Hammer, Morton on Daggers longlist
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
In the UK, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the longlists for its Dagger Awards. Chris Hammer’s Dead Man’s Creek (published locally as The Tilt, A&U) and Kate Morton’s...
HarperCollins UK partners with AI company on audiobooks
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
HarperCollins UK has announced a partnership with US-based audio AI company ElevenLabs to create audiobooks for its non-English language business, reports the Bookseller. Under the partnership, ElevenLabs' text-to-speech technology will...
Age Book of the Year 2024 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction Women & Children (Tony Birch, UQP) Anniversary (Stephanie...
New publisher Vitagraph launches literary journal
Monday, 22 April 2024
New independent publishing house Vitagraph Publishing has launched Written Off, a new literary journal dedicated to Australian literature. Vitagraph said Written Off will highlight the work of writers with broad...
Ferris receives inaugural Meanjin InPlace residency
Monday, 22 April 2024
Literary journal Meanjin has announced Ella Ferris as the inaugural recipient of the Meanjin InPlace residency. Ferris is a Taribelang writer, actor, theatre maker and poet, who now lives on...
Jhalak prizes 2024 shortlists announced
Monday, 22 April 2024
The 2024 shortlists for the Jhalak Prize and Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize have been announced. Titles in the running for each prize are: Jhalak Prize A Flat Place...
Michael Gifkins Prize 2024 longlist announced
Monday, 22 April 2024
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the longlist for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished...
Spotify reports 25% of Premium users ‘engaging’ with audiobooks
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Data released by Spotify shows that 25% of the platform’s Premium users are ‘engaging’ with its audiobooks offering, reports the Bookseller. Spotify said users aged 18 to 34 make up...
Remaining big five publishers join PRH in Iowa lawsuit
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
In the US, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster, along with Sourcebooks, have joined Penguin Random House (PRH) as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Iowa to block the book...
Local authors on Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Three Aotearoa New Zealand authors and one Australian writer are among the finalists for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The authors shortlisted for the Pacific region are: M Donato...
Hazard to leave Hachette, BookPeople conference program, translators losing work to AI
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Headlining this week's news, Hachette Australia and New Zealand announced that group publishing director Fiona Hazard is leaving the role ‘to pursue other opportunities’. In other local news, BookPeople has...
BookPeople 2024 Book of the Year shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its Book of the Year awards. The shortlists for each category are: Adult fiction Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) Green Dot (Madeleine Gray,...
Nominate your staff for the publishing industry’s Rising Star award!
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Nominations close soon for the Australian publishing industry’s Rising Star award, which recognises and celebrates emerging talent in trade, educational and scholarly publishing. If you have a team member demonstrating...
Shop manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Readings Due to an upcoming retirement, Readings is looking for a passionate Shop Manager to work on a full-time, permanent basis. The incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the...
Publishing assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Currency Press Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, is seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our small and busy team at our office in Surry Hills. Working three days a...
The Leaves
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
When his mother dies, Luke’s childhood is severed into a ‘before’ and ‘after’ and a chain of catastrophic events is unleashed that alters the course of his life. Navigating the...
HR business partner, Sydney
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Simon & Schuster Welcome to Simon & Schuster Australia, one of Australia’s fastest growing publishers bringing an extensive range of locally published and international books to readers across Australia and...
Sales representative (NSW), Sydney
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Exisle Publishing Exisle Publishing is looking for a Sydney-based sales representative to sell our list of award-winning, locally authored books to our customers, including bookstores. If you are curious, diligent,...
Kirsty Wilson launches freelance publicity business
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Kirsty Wilson, who has previously managed successful publicity, marketing, and sales campaigns at Text and UQP, has established a freelance publicity business. As demonstrated by her campaign for Garry Disher’s...
Ondaatje Prize 2024 longlist
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
The longlist for this year’s £10,000 (A$19,321) Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Britannias: An island quest (Alice Albinia, Allen Lane) Falling...
A third of translators report losing work due to AI
Monday, 15 April 2024
In the UK, a survey of members of the Society of Authors (SoA) has found a quarter of illustrators (26%) and over a third of translators (36%) have lost work due...
BookPeople 2024 conference program announced
Thursday, 11 April 2024
BookPeople has announced the program for its 100th anniversary conference and trade exhibition, to be held at Pullman Melbourne on the Park on 14 to 17 June. Yuwaalaraay storyteller and...
BookPeople Book of the Year longlists announced
Thursday, 11 April 2024
BookPeople has announced the longlists for its Book of the Year awards. The longlists for each category are: Adult fiction Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) Green Dot...
Catton shortlisted for 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, worth US$150,000 (A$226,245). The full list of shortlisted titles includes: Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton, Granta) Daughter (Claudia...
International Booker Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$95,600), has been announced. The titles in the running for this year’s prize, chosen from a longlist of 13 announced...
ARA Historical Novel Prize increases prize pool to $150,000
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
The ARA Historical Novel Prize this year will have a prize pool of $150,000, with the winner of the adult category to receive $100,000—making this 'the richest individual literary prize...
Huia wins 2024 Bologna Prize, Oceania region
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Huia Publishers, based in Aotearoa New Zealand, is the 2024 Oceania winner of the Bologna Prize (BOP) for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year. The Māori-owned independent publisher has...
ILF wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2024
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has won the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), worth five million Swedish kronor (A$710,000). The ILF was announced as the winner at a live...
2024 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition open for entries
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
ESU Roly Sussex Short Story Competition 1 April - 6 September 2024 Open Division: 1st Prize $7500/ 2nd Prize $1500 Secondary School: 1st Prize $1000/ 2nd Prize $500 For further...
Shop manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Readings Due to a upcoming retirement, Readings is looking for a passionate Shop Manager to work on a full-time, permanent basis. The incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the...
