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Chief operating officer, Melbourne

Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Melbourne University Publishing Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated and skilled Chief Operating Officer (COO). MUP, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of...

Jhalak prizes 2024 winners announced

Monday, 3 June 2024
In the UK, Yepoka Yeebo has won the 2024 Jhalak Prize for Anansi’s Gold: The man who swindled the world (Bloomsbury), and Hiba Noor Khan has won the Jhalak Children’s...

Bloomsbury acquires RLPG’s US academic publishing business

Thursday, 30 May 2024
UK-based Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired the academic publishing business of US publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group (RLPG), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The purchase—for US$83 million (A$125.5m)—marks the biggest acquisition...

YABBA Awards 2024 shortlists announced

Thursday, 30 May 2024
The 2024 YABBA (Young Australians Best Book Awards) shortlists have been announced. Shortlisted titles are: Picture storybooks The Black Cockatoo with One Feather Blue (Jodie McLeod, illus by Eloise Short,...

Headline launches new ‘serious’ nonfiction imprint

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
In the UK, Headline Publishing Group is launching Headline Press, a new ‘serious’ nonfiction imprint, reports the Bookseller. Headline said the new imprint, to be led by publisher Martin Redfern,...

Change for Curtis Press

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Publisher: Curtis Press ISBN prefix: 978-0-9934002; 978-1-8381280 New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 May 2024 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Editor, children’s books, Sydney

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers has an exciting opportunity for an organised and enthusiastic individual to join the HarperCollins Children’s Books (HCCB) division in the role of Editor. The role will...

Read Independent Publishing’s May newsletter

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Independent Publishing is an online resource and a free monthly newsletter publication filled with news and tips for independent publishers, independent authors, hybrid authors and content creators. The Independent Publishing newsletter...

Inaugural ABR Inglis Fellowship announced

ABR logo Tuesday, 28 May 2024
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced a new fellowship program—the $5000 ABR Inglis Fellowship. The inaugural year-long program will give one fellow the opportunity to write three review essays...

Text Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 28 May 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000, has been announced. Shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘The Feathers of Farwood’ by Jayne McIntyre (middle grade),...

‘Solenoid’ wins 2024 Dublin Literary Award

Monday, 27 May 2024
Solenoid by Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu (Deep Vellum Publishing), translated by US translator Sean Cotter, has won the €100,000 (A$163,706) international Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize...

Bacon awarded 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

Photograph of Eugen Bacon Monday, 27 May 2024
African Australian speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon has been named the 2024 University of Tasmania Hedberg Writer-in-Residence, worth $30,000. Eugen will use the Hobart residency, which consists of three months writing, working...

Affirm to distribute Gemini Books

Thursday, 23 May 2024
Affirm Press will distribute titles from new UK-based publishing house Gemini Books in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from July. Gemini Books was founded by Marcus Leaver, co-founder of Welbeck...

Spotify adds Bonnier and Blackstone audiobooks

Thursday, 23 May 2024
Spotify has announced that audiobooks from Bonnier Books UK and Blackstone Publishing have been added to the platform’s Premium audiobook offering. In announcing the ‘two new publishing partners’, Spotify audiobook...

BookUp 2024 first guests announced

BookUp logo Wednesday, 22 May 2024
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced this year’s BookUp conference will take place on 7 August at State Library Victoria in Melbourne, with tickets now on sale. Thames &...

Text congratulates James Islington on Aurealis Award win

Wednesday, 22 May 2024
James Islington’s The Will of the Many has picked up the award for 2023’s Best Fantasy Novel in Australia’s Aurealis Awards for speculative fiction. The novel has already received rapturous...

Have you tried a Books+Publishing classified?

Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Are your communications being seen by the right people? Share important news with the wider industry through a Books+Publishing classified: Announce opening and closing dates of awards Promote event ticket...

PRH merges Penguin Business and Penguin Life imprints

Tuesday, 21 May 2024
In the UK, Penguin Random House has announced it is merging its Penguin Business and Penguin Life imprints with immediate effect, under the name Penguin Life, reports the Bookseller. Publishing...

 

 

 

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