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Small press scores big rights sale

Thursday, 9 November 2017
The recently launched small press Brow Books has sold world rights to Shaun Prescott’s (pictured) debut novel The Town to Faber, which will publish the novel in the UK in...

NLA unveils restored Blaeu map

Thursday, 9 November 2017
The National Library of Australia (NLA) has unveiled the restored 1663 map of Australia by cartographer Joan Blaeu for the first time, after acquiring the map in 2013. The map...

Rights round-up

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Sales Fiction—UWA Publishing has sold rights to Extinctions (Josephine Wilson) in the following territories: UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada and ANZ) to Serpent’s Tail; and US and Canadian to Tin...

Christmas predictions: John Purcell from Booktopia

Thursday, 9 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our first instalment, Booktopia’s...

Macmillan closes self-publishing platform Pronoun

Thursday, 9 November 2017
In the US, Macmillan has announced it is closing its self-publishing platform Pronoun, after acquiring the company in May 2016, reports Publishers Weekly. Senior vice-president of publicity and marketing Jeff...

Simon & Schuster to publish new Gayle Forman

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Simon & Schuster Australia will publish I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman in April 2018. Her most recent YA novel, I Was Here, also published by Simon &...

A&U acquires ‘Four Fairytales for Feisty Girls’

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Allen & Unwin is delighted to announce that they have acquired Susannah McFarlane’s Four Fairytales for Feisty Girls and will publish in September 2018. Princesses can rescue themselves—just ask Cinderella,...

ABA bookseller Christmas parties

Thursday, 9 November 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association will be holding Christmas parties in Victoria and New South Wales. See below for details. Victoria Join us for early holiday cheer on the terrace at...

‘Janesville’ wins 2017 Business Book of the Year

Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Amy Goldstein has become the first solo female winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award for her book Janesville (S&S), which explores the impact...

KROC Awards 2017 winners announced

Wednesday, 8 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Awards, the children’s choice book awards for the Northern Territory, have been announced. The winning titles are: Picture storybooks Do...

Text acquires Flannery’s ecological history of Europe

Monday, 6 November 2017
Text has acquired world rights to Tim Flannery’s Land at the Crossroads: An Ecological History of Europe for publication in Australia in August 2018. Rights were acquired by Text publisher...

Verso Books to open in regional Victoria

Monday, 6 November 2017
A new bookstore, Verso Books, is set to open in the Victorian regional town of Healesville. Owner Nina Sturgess said she is aiming to open the store in early November...

US chain Book World to close its 45 stores

Friday, 3 November 2017
In the US, bookselling chain Book World has announced it will close its 45 outlets across the Midwest by mid-January next year, reports Publishers Weekly. Book World senior vice-president Mark...

Zusak, Fox top 2016-17 lending rights surveys

Friday, 3 November 2017
Books by Markus Zusak and Mem Fox have topped the lists of the highest scoring books in the most recent Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) report....

Better Reading launches food spinoff, Cooking the Books

Friday, 3 November 2017
Book recommendation website Better Reading has launched a new food-focused Facebook page, called Cooking the Books. Better Reading director Cheryl Akle said Cooking the Books is ‘a new take on...

Grey-Smith promoted to publisher at Fremantle Press

Friday, 3 November 2017
Fremantle Press has promoted senior editor Naama Grey-Smith to the role of publisher. Grey-Smith will commence in the role on 1 November, joining Fremantle Press’ two other publishers Cate Sutherland...

 

 

 

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