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...
Vote now in the University of Sydney People’s Choice Award within the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Voting is now open for this year’s University of Sydney People’s Choice Award as a part of the 2024 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Cast your vote now to go in...
Publicist, Melbourne
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Thames & Hudson Australia Thames & Hudson publishes beautiful, useful books on all aspects of culture and creativity. Family owned, resolutely independent and internationally minded, we aim to create a...
Unlock Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Unlock Books+Publishing, Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements...
PANZ 2024 conference first guests announced; Meredith appointed association director
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
The first guests for the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) International Conference, to be held in Auckland on 1 and 2 August, have been announced....
Slaughter wins 2024 Calibre Essay Prize
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Tracey Slaughter has won the 2024 Australian Book Review (ABR) Calibre Essay Prize. Slaughter’s essay, ‘why your hair is long & your stories short’, was chosen...
Varuna announces Roderick Centre Fellowship for Regional and Remote Writers
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Varuna, The National Writers’ House has announced a new fellowship program—the Roderick Centre Fellowship for Regional and Remote Writers. Described by Varuna as ‘the only national literary program in Australia...
S&S agrees to acquire Netherlands publisher VBK
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Netherlands publisher VBK (Veen Bosch & Keuning). ‘In the months since we became a standalone, independent publishing...
Fremantle Press’s Bookaburras program to receive support from Premier’s Summer Reading Challenge, KindiLink
Monday, 6 May 2024
Fremantle Press’s early reading program, Bookaburras, will launch a regional tour featuring Bookaburras Ambassadors across Western Australia, following the announcement of additional support from the Premier's Summer Reading Challenge and...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 6 May 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) The Sun Walks Down (Fiona McFarlane,...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlists announced
Monday, 6 May 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted authors and books in each category are: Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000) Lucy Dougan Alan Fyfe...
US booksellers seek to join Amazon antitrust suit
Monday, 6 May 2024
In the US, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) has filed a motion with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seeking to add independent bookstores to the FTC’s antitrust complaint against Amazon,...
Wright wins 2024 Stella Prize for ‘Praiseworthy’
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Alexis Wright has won the $60,000 Stella Prize for her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (Giramondo). Wright becomes the first author to win the Stella Prize twice, having previously won the 2018...
Walter Scott Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 2 May 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, worth £25,000 (A$48,000), has been announced. Chosen from a longlist announced in February, the titles shortlisted for...
Book Links 2024 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction longlist announced
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Book Links The Centre for Children’s Literature has announced the longlist for the 2024 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction. The seven longlisted titles are: Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) (Anita Heiss...
ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 2 May 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins publishing division HQ have announced the shortlist for the 2024 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted works, chosen...
NT Writers Festival announces early line-up
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
The NT Writers Festival has announced an early line-up of guests for its 2024 festival, which will run from 27 to 30 June on Larrakia land at the Museum and...
Writers boycott SLV, Grenville shortlisted for Women’s Prize, Hardie Grant moves NZ distribution to TDLC
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Hardie Grant has announced that its distribution in Aotearoa New Zealand will move to The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC), along with the previously announced move for distribution in Australia,...
