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Three book companies make the 2018 Top 500 list

Thursday, 13 September 2018
Three Australian book industry companies have made the Top 500 Private Companies List, reports the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Book retailer The Co-Op and Australian Geographic ranked 330th, slightly down from last...

Scotland launches national strategy for school libraries

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
A new national strategy has been launched for school libraries in Scotland, after consultation with over 30 schools, reports BBC News. The recently published strategy is the first of its...

NZ author Salmond shortlisted for UK Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
New Zealand author Anne Salmond’s Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds (Auckland University Press) has been shortlisted for the British Academy’s 2018 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize. Salmond's book examines the early encounters...

Thames & Hudson to publish ‘Imagine John Yoko’ in October

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Imagine John Yoko by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with contributions from the people who were there 9 October 2018 | $65.00 | Published by Thames & Hudson Personally compiled...

Maitland councillors lodge rescission motion over public library funding

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
In NSW's Lower Hunter Valley region, three Liberal councillors from Maitland City Council have lodged a motion to reverse council support for public library funding, following the state government’s announcement of a $60...

Podcast spotlight: Conversations with Writers

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Launched in 2017, Conversations With Writers (CWW) goes 'beyond the press tour Q&As to discuss how their experiences and beliefs shape who they are and the tales they tell'. Produced...

$132k granted to regional NSW mobile library for upgrades

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
The Clarence Valley Council has upgraded its mobile library service after being granted $132,000 by the NSW state government for a new van, reports the Daily Examiner. The more ‘cost-efficient’...

Consenting adults: Kate Cuthbert on the romance novel and representations of sexuality after #MeToo

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Escape Publishing managing editor Kate Cuthbert gave the keynote address at this year’s Romance Writers of Australia conference. This is an edited extract of her speech. I’d like to begin...

Change for Sid Harta Publications

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Publisher: Sid Harta Publications Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services (BPS) Changeover date: 11 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.booktopia.com.au

Change for Secret Girl’s Business

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Publisher: Secret Girl’s Business Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services (BPS) Changeover date: 11 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.booktopia.com.au

All the Ways to Be Smart

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Smart is not just ticks and crosses, smart is building boats from boxes. Painting patterns, wheeling wagons, being mermaids, riding dragons … From the award-winning creators of The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade and Under...

Melbourne Prize for Literature finalists announced

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Finalists have been announced for this year's Melbourne Prize for Literature, as well as the Best Writing Award and the Readings Residency Award. The finalists for the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for...

IPA condemns issue of international arrest warrant for exiled Turkish publisher

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
In Turkey, a court has issued an Interpol red notice for exiled Turkish publisher and human rights activist Ragip Zarakolu, reports Turkish newspaper Ahval. Zarakolu is the director of Belge Publishing House,...

Jane Finemore appointed Queenscliffe Literary Festival programmer

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
It is with great excitment that the committee of the Queenscliffe Literary Festival, heading into it’s 5th year in 2019, has appointed Jane Finemore to be the first contracted Festival...

Five Mile suspends MOV until 31 December 2018

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
To thank all our retail partners for their ongoing support, Five Mile is suspending its minimum order value (MOV) requirements until 31 December 2018. All orders placed for Five Mile...

Changes at Simon & Schuster Australia

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Caitlin Withey has joined Simon & Schuster Australia in the newly created position of International & Client Product Director. Anna Stelter has been promoted to the newly created position of...

Change for Dirt Lane Press

Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Publisher: Dirt Lane Press ISBN prefix: 97806480238 Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Peribo Changeover date: 12 September 2018 Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.peribo.com.au

Queer literature festival to launch in India

Tuesday, 11 September 2018
In India, a new literary festival for LGBTIQIA+ readers and writers will be hosted by the city of Lucknow in November, reports the Times of India. Organised by the the Awadh...

Writers, literary orgs among latest OzCo funding recipients

Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Twenty-nine writers and literary organisations are among the recipients of the latest Australia Council grants round, which awarded $6.3 million to more than 200 projects. Grants in the literary category...

Harper wins Barry Award for Best First Novel

Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Jane Harper has won the Barry Award for Best First Novel for her 2017 novel The Dry (Pan). The annual literary crime awards, named for American critic and crime fiction...

McLean’s debut mystery novel sold in four territories

Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Australian author Felicity McLean’s forthcoming debut novel The Van Apfel Girls are Gone (HarperCollins, April 2019) has been sold in four territories, including to Algonquin Books in North America and...

Orr, Groth named as finalists in Canadian children’s book awards

Monday, 10 September 2018
Two Australian authors are among the finalists of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s (CCBC) children’s book awards. Dragonfly Song (A&U) by Canadian-born Australian author Wendy Orr has been shortlisted for the...

Waterstones buys Foyles

Monday, 10 September 2018
British bookshop chain Waterstones has acquired independent bookselling chain Foyles, reports the Bookseller. Foyles has been a family-run business for 115 years, and currently operates four shops in London, and...

Jackson-Bourke named inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence

Monday, 10 September 2018
Auckland-based playwright Leki Jackson-Bourke has been announced as the inaugural Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Run by the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University of Wellington, the...