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Aurealis Awards 2018 finalists announced

Thursday, 21 February 2019
The finalists for the 2018 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The finalists are: Best science fiction novel Scales of Empire...

RiP Janet Mackenzie

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Founding member of the Society of Editors Victoria (now Editors Victoria) Janet Mackenzie has died, aged 71. Born in Melbourne in 1947, Mackenzie graduated from the University of Melbourne with...

SLV extends fellowships program with three new fellowships

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
State Library Victoria (SLV) will this year offer three new fellowships alongside its regular fellowships program. The inaugural fellowships to be offered this year are: Photography Fellowship: offered to an...

Change for IFWG Publishing Australia

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 30 January 2019 Returns cut-off date: Returns not accepted

Survey: The Writers’ Editor project 2019

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Abigail Nathan of Bothersome Words is running a survey to find out what sort of writing/editing/publishing assistance writers currently need, and how freelance editors can best collaborate with them. The...

ABIA Business Award nominations open

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced that nominations are now open for the ABIA Business Awards in the categories: Publisher of the Year Small Publisher of the Year Retailer of...

Germany’s largest wholesaler files for bankruptcy

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Germany’s largest book wholesaler and distributor, KNV, has filed for bankruptcy, reports Publishers Weekly. On Thursday, 14 February, the managing directors of companies within the KNV Group filed for bankruptcy,...

Jennings, Colpoys longlisted for Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Australian children's author Paul Jennings and illustrator Allison Colpoys have been longlisted for the UK's 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals respectively. Jennings' novel A Different Boy (A&U), illustrated by Australian artist...

Big Sky lands 17-book deal for US rights

Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Big Sky Publishing has sold North American and US territories rights to 17 children’s book titles to independent educational publishing house Rosen Publishing. Set in motion at the 2018 Frankfurt...

Pearson sells US textbook business

Tuesday, 19 February 2019
UK educational publisher Pearson is selling its US textbook business to private equity group Nexus Capital Management and is shifting its focus to digital, reports the Financial Times. Pearson's US K12...

Simon & Schuster sales flat in 2018

Monday, 18 February 2019
Simon & Schuster worldwide revenues fell marginally from US$830 million (A$1.16bn) in 2017 to US$825 million (A$1.15bn) in 2018, reports Publishers Weekly. During 2018 domestic sales in adult and children's books...

VIPs announced for SWF 2019

Monday, 18 February 2019
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the guests attending the 2019 Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program, to be held alongside the Sydney Writers’ Festival in late April and...

$100,000 Puffin bookseller grant

Friday, 15 February 2019
Penguin Random House has a steadfast commitment to children’s books and is passionate about getting the next generation reading. To celebrate, we want to help booksellers across Australia with a...

Puffin’s Picks

Friday, 15 February 2019
February also marks the official launch of the Puffin’s Picks promotion, where consumers can purchase any two books marked with a Puffin’s Picks sticker and they will receive a FREE...

Puffin activity pack

Friday, 15 February 2019
To help further entice little readers to get involved, a fun-filled downloadable Puffin Activity Pack has been created to print off and use in stores, in schools or even at home. If...

Puffin Club call out

Friday, 15 February 2019
Were you ever in the Puffin Club as a kid? Did you own a Puffin Club card? If so we would LOVE to hear from you. If you have any...

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Friday, 15 February 2019
Our new website has launched and a brand new Puffin newsletter will be making its first appearance shortly. To register for Puffin updates, please visit the website and register online here....

Hardie Grant acquires Turnbull memoir

Friday, 15 February 2019
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to a memoir by former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The book is described as ‘an in-depth and definitive narrative of Turnbull’s prime ministership...

EU agrees on copyright directive

Friday, 15 February 2019
The European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission have made an agreement on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, which modernises copyright law...

Morris, Morton, Nunn shortlisted for 2019 Audie Awards

Friday, 15 February 2019
Three Australian audiobooks have been named as finalists in the 2019 Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) in the US. The audiobook editons of The Tattooist of Auschwitz...

Brow Books’ newest rights opportunities

Thursday, 14 February 2019
Brow Books’ newest titles include Mandy Ord’s nonfiction graphic memoir When One Person Dies The Whole World Is Over, visual artist Mary Leunig’s first book in 25 years One Good Turn, and...

What’s selling down under

Thursday, 14 February 2019
A guide to household finance has topped the bestsellers chart in Australia for the second year running, with nearly one million Australians now owning a copy of financial commentator and...

Asylum seeker wins major literary award

Thursday, 14 February 2019
Writer, journalist and Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani, currently detained on Manus Island as part of the Australian government’s offshore detention policy for asylum seekers, has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize...

 

 

 

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