Ultimo announces poetry, short fiction prize Archive
Tuesday, 9 February 2021
Ultimo Press has announced a new annual prize for poetry and short fiction, the Ultimo Prize. Open to writers under the age of the 30, the prize will be awarded...
Major UK publishers’ ebook sales up 15% Archive
Monday, 8 February 2021
In the UK, the top six trade publishers recorded a total 15.5% rise in ebook sales in 2020, the first double-digit percentage bump in seven years, reports the Bookseller. Collectively,...
Fremantle Press launches podcast aimed at writers Archive
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Fremantle Press publisher Georgia Richter has launched a new podcast series ‘aimed at making the Australian publishing industry more accessible to new writers’. Richter, who co-wrote How to Be an...
Waterstones staff petition for furlough raise Archive
Thursday, 4 February 2021
In the UK, a group of current and former Waterstones staff is calling on the bookselling chain to top-up furloughed booksellers’ pay to the minimum wage, after accounts showed the...
Inaugural Little Hare Prize for Illustration shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
The shortlist for Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing’s (HGCP) inaugural Little Hare Prize for Illustration has been announced. The shortlisted artists are: Jennifer Goldsmith Jake Minton Meg Rennie Hyo Young Yim....
Closing down sale: Australian Bookmarks and Bookplates Archive
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Australian Bookmarks and Bookplates will be closing on 30 June, 2021 or when stocks run out. • Bookmarks: 50% discount Over 90 bookmark designs: unicorns, angels, fairies, animals, humorous, inspirational,...
Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO Archive
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
In the US, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced he will step down from the role and become executive chairman, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Under the transition, Amazon Web...
VPLAs winners, Booktopia EBITDA up 506% Archive
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Laura Jean McKay has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, for The Animals in That Country (Scribe), at this year’s Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. In...
Nat’s What I Reckon wins 2020 Booktopia FAB Award Archive
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Un-cook Yourself: A ratbag's rules for life by YouTube cooking star Nat’s What I Reckon (Ebury) has won the $5000 Booktopia Favourite Australian Book (FAB) Award for 2020. The author...
Australia Reads becomes ‘always on’ campaign, seeks 2021 ambassadors Archive
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
The Australia Reads initiative will become an ‘always on’ campaign in 2021, extending beyond its key Australian Reading Hour event. ‘Australia Reads will now focus on championing reading and book...
Authors groups ask DoJ to halt PRH acquisition of S&S Archive
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
In the US, the Authors Guild, Open Markets Institute and five other writers’ groups have sent a letter to the Department of Justice, asking the government to block Penguin Random...
McKay wins $100k Victorian Prize for Literature Archive
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Laura Jean McKay has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut novel The Animals in That Country (Scribe), at this year’s Victorian Premier’s...
Newbery, Caldecott 2021 winners announced Archive
Monday, 1 February 2021
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals, reports Publishers Weekly. Tae Keller’s When You...
Scott to represent Australia in Literature Live Around the World event Archive
Monday, 1 February 2021
Writing WA will present a session featuring multi-award-winning Noongar author Kim Scott in conversation with writer and journalist Gillian O’Shaughnessy, as Australia’s contribution to a multi-country Literature Live Around the...
Publishers, agencies to run their own digital rights fairs Archive
Friday, 29 January 2021
In the UK, Hachette, Pan Macmillan and a number of literary agencies will run their own digital rights fairs in March, following the rescheduling of the London and Bologna book...
New Animal (Ella Baxter, A&U) Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Amelia is numb. Ever since a heartbreaking event a year ago, unable to let go of the tragedy, she finds herself stuck in place. Struggling to find connection, she absorbs...
Full Adelaide Writers’ Week program announced Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The full program has been announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW), which features a total of 147 guests and runs from Saturday, 27 February to Thursday, 4 March 2021. In...
Oz Day honours, Perth Festival program and more Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
A handful of book industry figures have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. The full line-up for the 2021 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas program—which runs from 8–28...
Change for Taschen Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Publisher: Taschen Old distributor: Books at Manic New distributor: Thames & Hudson Australia Changeover date: 1 July 2021
Voss Literary Prize 2021 Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the eighth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
Thank you for supporting The Barefoot Investor Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Wiley would like to congratulate author Scott Pape on his book, The Barefoot Investor, becoming the #1 all-time bestselling book in Australia. Scott has empowered millions of people around the...
Bookstore for sale Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
An opportunity to own an iconic bookstore in a beautiful part of Australia. Rosetta Books in Maleny is a popular well-established independent bookstore in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Rosetta’s stocks...
Saleh wins 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Sara M Saleh as the winner of the 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘A Poetics of Fo(u)rgetting’. The judges said of...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 longlists announced Archive
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The longlists for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Nothing to See (Pip Adam, Victoria University Press) Bug...
Roffey wins Costa Book of the Year 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
In the UK, Monique Roffey has won the £30,000 (A$53,000) Costa Book of the Year for her novel The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story (Peepal Tree Press). The Mermaid...
Kapil wins T S Eliot Prize 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
In the UK, Bhanu Kapil has won the £25,000 (A$44,330) T S Eliot Prize for Poetry for her collection How to Wash a Heart (Pavilion Poetry). Drawn from a performance...
McDougall wins NZ Sunday Star-Times short story prize Archive
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Wellington author Kirsten McDougall has won the NZ$5000 (A$4672) New Zealand Sunday Star-Times short story competition open category for her story ‘Walking Day’. McDougall, a publicist and literary manager whose...
Book industry figures among 2021 Australia Day honours recipients Archive
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Several book industry figures have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Writer, editor and academic Robyn Sheahan-Bright was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the...
No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday Archive
Monday, 25 January 2021
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 27 January. This week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on...
Create NSW announces new $30,000 SLNSW Aboriginal Creative Fellowship Archive
Monday, 25 January 2021
A new fellowship with the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) is among four new fellowship programs worth up to $30,000 each being offered by Create NSW in partnership...
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