Reading copy giveaway
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Be one of the first to read Aurora Rising. Email us at childrensmarketing@allenandunwin.com for your chance to receive one of ten proof copies.
Sample chapter
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Read an extract from Aurora Rising here.
US joins Marrakesh Treaty on book accessibility for the print disabled
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
The US has become the 50th member to join the Marrakesh Treaty in a move that will see an estimated 550,000 additional books available to the blind and print disabled....
Shortlists announced for 2019 Library Design Awards
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Nine libraries have been shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) Library Design Awards for new and refurbished libraries. In the running are: Public libraries Bunjil Place...
The Land Girls
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
From the bestselling Australian author of The Last of the Bonegilla Girls comes a moving story of love, loss and survival against the odds. It was never just a man's...
CBCA Vic: Night of the Notables and award events
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) announces that the CBCA Awards will be hosted by the Victorian Branch. The event schedule is as follows: Notable Books will be revealed on CBCA...
Editors NSW workshop: Intermediate to advanced Word
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Editors NSW is running a workshop on intermediate to advanced Word, presented by Denise Tsagaris. This Microsoft Word workshop will provide experienced users with the skills to work with document...
Cabrera appointed CEO of Lonely Planet
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Lonely Planet has appointed Luis Cabrera as president and CEO. New partnerships and acquisitions, as well as diversification, will be top priorities for Cabrera, according to a statement from Lonely...
Verso launches fiction imprint
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Independent, radical publisher Verso will launch a fiction imprint later this year, reports Publishers Weekly. Verso Fiction will release its first two titles in late 2019: Will and Testament, a novel...
FitzSimons announced as ambassador for inaugural International Military Writers’ Festival
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
A new three-day festival focusing on military writing has been announced as part of the inaugural Territory Tribute series of events in Darwin. Running from 5-7 April, the International Military...
Fremantle signs two debut authors from Hungerford shortlist
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Fremantle Press has acquired ANZ rights to two debut books from authors who were shortlisted for last year’s T A G Hungerford Award. Books by writers Julie Sprigg and Yuot...
Personnel changes at Overland; Corbett appointed fiction editor
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Literary journal Overland has announced a number of changes to its editorial team. Author Claire Corbett has been announced as Overland’s new fiction editor, taking over from outgoing fiction editor...
Michelle Evans thanks the book industry for its support
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Michelle Evans, wife of the late Garry Evans, of Harbour Bookshop Ulladulla and Harbour Publishing, would like to thank the book industry for their condolences, cards, flowers and messages of...
About the book
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Philadelphia, 1961. After having to give up his brother to save his own life, hitman Blake Saunders flees the Mob and seeks refuge on the other side of the world....
Advance praise
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
'Part Goodfellas and part love letter to Australian coastal towns, this wonderfully imagined crime novel is like riding the perfect wave.' —Michael Robotham ‘Dave Warner captures the heyday and spirit...
Interview with the author
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
You’re a musician by trade and each of your books seems to have its own soundtrack. Tell us about the particular era and style of music that inspired your new...
About the author
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Dave Warner is an author, musician and screenwriter. His first novel City of Light won the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Fiction, and Before it Breaks the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian...
Tour dates
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Western Australia: 26 March to 6 April 2019 New South Wales: 10 to 17 April 2019 Contact Fremantle Press for event bookings: admin@fremantlepress.com.au or (08) 9430 6331.
Digital assets
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Read a sample chapter of River of Salt here. Download the Book Club notes here. See the marketing kit for booksellers here.
Free advance copies
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Fremantle Press is giving away five free advance reading copies of River of Salt. To be in the running contact admin@fremantlepress.com.au.
Full program announced for IPEd National Editors Conference 2019
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
The full program has been announced for the Institute of Professional Editors’ (IPEd) National Editors Conference, which runs from 8-10 May in Melbourne. Running under the theme ‘Beyond the page’,...
French media company Vivendi buys publisher
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
French media company Vivendi has bought French-language publisher Editis from Spanish owner Planeta in a deal that values the business at €900 million ($A1.4bn), reports BookBrunch. Editis is the second-largest...
‘Catching Teller Crow’ sold to UK, US
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
UK and US rights to Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina's YA novel Catching Teller Crow (A&U) have been sold to Penguin Children's Books UK and Knopf respectively. The book will be published in...
Tan’s ‘Rubik’ optioned for film
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Brio Books has sold the film option to Elizabeth Tan’s debut novel Rubik to Australian production company Photoplay. Photoplay develops projects in film, television, web and virtual reality, and is known for its...
Monday, 11 February 2019
Allen & Unwin is thrilled to be publishing a new novel from Dominic Smith, the award-winning author of acclaimed bestseller The Last Painting of Sara de Vos. The Electric Hotel...
About the book
Monday, 11 February 2019
Paris, 1895: 20-year-old Claude Ballard interviews for a job as a ‘concession agent’ for the Lumière Brothers. With a CV, such that it is, that contains film of his sister’s...
From the publisher
Monday, 11 February 2019
I stayed up all night reading The Electric Hotel and can still instantly conjure the thrill of being lost in its pages. It is one of those very rare books...
From the author, Dominic Smith
Monday, 11 February 2019
I was overwhelmed by your support and enthusiasm for The Last Painting of Sara de Vos. As I met with booksellers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and beyond, I was struck...
Researching the book: Travels in the world of early silent film
Monday, 11 February 2019
A silent film festival in northern Italy, a trip to the archives at the Library of Congress, a walk through the Lumière brothers’ family home in Lyon (now a museum),...
About the author
Monday, 11 February 2019
Dominic grew up in Sydney and now lives in Austin, Texas. He is the author, most recently, of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, an acclaimed bestseller in Australia, winning...
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