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A&U extends 'Friday Pitch' to children's/YA authors
Allen & Unwin has announced that children's and YA submissions will now be accepted as part of its already established 'Friday Pitch' program. Established in 2006, the Friday Pitch is i...
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Hyland, Catton on Orange Prize longlistM J Hyland (This is How, Text) and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton (The Rehearsal, A&U) are among the authors on the longlist for this year's Orange Prize ...
Gammage wins Manning Clark House Cultural Award
Bill Gammage has won the 'individual' section of the 2011 Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards for his book The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (A&U). Gammage's book...
2011 Human Rights Literature Award winner announced
The winner of the 2011 Human Rights Literature Award was announced in Sydney on 9 December. The nonfiction award, which is sponsored by the Co-op Bookshop, was awarded to Half a Citizen: Life on Welfa...
New $15,000 prize for short writing about animals
The animal protection institute Voiceless has announced a new $15,000 short writing prize to be awarded for the first time in 2012. The Voiceless Writing Prize will award $15,000 to the writer of the ...
'King Brown Country' wins 2011 Walkley Award
The winner of the 2011 Walkley Award for Best Nonfiction Book is King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya (Russell Skelton, A&U). Skelton's book beat shortlisted works Abandoned: The Sad D...
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Magabala Books honoured at regional community awardsIndigenous publisher Magabala Books was recently honoured at the 2011 Western Australian Regional and Community Achievement Awards. The publisher wa...
Penguin accepting unsolicited electronic submissions once a month
Penguin Australia's general publishing team has announced it will accept unsolicited manuscripts electronically once a month. The initiative, called 'the Monthly Catch', invites electronic submissions...
Donovan retires from A&U
Paul Donovan has retired from his position as executive director of Allen & Unwin (A&U). A&U executive chairman Patrick Gallagher told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Donovan will consult ...
Colin Roderick Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Colin Roderick Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are:Singing Saltwater Country: Journey to the Songlines of Carpentaria (John Bradley & Yanyuwa Fa...
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