Melbourne writer Christian White has won the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for his novel Decay Theory. The $15,000 award was presented at the opening night... Read more
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to a ‘commercial literary fiction title’ from Sulari Gentill, author of the ‘Rowland Sinclair’ historical crime fiction series. Crossing the Lines ‘explores what happens... Read more
HarperCollins Publishers’ ABC Books imprint has acquired graphic designer and illustrator Beck Feiner’s debut picture book Aussie Legends Alphabet in a two-book deal at auction via Curtis Brown Australia. The... Read more
A number of New Zealand writers will participate in this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival thanks to a new partnership between the festival, WORD Christchurch and Creative New Zealand, reports... Read more
Israeli writer David Grossman has won this year’s Man Booker International Prize for his novel A Horse Walks into a Bar (trans by Jessica Cohen, Jonathan Cape), reports the Bookseller.... Read more
