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Change for National Book Network (NBN)

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Publisher: National Book Network (NBN) Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Footprint Books Changeover date: 27 December 2019 Returns cut-off: 31 January 2020

Change for Waterhouse Press

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Publisher: Waterhouse Press Old distributor: NewSouth Books (ADS) New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia (HEDS) Changeover date: 1 November 2019 Returns cut-off: 31 January 2020 Contact URL: orders@harpercollins.com.au

Change of distribution for Waterhouse Press

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with independent publisher Waterhouse Press in Australia and New Zealand from 1 November 2019. Waterhouse Press titles...

UBD Christmas order cut-off schedule

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
With this year’s busiest trading period fast approaching, and to ensure our normal fast delivery continues to get to you prior to Christmas Day, United Book Distributors (UBD) has prepared...

Change for Wilkinson Publishing

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Publisher: Wilkinson Publishing Old distributor: Australian Fishing Network (AFN). New distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd Changeover date: 1 November 2019 Returns cut-off: 31 December 2019

‘WBN’ published Thursday next week

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Please note that due to the Melbourne Cup holiday in Victoria on Tuesday, 5 November, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 7 November.

Chowdhury named Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellow

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced Penguin Random House audio producer Radhiah Chowdhury as the recipient of the 2019–2020 Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. The fellowship will allow Chowdhury to...

New APA initiative to signify Australian created books

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has begun a campaign to signify books created in Australia with a new logo. Based on the logo for joint-industry group Books Create Australia, the...

First writers announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week

Adelaide Writers' Week logo Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The first writers have been announced for next year’s Adelaide Writers’ Week, which runs from 29 February to 5 March. International guests include Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma, Omani novelist and...

Winners of 2019 YABBAs announced

Wednesday, 30 October 2019
The winners of the 2019 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBAs), Victoria’s children’s choice awards, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Seriously Do Not Open This Book (Andy...

Fair Work approves PRH EBA

PRH logo Tuesday, 29 October 2019
The Fair Work Commission has approved Penguin Random House Australia's enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA), the first union-negotiated EBA in Australian publishing history. In September, PRH delegates in the editorial and...

New online platform to help US indies compete with Amazon

Monday, 28 October 2019
In the US, a new website designed to help independent bookstores compete with Amazon will launch in January, reports Publishers Weekly. Backed by the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Bookshop is...

Hammer wins UK Dagger award for ‘Scrublands’

Friday, 25 October 2019
Australian writer Chris Hammer has won the John Creasey Award for the best crime novel by a first-time author at the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2019 Dagger awards. Hammer's...

Macfie wins 2019 CLNZ Writers’ Award

Thursday, 24 October 2019
Journalist Rebecca Macfie has won the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ)/New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Writers’ Award, worth NZ$25,000 (A$23,360), to help support her biography of Helen Kelly—the first...

Winners announced for PM’s Literary Awards 2019

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
The winners of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Death of Noah Glass (Gail Jones, Text) Nonfiction Half...

Macquarie Uni study on rights sales: survey open

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Macquarie University is running a research project examining the international rights sales and export of Australian books over the last decade. Academics David Throsby, Paul Crosby and Jan Zwar are...

2020 vision: Kids’ and YA title preview

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
New books from favourites including Melina Marchetta, Sally Morgan and Jessica Townsend are slated for 2020 publication, alongside debuts by Danielle Binks and Georgina Young that are already generating buzz....

Walkley Journalism talks and masterclasses in Perth

Wednesday, 23 October 2019
The Walkley Foundation for journalism is Shining A Light On The Truth at the State Library of WA next weekend. Take a masterclass on Book-Length Journalism with Walkley Book Award-winner...