SPN conference 2019 industry research day program announced
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the program for its industry research day as part of the 2019 Independent Publishing Conference, which will run at the Wheeler Centre in...
APA announces new industry conference BookUp
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced a new conference for the Australian book industry called BookUp. Aimed at ‘all book publishing people’, the one-day event will explore the future...
Richell Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 October 2019
Hachette Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: 'The Earth Starts Talking' (Ayla Black) 'The Blind Pussy...
Book industry orgs endorse Jolly Postman agreement
Monday, 7 October 2019
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have endorsed an industry agreement which enables libraries to...
Masson joins MidnightSun with spec-fic YA novel
Monday, 7 October 2019
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to Sophie Masson’s YA speculative fiction novel The Ghost Squad. Set in ‘an alternative yet jarringly familiar reality’, The Ghost Squad follows 16-year-old Polly...
Cobby Eckermann to headline 2019 Odyssey Literary Festival
Friday, 4 October 2019
Students from RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing program will host the fourth annual Odyssey Literary Festival at Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre on 15 October. The event is headlined by poet...
‘Zobi and the Zoox: A story of coral bleaching’ awarded Whitley Medal 2019
Friday, 4 October 2019
Royal Zoological Society of NSW has announced the winner of the 2019 Whitley Awards, presented for outstanding publications that profile the unique wildlife of the Australasian region. The Whitley Medal,...
SPN announces conference keynotes
Thursday, 3 October 2019
The Small Press Network has announced three keynote speakers for its 2019 Independent Publishing Conference, to be held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne from 21–23 November. Claire Squires, director...
Goldsmiths Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 3 October 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the £10,000 (A$18,300) Goldsmiths Prize, which rewards fiction that ‘breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form’, has been announced. The...
No David Unaipon Award to be presented this year
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Judges for this year’s Queensland Literary Awards won’t choose a shortlist or winner for this year’s David Unaipon Award, presented to an outstanding manuscript by an unpublished Aboriginal or Torres...
Reduced arts funding is taking its toll on Australian culture
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
'Without independent artists, our larger companies have no talent pool, no new ideas and no future ... And this is the sector that now sees itself as a burning dumpster.'...
Copyright Agency 2019 writers’ royalty and image royalty claim
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
The Copyright Agency is running a campaign for writers’ royalty and image royalty claims. Writers (journalists, authors, contributors) and image creators (artists, photographers, illustrators, cartoonists) who meet the eligibility criteria...
Book designer spotlight: Michelle Mackintosh
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Michelle Mackintosh is a freelance book designer, as well as a writer, illustrator and Japanophile (she’s co-written four books on Japan with her husband, writer and DJ Steve Wide). She...
WA government abandons art gallery, library & museum merger
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
The WA state government has abandoned a proposed amalgamation of the State Library of Western Australia, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum, reports the Australian...
‘Transformed’ SLV to open in early December
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced it will open its ‘transformed’ library on 5 December, following a five-year, $88 million redevelopment. The redevelopment includes a suite of new spaces and...
Editors Victoria in-house editors event
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Editors Victoria is running an in-house discussion with Rebecca Kaiser, who will talk on building a career in publishing. Kaiser has worked in the book publishing industry for over 30...
Editors Victoria dinner meeting on book design
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Editors Victoria is running a branch dinner meeting with Pooja Desai, discussing contemporary book design. Desai is the design manager for Hardie Grant Egmont, and her design for the Pups...
Matatuhi Foundation seeks NZ writers with innovative projects
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Mātātuhi Foundation wants to help innovative NZ writers develop new and imaginative ways to increase their reach and engagement with NZ readers. Applications are open for funding and will close...
National Translation Award 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) has announced the shortlists for the National Translation Awards for poetry and prose. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Prose Anniversaries: From a year in...
PRH sells ‘The Yield’ to US, France
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold Tara June Winch’s novel The Yield to publishers in the US and France. Pamela Malpas at Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency sold world English-language...
Queensland Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of state significance ($25,000) The...
Giller Prize 2019 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
In Canada, the shortlist for the C$100,000 (A$112,000) 2019 Giller Prize for the best Canadian fiction published in English has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Immigrant City (David Bezmozgis,...
PRH sells ‘Jane in Love’ to US
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has sold North American rights to Rachel Givney’s forthcoming novel Jane in Love (Michael Joseph) to HarperCollins imprint William Morrow, via Daniel Lazar at Writers...
Jaipur Literature Festival returns to Adelaide
Monday, 30 September 2019
The Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival will host the second Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) Adelaide on November 1–3. More than 60 guests will appear at 40 free events as part...
US adult audiobook consumption on the rise
Thursday, 26 September 2019
In the US, audiobooks are on the rise, according to a recent survey conducted by Pew Research. While the reading habits of Americans have remained relatively unchanged over the past...
‘Dinner Detectives’ books to be developed for TV
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Melbourne-based production studio BES Animation has acquired world broadcast and digital content rights to self-published picture book series ‘Dinner Detectives’, with plans to develop the books into a multi-platform TV...
Windy Hollow makes first North American sale with ‘Ivy Bird’
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Independent children’s publisher Windy Hollow has sold North American rights to Ivy Bird (Tania McCartney, illus by Jess Racklyeft) to Blue Dot Books. The deal, negotiated by Natasha Solomun at...
No ‘Daily’ on Friday
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Please note that due to Victoria's AFL Grand Final public holiday tomorrow, Friday, 27 September, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Monday, 30 September.
Book designer spotlight: Hazel Lam
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Hazel Lam began her career as a motion graphics designer before moving into publishing, and has spent the past six years working for HarperCollins. Her cover for The Lost Flowers...
IBBY Australia names Atkins, Kennedy for 2020 Honour List
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
IBBY Australia has selected writer Clare Atkins and illustrator Lisa Kennedy for the 2020 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. Atkins was selected for the writing...
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