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Murdoch Books launches rebrand  Archive

Thursday, 14 March 2019
Murdoch Books AU and UK has rebranded as part of an ongoing strategy to expand its position as a market-leading international lifestyle publisher. ‘Our rebrand is the visual reflection of...

Man Booker International 2019 longlist announced  Archive

Thursday, 14 March 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for translated fiction has been announced. The 13 longlisted titles are: Celestial Bodies (Jokha Alharthi, trans by Marilyn Booth, Sandstone Press) Love...

Redgum to launch ‘full-service’ schools program  Archive

Thursday, 14 March 2019
Redgum Book Club is launching a ‘full-service’ literary service for schools, parents and students, which will be available nationwide. Redgum, which recently acquired school book fair provider Central Book Suppliers,...

Cornelius wins $234k Windham-Campbell Prize  Archive

Thursday, 14 March 2019
Playwright Patricia Cornelius is one of eight winners of the 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize, which recognises English-language writers who ‘have left their mark on the world of literature or theatre’ and...

Books+Publishing magazine Issue 1 2019  Archive

Thursday, 14 March 2019
First published in June 1921, Books+Publishing has been a vital source of news, reviews and insight into the book industry for almost 100 years. In celebration of our 100th birthday...

Hachette launches modern classics list  Archive

Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Hachette has announced its first cross-publisher modern classics list to be published in its international territories, including Australia, New Zealand, India and Ireland. Hachette Essentials comprises a curated selection of...

Parrish nominated in Lambda Literary Awards  Archive

Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Australian Canada-based comics artist Tommi Parrish has been announced as a finalist in the 31st annual Lambda Literary Awards—known as the ‘Lammys’—for their book The Lie and How We Told...

Four ANZ publishers nominated for Bologna Prize  Archive

bologna logo Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Four Australian and New Zealand publishers have been nominated for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category. The shortlisted publishers are Scribble Kids’...

Stella Prize 2019 shortlist announced  Archive

Friday, 8 March 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Stella Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Little Gods (Jenny Ackland, A&U) The Bridge (Enza Gandolfo, Scribe) Pink Mountain on Locust Island (Jamie...

YA debut sells to US, Netherlands  Archive

Friday, 8 March 2019
Catherine Drayton of Inkwell Management has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Helena Fox's forthcoming YA novel How it Feels to Float (Pan Australia, May) to Penguin US imprint...

No ‘Daily’ on Monday  Archive

Friday, 8 March 2019
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Monday (Victoria, South Australia, ACT and Tasmania), the next Daily newsletter will be published on Tuesday, 12 March.

ABIA 2019 longlists announced  Archive

Thursday, 7 March 2019
The longlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Nine Perfect Strangers (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan)...

Change for Anderson Press  Archive

Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Publisher: Anderson Press Old distributor: PRH New distributor: Walker Books Changeover date: 1 August 2019 Returns cut-off date: 30 August 2019 (See classified.)