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Bookseller, Melbourne

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Jeffreys Books Jeffreys Books is looking for a bookseller for 30+ hours per week. We’re looking for someone who reads avidly and loves the thrill of sharing knowledge to sell...

Publicist or senior publicist, Melbourne

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Text Publishing Text Publishing is looking for a full-time Publicist or Senior Publicist, depending on industry experience, to join its energetic, highly effective publicity team. Duties include initiating and running...

Research consultant GALE (QLD NT & NZ), Brisbane

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Gale Gale is a world leading provider of research resources including digital archives, databases, and ebooks. We deliver quality resources to university, national, state and public libraries as well as...

Change for The Commonwealth

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Publisher: The Commonwealth ISBN prefix: 978-0-85092 978-1-78559 978-1-84859 978-1- New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 June 2023 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Senior publicist, Sydney or remote from Melbourne

Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Pantera Press Leading independent publisher, Pantera Press, seeks a Senior Publicist with several years’ experience and a proven track record in publicity (preferably within an Australian publishing house, the wider books industry, or a related arts communications role). This...

Pulitzer Prize winners announced

Tuesday, 9 May 2023
In the US, the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was jointly awarded to Hernan Diaz and Barbara Kingsolver for Trust (Picador)...

Fogarty Literary Award shortlist announced

Monday, 8 May 2023
Fremantle Press has announced the shortlist for the $20,000 Fogarty Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted manuscripts are: Katherine Allum for ‘The Skeleton House’ Prema Arasu for ‘The Anatomy of...

Michael Gifkins Prize 2023 shortlist announced

Monday, 8 May 2023
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the shortlist for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished...

Dorothy Hewett 2023 shortlist announced

Monday, 8 May 2023
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The winner receives $10,000 prize money, as well as manuscript development and a...

PRH US reportedly offers redundancy to older works

Monday, 8 May 2023
Penguin Random House US (PRH) is offering redundancy packages to employees aged 60 or older with 15 years of service or more, reports Publishers Lunch. Eligible employees have until 20...

Mary Gilmore Award 2023 shortlist announced

the ASAL logo Monday, 8 May 2023
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the shortlist for the annual Mary Gilmore Award for the best first book of poetry. The shortlisted collections are:...

Arnott, Mahood win Age Book of the Year awards

Friday, 5 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Age Book of the Year Award have been announced. Robbie Arnott won the fiction award for Limberlost (Text) and Kim Mahood won the nonfiction prize for...

Vallance wins 2023 Rosie Award

Thursday, 4 May 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) senior editor Cathy Vallance has won the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award, known as the Rosie, for her editorial work on Zana Fraillon’s middle-grade verse novel...

BookPeople gift card program, new research

Thursday, 4 May 2023
BookPeople launched its new gift cards program last month, selling both digital and physical cards which can be redeemed at BookPeople member bookshops and Collins and Dymocks shops across Australia....

Vale John Tranter

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Poet, editor and critic John Tranter has died, aged 79. The Copyright Agency writes: 'We’re saddened to hear of the passing of John Tranter, renowned Australian poet, editor, critic, reviewer,...

Local authors on Daggers longlist

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In the UK, the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) has announced the longlists for its Dagger Awards. Authors from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are among those longlisted for the annual...

B&N workers at flagship store launch union drive

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In the US, workers at the flagship Barnes & Noble (B&N) shop in New York City’s Union Square have requested a union election with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store...

Vale Jock Zonfrillo

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Scottish-born chef and MasterChef host Jock Zonfrillo has died, aged 46. Simon & Schuster published Zonfrillo's autobiography Last Shot in 2021. S&S commercial nonfiction publisher Emma Nolan writers: 'Jock was...

Vale Barry Humphries

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Australian comedian, actor, and author Barry Humphries has died. He was the author of numerous books, including two autobiographies and two novels. Hachette Australia said staff are saddened to hear...

All That’s Left to Say

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
A heart-wrenching teen mystery about one girl who is willing to risk everything to find the truth. An exciting new direction for award-winning Young Adult author, Emery Lord.  Someone gave...

Bookseller, Melbourne

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Jeffreys Books Jeffreys Books is looking for a bookseller for 30+ hours per week. We’re looking for someone who reads avidly and loves the thrill of sharing knowledge to sell...

Marketing manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books Australia is an award-winning publishing house. For nearly thirty years, we have published outstanding children’s books for readers of all ages. We have...

Publicist or senior publicist, Melbourne

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Text Publishing Text Publishing is looking for a full-time Publicist or Senior Publicist, depending on industry experience, to join its energetic, highly effective publicity team. Duties include initiating and running...

Dale wins 2023 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize

Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Queensland Poetry has announced that Madeleine Dale has won the 2023 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for her manuscript The Water-Bearers. Dale receives $2000 and a publishing contract with UQP. Judges...

Best Australian Yarn prize pool grows to $75,000

Tuesday, 2 May 2023
The 2023 Best Australian Yarn short story competition has a $75,000 prize pool, with $50,000 to be awarded to the competition winner. This year’s award includes two new categories, the...