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How to Be Remembered to be adapted to film

Thursday, 12 October 2023
Michael Thompson’s novel How to Be Remembered (A&U) will be adapted as a feature film by MRC Film in the US. According to Deadline, the novel will be adapted for...

PW conference on AI and book publishing

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Publishers Weekly (PW) hosted an AI webinar, Artificial Intelligence: Revolution and Opportunity in Trade Publishing, on 27 September, led by digital publishing analyst Thad McIlroy and online strategy director Peter...

Inaugural Stella Day Out announced

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Stella has announced the inaugural Stella Day Out, a free one-day literary festival that ‘celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature’. The event...

Richell Prize 2023 shortlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Hachette, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The five shortlisted entries are: ‘When I Was Your...

Newcastle Poetry Prize 2023 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the 2023 shortlist for the $15,000 Newcastle Poetry Prize, with several poets reaching the shortlist with more than one entry. Shortlisted poets include: Eileen...

The Community Publishing Research Project

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
The Community Publishing in Regional Australia project team comprises academic researchers Beth Driscoll, Kim Wilkins, Sandra Phillips and Alexandra Dane. With funding from the Australian Research Council, the project runs...

Anna O

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME Anna Ogilvy hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since that night at The Farm when she was found asleep with a kitchen...

William Collins of the 80s get-together

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
A get-together for those who worked at William Collins in the 1980s at the Pyrmont, Birkenhead Point and Clarence Street offices is planned. Venue is The Strawberry Hills Hotel in...

Publicist or senior publicist, Sydney

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Pantera Press Leading independent publisher, Pantera Press, seeks a Publicist or Senior Publicist with several years’ experience and a proven track record in publicity (preferably within an Australian publishing house,...

Commercial director and head of operations, Melbourne

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Thames & Hudson Australia Position 1: Commercial Director Position 2: Head of Operations Thames & Hudson is announcing two key open positions to fill the role of Commercial Director and...

Larrikin House acquires two graphic novels

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to two graphic novels set for release in 2024. One title is Ultra Violet by Cristy Burne, illustrated by Rebel Challenger, which ‘follows Violet, a science...

Rainbow Road board books recalled

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Eight books in the Rainbow Road board book series, published by Make Believe Ideas, are being recalled because of concerns they could cause a choking hazard. In a statement published...

Writing WA to present 2024 Perth Writers Weekend

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Perth Festival has formed a partnership with Writing WA to present the Perth Writers Weekend at Perth Festival 2024. To be held on 23–25 February 2024, the revamped Writers Weekend...

Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction shortlist

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Time to Think: The inside story of the collapse...

Doig wins NZ$25,000 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award

Monday, 9 October 2023
Tom Doig has been awarded the 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Writers’ Award,...

Goldsmiths Prize 2023 shortlist announced

Monday, 9 October 2023
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$19,170), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Lori & Joe (Amy Arnold, Prototype) The Long Form (Kate...

Leane wins 2023 David Harold Tribe Poetry Award

Monday, 9 October 2023
Jeanine Leane has won the University of Sydney's 2023 David Harold Tribe Poetry Award, worth $20,000. Leane's poem 'Water under the bridge' was chosen from a record of 522 poems,...

Fosse wins Nobel Prize

Friday, 6 October 2023
Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable’. Fosse is the...

National Book Award finalists announced

Thursday, 5 October 2023
In the US, the finalists for the 2023 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Pantheon) Temple Folk (Aaliyah Bilal, S&S)...

FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist

Wednesday, 4 October 2023
In the UK, the shortlist has been announced for the 2023 Financial Times Business Book of the Year. The shortlisted titles are: Material World: A substantial story of our past and...

Beveridge wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize

Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Sydney-based poet Judith Beveridge has won the $10,000 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Poetry for her poem ‘Two Houses’. Responding to this year’s theme of ‘Love’, Beveridge’s poem is...

Magabala to offer two $10k AIC Creative Grants

Logo for the AIC Creative Grants Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Magabala Books will offer two $10,000 creative grants for First Nations storytellers, writers, illustrators and artists, in partnership with Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC). The publisher said the grants ‘are intended...

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Wednesday, 4 October 2023
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