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UK audiobook sales surge in lockdown

Monday, 9 November 2020
In the UK, audiobook sales are expected to show 15.8% growth in volume by the end of the year according to Nielsen, reports the Bookseller. Nielsen projected UK audiobook sales...

Smith wins 2020 Richell Prize for ‘Petrichor’

Monday, 9 November 2020
Aisling Smith has won the 2020 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her fiction manuscript ‘Petrichor’. The judges said ‘Petrichor’ ‘announces an assured and evocative new Australian literary voice’. ‘Smith,...

NZ book sector campaign to promote creative rights

Friday, 6 November 2020
The New Zealand Society of Authors, the Publishers Association of New Zealand, and Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) have launched a new campaign to promote creative rights. The ‘Creative Rights...

Leading Edge opens Indie Awards to all Australian independents

Friday, 6 November 2020
For the first time, all Australian independent bookstores can nominate for the Indie Book Awards. The Leading Edge buying group, which administers the awards, said nominations for the 2021 awards...

Australia Reads campaign: Nielsen reports sales up almost 5%

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Nielsen Book Australia reports that sales of print books are up nearly 5% on the previous year. Territory manager Bianca Whiteley said that, for the year to the week ending...

‘Literary Plus’ a trend at Frankfurt

Thursday, 5 November 2020
‘People are hunting feel-good, upmarket fiction—defined as either “book club” or “reader’s group” but with great plots. We’ve heard it called a few things but “Literary Plus” seems to fit...

Reviews round-up

Thursday, 5 November 2020
In October Books+Publishing reviewed more than a dozen forthcoming titles due to be published in December 2020 and January 2021. In adult fiction, lighthearted summer reads The Funny Thing About...

The Small Press Network—2020 Independent Publishing Conference online

Thursday, 5 November 2020
The Small Press Network will hold the 2020 Independent Publishing Conference online, on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November. With two days of programming, it will cover a variety of...

After months of reading alone it’s time for Victorians to read together

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Join us online for an exclusive reading from The Dressmaker’s Secret, the long-awaited sequel to the best-selling novel and award-winning film, The Dressmaker. Let author Rosalie Ham bring 1950s Melbourne...

My Parents’ Daughter

Thursday, 5 November 2020
My Parents’ Daughter retells the recent mobbing bullying heaped on Victoria Hartmann (pseudonym) by one Victorian state school’s whole Principal Class. This confronting tale reflects courage whilst calling for action....

Change for Cameron and Company

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Publisher: Cameron and Company Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Thames & Hudson Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 November 2020

Oz book sales forecast to grow 4%, Booktopia to list on ASX, latest awards

Thursday, 5 November 2020
According to a new report, Australia’s overall book sales in the 2021 financial year will be up 4% on the previous year. The report, from consultants Frost & Sullivan, was...

Out of the box: Rebecca Lim on ‘Tiger Daughter’

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Rebecca Lim says her forthcoming novel Tiger Daughter (A&U, February) is 'a lot more personal' than the urban fantasy or mystery novels the author usually writes. Reviewer Mischa Parkee describes...

LBF moved to June 2021; new director named

Thursday, 5 November 2020
In the UK, the London Book Fair (LBF) has announced next year’s event will take place from 29 June to 1 July, according to the Bookseller. The fair was originally scheduled...

Bloomsbury to repay pandemic pay cuts

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Bloomsbury Australia’s parent company in the UK has announced it will repay almost £700,000 (A$985,000) to staff who took a pay cut during the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Serong shortlisted for 2020 Staunch Book Prize

Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Australian author Jock Serong has been shortlisted for the 2020 Staunch Book Prize, having won the inaugural award in 2018 for On the Java Ridge (Text). Serong is shortlisted for...

‘The Killing Streets’ wins 2020 Danger Prize

Wednesday, 4 November 2020
The Killing Streets by Tanya Bretherton (Hachette) has won the 2020 Danger Prize. Bretherton, who has been shortlisted for the prize for each of her three books, thanked prize administrators...

Bookshop.org makes £65,000 in UK launch

Wednesday, 4 November 2020
In the UK, online retailer Bookshop.org made sales of around £65,000 (A$119,000) in its first day of trade on 2 November, reports the Bookseller. Around 150 independent bookshops have signed...

Hicks wins inaugural SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition

Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Papua New Guinean–Australian digital content maker, writer, director and producer Alana Hicks has won the inaugural SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition. Hicks’s entry was chosen as the winner from more than...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 winners announced

Monday, 2 November 2020
Debut novelist Becky Manawatu has won the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for Auē (Makaro Press). A novel portraying domestic violence and gang life, the book is...

Victorian libraries to celebrate Australian Reading Hour with ‘Dressmaker’ exclusive

Monday, 2 November 2020
More than 40 Victorian library services will promote a shared online Victoria Reads event to celebrate Australian Reading Hour on 12 November. The event, to be hosted by new Public...

‘Printed on Stone’ wins Victorian Premier’s History Award

Monday, 2 November 2020
Printed on Stone: The lithographs of Charles Troedel (Amanda Scardamaglia, Melbourne Books) has won the Victorian Premier’s History Award, as part of the Victorian Community History Awards. Scardamaglia’s book, about...

No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday

Monday, 2 November 2020
Please note that, due to the Melbourne Cup holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 4 November. This week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be published...

French bookshops to re-enter lockdown

Friday, 30 October 2020
French bookshops and libraries will close for at least 15 days from 30 October, as the country enters a second lockdown to curb the rise in Covid-19 cases, reports the...

Wollongong Writers Festival 2020 program announced

Friday, 30 October 2020
The program for the eighth Wollongong Writers Festival, which will run online from 23 to 29 November, has been announced. Helen Garner, Tara June Winch, Bruce Pascoe, Dervla McTiernan and...

‘Smart Ovens for Lonely People’ wins 2020 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction

Friday, 30 October 2020
The winner of the 2020 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction is Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan (Brio). Readings Carlton manager Joe Rubbo, who judged the award...

Six Australian nominees for 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Friday, 30 October 2020
Six Australian authors, illustrators and organisations have been announced as candidates for the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s literature. The Australian candidates are: Jeannie...

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