Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award has been announced. Chosen from 80 submissions, including short story collections and novellas up to 30,000 words, the nine shortlisted...
US publishers pledge to increase diversity
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
In the US, three of the Big Five publishers have pledged to diversify their workforce and publish more Black authors, following a collective action to protest the industry’s role in...
Lit orgs, writers receive Create NSW funding
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
A number of literary organisations and writers are among the recipients of the second round of Create NSW’s annual organisation, project and Creative Koori Projects arts funding program, which has...
Australian authors and industry figures recognised in 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
The recipients of the 2020 Queens Birthday Honours have been announced. Among the recipients were Australian authors and industry figures including Marcia Langton, Sean Dorney, Herb Wharton, Karen Williams, Scott...
US publishing staff take collective action to protest industry’s role in systemic racism
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
In the US, more than 1100 workers in the publishing and media industries took a day off from work to spend time in service of the Black community on June...
Booksellers’ Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced
Friday, 5 June 2020
The shortlists for the Australian Booksellers Association’s (ABA) 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles for the 2020 awards are: Adult fiction book...
NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2020 finalists announced
Friday, 5 June 2020
The finalists for the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlists in each category, chosen from a record 178 entries, are: Picture...
Wright hosts new web series
Friday, 5 June 2020
The State Library of Victoria and University of Melbourne have partnered to present a new three-part web series hosted by award-winning author Alexis Wright. Signposts: Stories for our fragile times...
REAL Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Thursday, 4 June 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 Reading & Enjoying Australian Literature (REAL) Awards—which act as shortlists for children’s choice book awards in New South Wales (KOALAs), Northern Territory (KROC Awards) and...
ASA calls for JobKeeper extension amid ‘slow and long’ Covid fallout
Thursday, 4 June 2020
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has called for an extension of the federal government’s JobKeeper payments beyond the end of September for creators who currently can't access the scheme due...
Hachette, S&S, Bloomsbury latest publishers to skip Frankfurt
Thursday, 4 June 2020
Hachette, Simon & Schuster and Bloomsbury are the latest publishers to announce they won’t exhibit at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. HarperCollins, Bonnier Books UK and Pan Macmillan UK, as...
Dialogue Books publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove on Black Lives Matter
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
‘To those who just woke up to generations of brutal & systemic racism against Black people realising there’s an issue; to those that are virtue signalling you have a shit...
Australian publishers wait and see on Frankfurt, latest awards and more
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The Frankfurt Book Fair is going ahead as scheduled from 14–18 October; however, whether Australian publishers attend the fair or not will depend if overseas travel restrictions are lifted in...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Please note that, due to the Queen’s Birthday holiday on Monday in all states except Queensland and Western Australia, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday 11 June. The...
EWF 2020 program; CWF plans for live events; BWF confirms ‘small online offering’
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The program for the 2020 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), which usually takes place in Melbourne but this year will take place entirely online, has been announced. The event will run...
The Fogging
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
‘A skilfully drawn portrait of a decaying relationship … Like a brewing storm on an oppressive day, it builds towards the thunderclap of its final pages.’—Jennifer Down ‘Luke Horton’s writing...
Change for Brolga Publishing
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Publisher: Brolga Publishing Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 November 2020 Contact URL: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Change for The University of Chicago Press
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2020 Contact URL:...
Welbeck Publishing Group now distributed by Allen & Unwin/Murdoch Books
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Allen & Unwin would like to remind booksellers that the Welbeck Publishing Group (formerly Carlton Books) and associated imprints is now distributed by Allen & Unwin in Australia and New...
Change for Monkfish
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Publisher: Monkfish Old distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd New distributor: NewSouth Changeover date: 1 June 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 August 2020
Change for Confer Books
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Publisher: Confer Books New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 June 2020
Change for Gibson Square Books
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Publisher: Gibson Square Books New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 June 2020
Readings YA Book Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Readings Young Adult Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Devil’s Ballast (Meg Caddy, Text) The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling (Wai...
Macleod wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Pacific region
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Australian writer Andrea E Macleod has won the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in the Pacific category for her story ‘The Art of Waving’. Judge Nic Low, representing the Pacific...
Book trade shows support for Black Lives Matter
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
The UK book trade is supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of protests following the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd by police in the US,...
Yves Rees wins 2020 Calibre Essay Prize
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
Writer and historian Yves Rees has won the $5000 2020 Calibre Essay Prize for their essay ‘Reading the Mess Backwards’, in which they re-examine their youth in light of coming...
US publishers sue Internet Archive for copyright infringement
Tuesday, 2 June 2020
In the US, publishers including Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Internet Archive, reports Publishers Weekly....
National Simultaneous Storytime attracts ‘more than ever’ as libraries reopen
Monday, 1 June 2020
Social distancing restrictions did not reduce the number of participants who took part in National Simultaneous Storytime, with ‘more than ever’ joining the 2020 Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)...
Major publishers to skip Frankfurt’s physical event
Monday, 1 June 2020
HarperCollins, Bonnier Books UK and Pan Macmillan UK won’t attend Frankfurt Book Fair’s physical event, while other UK publishers and agents are uncertain about attending, reports the Bookseller. As previously...
Peter Carey Short Story Award 2020 shortlist announced
Monday, 1 June 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of 18 by judge Elizabeth Tan, the shortlisted stories are: ‘Tight Lines’ (Allee...
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