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Change for Windy Hollow Books

Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Publisher: Windy Hollow Books ISBN prefix: 978192208 978192113 978187661 Old distributor: Peribo New distributor: New South Books Changeover date: 1 April 2019 Returns cut-off: 29 March 2019

Schwartz City now distributed by Books at Manic

Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Schwartz City, art book imprint of Black Inc., is now distributed by Books at Manic. For sales and distribution please contact Books at Manic on +61 3 9380 5337 or...

‘The Trauma Cleaner’ longlisted for Wellcome Book Prize

Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay and Disaster (Text) has been longlisted for the UK’s Wellcome Book Prize. The annual prize, worth £30,000 (A$53,720),...

Hager wins Margaret Mahy Medal

Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Wellington-based author Mandy Hager has won the 2019 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, presented annually for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. Hager is the author of...

MWF to move to State Library Victoria

Tuesday, 5 February 2019
The Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) will move its headquarters this year to State Library Victoria (SLV), after 10 years of being based at Federation Square. The library’s ongoing Vision2020 redevelopment...

New Salinger writings to be published, confirms son

Tuesday, 5 February 2019
The unpublished work of J D Salinger will be published in the near future, Salinger's son Matt Salinger has confirmed in an interview with the Guardian. Salinger, who published his last...

Wakefield launches dedicated YA list

Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Adelaide-based small publisher Wakefield Press will launch a dedicated YA list this year, under the direction of newly appointed publisher Margot Lloyd. Wakefield aims to publish three to four YA...

Moriarty’s ‘Bronte Mettlestone’ sold to UK

Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Jill Grinberg of Jill Grinberg Literary Management has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone (Jaclyn Moriarty, A&U) to Guppy Books, a...

Amazon reports 31% net sales increase in 2018

Monday, 4 February 2019
Amazon has released full-year financial results, showing a net sales increase of 31% in 2018. The retailer earned net sales of US$232.9 billion (A$321.3bn) this year, compared with US$177.9bn (A$245.4)...

‘KYD’ announces Varuna fellowships

the logo for kill your darlings Monday, 4 February 2019
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) will partner with Varuna to offer a week-long fellowship for the writers shortlisted for KYD’s 2019 unpublished manuscript award. The fellowship will take place at Varuna, the National...

Friday, 1 February 2019
Affirm Press is excited to introduce our big debut for 2019, Eight Lives. This tense thriller will sweep you up in intrigue as a superb, high-stakes drama plays out, revolving...

About the book

Friday, 1 February 2019
A brilliant young doctor is dead … and someone has to take the blame Former refugee David Tran becomes the Golden Boy of Australian medical research and invents a drug...

About the author

Friday, 1 February 2019
Professor Susan Hurley’s 30 years’ experience in the competitive and commercially pressured pharmaceutical world motivated her to write the keenly awaited new thriller Eight Lives. Her writing has appeared in...

Publicity and marketing campaign

Friday, 1 February 2019
Susan and the subject matter of this extraordinary thriller are gaining media attention with major national media already confirmed; Susan will be a guest at writers’ festivals and major events...

Sample chapter

Friday, 1 February 2019
Read the first chapters of Eight Lives here.

Reading copy giveaway

Friday, 1 February 2019
We hope most stores have received your advance reading copy packs, but if you haven’t contact keiran.rogers@affirmpress.com.au now.

VPLAs 2019: Manus detainee Boochani wins $100k top prize

Friday, 1 February 2019
Writer, journalist and Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani, currently detained on Manus Island, has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for his book No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from...

‘The Saturday Paper’ shelves anonymous book reviews

Thursday, 31 January 2019
‘The problem with pseudonymous reviewing is that it deprives us, as readers, of encountering strong critical voices and developing a relationship with them at a point when Australian book reviewing...

Books+Publishing office move

Thursday, 31 January 2019
Books+Publishing has moved to a new office location. Please send all future postal items, including manuscripts for review, to the following address: Books+Publishing, Level 1, Building 1, 658 Church Street,...

UNSW Bookshop reopens with new cafe and event spaces

Thursday, 31 January 2019
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has reopened the UNSW Bookshop after a major refurbishment, with a reading room, central room for events, and new Atomic Press cafe. The...

Thursday, 31 January 2019
You probably don’t believe in the Malamander. You maybe think there’s no way a fish-man can be real. And that’s fine. In fact, do yourself a favour and stop reading...