games, reports the Bookseller. English-language Abbey Bookshop in the city’s Latin Quarter reported sales on the Monday before...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Thursday, 15 August 2024
Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton) Restless Dolly Maunder...
Royal Society science book prize 2024 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The six titles shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$48,482) award, selected...
Yin on ‘The Conscious Style Guide’
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Karen Yin is an award-winning writer and editor. She created the Conscious Style Guide, a resource website for writers, editors and others interested in conscious language, as well as the...
Books pitched at MIFF 2024
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Books at MIFF, an event that promotes books to potential screen rights buyers at the Melbourne International Film Festival, took place again this year, on last Thursday, 8 August. The...
Affirm acquires Cleary debut historical fiction
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Madeleine Cleary’s debut historical novel, The Butterfly Women. Set in 1863, the novel tells a story of Australia ‘that the newspapers and history...
Rochelle Siemienowicz recommends
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
If You Go by Alice Robinson (Affirm) is an amazing book that works as both tense, speculative fiction and as a nuanced, philosophical exploration of divorce, motherhood and the moments...
