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Rooney ARCs sell for hundreds of dollars online

Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Uncorrected proofs of Sally Rooney’s upcoming novel Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber) have fetched hundreds of dollars on trading sites eBay and Depop, reports the Guardian. A copy listed on...

Amazon reportedly plans to open US department stores

Monday, 23 August 2021
Amazon is planning to open large department-style stores in the US, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to the WSJ, the retail spaces will be around 30,000 square feet...

CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced

Friday, 20 August 2021
The winners of the 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles and honour books in each category are: Older...

CBCA winners announced today

Friday, 20 August 2021
The CBCA will announce the 2020 Book of the Year awards at 12pm AEDT today, 20 August. The awards celebrate their 75th anniversary in 2021. Read Australian children’s literature expert...

Sharjah Book Authority launches pro-reading campaign

Friday, 20 August 2021
In the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has launched a new pro-reading campaign with the slogan ‘If you’re into something, you’re into books’, reports Publishing Perspectives. The...

MWF cancels live events, brings forward MWF Digital

Thursday, 19 August 2021
The organisers of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which was scheduled to run from 3–12 September at various locations across the city, have cancelled the live components of its program....

Corey Tutt on ‘The First Scientists’

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Kamilaroi STEM advocate and founder of Deadly Science Corey Tutt is the author of The First Scientists (illus by Blak Douglas, Hardie Grant, October), which explores early and contemporary First...

Queensland literary projects funded

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The University of Queensland will receive $20,000 ‘to provide time and space to emerging writer Ellen van Neerven for their creative development of new work enhanced by access to unique...

US half-yearly bookstore sales up 30%

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
In the US, bookstore sales in the first half of 2021 rose 30.3% compared to the same period last year, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstore sales rose from US$2.82 billion (A$3.9b)...

Girt Nation

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The saga of Australia continues with ... GIRT NATION From the bestselling author of Girt and True Girt comes the highly anticipated Girt Nation. Publishing in November, David Hunt will trample...

Bookings open for Think Australian Frankfurt

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Bookings are now open for Think Australian's Frankfurt issue, out 30 September. The Frankfurt issue includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. Discounts apply for...

Writing about books with Declan Fry

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The best writers are also great readers. In this new Faber Writing Academy course you will learn to read like a writer—discovering how to read a book closely in order...

Hachette Book Group to acquire Workman Publishing

Tuesday, 17 August 2021
In the US, Hachette Book Group (HBG) will acquire independent publisher Workman Publishing in a US$240 million (A$327m) deal, reports Publishers Weekly. Workman Publishing, which has about 300 employees across...

SLQ 2021 Young Writers Award winner announced

Tuesday, 17 August 2021
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced that Ellen Vickerman is the winner of the 2021 Young Writers Award. Vickerman wins a $2000 cash prize for her story 'Sun...

NZ Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize shortlist announced

Monday, 16 August 2021
Hachette Aotearoa NZ and the Margaret Mahy estate have announced the shortlist for the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize. The shortlisted illustrators are: Elizabeth Knowles Tara Southgate Sarah Trolle Jessica Twohill...

PANZ 2021 conference program announced

Friday, 13 August 2021
The program for the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) International Conference, to be held in Auckland on 20 August, has been announced. The program of...

Giramondo partners with RMIT to launch Speculate Prize

Thursday, 12 August 2021
RMIT University has announced it will partner with Giramondo Publishing to launch the Speculate Prize, a new trans-Tasman award for an unpublished speculative fiction manuscript. The biennial prize aims to...

S&S stands by Zonfrillo, Dyer to step down from AWW

Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Simon & Schuster is standing by celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo’s memoir Last Shot following a profile of Zonfrillo published in Good Weekend. Jo Dyer will step down as director of Adelaide...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2021 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2021 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize...

Stanner Award 2021 finalists announced

Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stanner Award has been announced. Presented every two years by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the award is for...

 

 

 

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