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ASA to track publishing, appearances fees for authors

Thursday, 29 August 2019
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has launched rates trackers to record how much authors and illustrators are being paid for publishing agreements and event appearances. The ASA is asking...

Booksellers invited to join the climate fight

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
As we heard at the ABA Conference this year, 'the purpose of bookselling ... is not only commercial but also cultural, societal, educational, aspirational and moral'. Extinction Rebellion Australia needs...

Tension between libraries and publishers in the ebook market

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
‘There are dark hints that the hand of Amazon is at work in the current tensions over library ebook lending, including reports that Amazon reps have been showing publishers data...

Fremantle sells ‘Antarctica’ picture book to US

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Fremantle Press has sold US rights to Moira Court’s forthcoming picture book Antarctica to Massachusetts-based children’s publisher Charlesbridge. ‘Charlesbridge’s roots are in nature nonfiction, which is what attracted them to...

State Library of Queensland grant recipients announced

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
The State Library of Queensland has announced the recipients of nearly $900,000 in state government grants, to fund Queensland public library initiatives. Close to $400,000 has been awarded to 16...

Book designer spotlight: Ngaio Parr

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Independent designer and illustrator Ngaio Parr has worked with publishers including Penguin, Thames & Hudson, Hachette, Hardie Grant and Pantera Press. ‘I’m a little different to most book designers in...

Walker Books signs Zoë Norton Lodge for third Elizabella book

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Walker Books Australia has signed a third book in the highly successful Elizabella series by writer, comedian and TV host Zoë Norton-Lodge. 'I absolutely adore writing new adventures for Elizabella,...

NewSouth Books announces new Victorian Account Manager

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
NewSouth Books Victorian account manager Geoff Nelson will be retiring on 30 August 2019 after 14 years in this role. Geoff will be missed very much by the NewSouth Books...

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2019 with Margie Burke Books & Tours

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Visit Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2019 with Margie Burke Books & Tours over 22–28 October: includes four-day festival pass, boutique accommodation, exclusive events and extras such as workshops, Balinese...

Bookshop for sale

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Lorne Beach Books, Lorne, Vic An Independent eclectic quality bookshop with no competition, no newsagency and no DDS in prestigious coastal town. Suit someone looking for a sea-change or as...

Banjo Prize 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
HarperCollins has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘Beware of Dogs’ (Elizabeth Flann) ‘Nina and Pearl’ (Fleur...

Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival announces Danger Prize shortlist

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
The Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival has announced the shortlist for this year’s Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film, podcast or TV drama about Sydney and crime. Two...

Royal Society 2019 Science Book Prize shortlist announced

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
In the UK, the Royal Society has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Science Book Prize for popular science books written for a non-specialist audience. The shortlisted books are: Invisible...

Yang charged with espionage in Beijing

Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Chinese-Australian writer and former Chinese diplomat Yang Hengjun has been formally charged with espionage in Beijing, reports the Guardian. Yang has been detained in China since January, after being arrested while travelling...

Inaugural Terror Australis Festival program launched

Tuesday, 27 August 2019
The program for the inaugural Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, which runs in various locations in Tasmania’s Huon Valley from 31 October to 3 November, has been announced. With...

Text acquires new Grenville novel

Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Text has acquired world rights to a new novel by Kate Grenville called A Room Made of Leaves. Following Australian pastoralist and merchant Elizabeth Macarthur, the novel ‘picks apart ideas...

NZ Book Trade Industry Awards 2019 winners announced

Monday, 26 August 2019
The winners of the 2019 New Zealand Book Trade Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on 23 August. The winners in each category are: Bookshop of the year Unity Books,...

US publishers sue Audible for copyright infringement

Monday, 26 August 2019
In the US, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed a lawsuit against Audible in a bid to stop its Captions program, which transcribes audio to text alongside its...

Best wins 2019 Thomas Shapcott Prize

Monday, 26 August 2019
Poet Luke Best has won the 2019 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for his manuscript ‘Cadaver Dog’. Best receives $2000 and a publishing contract with University of Queensland Press (UQP), which...

McDougall wins Special Book Award of China

Monday, 26 August 2019
Australian translator and academic Bonnie Suzanne McDougall has won a Special Book Award of China at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF). McDougall was awarded the prize for her work...

Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL strike ‘world’s largest transformative open access agreement’

Friday, 23 August 2019
Springer Nature and German university consortium Projekt DEAL have signed a memorandum of understanding on what the organisations are calling the ‘world's largest transformative open access agreement’, reports the Bookseller....