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...
Welcome to the new Junior newsletter
Thursday, 2 April 2020
Mid-pandemic feels like a strange time to be revamping our Junior newsletter, but it also feels more vital than ever to spotlight our children's book creators and continue reporting the...
Korean artist Baek Heena wins 2020 Astrid Lindgren award
Thursday, 2 April 2020
In Sweden, Korean artist Baek Heena has been announced as the winner of the five million krona (A$820k) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). Baek has published 13 picture books, including...
HarperCollins to acquire Egmont Books UK
Thursday, 2 April 2020
HarperCollins has announced its intention to acquire Egmont Books UK, as well as Egmont’s book businesses in Poland and Germany, reports the Bookseller. The transaction is for an undisclosed sum...
EWF 2020 to take place ‘entirely online’
Thursday, 2 April 2020
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which runs from 16–23 June, usually in Melbourne, will take place online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Festival organisers ‘made the proactive decision...
In our nature: Robbie Arnott on ‘The Rain Heron’
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
The Rain Heron (Text, June), Robbie Arnott's follow-up to his 2018 debut Flames, blurs the line between reality and myth as its isolated protagonist is drawn to a soldier on...
Industry welcomes wage subsidy, CBCA shortlists and more
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Both the ABA and APA have welcomed the federal government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme, which ‘could not have come soon enough’, according to ABA CEO Robbie Egan. While bookshops such...
Pub dates: To move or not to move
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
‘The great debate is over what to do with forthcoming books: Do you move them, like the new James Bond movie ... Or do you plow ahead, and hope the...
CBCA Book Week 2020 postponed
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
CBCA Book Week 2020 will be postponed until term 4, 2020, at a date to be announced. 'The Board made this decision taking into account all of our stakeholders: our...
Ten rules for successful remote working
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Pantera Press CEO Alison Green has extensive experience in working from home. Here, she shares her 10 rules for WFH success in a time of social distancing, explaining that ‘it's...
Change of distribution for Big Sky Publishing
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Australian independent publisher, Big Sky Publishing in Australia and New Zealand from 1 July 2020....
Change for Big Sky Publishing
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing Old distributor: Woodslane New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2020 Contact: orders@harpercollins.com.au
Change for Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN prefix: 978-0-88920, 978-1-55458, 978-1-77112 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for Endocrine Society
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: Endocrine Society ISBN prefix: 978-1-879225 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Publisher: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology ISBN prefix: 1-581108, 0-915473, 1-934984 Old distributor: PBD Worldwide New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 April 2020 Contact: www.eurospan.co.uk
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