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Bloomsbury profits up 9% in 2019

Thursday, 21 May 2020
Bloomsbury’s full-year financial report to the end of February 2020 shows the publisher’s revenues for the year increased from £162.7m to £162.8m, with profits up by 9% to £15.7m (from...

UK indies hail £160m emergency funding package

Thursday, 21 May 2020
In the UK, independent publishers have spoken of their ‘huge relief’ after receiving funding from Arts Council England’s £160m (A$297m) emergency coronavirus package, reports the Bookseller. Recipients of the funding, which...

Paterson wins 2020 Text Prize for ‘Rainfish’

Thursday, 21 May 2020
Far North Queensland-based writer and doctor Andrew Paterson has won the 2020 Text Prize for his middle-grade novel Rainfish. Rainfish tells the story of Aaron, who lives with his single...

Youth literature programs move online

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
'In the rush to keep so many IRL programs and events alive it feels as if there was more thought placed on the translation to digital than on the programs’...

Change for Princeton University Press

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: NewSouth Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 June 2020 Contact: adscs@alliancedist.com.au or your NewSouth Books account manager.

Tourist trap: Luke Horton on ‘The Fogging’

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Luke Horton's debut novel The Fogging (Scribe, July) follows two Australian academics as their relationship breaks down while on holiday in Bali. Reviewer David Little described The Fogging as 'a...

Day, Merrison awarded 2020 black&write! fellowships

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The 2020 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Eunice Day and Carl Merrison. Day, whose mother’s tribe is the Yimen Eaglehawk people from...

Dymocks reduces online range amid eight-week delays

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Dymocks has ‘significantly’ reduced the range of products available on its website as it processes a backlog of orders amid delivery delays of up to eight weeks. In a statement...

Vale Judith Clarke

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Children's writer Judith Clarke has died, aged 76. Clarke was the author of 20 award-winning books for children and teenagers, including the YA novels My Lovely Frankie, Three Summers, The Winds...

Change for Water Environment Federation

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Publisher: Water Environment Federation ISBN prefix: 007; 087262; 0943244; 157278; 1881369 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 May 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk

Change for Lynne Rienner Publishers

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers ISBN prefix: 978089410; 9780911577; 978091447; 978093550 Old distributor: Taylor & Francis New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk

Vale Beth Noble

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Beth Noble, former owner of the Bay Bookshop in Bateman's Bay, south coast NSW, died in Nyngan on Monday, 18 May. Noble was 69. The Bay Bookshop, which won Bookshop...

ALS Gold Medal 2020 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Element (Jordie Albiston, Puncher & Wattmann) Nganajungu Yagu (Charmaine Papertalk Green, Cordite)...

Hidden Scorpion

Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Hidden Scorpion 2nd edition is by Warren Reed, author of the intriguing real-world spy story An Elephant on Your Nose. 'A finely crafted thriller by a former Australian spy, Hidden...

Waterstones to put its books under 72-hour quarantine

Tuesday, 19 May 2020
In the UK, bookselling chain Waterstones will put its books under a 72-hour quarantine after they have been handled by browsing shoppers, reports the Guardian. As part of Waterstones' plan...

Bertrams put up for sale

Monday, 18 May 2020
In the UK, wholesaler Bertrams has been put up for sale by its parent company Aurelius, reports the Bookseller. Bertrams’ subsidiary companies Dawson Books and Education Umbrella are also up...

Washington wins 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize

Friday, 15 May 2020
In the UK, US author Bryan Washington has won the 2020 International Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut short story collection, Lot (Atlantic). Swansea University professor and judging panel chair...

Australia Council announces latest funding recipients

Friday, 15 May 2020
Publishers Giramondo, Puncher & Wattmann and Thames & Hudson Australia, and literary journal Kill Your Darlings are among the recipients of the Australia Council's most recent funding rounds, announced on...

UK reading more books in lockdown: Nielsen

Friday, 15 May 2020
In the UK, Nielsen Book research has found 41% of UK adults are reading more since lockdown started, but only 25% are buying more books, and 18% are buying fewer...

Peter Carey Short Story Award 2020 longlist announced

Thursday, 14 May 2020
The longlist for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Award has been announced. Chosen from over 300 entries, the 18 longlisted stories are: ‘Once Were Three Sisters’ (Alice Mantel) ‘The...

Vale Richard Turner

Thursday, 14 May 2020
Dymocks regional business development manager Richard Turner has died. Dymocks writes: ‘It is with great sadness that Dymocks announces the passing of Richard Turner, who has died after a short...

 

 

 

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