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...
‘Steve Smith’s Men’ wins the Cricket Society & MCC Book of the Year
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Geoff Lemon’s Steve Smith’s Men (Hardie Grant) has won the Cricket Society and MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) Book of the Year award, presented at a ceremony at Lords Cricket Ground...
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
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...
Walsh, Kozlowski to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; Chapman wins 2019 Rising Star award
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Publisher and author Richard Walsh and children’s book specialist Kathy Kozlowski will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Thursday, 2...
Local writers awarded Krakow City of Literature residency
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Two Australian authors, one New Zealand author and another from the UK have been awarded a two-month residency in Krakow, Poland as part of a Cities of Literature program. Melbourne...
Hachette UK releases results of ethnicity pay gap report
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Hachette UK has published an ethnicity pay gap report that compares the average wage earnings of the company's Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff to the average earnings...
HarperCollins acquires Waterland’s commercial fiction debut in two-book deal
Thursday, 18 April 2019
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to the commercial fiction debut by author and comedian Rosie Waterland, in a two-book deal. Waterland’s yet-to-be-titled first novel tells the story of Olive Alexander,...
Deakin University replaces Scribe as partner for Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Express Media has partnered with Deakin University to present the 2019 Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The prize began as a joint venture between Scribe and Express Media in 2013....
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2019 shortlist announced
Thursday, 18 April 2019
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Russell Prize for Humour Writing. The shortlisted works are: The Hunter and Other Stories of Men (David Cohen,...
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...
A love letter to the Centre for Youth Literature
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
‘Love for reading not only should—but needs—to be kept alive, especially with us teenagers. YA literature and books in general are a way to relax, calm down and chill out...
IPEd National Editors Conference gala dinner
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Join author and broadcaster Tony Wilson, MC Fiona Scott-Norman and editors and publishing professionals from around the country for the IPEd National Editors Conference Gala Dinner in Melbourne. The dinner,...
Neil Grant’s ‘The Honeyman and the Hunter’
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
'Neil Grant evokes an absorbing sense of place, pulling you from the salty bay in Patonga to the bustling streets of Kolkata to the jaws of a tiger’s mouth in...
A love letter to the Centre for Youth Literature: Zhana Maticevski-Shumack on the closure of CYL
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
State Library Victoria's controversial announcement in early March that it was 'retiring' the Centre for Youth Literature (CYL) was met with backlash from across the literary community. In this opinion...
Text sells book on Indigenous thinking to US for six-figure sum
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Text Publishing has sold North American rights to Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World (Tyson Yunkaporta) to HarperCollins imprint HarperOne in a six-figure pre-empt. Agent David Forrer at...
Puffin to partner with 80 new schools for World of Stories program
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
In the UK, children’s publisher Puffin is looking for 80 primary schools to join its World of Stories program, reports the Bookseller. The program, run in partnership with the National...
Godfree named Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) named Holly Godfree from Lake Tuggeranong College as Australian Teacher Librarian of 2019, reports the Canberra Times. Godfree has been a teacher for 20...
Auckland World Library and Information Congress postponed until 2022
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and its New Zealand National Committee have postponed the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Auckland until 2022. Around...
ABDA Book Design Awards 2019 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 Australian Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best designed commercial fiction cover Dinner...
Winners announced for ASA and Copyright Agency Writers’ and Illustrators’ Mentorship Program
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of its 2019 Writers’ and Illustrators’ Mentorship Program. The winners are: Adult fiction Chloe Adams Lou Green Andy Muir Diana...
Editors NSW: Grammar workshop
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Editors NSW is running a workshop on grammar with Tony Spencer-Smith. The workshop will cover the basics of parts of speech through to the tricky aspects of misplaced modifiers and...
Change for Marshall Cavendish International General and Reference list
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International General and Reference list Old distributor: Penguin Random House New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 17 April Returns cut-off: Not applicable (previous distribution was 2014)
Varuna: Poetry masterclass residency with Vanessa Kirkpatrick
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Varuna has announced a six-day residency that allows for all participants to be immersed in the writing and crafting of poetry, aiming to extend and explore creative and critical capacities....
Nugent wins Readings Children’s Book Prize 2019
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Carly Nugent has won the 2019 Readings Children’s Book Prize for The Peacock Detectives (Text). Nugent’s title was chosen from a shortlist of six, announced in February. She receives $3000....
HarperCollins acquires three new McTiernan novels
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to three new books from crime writer Dervla McTiernan, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown Australia. The first book in McTiernan’s new deal, which is...
Powers wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for ‘The Overstory’
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
In the US, Richard Powers has won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Overstory (Vintage). The Overstory tells the story of nine strangers brought together by...
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