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Hachette acquires middle-grade, YA novels by Binks Archive

Friday, 5 July 2019
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a middle-grade novel, The Year the Maps Changed, and a yet to be titled YA novel by literary agent Danielle Binks. The two-book...

Ovato to invest $1m in Melbourne printing facility Archive

Friday, 5 July 2019
Ovato Book Printing, formerly Griffin Press, will invest $1 million in new technology as part of a new print-on-demand (POD) strategy. In June, Ovato relocated its POD service from Adelaide...

New KYD program to focus on regional Victorian writers Archive

Thursday, 4 July 2019
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced a new publishing program for regional Victorian writers. From August 2019 to June 2020, KYD will publish the work of regional Victorian writers every...

ABDA launches student prizes Archive

Thursday, 4 July 2019
The Australian Book Design Association (ABDA) has announced it will award student prizes at the 2020 ABDA Awards. The inaugural student prizes will be judged in two categories: best cover...

NSW libraries get $36.5m boost Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
The NSW state government has announced a funding boost of $36.5m to public libraries in 2019/20, as part of a total of $60m in additional funding over four years. NSW...

S&S latest publisher to change digital book lending terms Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
In the US, Simon & Schuster (S&S) has become the fourth of the Big Five publishers to change its digital book licensing terms for libraries in the past year, reports...

Is YA okay?: The state of Australian young adult literature Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
With reports from the UK showing a sharp decline in sales of YA fiction, Jackie Tang explores whether the Australian market is experiencing similar changes. When UK trade publication the...

Children’s publishing: networking drinks Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Children’s publishing professionals are invited to a 'Christmas in July' event. Celebrate and catch up with friends and colleagues from all publishing houses. Eat, drink, be merry, win bookish prizes...

Scribe, Varuna partner on new mentorship program Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Scribe and Varuna, The Writers’ House, have partnered to offer a new mentorship program to three writers. The partnership combines a Varuna residency with an intensive mentorship with Scribe editors....

Lorne Beach Books for sale Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Bookshop for sale Lorne Beach Books, Lorne, Vic Opened in 1999 by David and Meryl Bartak after 20 years of owning and operating Black Mask Books in Toorak Rd, South...

Danger Prize: Nominations open Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival has announced that nominations are open for the Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, TV series, podcast or film about Sydney crime released in...

Change for Tara Books Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Publisher: Tara Books Old distributor: Self-distributed New distributor: Books at Manic Changeover date: 1 July 2019

Change for Gibbs Smith Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Publisher: Gibbs Smith ISBN prefix: 97814236 978158685 Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 31 August 2019 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2019

Change for Island Press Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Publisher: Island Press Old distributor: New South New distributor: Footprint Changeover date: 1 August 2019 Returns cut-off: 30 September 2019 Contact URL: www.footprint.com.au

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019 shortlist announced Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Lebs (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) A Sand Archive (Gregory Day, Picador) A Stolen...

Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2019 shortlists announced Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
The shortlists for the 2019 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Birth to three years A Monster in...

Brown wins 2019 ALS Gold Medal Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Pam Brown has won the 2019 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for her poetry collection click here for what we do (Vagabond). Brown’s collection was chosen from a shortlist...

Avid Reader in-store with Patrick Boone: Publishing around the globe Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Join Patrick Boone for a talk about book publishing, selling, and distributing in the Netherlands. Patrick has interviewed start-ups in Iran, bookshops in India, and publishers in Nepal—his experience means...

Five Mile sells UK, US and Canadian rights to Love Your Body Archive

Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Five Mile has sold UK, US and Canadian rights to Jessica Sanders’ picture book Love Your Body (illus by Carol Rossetti) to the Quarto Group. With the latest deal, made...

Publishers Weekly Archive

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This...

Boochani, Fidler, Winch announced in first line-up for Ubud 2019 Archive

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced its first guests for the 2019 festival, which will run from 23–27 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Headlining the festival is Kurdish-Iranian journalist...

A&U acquires local rights to C S Pacat YA trilogy Archive

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to C S Pacat’s YA trilogy ‘Dark Rise’. In the trilogy, which is set in an alternate London, ‘the heroes and villains...

Thames & Hudson to open Sydney office; Heath to join as associate publisher Archive

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Thames & Hudson (T&H) has announced an expansion of its Australian publishing division, with former Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) executive publisher Sally Heath to join the company as associate publisher...

Locus Awards winners announced Archive

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
In the US, the winners of the 2019 Locus Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing have been announced. Winners include: The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal, Tor) in the...

Retailers to benefit from consolidated music licensing deal Archive

Tuesday, 2 July 2019
From today, retailers will only need to secure one music license to play music in their stores, rather than two separate licenses from two rights management bodies. A new joint...

Happy reading Archive

Monday, 1 July 2019
For good value—we find, source and deliver the best products from all over the world. While doing this, we give you a great shopping experience, since we are always here...

PRH announces inaugural recipients of Write It! program Archive

Monday, 1 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia has announced the inaugural recipients of its Write It! program for underrepresented writers. Chosen from a shortlist of 12, the four recipients are: Annie McCann for...

UK publishing employment up 3.9% in 2018 Archive

Monday, 1 July 2019
In the UK, publishing industry employment was up 3.9% in 2018, growing from 192,000 jobs in 2017 to 199,000 in 2018, reports the Bookseller. The figures from the Department for...

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