McKinty, McTiernan shortlisted for international thriller award
Thursday, 16 April 2020
Adrian McKinty and Dervla McTiernan have been shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers’ Thriller Awards 2020. McKinty was shortlisted for the best hardcover novel for his book The Chain (Hachette),...
MWF 2020 to take place online
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which is scheduled to run 7–16 August 2020, will deliver a smaller online program due to the Covid-19 crisis. 'Our team is at home thinking, reading...
PRH Spain introduces online direct sales platform
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
In Spain, Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched Mugustaleer, a direct sales ecommerce platform for print books, after several weeks of country-wide lockdown measures that have included bookshop closures. Ten...
Shortlist announced for 2020 Jhalak Prize for BAME writers
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
The shortlist for the UK’s Jhalak Prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Black Flamingo (Dean Atta, Hodder Children’s) Remembered...
ABA launches new website as authors, booksellers and publishers adapt to business under lockdown
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Australia’s booksellers, publishers, authors and industry bodies are seeking new and different ways to connect with readers during the Covid-19 restrictions. ABA launches new Love Your Bookshop site The Australian...
Heath wins IBBY Ena Noël award
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Jack Heath has won the 2020 Ena Noël Award, a biennial prize administered by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) to encourage emerging...
Hill wins 2020 Stella Prize for ‘See What You Made Me Do’
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Jess Hill has won the 2020 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her investigation of domestic violence See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc.). Judging panel chair Louise Swinn said See...
HarperCollins UK puts staff on furlough
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
HarperCollins UK is placing a number of its staff on furlough, reports the Bookseller. The number of staff to be put on furlough is unconfirmed, but it includes those from...
Bookshops adapt to change: tell us your story
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
We know the situation for retailers is changing daily amid Covid-19 restrictions. We also know that many booksellers, in finding new ways to connect with customers, are experiencing wonderful community...
Redundancies expected as Lonely Planet reduces global publishing operations; Melbourne office to close ‘almost entirely’
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Lonely Planet will reduce its publishing operations with immediate effect, including essentially shuttering its Melbourne and London offices, due to the economic impact of Covid-19. In an email to staff...
APA, ASA make agreement with schools for virtual storytime
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Teachers are able to continue to read stories to students learning from school or at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, following an industry arrangement for school storytimes. For the duration...
No ‘Daily’ until Tuesday
Thursday, 9 April 2020
The Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 10 April, or on Monday, 13 April, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 14 April. Next week's Weekly...
Covid-19 reveals crisis in arts funding
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
'Covid-19 is an opportunity to ask ourselves as a nation why we take our artists and cultural organisations for granted. Why, even in an emergency, can’t we find the money...
Publishers roll out redundancies, reduced working hours; funding bodies restructure financial support; ABDA shortlists and more
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
This week Hardie Grant and Scribe became the first Australian publishers to announce redundancies in response to Covid-19. Other publishers, including Thames & Hudson Australia and Allen & Unwin, have...
Redundancies at Hardie Grant, Scribe; T&H reduces staff hours temporarily
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Australian publishers have begun taking measures to reduce staff costs in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, with redundancies announced at Hardie Grant and Scribe. Hardie Grant, Scribe confirm redundancies Hardie...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Please note that, due to the Easter break, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 16 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12...
Ethicool Books opens for submissions
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
A new children’s book publisher has emerged from the pack in 2020 and it’s called Ethicool. We’re disrupting the time-honoured publishing industry with a fresh, progressive and high-calibre brand that...
UK publishers furlough staff
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK, Hachette UK and Bonnier UK are furloughing a number of their workers, reports the Bookseller. For furloughed workers, the UK government is providing grants for...
Change of distribution for Griffith Review
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Griffith Review is pleased to announce that its distribution will move to NewSouth Books, beginning with Griffith Review 69: The European Exchange (August). We look forward to a successful partnership...
Change for Griffith Review
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Publisher: Griffith Review Old distributor: Text Publishing (UBD) New distributor: NewSouth Books (ADS) Changeover date: 1 August 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2020
Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
The shortlist for the £30,000 (A$60,000) International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Surge (Jay Bernard, Chatto & Windus) Flèche (Mary Jean Chan, Faber) Inland (Téa...
ABDA Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Australian Book Design Awards. Chosen from longlists announced in February, the shortlisted titles in each category are:...
SWF among first recipients of $375k Copyright Agency funding, Cultural Fund grants brought forward
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The Copyright Agency will use $375,000 from its Future Fund to offer new initiatives in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The agency has also announced it will bring forward its...
NT Writers Festival postponed until October
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The NT Writers Festival has been postponed due to Covid-19 and is now scheduled to take place from 1 to 4 October in Darwin. Festival director Fiona Dorrell said the...
Kristoff longlisted for Glass Bell Award
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Jay Kristoff’s Darkdawn (Harper Voyager) has been longlisted for the UK’s Glass Bell Award. Presented by London bookstore Goldsboro Books, the prize celebrates the best storytelling across all genres of...
OzCo announces four-year funding; 49 unsuccessful orgs to receive extensions
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Australia Council has announced 95 arts organisations will receive Four Year Funding for 2021–24. Forty-nine currently-funded organisations that were unsuccessful this round will have their funding extended for 12...
James Patterson spearheads fundraising effort for US bookshops
Monday, 6 April 2020
In the US, author James Patterson is leading a group that is seeking to raise millions of dollars to help save US bookshops from closing permanently due to the Covid-19...
ALIA announces Covid-19 Relief Fund
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Australian Library and Information Service (ALIA) has announced it will set up a relief fund ‘specifically to help members who are experiencing a reduction in income as a result...
Pan Mac Australia parent company begins ‘cost-saving’ initiative; layoffs, wage cuts in US
Friday, 3 April 2020
In the US, Macmillan Publishers has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across all divisions, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The publisher has also temporarily reduced pay for select employees and...
‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ shortlisted for International Booker
Friday, 3 April 2020
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Australian author Shokoofeh Azar (Wild Dingo Press) has been shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. This is the first time an Australian...
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