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Publishing assistant, Sydney Archive

Wednesday, 7 December 2022
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UNSW bookshop manager, Sydney Archive

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Junior accountant, Sydney Archive

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Simon & Schuster Australia takes on distribution of Aconyte Books Archive

Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Aconyte Books in Australia and New Zealand from 15th December 2022. Aconyte Books is an...

A Routine Infidelity (Elizabeth Coleman, Pantera) Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Small-time private investigator Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol spends her days serving court documents and exposing cheating spouses, but she longs for the dangerous and exciting kind of high-profile crime case that...

Hachette UK acquires Welbeck Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Hachette UK has acquired independent Welbeck Publishing Group (WPG), reports the Bookseller. Welbeck’s adult trade, gift and illustrated titles will become part of Headline Publishing Group, while Welbeck’s children’s list...

Booktopia sells stake in Welbeck ANZ Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Online bookseller Booktopia has sold its share in Welbeck Publishing Australia New Zealand (Welbeck ANZ) for $1.5 million. Booktopia, which invested $3 million for a 25% stake in Welbeck ANZ...

Copyright Agency funding: Au, Tsao receive $25k Create grants, new fellowship for young writers Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Twenty-one arts organisations have received a total of $274,517 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. The major capital city writers’ festivals and Byron Writers’...

Hachette Aotearoa launches Moa Press Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Hachette Aotearoa has established a new imprint, Moa Press, which ‘aims to champion a diverse range of voices, representing a multitude of cultures and perspectives from within Aotearoa New Zealand’....

African Graffiti Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
From Madagascar to the Congo through Comoros and Botswana. African Graffiti tells a story of self-discovery as well as finding a home in the unknown. Offering the reader new worlds...

Miss Unity and the Sparkly Dragon Enter the Staircase of Light Archive

Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Miss Unity loves to go on adventures, so she wakes Sparkly Dragon. Today, Miss Unity wants to learn more about angel signs and numbers. Sparkly Dragon is happy to help,...

Ross wins first prize in 2022 Scarlet Stiletto Awards Archive

Monday, 5 December 2022
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Scarlet Stiletto Awards. ‘Tuesday Jocks’ by Fin J Ross won first prize ($2000); last year’s winner Hayley Young won...

Hessel wins Waterstones Book of the Year for ‘The Story of Art Without Men’ Archive

Monday, 5 December 2022
In the UK, Waterstones has named Katy Hessel’s The Story of Art Without Men (Hutchinson Heinemann) its Book of the Year for 2022, reports the Bookseller. Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in...

George appointed Booktopia chair Archive

Friday, 2 December 2022
Online bookseller Booktopia has appointed Retail Food Group (RFG) executive chairman Peter George as its new chair. George replaces Chris Beare in the role, who resigned yesterday, 1 December after...

‘All That She Carried’ wins 2022 Cundill History Prize Archive

Friday, 2 December 2022
Harvard professor Tiya Miles has won the 2022 Cundill History Prize, worth US$75,000 (A$110,000), for All That She Carried: The journey of Ashley’s sack, a Black family keepsake (Tiya Miles, Random...

NZ PM’s Awards for Literary Achievement winners announced Archive

Friday, 2 December 2022
Creative New Zealand has announced the recipients of the 2022 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, worth NZ$60,000 (A$56,000) each. In recognition of their contribution to New Zealand literature, Stephanie...

Agents pledge to not submit work to HarperCollins US Archive

Thursday, 1 December 2022
More than 150 literary agents have signed an open letter pledging not to submit new work to HarperCollins US in support of striking workers, reports the Bookseller. Approximately 250 unionised...

Trade Christmas closing dates 2022 Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period (see table below). The Books+Publishing office will close on Wednesday, 14 December and reopen Monday, 9...

Vale Margaret Hamilton Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Australian publisher and author Margaret Hamilton has died, aged 81. Brian Cook of The Authors’ Agent, Hamilton's friend and a former publisher, writes: 'It is with a huge amount of...

‘A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth’ wins Royal Society Science Book Prize Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
In the UK, Henry Gee has won the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize for A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 billion years in 12 chapters (Picador),...

Cornegé to leave UQP Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
UQP marketing and publicity manager Louise Cornegé has announced she will be leaving her position on 15 December. Cornegé was appointed in 2019 and subsequently helped position UQP as a...

’Money with Jess’ wins Business Book of the Year 2022 Archive

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Congratulations to Jessica Irvine, winner of the 2022 Book of the Year at the Australian Business Book Awards. The overall standard of books this year was amazing, and we thank...

Your next book designer and proofreader Archive

Wednesday, 30 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...