Pantera sells 10 Rowland Sinclair mysteries to UK Archive
Friday, 12 April 2019
Pantera Press has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to the first 10 books in the 'Rowland Sinclair Mysteries' series (Sulari Gentill) to independent UK publisher Oldcastle...
‘Uplifting nonfiction’ in demand at LBF Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Australian publishers attending the 2019 London Book Fair have reported an interest in ‘uplifting or inspiring nonfiction’. Allen & Unwin rights manager Maggie Thompson said a big trend in narrative...
Get to know … Murdoch Books Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Think Australian interviewed publishing director Lou Johnson about Murdoch Books' rebranding and forthcoming titles. What makes Murdoch Books unique? A whole combination of things. The fact that we have such...
‘No Friend but the Mountains’ sells into nine territories Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Writer, journalist and Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani’s award-winning memoir No Friend but the Mountains (Picador) has been sold in nine territories, including the US and the UK. Boochani, who is...
‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
New paperback 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....
‘The Erratics’ wins Stella Prize Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won Australia’s prestigious Stella Prize for women writers for her memoir The Erratics (Fourth Estate), which tells the story of an estranged daughter who journeys home to...
Hachette UK opens new distribution centre Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Hachette UK CEO David Shelley has opened the company's new Hely Hutchinson distribution centre in Oxfordshire. The 23,000 sqm building, which Shelley described as ‘the best distribution centre in Europe,...
ABIA 2019 shortlists announced Archive
Thursday, 11 April 2019
The shortlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Scrublands (Chris Hammer, A&U) The Lost Flowers...
Tony Birch on identity and storytelling Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
'What has changed in the last decade, a remarkable shift that critics of festivals ignore, is that Aboriginal writers now appear in greater numbers, and we get to speak for...
The prize is right: Authors on winning an unpublished manuscript prize Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
How does winning an unpublished manuscript prize affect the careers of debut authors? Jackie Tang talks to two recent winners. It’s difficult to ignore the sheer number of unpublished manuscript...
Soeterboek leaves NewSouth for UTS Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Nella Soeterboek, the outgoing director of NewSouth Books, has joined the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion as partnerships manager.
Books at MIFF: Submissions open Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Submissions are now open for the 37ºSouth’s Books at MIFF (BaM) program. Australian and NZ publishers and literary agents who are film rights holders of books that have cinematic potential...
George Robertson Award 2019 winners announced Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
The winners of the 2019 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry, were announced by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) on 4 April. The...
Hardie Grant Egmont to publish ‘period guide’ by Yumi Stynes, Melissa Kang Archive
Wednesday, 10 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...
New database explores diversity in children’s books Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literacy (NCACL) has launched a cultural diversity database designed to help librarians, teachers, parents and readers find books that ‘feature Australia’s culturally diverse population’....
Editors Victoria: Dinner meeting Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Editors Victoria is holding a dinner meeting featuring Peter Davies. Formerly the assistant manager, reports and communications, in the Victorian Attorney-General’s department, Davis will reveal the ins and outs of...
New ambassadors, initiatives for 2019 Australian Reading Hour announced Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Australian Reading Hour has announced its ambassadors and several new initiatives for this year’s event, which will be held on 19 September. Mick Elliott, Anthony Field, Karen Manbulloo, Sally Rippin...
Man Booker International Prize 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Celestial Bodies (Jokha Alharthi, trans by Marilyn Booth, Sandstone Press) The Years (Annie Ernaux, trans by...
ALA publishes list of Top 11 Most Challenged Books in 2018 Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Alex Gino’s George (Scholastic) was the most challenged or banned title in US libraries, schools and universities in 2018 for its inclusion of a transgender character, according to the American...
Andrada wins Anne Elder Award 2018 for ‘Flood Damages’ Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Australian Poetry has announced Eunice Andrada as the winner 2018 Anne Elder Award for her collection Flood Damages (Giramondo). The Anne Elder Award, established in 1977, is awarded annually to...
NZ, Oz writers shortlisted for 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Archive
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Two New Zealanders and one Australian writer are among the finalists for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. New Zealand writer Maria Samuela was shortlisted for ‘Bluey’, as was Harley...
Laveau-Harvie wins 2019 Stella Prize for debut ‘The Erratics’ Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won the 2019 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her memoir The Erratics (Fourth Estate). Judging panel chair Louise Swinn said The Erratics, which tells the story of...
Changes at Books+Publishing in 2019 Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Books+Publishing has undergone a series of significant changes over the past year as the business transitions to local ownership again, and we thought it would be useful to fill you...
Waterstones staff deliver petition, self-published book with backing of 9000 Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Staff at UK bookselling chain Waterstones have handed in their petition for a ‘real living wage’, featuring more than 9000 signatures, to the chain’s head office in London, reports the...
NewSouth to publish new play series; acquires ‘The 13-Storey Treehouse’ adaptation Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
NewSouth will publish Richard Tulloch’s playscript The 13-Storey Treehouse as part of its new play series in August 2019. NewSouth said the play ‘brings to life all the imaginative wonders’...
Brow Books acquires two Lau novels, Pham debut Archive
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Brow Books has acquired world rights to two novels by Jamie Marina Lau. Gunk Baby, which will be published in 2020, follows the character Leen, who has just opened an...
Shortlist announced for 2019 Jhalak Prize for BAME writers Archive
Monday, 8 April 2019
The shortlist for the UK’s Jhalak Prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures (Roma...
The Paperback Bookshop celebrates 50 years Archive
Monday, 8 April 2019
The Paperback Bookshop in Melbourne's CBD is celebrating its 50th anniversary in April. Current co-owner Rosy Morton, who has owned the shop since 2000, said that she’s heard differing accounts...
Young shortlisted for 2019 Folio Prize Archive
Friday, 5 April 2019
New Zealand writer Ashleigh Young has been shortlisted for the UK's Rathbones Folio Prize. Her Windham-Campell Prize-winning essay collection Can You Tolerate This? (Giramondo) is one of eight books in...
International Dublin Literary Award 2019 shortlist announced Archive
Friday, 5 April 2019
The shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award 2019 has been announced. The 10 shortlisted titles are: Compass (Mathias Énard, trans by Charlotte Mandell, Fitzcarraldo Editions) History of Wolves (Emily...
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