‘There Was Still Love’ wins 2020 Indie Book of the Year
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Favel Parrett’s novel There Was Still Love (Hachette) has been named Book of the Year at the 2020 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books (LEB). The winning titles...
UK trade launches emergency funds for authors, bookshops
Monday, 23 March 2020
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has launched an Authors Emergency Fund, while the Bookseller’s Association (BA) will donate £30,000 (A$60,520) to the Book Trade Charity to support...
Retailers allowed to remain open as federal, state govts introduce lockdown measures
Monday, 23 March 2020
Bookshops and other retailers can continue to trade under new lockdown measures announced by the federal government last night in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The NSW, ACT and Victorian...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Friday, 20 March 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) The White Girl (Tony Birch,...
Tumarkin wins 2020 Windham Campell prize for nonfiction
Friday, 20 March 2020
Melbourne-based writer and academic Maria Tumarkin is one of eight winners of the 2020 Windham Campbell Prize, the world's richest literary prize. Each winner receives a cash prize of US$165,000...
US print book sales down 10% last week
Friday, 20 March 2020
In the US, NPD BookScan figures show print book unit sales fell 10% for the week ending March 14 compared to the previous week, after physical bookstores began closing their...
ABA asks publishers for support during Covid-19 outbreak
Friday, 20 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is asking publishers to consider a range of assistance measures for member stores in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. In an email to members, ABA...
Mosley to host three-part SBS docuseries on diabetes
Friday, 20 March 2020
Author and science journalist Michael Mosley will host a three-part SBS TV series with sports physiologist and health educator Ray Kelly, which investigates a new treatment for type 2 diabetes....
The History of Mischief
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Following the death of their parents, Jessie and Kay move to an abandoned house where one night they discover The History of Mischief hidden beneath the floor: it is a...
Where is Claris in Paris!
Thursday, 19 March 2020
A brand-new search-and-find series starring Claris, the chicest mouse in Paris! With a quarter of a million Claris books in print, readers can’t get enough of this stylish little mouse!...
Mama Ocean
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Mama Ocean had eyes that sparkled, like sunlight on the sea, and tresses which tumbled and trailed through the tides. But something is troubling Mama Ocean. Who will help her?...
Magical middle-grade novel wins major prize
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Jessica Townsend’s 2017 debut children’s novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Hachette Australia)—the first in a magical series for younger readers—has won the overall award at the biennial Adelaide...
The Friendly Games
Thursday, 19 March 2020
In 1956 Melbourne hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Student John Wing was so proud of his country, one of the friendliest places on earth. But when world tensions dominated the...
Anisa’s Alphabet
Thursday, 19 March 2020
For many refugees, the alphabet represents the start of a new language and a new future, but Anisa’s Alphabet is different. A poignant and highly imaginative telling of one girl’s...
Internationally published refugee memoir to be adapted for film
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Behrouz Boochani’s multi-award-winning memoir No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (trans by Omid Tofighian, Picador)—an account of the Iranian refugee’s incarceration on Manus Island by the Australian...
Lead children’s titles from Australian publishers & agents
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Prior to the cancellation of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Think Australian spoke with a number of Australian publishers and literary agents who were scheduled to attend the fair. Here...
Educational picture books on ‘microbial worlds’ sold to Korea, China
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Children’s/YA sales Language rights to four titles in the ‘Small Friends Books’ series of educational picture books—co-published by art–science collaborative and micro-publisher Scale Free Network (SFN) and CSIRO Publishing—have been...
Showcasing Australian children’s books following cancelled Bologna fair
Thursday, 19 March 2020
With the Bologna Children’s Book Fair cancelled in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, the focus for publishers will inevitably shift to online rights-selling and networking opportunities. After all,...
‘The 117-Storey Treehouse’ tops 2019 Australian children’s chart
Thursday, 19 March 2020
The 117-Storey Treehouse, the ninth book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s internationally published junior fiction series, was the bestselling Australian children’s book in 2019. It managed to hold off...
Affirm acquires new picture book from Godwin, Lester
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Children’s/YA acquisitions Affirm Press has acquired the rights to Sing Me the Summer (November), a new picture book from bestselling children’s book creators Jane Godwin and Alison Lester (pictured), which...
Tan shortlisted for 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Shaun Tan has been shortlisted for the 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration in a book for children and young people for his book Tales from the Inner City...
Macmillan lifts library embargo for new-release ebooks
Thursday, 19 March 2020
In the US, Macmillan has abandoned its embargo on new-release ebooks in libraries, reports Publishers Weekly. ‘There are times in life when differences should be put aside,’ said Macmillan CEO...
Richardson wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Writers Victoria has announced that Lance Richardson has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for his proposed biography of writer, naturalist and Zen Buddhist, Peter Matthiessen. ‘Lance’s subject...
Sweeping cancellations, Australia Reads launches and latest awards
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The ABA announced this afternoon that it has postponed its annual conference, due to take place in Sydney in June, with the following day’s inaugural BookUp event also being postponed...
Australian bookshops respond to Covid-19
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Australian booksellers, like many retailers, are facing a big challenge right now. At this stage some shops have moved to online only, but many stores remain open and are trying...
ABA conference, BookUp postponed
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has postponed its annual conference, which was due to take place in Sydney on 21–22 June, with the following day’s inaugural BookUp event being postponed...
Support OzLit during the Covid-19 crisis
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
‘There are things all Australians can do too—if you’re spending more time at home because you’re sick or self-isolating, please: stream Australian music; watch Australian movies and TV shows; read...
Tim Harris ‘Exploding Endings’ series moving to PRH
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
As of 31 March, New Holland will no longer distribute the Exploding Endings series by Tim Harris. The series will move to Penguin Random House, who will re-release all four...
Change for Pegasus Books
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Publisher: Pegasus Books Old distributor: John Wiley & Sons New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Returns cut-off: 31 May 2020 Contact URL: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Australian Reading Hour expands, rebrands as Australia Reads
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The Australian Reading Hour campaign will expand this year to encompass 17 days of activities from 1–17 September, under the new name Australia Reads. The campaign will be headlined by...
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