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Rimmer buys Collins Orange

Monday, 11 July 2022
Author Kelly Rimmer has purchased Collins Booksellers Orange, NSW from founders Phillip and Margaret Schwebel. After 22 years, the Schwebels sold the store to Rimmer, a long-time customer, with the...

US first-half book sales down 6.6%

Monday, 11 July 2022
In the US, book sales were down 6.6% year-on-year for the first half of 2022, but remain about 15% higher than the same period in 2019—the last pre-pandemic year, reports...

Writers Vic announces 2022 Writeability fellows

Monday, 11 July 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the 2022 Writeability fellows. The following five writers with disability were awarded Writeability fellowships: Dorian Sutton for 'The Passenger', a young adult, queer coming-of-age story about...

Ingram to become UK wholesaler

Friday, 8 July 2022
Ingram is to become a wholesaler in the UK, reports the Bookseller. Ingram Content Group UK senior vice-president David Taylor said the company will launch the full service in September...

Wilderness Society announces Environment Award shortlists, new Karajia Award

Friday, 8 July 2022
The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL), as well as the new Karajia Award for First Nations children's storytelling. The shortlisted...

Books in the media this weekend, 9–10 July

Friday, 8 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Age of Fibs (Beth Spencer, Spineless Wonders) Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh...

Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2022 shortlists announced

Thursday, 7 July 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years All Dogs Bark...

Europe passes digital piracy, disinformation measures

Thursday, 7 July 2022
The European Parliament has passed the Digital Services Act (DSA), which comprises measures for European Union nations to battle digital piracy, among other crimes, reports Publishers Weekly. Under the new...

Royal Societies of ANZ partner on $10,000 writing award

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
The Royal Societies of Australia and New Zealand Te Apārangi have announced a new partnership with the Creative Force Foundation, co-founded by author and environmentalist Bruce Piasecki. Under the partnership,...

Hachette acquires Dunn debut novel

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Dirt Poor Islanders, the debut novel by Winnie Dunn. Dirt Poor Islanders explores growing up in a blended Tongan family in Western Sydney...

HarperCollins US union authorises strike

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Unionised employees of HarperCollins US have voted to authorise a strike if the publisher does not agree to a fair contract, reports Publishers Weekly. UAW Local 2110, a union for...

Daughters of Durga

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
In the early 2010s a spate of domestic violence-related murders in the Victorian Indian community compelled psychiatrist Manjula Datta O'Connor to investigate the causes of patriarchal abuse in South Asian...

The Angry Women’s Choir

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Freycinet Barnes has built herself the perfect existence. With beautiful children, a successful husband and a well-ordered schedule, it’s a life so full she simply doesn’t fit. When she is...

CEO, Fremantle

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Fremantle Press Inc. The board of Fremantle Press is looking for a new CEO to lead our experienced and high performing team of publishers and creatives into an exciting new...

Senior editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books is looking for a new senior editor. We are searching for an experienced full-time senior editor to join our innovative team of outstanding...

Rights manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Penguin Random House We are looking for a talented rights manager to join our team. The role of the rights manager is to secure subsidiary rights book sales throughout the...

Entries open 11 July for Australian Business Book Awards

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
The 2022 Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards (ABBAs) are back for their fourth year. The ABBAs were established to recognise entrepreneurs, businesspeople and business owners who have written and...

Digital marketing manager, Melbourne

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Hardie Grant Publishing About us Join the marketing team at Hardie Grant Publishing, one of Australia’s leading independent publishing companies with offices in Sydney, London and San Fransisco. We are...

A Message for Nasty (Roderick Fry, Awa Press)

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Roderick Fry’s debut novel is the harrowing wartime story of a family fighting to reunite amid the destruction of the Second World War. The plot follows a married couple, Marie...

Melanie La’Brooy on ‘The Wintrish Girl’

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Melanie La'Brooy's The Wintrish Girl (UQP) is the first book in her 'Talismans of Fate' fantasy trilogy for middle-grade readers. Featuring magical creatures and new friendships, the book uses tropes...

Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2022 longlist announced

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
The longlist for the $20,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles...

French book sales down 6%

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
French publishers’ sales were down 6% year-on-year for the first half of 2022, but remain 10% higher than the same period the year prior to the pandemic, reports the Bookseller....

Jackson’s ‘Human Looking’ wins ALS Gold Medal

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
The Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been awarded to Andy Jackson for his book of poetry Human Looking (Giramondo). The judges praised Human Looking, chosen from a shortlist of six, as...

B+P employment survey 2022

Monday, 4 July 2022
Books+Publishing's 2022 employment surveys will close at midnight, Friday, 15 July. If you are currently employed by a company in the book industry (e.g. publisher, bookshop, rights agency), please complete our employees’ survey here....