Taylor & Francis acquires Academic and Professional lists of Allen & Unwin
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Taylor & Francis Books Ltd are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Academic and Professional books lists of Allen & Unwin, comprising over 700 titles in HSS disciplines. All...
Macmillan US sets up inclusive management team; CEO steps back
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
In the US, Macmillan Publishing will establish a 13-member trade management committee to set goals and objectives for its trade publishers, divisions and departments, reports Publishers Weekly. In a letter...
Kavanagh and Callil resign as emerging critics over lack of diversity
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Book critics Bec Kavanagh and Jack Callil have jointly announced their resignation from the Copyright Agency-funded emerging critics initiative, due to the lack of diversity of the applicants selected for...
UK publishing staff share salaries to promote pay transparency
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
In the UK, a document inviting publishing staff to share their salaries is circulating in the industry, reports the Bookseller. Nearly 900 staff have entered their salary, experience, ethnicity, sexual...
Footprint Books to close
Tuesday, 23 June 2020
Distributor Footprint Books has announced it is closing at the end of October 2020. 'It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of Footprint Books,' co-director Kate O'Reilly...
Bertrams enters administration
Monday, 22 June 2020
In the UK, wholesaler Bertrams has gone into administration and will be making company-wide redundancies, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported, Bertrams was put up for sale in May after...
First Nations and People of Colour Writers Count research commences
Monday, 22 June 2020
The organisers of the First Nations and People of Colour Writers Count have announced that research for the project has commenced. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised $26,559, the...
BWF appoints Runcie as CEO, confirms festival will run in May 2021
Monday, 22 June 2020
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has appointed Sarah Runcie as CEO and confirmed the festival will run in May 2021. Runcie, formerly strategy and policy manager at the Australian Publishers Association,...
Tan wins 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal
Thursday, 18 June 2020
In the UK, Australian artist and author Shaun Tan has won the 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration in a book for children and young people for his picture...
Sales of Bluey books hit 1 million copies
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Sales of Bluey children's books have reached 1 million copies in Australia, the series’ publisher Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced. The first three Bluey titles, which launched in...
Juchau wins 2020 Walkley-Pascall Prize for arts criticism
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Novelist, essayist and critic Mireille Juchau has won the 2020 Pascall Prize for arts criticism for her essays ‘How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism’ (The New Yorker), 'Twilight Knowing: Jenny Offill’s...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
The shortlist for the $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020 has been announced. The six longlisted novels are: The White Girl (Tony Birch, UQP) Islands (Peggy Frew, A&U) No One (John Hughes, UWA...
Vale Jesse Blackadder
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Author Jesse Blackadder has died after a short illness, aged 56. In addition to writing books for children and adults, Blackadder was a judge for a number of awards, a...
Children’s authors are caretakers—especially when it comes to trans kids
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
'Countless times I have met young trans people who thank me for writing the trans characters that I do. I recognise what’s in their eyes: it is relief. It is...
Vale Deb Brash
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Book designer Deborah Brash has died. Brash worked with publishers including ABC Books, Allen & Unwin, Art Gallery of NSW, Murdoch Books and Simon & Schuster, and was art director...
Livestream event: Q&A with ILF program team
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is hosting a livestream event this Thursday, 18 June at 6pm on the ILF Facebook page. This is an opportunity to see and hear from...
Corcoran, Wood join S&S
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia has appointed Kirstin Corcoran to the newly created position of marketing and publicity manager, based in Melbourne, and Jade Wood as the new senior national account...
Every unhappy family: S L Lim on ‘Revenge’
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
S L Lim's second novel Revenge: Murder in Three Parts (Transit Lounge, September) follows teenage Yannie, who is bound by familial obligations to care for her parents instead of going...
New Magabala First Nations cadetship, latest awards and more
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Magabala Books has announced a new cadetship for First Nations publishing professionals, which includes on-the-job training, professional development and sustainable employment, with mentorship from Magabala publisher Rachel Bin Salleh. Meanwhile,...
US bookshop sales down 65% in April
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
According to US Census Bureau estimates, bookshop sales fell 65.3% in April compared to the same month in 2019, reports Publishers Weekly. Physical sales at bookshops fell in April by...
Billie B Brown optioned for TV
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Fremantle and development partner 720 Creative have acquired screen rights to the children’s book character Billie B Brown, from the junior fiction series written by Sally Rippin, illustrated by Aki...
Pantera Press Foundation donates $85k in FY2020
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Pantera Press has announced the company has donated $85,000 via the Pantera Press Foundation this financial year. Its donations include a total of $70,000 in untied funding to arts organisations...
Change for Baylor University Press
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Publisher: Baylor University Press ISBN prefix: 978091895; 978148130; 978148131; 978160258 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Hatton appointed Campaign Manager Murdoch Books
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Sarah Hatton will join Murdoch Books as campaign manager on 8 July, replacing Lisa Harrison. Hatton has worked in the publishing industry for over 25 years, and most recently as...
Change for Short Books
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Publisher: Short Books Old distributor: United Book Distributors (UBD) New distributor: Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 31 July 2020 Contact URL: adscs@alliancedist.com.au
Penguin Random House Australia to distribute MIT Press
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
As a result of MIT Press moving its sales and distribution to Penguin Random House in the US, Penguin Random House Australia will take over distribution in Australia from Footprint...
Creative Vic Sustaining Creative Workers grants announced
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Creative Victoria has announced the first recipients of its Sustaining Creative Workers initiative, created as part of the Victorian Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially announced in April as...
Books+Publishing mailing address
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
A reminder that all mail should be sent to Books+Publishing's PO box in Prahran, Melbourne. Books+Publishing PO box 42 Prahran, VIC, 3181 Australia
Latest ArtsACT grant recipients announced
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
ArtsACT has announced the successful recipients of its Homefront funding round, which was developed to support individual artists in response to the impact of Covid-19 on the arts sector. Funding...
Abulafia wins Wolfson History Prize for ‘The Boundless Sea’
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
In the UK, David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea (Allen Lane)—a history of humankind told through its relationship with the world’s oceans—has won the £40,000 (A$72,670) Wolfson History Prize. Judging panel chair...
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