Book-to-screen Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Australian producer Bruna Papandrea’s company Made Up Stories—best known for co-producing the TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies—has acquired screen rights to Holly Ringland’s bestselling debut novel The...
Introducing Madeleine St John’s ‘The Women in Black’ Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Madeleine St John’s The Women in Black was in hot demand at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year after Text Publishing recently acquired translation rights. The coming-of-age story set in...
IPEd: Entries now open for 2018 IPEd Prize Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Institute of Professional Editors IPEd is now calling for entries for the 2018 IPEd Prize. Entires must be submitted no later than 14 January 2019. For more information on how...
Quote of the week Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Once you move from thinking in terms of retrofitting to an inclusive publishing model, which embeds accessibility requirements into the publishing workflow, much of the cost actually falls away'—Sarah Runcie...
Southeast Queensland libraries launch annual Christmas amnesty Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Brisbane City Council has launched its ninth annual Christmas amnesty to encourage the return of over 75,000 missing items, including 12,000 missing books, across Brisbane’s 1.4 million-item library collection, reports...
Accessible print for all: Sarah Runcie on the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
In October Sarah Runcie from the Australian Publishers Association (APA) travelled to Tokyo to address the Advanced Publishing Lab at Keio University about the APA's Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative (AIPI). She...
Podcast spotlight: So You Want to Be a Writer Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Established in 2014, So You Want to Be a Writer is made by the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) and co-hosted by author Allison Tait and AWC CEO Valerie Khoo. Each episode covers...
RiP Stan Lee Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
American comic book writer, editor and publisher Stan Lee has died, aged 95. Born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York City in 1922, Lee started working in publishing aged 17,...
New Oran Park library wins 2018 Outstanding Community Project of the Year award Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
A new $14 million library and community resource centre at Oran Park Town, NSW, has received the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue (the Dialogue) Outstanding Community Project of the Year award,...
Book Aid International to donate £500k worth of books to Ghana libraries Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
UK charity Book Aid International has signed a partnership with the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) to supply the country's public, school and special libraries with books, reports Ghanaian news outlet...
Please complete our reader survey Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Books+Publishing is currently conducting a reader survey to help us improve our publications. The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete. To participate in the survey, click here. If you...
Star-crossed Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Sometimes destiny needs a nudge in the right direction... When Justine Carmichael (Sagittarius, aspiring journalist and sceptic) bumps into her old friend Nick Jordan (Aquarius, struggling actor and true believer)...
Gerald Murnane’s ‘A Season on Earth’ Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Murnane’s early writing, as shown here, is accessible and often humorous in his own dry way. As he becomes more recognised, both locally and internationally, A Season on Earth could be recommended...
Change for Gecko Press in Australia Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Publisher: Gecko Press Old distributor: Scholastic Australia New distributor: Walker Books (HEDS) (See classified.) Changeover date: 1 March 2019 Returns cut-off date: 15 March 2019 (See classified.) Contact URL: www.geckopress.com
Walker Books to distribute Gecko Press Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Walker Books is delighted to announce that they will be the distributor for award-winning Wellington-based publishing house Gecko Press, from 1 March 2019 in Australia. For all product and order...
ALIA: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarship; Lyndall Ley Grant Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is offering two scholarships to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The scholarship awards the successful applicant with ALIA student membership for one...
Cuthbert appointed program manager at Writers Victoria Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Kate Cuthbert has joined Writers Victoria as program manager. Cuthbert was previously managing editor of Escape Publishing, and director of member services at ALIA.
IPEd National Editors Conference: Call for papers Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference committee is asking for expressions of interest from editors, indexers and other publishing professionals, researchers, students and associates to present ideas, topics and...
Change for Pirgos Press Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Publisher: Pirgos Press Old distributor: Dennis Jones & Associates New distributor: Boolarong Press of Brisbane Returns not accepted Contact URL: www.susannadevries.com
Returns for Finch Publishing Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
HEDS advises that as Finch Publishing is ceasing sales in late December, the deadline for sending a returns request for Finch titles is 3 December. The deadline for the return...
Changes in Gecko Press distribution Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
From 1 March 2019, Scholastic Australia will no longer have the distribution rights for the following publisher: Gecko Press. Scholastic will cease accepting books into our warehouse on 31 March...
‘Hunter Wine’ wins 2018 WCA Best Wine Book Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
NewSouth is thrilled to share the news that Hunter Wine: A History was awarded Best Wine Book at the 2018 WCA Wine Communicator of the Year Awards. Congratulations to authors...
Sandy Weir joins Echo Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Echo Publishing is delighted to announce Sandy Weir has joined the marketing team on a part-time basis. Sandy’s vast experience and publishing knowledge will ensure that Echo’s reach will be...
Leading Edge to hold 2019 conference in Adelaide Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Leading Edge Books (LEB) will hold its annual conference on 17-19 March at the Hilton Adelaide in South Australia. With the theme ‘making connections’, the conference program will incorporate the...
Copyright Agency launches legal action against universities Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The Copyright Agency has lodged action in the Copyright Tribunal against Universities Australia, the peak body representing universities, over the terms of the licensing agreement for distributing content. Universities Australia,...
‘Bad Blood’ wins 2018 Business Book of the Year Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
In the UK, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Picador) by investigative journalist John Carreyou has won the 2018 Financial Times (FT) and McKinsey & Company Business Book of...
Change of distribution for Pirgos Press Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Following the liquidation of Dennis Jones book distributors, Pirgos Press announce their titles Blue Ribbons, Bitter Bread, Australian Heroines of World War One, Royal Marriages: Diana, Camilla, Kate & Meghan...
Deborah Cass 2018 prize shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted works are: ‘Bread of the dead’ by Shannon Anima (Canada) ‘The...
UAE grants companies accreditation to self-monitor book content Archive
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), regulatory body the National Media Council (NMC) has granted Content Self-Monitoring Program (CSMP) accreditation to five book industry companies so they can monitor the content...
Voss Literary Prize 2018 shortlist announced Archive
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo) The Last Garden (Eva Hornung, Text) The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U) Storyland...
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