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New England Illustration Prize 2024 winners announced

Thursday, 21 November 2024
The New England Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of this year’s New England Illustration Prize for Children’s Picture Book Publishing. The winners of the 2024 award are: First prize...

‘Leading Wellbeing’ wins book of the year at the Australian Business Book Awards

Thursday, 21 November 2024
The winners of the 2024 Australian Business Book Awards have been announced. The winners are: Book of the year Leading Wellbeing (Fleur Heazlewood, Major Street) Communications and sales Self-Promotion Without...

Flanagan declines Baillie Gifford prize money

Thursday, 21 November 2024
Richard Flanagan, who was yesterday announced the winner of the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for his book Question 7 (Knopf), has declined to accept the £50,000 (A$97,227) cash...

‘Flawed Hero’ wins 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year

Thursday, 21 November 2024
Chris Masters has won the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award for the book Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes (A&U). Prize judges said Flawed Hero ‘addresses...

Amplify Bookstore opens physical store

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Amplify Bookstore, which opened in 2020 as an online-only bookseller specialising in in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, has opened a physical bookshop in Melbourne....

Andrew replaces Hardingham at Unity Books Wellington

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
In Aotearoa New Zealand, Susanna Andrew has been appointed manager of Unity Books Wellington, replacing Adrian Hardingham. In a statement, the bookshop’s co-owners Tilly Lloyd and Jo and Lawrie McColl,...

Wood launches communications agency

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Alice Wood has announced the launch of new communications agency Novel Concept Brand Management. Formerly head of marketing and communications for adult books at HarperCollins, Wood established the business after...

Netflix to release ‘The Woman Who Fooled the World’ adaptation

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Netflix, in collaboration with See-Saw Films and Picking Scabs, has released the first trailer of Apple Cider Vinegar, a limited series inspired by the book The Woman Who Fooled the...

Murdoch acquires ‘She Births’

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to She Births: A Practical Guide to Creating a Beautiful Birth by Nadine Richardson, via Lou Johnson at Key People Literary Management. Richardson is...

S&S acquire Masen romance series

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to two novels in a new romance series from Kat T Masen. Described as a ‘small-town billionaire romance series’, the series...

Flanagan wins 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
In the UK, Question 7 by Australian author Richard Flanagan (Knopf) has won the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, worth £50,000 (A$96,097), becoming the first author to win both this...

‘Nuked’ wins 2024 Walkley Book Award

Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Andrew Fowler has won the 2024 Walkley Book Award for Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty (MUP). Walkley judges said: ‘Andrew Fowler’s razor-sharp analysis uses extensive research and interviews...

Bergmoser’s ‘The Hunted’ to be adapted for screen

Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Writer and director John Michael McDonagh, with Film Constellation and CAA Media Finance, will adapt The Hunted, a novel by Gabriel Bergmoser (HarperCollins), for film in Australia in 2025. The...

Lloyd, Hart to launch Pink Shorts Press

Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Co-founders Margot Lloyd and Emily Hart have announced the establishment of new publishing venture Pink Shorts Press, which will launch in Adelaide during Adelaide Writers' Week in March 2025. Lloyd...

QBD to open Ballarat store

Tuesday, 19 November 2024
QBD Books has announced it will open a new bookstore at Stockland Wendouree in Ballarat, Victoria. Authors appearing at the grand opening on 23 November will include Amy Doak with...

Australian authors launch Summer Reading for MPs campaign

Tuesday, 19 November 2024
A group of over 90 Australian authors and other members of the literary community have given Australian federal parliamentarians a ‘carefully curated package of books on the Middle East to...

Diversity Works outlines ‘areas for improvement’ in PANZ member ‘baseline’ survey report

Monday, 18 November 2024
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), in collaboration with Diversity Works, has released a report communicating findings from a diversity baseline...

Yen Press joins Hachette, ADS for ANZ sales and distribution

Monday, 18 November 2024
Hachette Australia, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand, and Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) have announced Yen Press has partnered with the organisations for their sales and distribution services throughout Australia and Aotearoa...