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Kitty Flanagan wins inaugural Favourite Australian Book award Archive

Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Kitty Flanagan has won Booktopia’s inaugural $5000 Favourite Australian Book award, for her book 488 Rules for Life (A&U). The award, which replaces Booktopia’s annual Australia’s Favourite Author poll, was...

Brill’s forthcoming novel ‘Symphony for the Man’ optioned for film Archive

Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Sparkplug Films has optioned the film rights to Sarah Brill’s forthcoming novel Symphony for the Man (Spinifex, March). Spinifex describes the novel as ‘a poignant and gritty tale of homelessness...

Furphy Literary Award goes national, offers $15k prize Archive

Tuesday, 4 February 2020
A new national short story prize called the Furphy Literary Award is launching in 2020 with a $15,000 first prize, making it the richest prize for a short story in...

Pascoe withdraws from Perth and Adelaide festival events Archive

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Author Bruce Pascoe has withdrawn from scheduled appearances at Perth Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week, citing a need to return to his bushfire-affected home in East Gippsland.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 Archive

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...

Brasch joins Melbourne Jewish Book Week as festival director Archive

Monday, 3 February 2020
Writer and teacher Nicolas Brasch has been appointed festival director of Melbourne Jewish Book Week (MJBW). Brasch is the author of more than 400 books, mainly for children and young...

Amazon net sales up by 20% in 2019 Archive

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...

Macmillan employees banned from attending DBW conference over ebook embargo Archive

Friday, 31 January 2020
Digital Book World (DBW) has banned Macmillan employees from attending its 2020 conference in solidarity with the American Library Association’s (ALA) campaign against the publisher's restrictions on new release ebooks....

Play ‘Counting and Cracking’ wins $100k Victorian Prize for Literature Archive

Friday, 31 January 2020
Sydney playwright S Shakthidharan and associate writer Eamon Flack have won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for their play Counting and Cracking (Belvoir and Co-Curious) at this year’s Victorian...

Booktopia buys Co-op assets; campus stores to close Archive

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 Archive

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...

New boss for HarperCollins, Australia Day honours, Adelaide Writers’ Week line-up, latest awards and more Archive

Thursday, 30 January 2020
Yesterday, James Kellow announced he’s stepping down as HarperCollins ANZ CEO after eight years in the head role. He’s being replaced by Jim Demetriou, who returns to HarperCollins following his...

US survey finds publishing workforce 76% white, 74% female Archive

Thursday, 30 January 2020
In the US, the results from Lee & Low’s 2019 ‘Diversity Baseline’ survey of the workforce have been released, showing little change from the publisher’s 2015 survey. The survey found...

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2020 longlists announced Archive

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...

HarperCollins acquires rights to Maley’s debut ‘The Truth About Her’ Archive

Thursday, 30 January 2020
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to journalist Jacqueline Maley’s debut novel The Truth About Her, in a two-book deal via Jeanne Ryckmans at Cameron’s Management. The Truth About Her follows...

Change for Channel View Publications/Multilingual Matter Archive

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 Archive

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 Archive

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...