What’s selling down under Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
A guide to household finance has topped the bestsellers chart in Australia for the second year running, with nearly one million Australians now owning a copy of financial commentator and...
Asylum seeker wins major literary award Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Writer, journalist and Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani, currently detained on Manus Island as part of the Australian government’s offshore detention policy for asylum seekers, has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize...
Tumarkin’s prize-winning ‘Axiomatic’ sold to US Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Brow Books has sold North American and Spanish-language rights to Maria Tumarkin’s prize-winning nonfiction book Axiomatic—a ‘boundary-shifting fusion of thinking, storytelling, reportage and meditation’—to Transit Books and Editorial Minúscula, respectively....
‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Beach reads and healthy eating titles are ubiquitous on the Australian bestsellers charts in the aftermath of Christmas, and this is reflected in January’s bestsellers. Liane Moriarty’s latest novel Nine...
US trade segment increased by 4.6% in 2018 Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
In the US, estimates from the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) StatShot program show that US publishers’ revenue for trade books was US$7.49 billion (A$10.57bn) in 2018, an increase of...
ASA advises authors to send takedown notices to Internet Archive Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) is advising authors to contact the Internet Archive and request the removal of their titles from the Open Library. The ASA has received a...
PRH Australia launches local speakers bureau Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced it will establish a local speakers bureau, which will coordinate PRH authors’ speaking engagements for corporate clients, and the business, government and academic...
Varuna announces shortlisted manuscripts for Publisher Introduction Program Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Varuna, the Writers’ House, has announced the shortlisted manuscripts for its 2019 Publisher Introduction Program (PIP). Twenty-four manuscripts by emerging Australian writers will be sent to publishers Allen & Unwin,...
KYD launches writing prize for school students Archive
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has launched a new writing prize, designed to develop, mentor, edit and publish the work of two writers from Australian secondary schools. The inaugural KYD School...
Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s ‘You Must Be Layla’ Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
‘At its heart, this is a noble debut with a likeable protagonist who exudes the kind of confidence that young girls need in literary role models.’ ... read Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen's...
Australian libraries’ oral histories recognised by UNESCO Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Oral histories from five Australian libraries' collections will be added to UNESCO's Australian Memory of the World (AMW) national register. Drawn from the oral history collections of the National Library of...
ACT Writers Centre: Hardcopy program applications open Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Applications for the 2019 Hardcopy program are now open. Hardcopy is a professional development program for emerging Australian writers, and the focus for the 2019 program will be on nonfiction....
Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Allen & Unwin is counting down the nanoseconds to its publication of Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s new interstellar epic Aurora Rising in May. Set in a universe brimming with...
Scribe acquires McKay’s debut novel Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Scribe has acquired world rights to Laura Jean McKay’s debut novel, The Animals in That Country, a literary spec-fic novel that imagines a world in which humans and animals might finally...
About the book Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Aurora Rising Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Allen & Unwin, May 2019 They’re not the heroes we deserve. They’re just the ones we could find. The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets...
Watch Amie and Jay talk about their new sci-fi epic Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Praise for the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling ‘The Illuminae Files’ Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
‘An exuberant mix of space opera, romance, zombies, hackers, and political thrills, told with eccentric aplomb.’—Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of Uglies and Impostors 'Never have I read a book so...
About the authors Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
New York Times bestselling co-authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff feast upon your tears and relish your screams. In addition to their internationally bestselling series 'The Illuminae Files', Amie is the...
Reading copy giveaway Archive
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 Archive
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Read an extract from Aurora Rising here.
US joins Marrakesh Treaty on book accessibility for the print disabled Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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...
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