London Book Fair moves to March in 2019-2020
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
London Book Fair (LBF) will move its event to March in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 fair will run from 12 to 14 March, less than two weeks before next...
Wellcome Book Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, presented for books about health, medicine and illness, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Stay with Me (Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Canongate) The...
Brow Books sells UK rights to ‘Apple and Knife’
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights to Sydney-based Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha’s short-fiction collection Apple and Knife to Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Harvill Secker...
Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses winner announced
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
In the UK, Eley Williams’ short-story collection Attrib. and Other Stories (Influx Press) has won the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses, reports the Bookseller. The £5000 (A$9110) prize...
Scholastic acquires Rogers’ ‘Girltopia’
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Scholastic Australia has acquired a middle-grade fiction trilogy, 'Girltopia', written by former Hardie Grant Egmont publishing director Hilary Rogers. Book one in the trilogy, Girltopia, marks Rogers’ debut as an...
PRH acquires 13-year-old slam poet Solli Raphael’s debut
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Penguin Random House Australia’s Young Readers division has acquired 13-year-old slam poet Solli Raphael’s first book, a collection of slam poetry paired with inspirational writing techniques. Scheduled for publication on...
ALS Gold Medal 2018 longlist announced
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc (Ali Alizadeh, Giramondo) Common People (Tony Birch, UQP) A...
Wong wins Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2018
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Hong Kong-based poet Nicholas Wong has won the Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize for his poem ‘101 Taipei’. Wong’s poem was chosen for the $5000 prize from...
2018 Voss Literary Prize open for nominations
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the fifth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
New small publisher
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Elephant Tree Publishing is a small and independent publisher based in Canberra, Australia. We are seeking well-written fiction and nonfiction with best-seller potential and international appeal. We want to hear...
Brio Books (formerly Xoum Publishing) distribution move update
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
As previously announced from 1 May 2018, Hardie Grant (HEDS) will take over sales and distribution for Brio Books in Australia and New Zealand. Brio’s previous distributor NewSouth Books will...
Currency Press distribution change
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Currency Press would like to announce that from 16 June 2018, its titles and those of its agencies, Nick Hern Books and Oberon Books will be distributed by Regency Media...
Shop fittings for sale
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
I have a full shop fit for sale. Can have for $1000 just needs to be removed at your expense. We need it to be removed by the 15th April...
Business for sale: Not Just Books (Burnie, Tasmania)
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Iconic Tasmanian bookshop. Stockist of art supplies, board games/puzzles, T2 tea and licensed ABC Centre. Very strong annual revenue with solid gross margin. Owners looking to retire. Simply a must-inspection...
Queenscliffe Literary Festival keynote speakers announced
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The Queenscliffe Literary Festival, running 5–27 May 2018, is celebrating its fourth year. The festival features acclaimed and emerging Australian authors in conversation, at writing workshops and special events, across all weekends...
Book donations wanted for residents affected by Tathra bushfire
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Following the recent bushfire in Tathra, on the south coast of NSW, Bega bookshop Candelo Books would like to support the community by providing books to those who have lost...
Pearson UK reports 21% mean gender pay gap
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
In the UK, Pearson has reported an overall median gender pay gap of 15% in 2017, and a mean gap of 21%, reports the Bookseller. Pearson’s median gender pay gap of 15%...
Perimeter Editions wins Cornish Family Book Prize
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Melbourne publisher Perimeter Editions has won the Cornish Family Book Prize for Art and Design Publishing for To Note: Notation Across Disciplines (edited by Hannah Mathews, designed by Ziga Testen...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2018 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
The shortlists for the 2018 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) Common People (Tony Birch, UQP)...
HGE sells US rights to Henseleit debut
Monday, 19 March 2018
Hardie Grant Egmont has sold US rights to debut author Jack Henseleit’s middle grade fiction books The Witching Hours: The Vampire Knife and its sequel, The Troll Heart, to Little, Brown...
Longlist announced for 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
Monday, 19 March 2018
The longlist for the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature has been announced. Considered 'the leading literary award for Caribbean writers', the prize recognises books by Caribbean authors published...
Shortlist announced for inaugural Perimeter Small Book Prize
Monday, 19 March 2018
The shortlist for the inaugural Perimeter Small Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted entrants are: Michael Garbutt Luke Van Aurich Saskia Pandji Sakti Jacob Raupach Kathryn McCool Ross Taylor...
Black Inc. to end ‘Best Australian Essays, Stories and Poems’; announces new collection
Monday, 19 March 2018
Black Inc. has announced it will no longer publish its series of Best Australian Essays, Stories and Poems, but will publish a new annual short story collection instead. Beginning in...
Introducing Fremantle Press’ children’s list
Friday, 16 March 2018
Fremantle Press is a not-for-profit publisher of books by new and emerging Western Australian writers and artists. It has been publishing children's books across a range of genres for 26...
Foster Blake tops picture book chart
Friday, 16 March 2018
Surely it’s only a matter of time before Australian comedian Hamish Blake decides it might be a good idea to pen a children’s book. His multi-talented spouse, Zoe Foster Blake,...
Feminist fairytale collection lands small press its first US deal
Friday, 16 March 2018
Australian publisher Serenity Press has sold US and Canadian rights to a collection of feminist fairytale retellings aimed at the YA market. Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave...
Allen & Unwin scoops two Adelaide Festival children’s awards
Friday, 16 March 2018
Following on from her recent joint win at the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs), Wendy Orr has taken out another major prize for Dragonfly Song (Allen & Unwin). Orr’s Minoan-era...
Boarding call for Bologna
Friday, 16 March 2018
Last year, Australian publisher Allen & Unwin and Australian children’s literature promoters Books Illustrated announced they would combine their stands at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The newly created collective...
SWF 2018 program announced
Friday, 16 March 2018
The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF), which runs from 30 April to 6 May. Sixty international guests and 400 Australian writers, academics and public...
Shortlists announced for 2018 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Friday, 16 March 2018
In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. The eight shortlisted titles for the...
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