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Nonfiction acquisitions: memoirs galore  Archive

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...

Introducing Bold Type Agency  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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...

Change for Spiramus Press  Archive

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  Archive

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:...

SPN 2022 conference program announced  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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  Archive

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...

National Book Award Finalists announced  Archive

Wednesday, 5 October 2022
In the US, the finalists for the 2022 National Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty, Knopf) The Birdcatcher (Gayl Jones, Beacon)...

Illusions of Certainty: Thoughts about thinking  Archive

Wednesday, 5 October 2022
This book condemns the certainties which pervade Western society, whether about innate rights, ethics or societal behavior, for a close examination of our powers of reasoning shows all such certainties...

 

 

 

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