The First Time I Thought I Was Dying (Sarah Walker, UQP)
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
This is an essay collection in which the most difficult and abject parts of being a human in a body are examined with full and unflinching frankness, from our unacknowledged...
Small Joys of Real Life (Allee Richards, Hachette)
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Small Joys of Real Life begins at a house party in Northcote, Melbourne, where the narrator, actress Eva McMillan, meets a cute guy, Pat. Two weeks later, they meet again...
Bloomsbury records ‘outstanding’ results in 2020
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
In the UK, Bloomsbury recorded an ‘outstanding’ financial year, as shown in its 2020 preliminary results, with sales up 14% to £185.1 million (A$338.2m) and profit up 22% to £19.2 million...
Writing NSW Emerging Writers mentees announced
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Writing NSW has announced the successful applicants for its new Emerging Writers Mentorship Program for emerging writers from Indigenous or culturally diverse backgrounds. The successful applicants are: Deniz Agraz Jackie...
UK backlist titles up during lockdowns
Monday, 7 June 2021
In the UK, Nielsen BookScan data has found demand for backlist titles increased over lockdown, reports the Bookseller. A report from Enders Analysis covers the shift in demand from frontlist...
Digital library service hoopla expands to Australia
Monday, 7 June 2021
US online library service hoopla digital has expanded to Australia, its first international market beyond North America. Available immediately, the service offers library card holders from selected libraries access to...
US audiobook sales grows 12%
Friday, 4 June 2021
In the US, an Audio Publishers Association report found audiobook revenue grew 12% to US$1.3 billion (A$1.7 billion) last year, reports Publishing Perspectives. The result is the ninth year in...
HarperCollins acquires ‘This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch’
Friday, 4 June 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, an ‘irrepressibly clever and uplifting book about the role of joy in women’s lives’ by...
French author Diop wins International Booker Prize
Thursday, 3 June 2021
French author David Diop has won the £50,000 (A$91,400) International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood is Black (trans by Anna Moschovakis, Pushkin). The judges described At...
UQP acquires Haddad debut novel ‘Losing Face’
Thursday, 3 June 2021
UQP has acquired world rights to Losing Face, the debut novel by Sydney writer George Haddad. Losing Face interweaves the stories of Joey, who has recently finished school and is...
Inaugural Kuracca Prize longlist announced
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Overland has announced the longlist for the inaugural Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature, created in honour of the late Wiradjuri elder, poet, writer, activist and artist Kerry Reed-Gilbert. The longlisted...
Dunnell wins Fogarty Literary Award for ‘The Glass House’
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Perth writer Brooke Dunnell has won the Fogarty Literary Award for her novel The Glass House. Dunnell receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and a publishing contract...
ALIA Online Storytime earns over $50k, Hassett joins Pantera
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The ALIA Online Storytime pilot program has earned over $50,000 to be distributed to creators and publishers in its first three months of operation. In personnel moves, Pantera Press has...
‘The Nancys’ optioned for screen
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Screen adaptation rights to crime novel The Nancys by Melbourne-based New Zealand author R W R McDonald (A&U) have been optioned by Queensland production company Hoodlum Entertainment, via Grace Heifetz...
‘World first’ UK plan to pay authors royalties on used book sales
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
In the UK, a collaboration between online retailers and writers’ organisations will pay authors royalties on used book sales for the first time, reports the Bookseller. The agreement between the...
COV-ART Fundraising Auction for WestWords
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The COV-ART Fundraising Auction will be held for a second year in 2021, in support of Western Sydney Literacy organisation WestWords. The online auction will showcase original works and signed...
Australian children’s book creators sign open letter in support of Palestine
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Almost 300 publishing professionals, authors, illustrators and others with a connection to the children’s book industry have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian liberation since it was posted online on...
Zoe Deleuil on ‘The Night Village’
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
In Zoe Deleuil's debut novel The Night Village (Fremantle Press, August), a brief relationship and an unexpected pregnancy see Australian expat Simone suddenly living with a new baby in her...
Readings YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Readings Young Adult Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted YA novels are: The F Team (Rawah Arja, Giramondo) Future Girl (Asphyxia, A&U) The End of the...
Walker Wednesday looking for new Australian YA
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
This year, Walker Books is focusing on new, diverse Australian YA voices in our annual Walker Wednesday open submissions. Walker Wednesday will take place on Wednesday, 16 June. With a strong...
The House of Shudders
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
‘A powerful read ... I was gripped until the very end.’ —Romi Sharp, Books on Tour A bastard, a shame, a national disgrace. A child thrust into a world of...
Text to publish new Marissa Meyer in November 2021
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles Melissa Meyer has a new home at Text for her fantastical retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. Gilded is the first instalment in a...
Change for Brio Books
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Publisher: Brio Books Old distributor: Hardie Grant (HEDS) New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 1 July 2021 Returns cut-off: 29 October 2021 Contact URL: https://www.publisherservices.com.au/
Change for Business Expert Press
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Publisher: Business Expert Press ISBN prefix: 978160649; 978163157; 978163742 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 June 2021 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
The Night Village (Zoe Deleuil, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
A year ago, Paul and Simone met at a party—young, carefree and living separate lives. Now, they’re parents to a tiny new baby and nothing between them is the same....
PRH announces 2021 Write It fellowship recipients
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the recipients of the 2021 Write It fellowship program, which 'aspires to find, nurture and develop unpublished writers across all genres, with a...
KYD announces ‘New Australian Fiction 2021’ contributors
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the contributors to its third annual anthology of short stories, New Australian Fiction 2021. The contributors are: Bryant Apolonio Alice Bishop Lauren Aimee Curtis Brooke Dunnell Ashley...
Inaugural Ultimo Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 1 June 2021
Ultimo Press has announced the winners of the inaugural Ultimo Prize for poetry and short fiction. The 30 winning writers, who each receive $200 and whose winning pieces will be...
UK author, illustrator earnings take hit in 2020
Monday, 31 May 2021
In the UK, 63% of authors and illustrators saw a fall in their income in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a survey by the Bookseller. The drop in income...
Bonnier Books UK introduces industry-first pregnancy loss policy
Friday, 28 May 2021
Bonnier Books UK has introduced the UK publishing industry’s first pregnancy loss policy to help ‘break the silence’ around the issue, reports the Bookseller. The policy, developed in consultation with...
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