State Library of Queensland grant recipients announced Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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HarperCollins has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction.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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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’ Archive
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....
ABA announces 2020 conference dates Archive
Friday, 23 August 2019
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced that the 96th annual conference and trade exhibition will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney from 21–22 June 2020. In conjunction...
New England Writers’ Centre partners with Varuna to offer one-week fellowship Archive
Friday, 23 August 2019
The New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) has partnered with Varuna, The Writers’ House to offer a one-week fellowship to writers residing in the federal electorate of New England. The recipient...
Writing WA launches $10,000 literary medal Archive
Friday, 23 August 2019
Writing WA has announced a new literary medal for ‘an individual who has made a substantial contribution to the vitality and success of Western Australia’s literary culture’. Produced by the...
Chew wins 2019 Overland VU Short Story Prize Archive
Friday, 23 August 2019
Joyce Chew's short story ‘Water bodies’ has won this year's Overland Victoria University (VU) Short Story Prize. Chosen from a shortlist announced earlier this month, the winning story 'reflects on...
Berbay to expand publishing program Archive
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay Books has announced it will double its publishing list from eight to 16 titles in 2020. After a few years of ‘significant’ sales growth of its...
CBCA winners announced Archive
Thursday, 22 August 2019
The winners of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Older readers: Between Us (Clare Atkins, Black Inc.)...
Wakefield sells debut YA novel to US Archive
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Wakefield Press has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to Poppy Nwosu’s debut YA novel Making Friends with Alice Dyson to Walker Books US for a five-figure sum. The first book...
‘The Secret Runners of New York’ tops Australian YA bestsellers chart Archive
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Matthew Reilly’s dystopian time-travel thriller The Secret Runners of New York leads the Australian YA bestsellers chart for July, unseating the film tie-in edition of Colin Thiele’s classic children’s book...
Scribble sells Bell and Colpoys picture books in first German deal Archive
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Scribe’s children’s imprint, Scribble, has sold German-language rights to Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys’ picture books All the Ways to be Smart and The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade to Suhrkamp. The...
Overland appoints Araluen Corr, Dunk as co-editors Archive
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Literary journal Overland has announced Evelyn Araluen Corr and Jonathan Dunk as its two new co-editors. Araluen Corr and Dunk take over from former editor Jacinda Woodhead, who recently announced...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells ‘Welcome to Your Period’ to four territories Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold rights in four territories to Welcome to Your Period (Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang). North American rights were sold to Walker Books/Candlewick Press in a...
The era of throwaway arts Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
‘The four-year model is supposed to invest in the arts and organisations long-term, but now it seems more like it’s reinforcing the project model: prioritising new programs that are disposable,...
Book designer spotlight: Peter Long Archive
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Peter Long worked as a designer in theatre and film before moving across to the book industry, where he has worked as a freelancer for most of his career, aside...
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