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Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced

Monday, 29 April 2019
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker, Hamish Hamilton) My Sister,...

PRH Write It! fellowship 2019 shortlist announced

Friday, 26 April 2019
The shortlist for Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia's inaugural Write It! fellowship program has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their manuscripts are: Alyse Lloyd for 'If The Full Moon...

IPEd, APA to launch guide to inclusive publishing

Friday, 26 April 2019
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) and the Australian Publishers Association (APA) will launch a guide to inclusion and accessibility in the publishing process at the IPEd National Conference on...

Ben Ball has joined Simon & Schuster Australia

Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Ben Ball has joined the newly created position of publishing director Scribner at Simon & Schuster Australia in Melbourne. Ben Ball begins the position on 24 April 2019.

Cambridge University Press: Annual stocktake

Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Cambridge University Press warehouse will be closed on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th April as we are conducting our annual stocktake.For all enquiries please contact our customer service department on...

UK publishers report uplift in non-traditional outlet sales

Wednesday, 24 April 2019
In the UK, publishers have reported an uplift in sales from non-traditional outlets, reports the Bookseller. While Nielsen’s Books and Consumers research has found that the ‘other shop’ sector, which...

Norma K Hemming Award 2019 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Norma K Hemming Award have been announced. The award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for a work of speculative fiction published in...

No ‘Daily’ on Thursday

Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 25 April, due to the Anzac Day public holiday. The next Daily will be published Friday, 26 April.

PRH US introduces reader loyalty program

Tuesday, 23 April 2019
In the US, Penguin Random House has introduced a loyalty program for customers to earn points that can be redeemed for free books, reports Publishers Weekly. Readers can create a...

NT Writers’ Festival 2019 program announced

Tuesday, 23 April 2019
The program for the 2019 NT Writers’ Festival, to be held from 16-19 May, has been announced. The annual festival alternates between Darwin and Alice Springs, and will this year...

Hardie Grant Egmont acquires pre-teen period guide

Thursday, 18 April 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has acquired world rights to a guide for pre-teens about getting their period, written by journalist Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang, the longest-serving expert behind the ‘Dolly...

‘Storm Boy’ tops Australian YA bestsellers chart

Thursday, 18 April 2019
A film adaptation of Colin Thiele’s classic children’s book Storm Boy—about a boy who rescues three pelican chicks after their mother is shot—has sent the title to the top of...

Kindness, environmental themes popular at Bologna

Thursday, 18 April 2019
Australian publishers have reported an ‘upbeat’ Bologna Children’s Book Fair, with middle-grade books continuing to dominate the market, and kindness and environmental themes emerging as new trends. Books with a...

CBCA awards shortlists announced

CBCA shortlist Thursday, 18 April 2019
The shortlists for the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. Carly Nugent’s middle-grade novel The Peacock Detectives (Text) has won the...

No ‘Daily’ until Tuesday

Thursday, 18 April 2019
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 19 April, or on Monday, 22 April, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 23 April. Next week's...