‘Call me Zebra’ wins 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
In the US, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi has won the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel Call me Zebra (Alma Books), reports the Washington Post. The judges...
Hardie Grant Egmont sells two Sophie Beer titles to the US Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold North American rights to two books by illustrator Sophie Beer to Penguin imprint Dial Books for Young Readers. Beer’s book Love Makes a Family sold...
Screen Australia announces funding for ‘Zac Power the Movie’ Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Screen Australia has announced story development funding for Zac Power the Movie, an animated feature film based on the children’s book series of the same name published by Hardie Grant...
Program for inaugural Storyfest announced Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
The program for the inaugural Storyfest, running on the NSW South Coast from 21-23 June, has been announced. The festival’s gala dinner, featuring a conversation with Maggie Beer at Cupitt’s...
US orgs partner on ‘library-controlled’ ebook lending platform Archive
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
In the US, a new collaboration aims to provide all public libraries with a free and open, library-controlled platform to manage ebooks and audiobooks, reports Publishers Weekly. The Digital Public...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 winners announced; Griffiths wins book of the year Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
The winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards were presented at a ceremony at the State Library of NSW on 29 April. Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, by...
Stanford University proposes to end funding of university press Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
In the US, Stanford University is moving to end its annual US$1.7 million (A$2.4m) in financial support to its university press, reports Inside Higher Ed. University provost Persis Drell told...
S&S announces 100,000 in sales of ‘The Fast 800’; brings forward companion recipe book Archive
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Simon & Schuster Australia has brought forward the publication date of The Fast 800 Recipe Book (Claire Bailey & Justine Pattison) from September to 20 June, to coincide with Michael...
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist announced Archive
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,...
The Little Bookroom and Lost in Books collaborate on ‘All the Ways to be Smart’ giveaway Archive
Monday, 29 April 2019
Melbourne specialist children’s bookshop The Little Bookroom and Sydney-based multilingual children’s bookshop and social enterprise Lost in Books are collaborating on a picture book giveaway. Based in the culturally diverse...
PRH Write It! fellowship 2019 shortlist announced Archive
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...
March bestsellers: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top the charts Archive
Friday, 26 April 2019
New b-format editions have propelled Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers to the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in March and Tim Winton’s The Shepherd’s Hut into sixth place. Also debuting in...
St Martin’s Press acquires North American, audio rights to ‘Cilka’s Journey’ Archive
Friday, 26 April 2019
St Martin’s Press has acquired North American and audio rights to Cilka’s Journey, the sequel to Heather Morris’ bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo). Publishers Weekly reports that St Martin’s...
Barakat wins US$50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Archive
Friday, 26 April 2019
Lebanese author Hoda Barakat has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for her epistolary novel, The Night Mail (Dar al-Adab), reports the Bookseller. Barakat receives US$50,000 (A$70,470) and...
IPEd, APA to launch guide to inclusive publishing Archive
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...
Book buyer spotlight: Collins Booksellers’ Diana Johnston Archive
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Collins Booksellers national buying manager Diana Johnston ran the Collins Bairnsdale store in regional Victoria for over 15 years before becoming a buyer in the company’s head office. She spoke...
IPEd announces shortlist for Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced the shortlist for the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award 2019, known as the ‘Rosie’. The shortlisted editors are: Julia Carlomagno, for her work...
Ben Ball has joined Simon & Schuster Australia Archive
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 Archive
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...
McConnochie wins Green Earth Book Award for Children’s Fiction Archive
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Australian author Mardi McConnochie’s book The Flooded Earth (Pajama Press) has won the Best Children’s Fiction category of the US-based Green Earth Book Awards. Each year, environmental nonprofit the Nature...
UK publishers report uplift in non-traditional outlet sales Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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