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King, Murray awarded 2020 Waitangi Day Honours

Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Writer and WORD Christchurch director Rachael King and science fiction author Lee Murray have been named in the New Zealand Society of Authors’ (NZSA) annual Waitangi Day Honours. King was...

The Animals in That Country (Laura Jean McKay, Scribe)

Monday, 3 February 2020
Laura Jean McKay’s debut novel concerns itself with the apocalypse, but an entirely different one to that fixated upon in cli-fi narratives. In McKay’s doomsday tale, humans contract a highly...

Stone Sky Gold Mountain (Mirandi Riwoe, UQP)

Monday, 3 February 2020
In goldrush-era Australia the landscape is harsh, the law basically non-existent and discrimination bluntly and unashamedly informs every facet of life. Siblings Ying and Lai Yue are trying to scrape...

Spheres of influence: Ronnie Scott on ‘The Adversary’

Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary (Hamish Hamilton) follows an unnamed protagonist as he navigates gay friendship and wrestles with self-doubt over the course of a hot Melbourne summer. Scott spoke...

Pascoe withdraws from Perth and Adelaide festival events

A photo of Bruce Pascoe. He stands outside and is wearing a red shirt. Monday, 3 February 2020
Author Bruce Pascoe has withdrawn from scheduled appearances at Perth Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week, citing a need to return to his bushfire-affected home in East Gippsland. Pascoe announced he...

Taipei book fair postponed due to coronavirus

Monday, 3 February 2020
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), originally scheduled for 4–9 February, has been postponed until 7–12 May as a result of the spreading coronavirus epidemic. The Ministry of Culture, Taiwan...

Amazon net sales up by 20% in 2019

Monday, 3 February 2020
Amazon has released its full-year financial results for 2019, reporting a net sales increase of 20% on the previous year. The company's financial results for 2018 showed a net sales...

Booktopia buys Co-op assets; campus stores to close

Friday, 31 January 2020
Online bookseller Booktopia has bought ‘various’ assets of the Co-op Bookshop from the administrators of the University Co-operative Bookshop. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the University Co-operative Bookshop, which included...

We need Torres Strait Islander voices in YA

Thursday, 30 January 2020
'Why can’t I find any Torres Strait Islander young adult literature? Is there some unconscious bias that has been turning these stories away? Is nobody looking for this diverse experience...

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2020 longlists announced

Thursday, 30 January 2020
The longlists for the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Absolute Book (Elizabeth Knox, Victoria University Press) Lonely Asian...

Change for Channel View Publications/Multilingual Matter

Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Publisher: Channel View Publications/Multilingual Matter Old distributor: CoInfo New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 1 February 2020 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for University of North Carolina Press

Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 March 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 March 2020

ABIA 2020 nominations closing soon

Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) nominations for 2020 book of the year awards will close soon. Nominate in the following categories: General fiction, general nonfiction, literary fiction, illustrated, biography, picture...

Editors Victoria: The editor in self-publishing

Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Editors Victoria is running a dinner meeting with Euan Mitchell on the role of the editor in self-publishing. The session covers the role of the editor in the production of...

‘Dating coaches’ target Kinokuniya Sydney

Wednesday, 29 January 2020
Kinokuniya in Sydney has apologised to customers after being made aware that a 'dating coaching' company had been using the store to practice 'pickup' techniques with its clients. In an...

Faber Writing Academy expands to Brisbane

Tuesday, 28 January 2020
In 2020 Allen & Unwin (A&U) will expand the Faber Writing Academy to offer courses in Brisbane for the first time. Run by UK-based Faber & Faber in partnership with...

Higher book prices contribute to UK market growth

Friday, 24 January 2020
The UK book market's consistent growth over the last decade can be attributed to a steady increase in the average selling price (ASP) of books, reports the Bookseller. While volume...

Pantera acquires Emanuel’s ‘The Covered Wife’

Friday, 24 January 2020
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to Lisa Emanuel’s debut novel The Covered Wife, via Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management. Emanuel’s novel follows an ambitious young lawyer who falls under...

 

 

 

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