Aotearoa New Zealand market down 6.6% in value
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the book market in 2024 was down by 6.6% in value and 3.2% in volume, according to figures from Nielsen BookScan NZ. Nielsen’s 2024 snapshot for...
HarperVia acquires two Tsao novels
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Alexa Frank at HarperVia has acquired world English rights to two novels by 2023 PEN Translation Prize winner Tiffany Tsao, in a pre-empt deal from Daniel Lazar at Writers House...
Text Prize discontinued
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Text Publishing has announced that the Text Prize has been discontinued. In a statement, the publisher said it had ‘made the reluctant decision’ that Caroline Stills’ A Gift from the...
Inaugural Varuna Trans and Gender Diverse Fellowship announced
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced a new fellowship program – the Varuna Trans and Gender Diverse Fellowship. Varuna described the fellowship as being open to ‘trans and gender...
Peter Porter Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 13 January 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. Shortlisted poems include: ‘The Orphan’ by Sarah Day ‘Hook, Grandmother, Line, Marlin’ by Jennifer Harrison...
Australian market down 3% in value
Friday, 10 January 2025
The book market in Australia in 2024 was down by 3% in value and 1.2% in volume, according to figures from Nielsen BookData’s BookScan service. Nielsen’s 2024 snapshot, covering 31...
Creative Australia announces New York Publishers Program 2025 delegates
Friday, 10 January 2025
Creative Australia has announced the delegates for the 2025 New York Publishers Program. The delegates, who will visit New York from 3 to 7 March 2025, are: Sandra Buol, A&U...
Riveted Press acquires middle-grade fantasy trilogy
Friday, 10 January 2025
Riveted Press has acquired worldwide rights to the middle-grade fantasy series Farwood by Jayne McIntyre, in a three-book deal via Debbie Golvan at Golvan Arts Management. The first book in...
Berberovic wins inaugural WestWords Prize
Friday, 10 January 2025
Vahida Berberovic has won the inaugural WestWords Prize for her novel Piggy Tales. Berberovic receives a publication deal with WestWords Books, the adult trade imprint of WestWords. Piggy Tales was chosen...
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