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...
Hickey wins Walter Scott Prize for ‘The Narrow Land’
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Irish author Christine Dwyer Hickey has won the £25,000 (A$45,450) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel The Narrow Land (Atlantic). Hickey, whose novel explores the marriage of...
Overett wins Penguin Literary Prize 2020
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced that the winner of the 2020 Penguin Literary Prize is The Rabbits by Sophie Overett. Victoria-based Overett wins $20,000 (which acts as an...
Harper, McKinty shortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier crime award
Monday, 15 June 2020
Australian author Jane Harper has been shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier 2020 Crime Novel Award for a crime novel published in paperback by authors from the UK or Ireland....
Revenue up, profit down at Wiley
Monday, 15 June 2020
In the UK, Wiley has reported a marginal gain in revenue and a drop in profit in the year to April 2020, reports the Bookseller. Wiley reported revenue of US$1.83...
Roff wins 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award
Monday, 15 June 2020
Andrew Roff has won the Peter Carey Short Story Award for his story ‘Bock Bock’. Announcing the winner via YouTube, judge Elizabeth Tan said the story, which follows an ‘investigator...
Australia Council announces Cherish Fund to support First Nations creatives
Friday, 12 June 2020
The Australia Council has announced a new fund of approximately $500,000 to ‘support and invest in First Nations arts and cultural groups experiencing disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic’. The...
US publishing sales down 16% in April
Friday, 12 June 2020
In the US, total publishing sales fell 16% in April compared to the same month in 2019 according to the AAP’s Statshot program, reports Publishers Weekly. The drop in total...
New online Book Clubs Hub undertakes national survey
Friday, 12 June 2020
The organisers of Clunes Booktown Festival have established a free online platform for book clubs to connect and share information, and are undertaking a national survey of Australian book clubs....
The Book Grocer celebrates 20th anniversary
Friday, 12 June 2020
The Book Grocer is celebrating 20 years since establishing its first store. In a letter to staff and customers, founder Karl Slotte described opening the first of the chain’s stores...
Organising to protest systemic racism in the publishing industry
Thursday, 11 June 2020
‘Good organising looks like a document that 1100 people worked on together: messily, but semi-democratically. This was publishing people doing what publishing people do: we went through draft after draft...
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