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Publishing assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
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...

Elfy Scott recommends

Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Gina Rushton’s The Most Important Job in the World (Macmillan) is a remarkable book (and I’m not just saying this because she was one of the brilliant journalists who I...

Fegan wins 2022 Catalyse Nonfiction Prize

Monday, 28 November 2022
Express Media and Deakin University have announced Sar Fegan as the winner of the Catalyse Nonfiction Prize, formerly the Deakin University Nonfiction Prize. Fegan won for their piece 'A Fiery...

Piper wins 2022 SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition

Monday, 28 November 2022
Tessa Piper, a 37-year-old public servant from Melbourne, has won this year's SBS Emerging Writers' Competition, worth $5000. Piper's winning story 'The Usual' was selected by judges Alice Pung and...

NSW Prem’s History Awards adds $10,000 prize

Monday, 28 November 2022
The NSW Government has announced the establishment of a new history prize category in the NSW Premier’s History Awards. The Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize, valued at $10,000, will...

Jackson wins 2022 SPN Book of the Year Award

Monday, 28 November 2022
Eleanor Jackson has won the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award for her poetry collection Gravidity and Parity (Vagabond Press). The winner was chosen from a...

Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Award

Thursday, 24 November 2022
Sydney-based author Antigone Kefala is the winner of this year’s $15,000 Patrick White Literary Award. The award recognises Kefala’s achievements as a poet, and a writer of fiction and nonfiction....

Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship 2022 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 2022 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship shortlist. The shortlisted applicants, chosen by authors Shankari Chandran and Jennifer Mills, are: Ashley Hay for ‘The...

Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2022 winners

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
The winners of the 2022 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Fiction ($2500) ‘The Golden Bracelet’ (Deniz Agraz, Meniscus Literary Journal) Nonfiction ($2500) ‘Not...

Rundell wins 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
In the UK, Katherine Rundell has won the £50,000 (A$89,000) Baillie Gifford Prize for Super-Infinite: The transformations of John Donne (Faber & Faber). Judges described Super-Infinite as a ‘glorious celebration...

Send us your Christmas closing dates

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
To be included in Books+Publishing’s annual list of publishers’ and distributors’ trade closing dates for the holiday period, please complete our Christmas closing dates survey by noon, Tuesday, 29 November....

Books+Publishing 2023 bookings are open

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Bookings are now open for Books+Publishing 2023. We are keeping our 2022 prices. - Advance copy giveaways - Banners - Book Buzz and more... we have something for all budgets!...

Tales from the Pandemic: an anthology

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Tales from the Pandemic is a collection of stories written by everyday people going about their everyday lives—but things are far from normal in a Covid-ridden world. Traversing both fiction...

Your next book designer and proofreader

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Are you having trouble finding enough staff to keep your project workflows operating smoothly? Amanda Greenslade is available to typeset and proofread your books. A graphic designer since 2004 and...

Publicist or senior publicist, Melbourne

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
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...

Marketing coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
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...

Product executive, Sydney

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books Australia is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated full time product executive for a 12-month contract, with the view to become permanent, to join...

Production coordinator, Melbourne

Wednesday, 23 November 2022
ACER Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is an international, independent, not-for-profit educational research and development organisation with approximately 450 staff across Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates...

Crows Nest (Nikki Mottram, UQP)

Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Crows Nest is the absorbing debut crime thriller by Nikki Mottram. Following the breakdown of her marriage, social worker Dana Gibson takes a job interstate, fleeing north to Toowoomba. While...

PRH, S&S deal scrapped

PRH logo Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann won’t appeal a US court’s decision to block its acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S). In a statement, Bertelsmann said it will ‘advance...

National Trust WA INSPIRE residency recipients announced

Tuesday, 22 November 2022
The successful applicants to the 2022 INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative, offered by the National Trust of Western Australia in partnership with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural...

TikTok Shop UK launches books category

Monday, 21 November 2022
TikTok Shop UK has launched a new books category to enable users to buy titles from partner organisations via the social media platform, reports the Bookseller. Partner organisations at launch...

QBD 2022 Books of the Year announced

Monday, 21 November 2022
QBD has announced the chain’s 2022 Books of the Year. The winning titles are: Fiction Lying Beside You (Michael Robotham, Hachette) Nonfiction My Dream Time: A memoir of tennis and...