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Porter’s ‘Firefly’ wins 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize

Monday, 16 September 2019
In the UK, English writer Henry Porter has won the £15,000 (A$27,250) Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize for his novel Firefly (Quercus). Firefly follows a highly intelligent 13-year-old Syrian refugee who is...

Imago

Monday, 16 September 2019
Global printing solutions: China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, India and Europe. Production management of books, stationery, packaging, toys and games for publishing companies who want to benefit from our...

Boost to events, reader pledges for this year’s Australian Reading Hour

Friday, 13 September 2019
Australian Reading Hour (ARH) has registered 240 events—more than double the number held last year—to be held as part of this year’s campaign, taking place next Thursday 19 September. More...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced

Friday, 13 September 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction A Stolen Season (Rodney Hall, Picador) Beautiful Revolutionary (Laura Elizabeth...

McLaughlin wins 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Friday, 13 September 2019
Irish writer Danielle McLaughlin has won the £30,000 (A$54,000) Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her story ‘A Partial List of the Saved’. The story follows two people who...

BWF: YA, women authors top bestsellers

Friday, 13 September 2019
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) bookshop recorded a 5.9 percent growth in sales at the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) bookstore from the previous year, thanks to ‘the strong six-day...

High Infidelity

Thursday, 12 September 2019
At 44, loyal English wife Lara Winters discovers that Brock, her husband of 21 years, has betrayed her. Devastated, desperate, she flees her home in London and heads for the...

Motherling

Thursday, 12 September 2019
Motherling addresses every parent of an adult child’s nightmare. Your child is grown up. He’s got a great job, living a happy life overseas. You don’t have to worry about...

The Sea & Us

Thursday, 12 September 2019
From the Stella Prize-shortlisted author, this is a heart-warming novel about longing, absence and the people we unexpectedly come to love. A young man called Harold rents a room above...

Field of Poppies

Thursday, 12 September 2019
Keen to escape the pressures of city life, Marsali Swift and her husband, William, are drawn to Listowel, a glorious historic mansion in the seemingly tranquil small town of Muckleton....

Almost a Mirror

Thursday, 12 September 2019
Like fireflies to light, Mona and Danny are drawn to the glamour of the Crystal Ballroom and the post-punk music scene of 1980s Melbourne, and into the orbit of musicians...

My Name is Revenge

Thursday, 12 September 2019
On 17 December 1980, two men shot the Turkish consul-general to Sydney and his bodyguard near the consul’s home in Vaucluse. The assassins aimed, fired and vanished. From the assassination...

Parallax: A novel

Thursday, 12 September 2019
Robin Morgan’s most radiant prose, spare but sensuous, welcomes you into her dazzling imagination. This is a story about storytelling—a set of shorter tales which, like Russian dolls, nest and...

Clarke, Dovey among Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship recipients

Thursday, 12 September 2019
Writers Maxine Beneba Clarke and Ceridwen Dovey are among nine artists to be awarded 2019 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships, each worth $160,000 over two years. Clarke is the author of...

Dechian wins 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Thursday, 12 September 2019
Victoria-based writer Sonja Dechian has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2019 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘The Point-Blank Murder’. The judges said of the winning story: 'At...

Love wins 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize

Thursday, 12 September 2019
In the UK, Jessica Love has won the £5000 (A$8990) Klaus Flugge Prize for most promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration for Julian is a Mermaid (Walker Books), reports...

The Children’s Bookshop to close in November

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
The Children’s Bookshop in the Sydney suburb of Beecroft will close at the end of November. The shop opened in 1971 and has been owned by Paul Macdonald for the...

The Children’s Bookshop owner Paul Macdonald on Sydney’s retail environment

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
‘Running a bookshop in Sydney is just becoming too difficult ... People are using retail space as a showroom to explore purchasing options and more and more are shopping online...

Digital loans spike at Mackay libraries

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Mackay Regional Council libraries has reported a spike in its digital loans over the past year, reports the Daily Mercury. In 2018–19, the number of electronic loans of magazines more...

Gippsland library trials 24-hour access

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Foster library in Gippsland, Victoria, is running a trial to give its members 24-hour a day access, reports the Age. Members will use a swipe card to enter the library...

Hero

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Four years after the Perdido Beach dome went down, the alien virus that made it is still wreaking havoc, and virus-infested rock has created a new set of humans with...

Book designer spotlight: Sarah Davis

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
After working for over a decade as a freelance picture book illustrator and designer, Sarah Davies joined Walker Books Australia as associate art director. She spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘book...

PANZ: Applications open for career development fund

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Publishers Association of NZ (PANZ) is calling for applications for the International Career Development (ICD) fund. The ICD fund is aimed at senior and mid-level publishing staff in New Zealand, to...

Walker Books Australia signs Laura Bloom for two more titles in the ‘Dream Riders’ series

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
With the success of the ‘Dream Riders’ series, Walker Books Australia has commissioned two more titles from author Laura Bloom, Dream Riders: Kai, for 2020 and Dream Riders: Violet for...

Literary agency: Relocation notice

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
As from 20th September 2019 Calidris Literary Agency will be relocating to New Zealand. Contact details TBA later but email address remains: sallybird@calidrislitagency.com

Collins Booksellers Croydon: Silver anniversary drinks

Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Collins Booksellers in Croydon, Victoria invites friends of the store to the Silver Anniversary Drinks for Mark Elliot. Mark is celebrating 25 years as Croydon's local Bookseller. He started the...

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