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Johnson wins 2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

Monday, 20 January 2020
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced A Frances Johnson as the winner of the 2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘My Father’s Thesaurus’. Johnson receives $7000. The...

‘Future Fit’ shortlisted for UK Business Book Award

Friday, 17 January 2020
In the UK, Andrea Clarke's book Future Fit (Major Street) has been shortlisted in the 2020 Business Book Awards. Shortlisted in the International Book category, Future Fit looks at disruption and...

Writers awarded OzCo international residencies for 2020–21

Thursday, 16 January 2020
The Australia Council has announced eight writers as recipients of international development residencies as part of its latest grants round. Lisa Gorton, Robert Lukins, Fiona McGregor and Sandra Thibodeaux will...

German book market revenue up 1.4% in 2019

Thursday, 16 January 2020
German trade publication Börsenblatt has reported that revenue in the German book market in 2019 grew by 1.4% on the previous year. According to an English-language report in Publishing Perspectives,...

Australian Romance Readers Awards 2019 finalists announced

Thursday, 16 January 2020
The finalists for the 2019 Australian Romance Readers Awards have been announced. Six authors have been shortlisted for the favourite Australian romance author category. They are: Alissa Callen Kelly Hunter...

The decline in new-title publishing

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
'New-title publishing has become much riskier and more expensive for all publishers. They naturally react to that by publishing fewer new titles, and that describes the tactics of just about...

Save 25% on individual annual subscriptions

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
If you’re not a Books+Publishing subscriber, we’d like to take the opportunity to invite you to sign up with a 25% discount on individual annual subscriptions until the end of January...

Changes for TL Distribution

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
New distributor: TL Distribution Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN prefix: 97808061; 978087062 Old distributor: East-West Export Books (EWEB) Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Publisher: Center for Environmental Structure ISBN...

Ferrante novel coming in June

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Allen & Unwin is thrilled to announce the publication of the much-awaited new novel from Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults, from Europa Editions on the global publication date...

Nick Cave book to be published in April

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Allen & Unwin is excited to announce the publication of Nick Cave’s forthcoming book, Stranger than Kindness, from Canongate in April this year. Featuring previously unseen material, Stranger Than Kindness...

Change for Europa Editions

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Publisher: Europa Editions ISBN prefix: 97817877 Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Allen & Unwin Changeover date: 1 March 2020 Returns cut-off: 31 March 2020 Requests for return authorisations for...

Change for Macmillan Education Primary

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Publisher: Macmillan Education Primary ISBN prefix: 781420 Old distributor: Macmillan New distributor: Lioncrest Education Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Returns cut-off: Contact URL: www.lioncrest.com.au

Change for APHA Press

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Publisher: APHA Press ISBN prefix: 9780875530 Old distributor: Self-distributed New distributor: TL Distribution Changeover date: 1 January 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Robinson wins 2019 T S Eliot Prize

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
In the UK, writer and performer Roger Robinson has won the 2019 T S Eliot Prize for poetry for his collection A Portable Paradise (Peepal Tree Press), reports the Bookseller....

Indie Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Indie Book Awards for the best Australian books published in 2019. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction There...

Ventura sells UK rights to ‘Paris Savages’

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Ventura Press has sold UK rights to Katherine Johnson’s novel Paris Savages to independent publisher Allison and Busby. Paris Savages, which was written as part of Johnson’s PhD, is based...

Please complete our Christmas survey

Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. We're accepting submissions until Thursday, 23 January. Booksellers If...

Changes to B+P in 2020

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Dear reader, It has been 18 months since Books+Publishing was returned to local ownership. Last year, we published four issues of the redesigned Books+Publishing magazine, as well as our Daily...

ABR announces Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2020 shortlist

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Precision Signs’ (Lachlan Brown) ‘That Wadjela Tongue’ (Claire G Coleman)...

Books+Publishing office move

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Books+Publishing has moved to a new office and has a new postal address. Please send all future postal items, including advance reading copies, to the following address: PO Box 42,...

ACT Book of the Year 2019 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The shortlist for the 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award was announced in December. The shortlisted titles are: Made by Humans: The AI Condition (Ellen Broad, MUP) Book of...

UWAP announces 2020 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist

UWAP logo Tuesday, 14 January 2020
In December, UWA Publishing announced the shortlist for the 2020 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: ‘The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette’...

US print sales down 1.3% in 2019

Tuesday, 14 January 2020
US print sales in 2019 fell by 1.3% in volume compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly. Volume sales for the year totalled 689.5 million units, down from 698.4...