Festivals: Stella, Australian Short Story Festival
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Dates and details for two forthcoming small festivals have been announced. Stella Day Out which took place in Sydney on 19 October, will run in Ballarat on 16 November and...
Teens and the ‘book slump’: Why we should diagnose a situation rather than an identity
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
With multiple reports pointing to a decline in reading for pleasure among young people, school library and research professional Gabrielle Mace argues a change in language could help teens avoid...
Sales coordinator/inside sales account manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Wiley We currently have an exciting opportunity for a talented and energised sales coordinator looking to take the next step in their career. If you’re working in a similar role...
Murdoch Books acquires Sarah Hayden parenting book
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to Parenting Different: How to Raise Your Neurodivergent Kids to Be Their Authentic, Awesome Selves by Sarah Hayden. Hayden is a social worker, parenting...
Readings Prize 2024 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Readings has announced the winners of the 2024 Readings Prize in each category and the winner of the Gab Williams Prize. The winning titles are: New Australian Fiction Prize Thanks...
Nix wins best novel at 2024 Ditmar Awards
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Ditmar Awards were announced on 7 October, as part of the Australian national science fiction convention ‘Conflux 18’ in Canberra. The winning works include: Best novel The...
Kitching, Pickens awarded in Laurel Prize
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand poets Megan Kitching and Robyn Maree Pickens are among prize recipients for the annual UK nature and environmental poetry award, the Laurel Prize. The 2024 winners are:...
Arts and Disability Initiative funds literature recipients
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Four literature recipients are among Creative Australia’s Arts and Disability Initiative, which supports 10 projects overall, with funding totalling $300,000. The successful recipients related to writing and illustration are: Anthony...
‘Edenglassie’ wins 2024 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University in Townsville has announced Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (UQP) is the winner of the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary...
Nakata Brophy Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 21 October 2024
Overland journal has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for the best poem by a young Indigenous writer. The shortlisted works, selected by judges Karen Wyld and Eugenia...
Rossell wins 2024 Albert Ullin Award
Monday, 21 October 2024
Melbourne author and illustrator Judith Rossell is the recipient of the 2024 Albert Ullin Award, worth $10,000. The prize judging panel said: ‘It is Rossell’s profound love for creating stories...
Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 21 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hush (Ciella Williams, Playlab Theatre) Nonfiction Living in Tin: The...
Richell Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Hachette Australia and the Richell family, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and Simpsons Solicitors, has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The...
James awarded 2024 ASA Medal
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann James is the recipient of the 2024 ASA Medal. Established in 2003, the ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian...
South Australian Literary Awards 2024 winners announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The winners of the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards have been announced. The debut memoir of Adelaide author Shannon Burns, Childhood (Text), has won the Premier’s Award for the best...
Han Kang wins Nobel Prize; McGregor, Sakr, Apolonio awarded Copyright Agency fellowships; bookshops celebrate LYBD 2024
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’. Also...
Paragraph Fellowship inaugural shortlist announced
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural Paragraph Fellowship has been announced by the new Time to Write initiative. Shortlisted works are: ‘Decadence’ by Hossein Asgari ‘The Heron’ by Jessica Au ‘Reasons...
Head of digital strategy, Melbourne
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Kill Your Darlings Kill Your Darlings seeks an experienced and energetic head of digital strategy to grow our online magazine readership, membership base, enews subscriber numbers and participation in other...
National accounts coordinator: DDS, Sydney
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our sales team in the role of national accounts coordinator: DDS. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about...
Publicity and marketing assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
NewSouth NewSouth is seeking an organised and highly motivated publicity and marketing assistant to join its collaborative and creative communications team. This entry-level position is perfect for someone looking to...
McGregor, Sakr, Apolonio awarded Copyright Agency fellowships
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the three recipients of its 2024 writing fellowships, sharing a prize pool of $170,000, which aim to ‘usher in new Australian writing from both...
Marahuyo awarded 2024 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Writing NSW has awarded its 2024 Varuna fellowship to J Marahuyo for her poetry manuscript ‘Disclosure of Violence’. ‘Disclosure of Violence’ was described by the judges as a ‘deeply affecting...
Book-to-film adaptations to receive Screen Australia funding
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Two book adaptations are among the 15 projects to share $8.1 million in the latest round of production funding from Screen Australia. Watching You is a six-part psychological thriller series...
Karajia and Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2024 winners announced
Monday, 14 October 2024
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2024 Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Karajia Award for First Nations children’s storytelling. Winners in each category are: Environment...
Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature
Monday, 14 October 2024
South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature ‘for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life’. Han...
Flanagan shortlisted for 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction
Monday, 14 October 2024
In the UK, Question 7 by Australian author Richard Flanagan (Knopf) has been shortlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, worth £50,000 (A$96,907). The six titles shortlisted for...
Bookshops to celebrate LYBD with discounts, events and giveaways
Friday, 11 October 2024
Bookshops across the country are preparing to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) on 12 October with a range of special events, discounts, and activities designed under this year’s theme...
Details announced for Byron Writers Festival, Sydney Rare Book Fair
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Two events—the Byron Writers Festival and the Sydney Rare Book Fair—have announced details of forthcoming events. Sydney Rare Book Fair 2024 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers...
Van Neerven receives Creative Australia Fellowship; Shawline enters liquidation; Booksellers Aotearoa NZ launches buying group
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Author Ellen van Neerven is the recipient of the 2024 Creative Australia Fellowship for literature, worth $80,000; Shawline Publishing has entered liquidation, with liquidator Brooke Bird stating that ‘the master...
Australian Political Book of the Year Award 2024 longlist
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
The longlist for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Odd Couple: The Australia-America Relationship (Allan Behm, Upswell) Quarterly Essay...
