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Victorian councils reject reports of libraries censoring books to combat gender bias Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Victorian councils have rejected media reports that libraries will remove children’s books from their collections based on research into the development of gender roles in young children, reports SBS. Melbourne...

Swedish universities cancel contract with Elsevier Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Swedish universities have decided not to renew a contract with Dutch journal publisher Elsevier, reports Times Higher Education. The Bibsam Consortium, which represents 85 higher education and research institutions in...

Rights round-up Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Sales Fiction Fremantle Press has sold German rights to Marlborough Man (Alan Carter) to Suhrkamp via Natasha Solomun at the Rights Hive, Clive Newman at the Newman Agency and Haas...

North Fitzroy Library wins gold at 2018 Melbourne Design Awards Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
The City of Yarra’s Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library and Community Hub has won a gold prize at the 2018 Melbourne Design Awards. Announced on 17 May, this year’s awards...

RiP Tom Wolfe Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
American author Tom Wolfe has died, aged 88. Wolfe was the author of 17 works of fiction and nonfiction, including his bestselling debut The Bonfire of the Vanities (Vintage), and...

Melbourne Prize for Literature entries open next week Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
To receive the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 & Awards Entry Guidelines direct to your inbox, register your interest now at www.melbourneprize.org. $100,000 plus prize pool including new award. Individual application...

Tokarczuk wins 2018 Man Booker International Prize Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize for Flights (trans by Jennifer Croft, Text). Tokarczuk and Croft will each receive £25,000 (A$44,330), as well as a further...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2018 longlist announced Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The 11 longlisted titles are: A Long Way from Home (Peter Carey, Hamish Hamilton) No More Boats (Felicity...

Simon & Schuster Australia partner with Rockpool Publishing in ANZ Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Simon & Schuster Australia is pleased to announce a new sales and distribution partnership with Australian independent publisher, Rockpool Publishing in Australia and New Zealand from 1 September 2018. Simon...

F A Davis change of distribution announcement Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Eurospan has been appointed the exclusive distributor of F.A. Davis print books throughout Australasia and titles are now available to order. Any current returns requests should be made to the...

Change for F A Davis Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Publisher: F A Davis ISBN prefix: 978-0-8036 Old distributor: Elsevier New distributor: The Eurospan Group Changeover date: 21 May 2018 Contact URL: emma.white@eurospangroup.com

Publicist available for new campaigns Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Laura Boon is now accepting publicity projects for the second half of 2018. Recent campaigns include Raising Boys in the 21st Century by Steve Biddulph (Finch). She works across all...

NewSouth Books congratulates publishers on the Miles Franklin longlist Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Big congratulations from NewSouth Books to the following publishers and authors on their inclusion in the 2018 Miles Franklin longlist, to Gerald Murnane for Border Districts (Giramondo), Felicity Castagna for...

‘Ruby’ romance award 2018 finalists announced Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
The finalists for the Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) Romantic Book of the Year Award, known as ‘the Ruby’, have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Long romance...

ABA booksellers of the year 2018 finalists announced Archive

Wednesday, 23 May 2018
The finalists for the 2018 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) booksellers of the year awards have been announced. The finalists for Bookseller of the Year are: Paul MacDonald (The Children's Bookshop)...

Viskic, Clark longlisted for UK Dagger awards Archive

Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Emma Viskic has been longlisted in two categories in the UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) 2018 Dagger awards for her novel Resurrection Bay (Echo). Viskic’s novel is one of 10...

Nebula Awards 2017 winners announced Archive

Tuesday, 22 May 2018
In the US, the winners of the 2017 Nebula Awards, presented in 2018, have been announced. The Stone Sky (N K Jemisin, Orbit) was awarded Best Novel, and was chosen...

Forbes inducted into ABDA hall of fame Archive

Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Book designer Alison Forbes has been announced as the 2018 inductee into the Australian Book Design Hall of Fame. Forbes was the first full-time independent book designer in Australia, with...

Transit Lounge sells rights to Rawson’s ‘From the Wreck’ to Picador UK Archive

Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Melbourne-based independent publisher Transit Lounge has sold world English-language rights (ex-ANZ) to Jane Rawson's 2017 novel From the Wreck. Picador UK associate publisher Ravi Mirchandani acquired rights to the literary speculative-fiction...