Saleh, Abdel-Fattah to edit anthology about growing up Arab in Australia
Picador has announced it will publish a new anthology in 2019 about growing up Arab in Australia, to be co-edited by activist and poet Sara Saleh, and author and academic...
Craig resigns as Picador publisher
Alex Craig has resigned from Pan Macmillan after 12 years with the company, including the past five years as publisher of its Picador imprint. Craig will pursue her own creative...
An Isolated Incident (Emily Maguire, Picador)
There has been a proliferation of pretty-dead-girl thrillers in the past few years and it shows no sign of letting up. But don’t let the trend fool you into thinking...
Picador to launch Modern Classics
In the US, Macmillan imprint Picador is launching a Modern Classics list, beginning with the 25th-anniversary edition of Jonathan Franzen’s first novel The Twenty-Seventh City in November, reports Publishers Weekly....
Between the real and the surreal: Felicity Volk on ‘Lightning’
Reviewer Max Oliver described first-time author Felicity Volk’s book Lightning (Picador) an ‘ambitious, finely written novel’ that tells the story of ‘two outsiders finding each other’. He spoke to the...
‘A dark love letter to Iceland’: Hannah Kent on ‘Burial Rites’
Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites (Picador, May) plunges the reader into the remotest corner of 19th-century Iceland in her story of the last woman to be beheaded in that country. Andrea...
Kent on Waterstones Eleven list
Australian author Hannah Kent has made the Waterstones Eleven list of ‘most promising fiction debuts’ for 2013 for her novel Burial Rites, which will be published by Picador in Australia...
Scott, Heiss nominated for Australian of the Year Awards
Authors Kim Scott and Anita Heiss are among the state and territory finalists for the 2013 Australian of the Year Awards. Scott is one of four finalists from Western Australia...
Morrison teams up with Xou Creative to launch digital publishing business
Former Picador publisher Rod Morrison has founded a digital publishing business with David Henley and Jon MacDonald from Sydney-based design business Xou Creative. Morrison, who left Picador in 2011, told...
‘Berlin Syndrome’ wins 2012 Kathleen Mitchell Award
Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten (Scribe) has won the 2012 Kathleen Mitchell Award. The biennial award for young Australian authors was established in 1996 through the will of Kathleen Adele Mitchell and is...
Interview with Emily Maguire on ‘Fishing for Tigers’
Emily Maguire’s latest novel explores the amorality of an expat community in Hanoi, and 35-year-old Mischa’s affair with an idealistic younger man. Maguire spoke to Portia Lindsay. You have previously...
Fishing for Tigers (Emily Maguire, Picador)
Fishing for Tigers is Emily Maguire’s fourth novel, and a departure from the darkness of the most recent Smoke in the Room. Maguire’s exploration of unconventional relationships—her critically acclaimed first...
Scott named Western Australian of the Year
Author Kim Scott was named the inaugural Western Australian of the Year at a ceremony on 2 June. Scott also received the Indigenous award and was a finalist for the...
Picador relaunches its ‘greatest novels’
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Pan Macmillan imprint Picador is re-issuing 12 of its ‘greatest novels’ in March. This one-off list, which is being spearheaded by Picador UK, draws on...
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Eligibility criteria for OzCo publishing grants now onlineEligibility criteria and application details for publishing grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts are now available online...
Kinsella withdraws from T S Eliot prize
Australian poet John Kinsella has withdrawn from the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry because of ethical concerns about award sponsor Aurum Funds, reports the Bookseller. Kinsella, shortlisted for...
Kinsella shortlisted for T S Eliot Prize
Australian poet John Kinsella has been shortlisted for the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry. Kinsella's Armour (Picador) is one of 10 collections shortlisted for the £15,000 (approximately A$23,700)...
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Screen Australia funding for book adaptationsScreen Australia has approved funding for the development of a number of feature films based on Australian books in its latest funding round. Screen Australia...
2011 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards winners announced; ‘That Deadman Dance’ wins Victorian Prize for Literature
The winners of this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were announced in Melbourne on 6 September, with That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Picador) winning the inaugural Victorian Prize for...
‘That Deadman Dance’ wins ALS Gold Medal
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott (Picador) has won this year's Australian Literary Society Gold Medal.Scott received the medal at the opening of the Annual Conference of the Association for...