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Bertelsmann to buy S&S, court dismisses HarperCollins defamation case

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Penguin Random House’s parent company Bertelsmann announced it will acquire Simon & Schuster from media company ViacomCBS for US$2.175 billion. Last week, a federal court judge dismissed a defamation case...

Eccles joins Copyright Agency board

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Richard Eccles joined the Copyright Agency board as an independent director in September; he was most recently deputy secretary in the former Department of Communications and the Arts.

Reed to retire BookExpo

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
BookExpo, the largest publishing trade show in the US, is being retired by Reed Exhibitions, reports Publishers Weekly. Book-focused events BookCon and Unbound will also be retired. Organiser ReedPop, a...

Hachette UK lifts entry-level salaries, boosts pay transparency

Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Hachette UK has announced it is raising its entry-level salaries to a minimum of £24,000, will share salary ranges at higher levels of seniority and will introduce transparency on its...

‘Honeybee’ named Dymocks Book of the Year 2020

Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Craig Silvey's novel Honeybee (A&U) has been named Dymocks Book of the Year for 2020. Chosen from a shortlist of six, Silvey's novel was voted for by Dymocks booksellers across the country,...

Australia Council announces $2m Re:imagine: Sector Recovery Initiatives fund

Tuesday, 1 December 2020
The Australia Council has announced $2 million in funding has been allocated to the new Re:imagine: Sector Recovery Initiatives fund. Offered in two streams—‘cultural and creative solutions’ and ‘industry collaborations'—the...

Southern-Reid wins Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Award 2020

Monday, 30 November 2020
The winners of the 2020 Scarlet Stiletto Awards, presented by Sisters in Crime, have been announced. Bermagui, NSW–based writer Jessica Southern-Reid won the $1500 first prize for her story about...

WestWords wins Western Sydney business award

Monday, 30 November 2020
Western Sydney not for profit literary organisation WestWords has won the Excellence in Arts and Culture category in the 2020 Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence. The awards acknowledge the...

‘The Eighth Life’ wins Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

Monday, 30 November 2020
The Eighth Life (Nino Haratischvili, trans by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, Scribe) has won the UK’s Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, reports the Bookseller. The Eighth Life, an...

Day wins Patrick White Award

Monday, 30 November 2020
Novelist Gregory Day has been named the winner of the $15,000 Patrick White Award for 2020. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his 1973...

MTC to adapt Pung’s ‘Laurinda’

Friday, 27 November 2020
Alice Pung’s YA novel Laurinda (Black Inc.) will be adapted for the stage, as part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) Next Stage writers’ program and the Playwrights giving circle. Actor...

SPN Book of the Year Award shortlist announced

Friday, 27 November 2020
The shortlist for the Small Press Network (SPN) book of the year award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Forgotten Corners: Essays in search of an island’s soul (Pete...

Beatles bio wins £50k Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction

Thursday, 26 November 2020
English writer and critic Craig Brown has won the £50,000 ($90,900) Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction for One Two Three Four: The Beatles in time (Fourth Estate). Brown's biography tells the...

PRH NZ announces scholarship for Māori and Pasifika students

Thursday, 26 November 2020
Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRH NZ) has announced a new publishing scholarship for Māori and Pasifika students. The Penguin Random House Māori and Pasifika Publishing Scholarship aims to reduce barriers...

Dovey wins 2020 Bragg Prize for Science Writing

Thursday, 26 November 2020
Ceridwen Dovey has won the 2020 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for ‘True Grit’, first published in Wired. Dovey receives $7000. Her winning article explores the unexpected problems...

We need better arguments for the importance of writing

Wednesday, 25 November 2020
'Being a writer in Australia is seen as an esoteric thing at best, certainly not a profession, a hobby maybe, and this is the first time I’ll say it and...

Christmas closing list 2020

Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Company Last day of business in 2020 First day of business in 2021 About3 (trading as CoInfo) Wednesday, 23 December (closing midday) Thursday, 14 January Alliance Distribution Services Closed only...

Pete Cromer: Australia

Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Discover Australia’s unique animals through Pete Cromer’s jaw-droppingly bold and beautiful animal portraits. This gallery-in-a-book features 18 of his best-loved Australian bird and mammal collages. For the first time ever,...