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Debut ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ sells in 19 territories

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Australian author Holly Ringland’s forthcoming debut novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (HarperCollins), has sold into 19 territories. Ringland’s debut is a coming-of-age story about a young girl, Alice,...

Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against S&S

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
In the US, far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has withdrawn his lawsuit against Simon & Schuster (S&S), reports the Guardian. In documents filed in New York state supreme court, Yiannopoulos and...

Shop fitout for sale

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Collins Booksellers Bacchus Marsh has a full shop fitout available for $20,000. High quality, and still in very good condition. Please contact via email for photos and further details. Available...

Lonely Planet annual stocktake

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Lonely Planet will be conducting its annual stocktake on Friday 23 February. Orders placed by 12 noon on Thursday 22nd will be dispatched prior to the warehouse closing. Regular warehouse...

Pan to publish ‘Terry’s Dumb Dot Story’

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
On 27 February, Pan Macmillan Australia will publish Terry’s Dumb Dot Story, a new ‘Treehouse’ short story by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. It will retail for $2.00 (inc GST)...

Rough Guides moves to Woodslane

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
From 5 March 2018, sales and distribution of Rough Guides will move from from DK and UBD to Woodsland ANZ. Authorised returns relating to orders placed with UBD should be...

Bonnier Publishing Australia reprinting ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ by Heather Morris

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the women he loved, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, has sold over 10,000 copies since publication, achieving #4 overall and #2 adult fiction...

APA to license IPG Skills Hub

Tuesday, 20 February 2018
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the UK Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) have agreed on a deal to give APA members access to content from the IPG’s Skills Hub. The...

Golden Man Booker launched to mark award’s 50th year

Tuesday, 20 February 2018
The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the launch of a special one-off award to mark the 50th anniversary of the prize. The Golden Man Booker will be awarded to the...

New ‘Treehouse’ collaboration to raise funds for children’s literacy

Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Pan Macmillan Australia has announced it will publish a new ‘Treehouse’ short story by creators Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, called Terry’s Dumb Dot Story. Available on 27 February, the...

Scribble to publish new Bell and Colpoys picture book

Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Scribble has acquired world rights to a new picture book collaboration by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys, the creators of The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella. Bell and Colpoys’ All the Ways to...

Twelfth Planet Press launches novella series

Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Australian science-fiction and fantasy publisher Twelfth Planet Press is launching a novella series. The series will launch with Stephanie Gunn’s novella Icefall, a ‘gripping story of extreme sports in outer...

S&S sees 12% revenue increase in fourth quarter

Monday, 19 February 2018
Simon & Schuster has recorded global sales of US$830 million (A$1.05 billion) in 2017, up eight percent from the previous year, report Publishers Weekly. Parent company CBS Corporation released the...

‘Overland’ poetry prize 2017 shortlist announced

Monday, 19 February 2018
The shortlist for the 2017 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Guarded by Birds’ and ‘Dropbear Poetics’ (Evelyn Araluen)...

Charts this week

Monday, 19 February 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 Still Me...

Tuffield to step down as Stella executive director

Friday, 16 February 2018
The Stella Prize has announced that its executive director, Aviva Tuffield, will resign from the role, and will step down in May this year following the announcement of the 2018...

Connect Books sold for just £6 million

Friday, 16 February 2018
UK book wholesaler and distributor Connect Books has been sold to private equity firm Aurelius for £6 million ($A10.6 million), which is nearly half of the sale price originally agreed...

Edinburgh and Melbourne Cities of Literature to launch exchange program

Friday, 16 February 2018
Five Melbourne literary programmers will have the opportunity to visit Edinburgh in August this year, as part of a new exchange program between the Melbourne and Edinburgh Cities of Literature....

Australian illustrator Tanner longlisted for 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal

Friday, 16 February 2018
Australian illustrator Jane Tanner has been longlisted for the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal for her work on the picture book Storm Whale (written by Sarah Brennan, A&U). Tanner was chosen...

New storytelling festival to launch at multilingual kids’ bookshop in Sydney

Friday, 16 February 2018
Lost in Books, a specialist multilingual children’s bookshop in Sydney’s western suburbs, is launching a new annual festival to highlight music, storytelling and ideas in multilingual communities. The inaugural In...

Introducing Scribble

Thursday, 15 February 2018
Scribe Publications’ picture book imprint, Scribble, is ‘a vibrant, eclectic list of illustrated books for children’ that combines ‘editorial expertise with innovative design and production’. Publisher Miriam Rosenbloom spoke to Think...