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The Book Dispensary opens in Forbes, NSW

Friday, 22 January 2021
A new independent bookshop has opened in the town of Forbes, Central West NSW. Owner Debbie Prior opened The Book Dispensary in early December and told Books+Publishing she 'welcomed the...

Naver to acquire Wattpad

Thursday, 21 January 2021
South Korean internet platform Naver will purchase online social writing and reading platform Wattpad for more than US$600 million (A$775 million) in cash and stock, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Naver,...

Next ‘WBN’ to be published on Thursday

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Tuesday, 26 January, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 28 January. The deadline for classifieds and job...

Vale Brian Yates

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Logistics manager Brian Yates passed away on the weekend. Yates's career in book publishing spanned three decades. He managed the Universal Publishers (UBD Gregory’s) warehouse for many years from the...

Hold Your Fire (Chloe Wilson, Scribner)

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Hold Your Fire is the incisive and darkly funny fiction debut by Melbourne poet Chloe Wilson, author of Not Fox Nor Axe and The Mermaid Problem. The 17 stories in...

HarperCollins Publishers and Egmont Books (UK)

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Further to previous announcements relating to the acquisition of Egmont Books (UK), HarperCollins Publishers is pleased to confirm the list’s transfer from Hardie Grant. Effective 28 December 2020, Egmont Books...

Change for JOVIS

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Publisher: JOVIS Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: Books at Manic Changeover date: 1 January 2021

Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2021 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction All Our Shimmering Skies (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) The Living Sea...

Chinese book market down 5% in 2020: Beijing OpenBook

Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Beijing OpenBook has reported a 5% downturn on book sales in the Chinese market in 2020—the first drop in value since OpenBook began its tracking in 2001, reports Publishing Perspectives....

New writers festival for Central Coast

Tuesday, 19 January 2021
The first guests have been announced for the inaugural Words on the Waves Writers Festival, a new literary event that will take place in Umina Beach on the Central Coast...

Griffith Review launches new writing competition

Monday, 18 January 2021
Griffith Review has announced a new award for new and emerging writers. The Long and Short of It competition is open to submissions of fiction and nonfiction from 3500 to...

Pippos debut chosen for inaugural NSW Reads program

Friday, 15 January 2021
The New South Wales Public Library Association has chosen Lucky’s (Andrew Pippos, Picador) for its first state-wide reading program, NSW Reads. Described as a state-wide ‘book club’, NSW Reads will...

Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship 2021 shortlist announced

Friday, 15 January 2021
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their projects...

KYD partners with Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize

Friday, 15 January 2021
Kill Your Darlings has signed on as a partner journal for the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize. The international experimental fiction award, launched by the Madrid-based bookshop Desperate Literature in...

Overland creates new prize in honour of Reed-Gilbert

Thursday, 14 January 2021
Overland literary journal has created a new prize in honour of the late Wiradjuri elder, poet, writer, activist and artist Kerry Reed-Gilbert. The Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature is intended...

Change for Fire Engineering Books & Videos

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos ISBN prefix: 9780912212; 978087814; 978159370 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 November 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Gramazio launches new agency

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Ronnie Gramazio, a veteran of Australian and US book publishing has this month launched a new literary agency based here in Australia. With more than 25 years of publishing experience,...

NewSouth Books to distribute Gallup Press

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
NewSouth Books are delighted to announce that they will be responsible for the sales, marketing and publicity for Gallup Press, currently being distributed by Simon & Schuster Australia, from 1...

Vale Mark Bonello

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Publishing consultant Mark Bonello has died after an illness. Ernie Mason, friend and former managing director of Random House, writes: 'I first met Mark with Terry Kinsella in the early...

Please complete our Christmas survey—deadline extended

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. We are now accepting submissions until Monday, 1...

UWAP to become hybrid publisher, latest awards and more

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
In December last year, the University of Western Australia announced the university’s publishing arm will become a ‘hybrid’ publisher, with the library to take over internal management of the press....

A Room Called Earth (Madeleine Ryan, Scribe)

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
In the light of a full moon on a sweltering December night—Christmas Eve eve—a nameless young woman drapes herself in a silk kimono and goes to a party, alone. Singularly...

UK supply chain hit by border delays, Brexit issues

Wednesday, 13 January 2021
In the UK, booksellers are facing issues with goods coming into and out of Europe due to border delays and Brexit red tape, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones has suspended deliveries...

Hachette announces two-year partnership with Future Women

Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Hachette Australia has announced a new ‘two-year publishing and entertainment partnership’ with Future Women, a ‘premium content-led community of professional women’ founded in 2018 and designed to help its membership...

German book market down 2.3% in value

Tuesday, 12 January 2021
The German book market was down 2.3% in value and 5.3% in volume in 2020, reports the Bookseller. The market was hit by two Covid lockdowns, the second of which...

 

 

 

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