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Australian book market overview: 2022 so far

Thursday, 13 October 2022
The Australian book market posted strong results throughout the Covid-affected years of 2020 and 2021, and has continued this growth in 2022, with overall sales for the year to 18...

Nonfiction acquisitions: memoirs galore

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Among the most recent nonfiction acquisitions by Australian publishers are a plethora of memoir titles, including actor Sam Neill’s memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, for which Text acquired...

Middle-grade boom: recent Australian CYA acquisitions

Thursday, 13 October 2022
The Australian children’s middle-grade market continues to grow, and recent acquisitions show it won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ, Oceania and non-exclusive Asia...

Down wins Miles Franklin for ‘Bodies of Light’

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Melbourne writer Jennifer Down took out Australia’s most prestigious literary prize, the $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award, for her second novel Bodies of Light (Text). The winner was chosen from...

Introducing Bold Type Agency

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Nerrilee Weir, former Penguin Random House Australia senior rights manager and Fiona Henderson, former Simon & Schuster Australia publishing director, have joined forces to create new rights agency Bold Type...

Australian authors recommend

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Australian authors tell us the most recent book they have read and loved, and why.   Michelle Kadarusman is the author of the middle-grade book on animal activism Berani (A&U...

Every Version of You

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Never Let Me Go meets Black Mirror, with a dash of Murakami’s surrealism—this is speculative literary fiction at its best. In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin...

Weyward

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Discover the power of being Weyward in 2023’s biggest debut THEY TRIED TO CAGE US. BUT A WEYWARD WOMAN BELONGS TO THE WILD. WE CANNOT BE TAMED. KATE, 2019 Kate...

US print sales down 4.8% YTD

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In the US, unit sales of print books were down 4.8% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2021, reports Publishers Weekly. According...

Change for Candlestick Press

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Publisher: Candlestick PressISBN prefix: Old distributor: New distributor: PeriboChangeover date: Returns cut-off: Contact URL:

Congratulations to Australia’s Pat Grayson

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Congratulations to Australia’s Pat Grayson, category winner of the American 2022 Independent Press Awards (category self-help) for Seeds of Potential: An anthology of positivity comprising 33 short stories (each story...

Account manager (four positions), Syd/Mel/Bris

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Affirm Press Become part of the most exciting new team in Australian publishing. Affirm Press—Australia’s fastest growing publishing house—is launching a national sales team to represent an annual list of...

Sales director (Australasia), Sydney

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Phoenix International Phoenix International is seeking an experienced and accomplished sales director, to help grow our Asia Pacific business. This is a fantastic role in a dynamic organisation, with the...

Sales and marketing assistant, Melbourne

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing is an award-winning specialist kids and YA publisher who values storytelling and creative thinking. We are seeking a full-time, Melbourne-based sales and...

Books commissioning editor, Melbourne

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
CSIRO As a books commissioning editor within CSIRO Publishing, you will have a genuine positive impact, sharing stories and helping to disseminate knowledge to a broad readership! Your drive and...

Change for Spiramus Press

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Publisher: Spiramus Press ISBN prefix: 9781904905; 9781907444; 9781910151 Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 October 2022 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Richell Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Richell Prize. The six shortlisted authors, chosen from a longlist of 20 announced in September, are:...

Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Legacy of Violence: A history of the British Empire...

SPN 2022 conference program announced

Monday, 10 October 2022
The program for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) annual Independent Publishing Conference, which runs from 24–26 November, has been announced. The conference, which will run as a hybrid event...

Anatolitis appointed Meanjin editor

Monday, 10 October 2022
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has announced Esther Anatolitis as the next editor of Meanjin. Anatolitis has two decades’ experience working in arts and media leadership roles. She is the former...

Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Friday, 7 October 2022
The Swedish Academy has announced French writer Annie Ernaux as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, worth 10 million Swedish krona (A$1.4m). Ernaux, whose work is mostly...

SPN Book of the Year shortlist announced

Thursday, 6 October 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year (BOTY) Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Friends and Dark Shapes (Kavita Bedford, Text) No...

Goldsmiths Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Thursday, 6 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000 (A$17,500), has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Somebody Loves You (Mona Arshi, And Other Stories) Seven Steeples...