2023 Storylines Notable Book Award winners announced
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa has announced the 2023 Storylines Notable Book Award winners. This year’s winners are: Nonfiction Critters of Aotearoa: 50 bizarre but...
Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 16 November 2023
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 2023 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship shortlist. The shortlisted applicants, chosen by authors Mirandi Riwoe and Anna Spargo-Ryan, are: Emily Bitto for ‘Reasons...
Vivendi closes Editis sale
Thursday, 16 November 2023
French media company Vivendi has closed the sale of publishing house Editis to International Media Invest for €653 million (A$1.1b), reports the Bookseller. The sale price is less than the...
The Next Chapter 2024 recipients announced
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 2024 recipients of The Next Chapter writing development program. This year's five recipients are Raqiya Ahmed, Claire Cao, Jake Corvus, Laniyuk, and Maria van Neerven. The...
Booksellers sign statement of solidarity with Palestine
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Local and international booksellers have signed an open letter in solidarity with Palestine. Published on Overland and attributed to Booksellers for Palestine, the letter states: ‘We stand against the collective...
Vale Kevin Weldon
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Australian book publisher and philanthropist Kevin Ernest Weldon has died in Sydney, aged 89. Ventura director and publisher Jane Curry writes: 'Kevin started his career as a colour etcher at Brisbane's Truth newspaper...
Shelley to lead Hachette in UK and US
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US and Hachette UK (HUK) will be reorganised under ‘a new English-language management structure’ that will see HUK CEO David Shelley take on the...
SPN conference program, consistent Black Friday sales boost, Bashford wins Nib Literary Award
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
The Small Press Network 2023 Independent Publishing Conference is on next week (23–25 November), and Nielsen BookData has reported a five-year pattern of boosted print book sales during Black Friday...
‘I wanted to make a meaningful impact’: Reflections from the 2023 Open Book interns
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
First run as a pilot program offering two internships in 2022, the Open Book paid internship program is a joint sector initiative that aims to foster cultural and linguistic diversity...
Unmaking Angas Downs
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
A new work of history that seeks to unmake mythologies of pioneers, pastoralism and possession in the Northern Territory Some stories dominate how we see and interpret a place, while...
Interim CEO, Melbourne
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Melbourne Writers Festival Melbourne Writers Festival seeks an interim CEO to lead the organisation and its small dynamic team. The organisation is known for its flagship annual festival and Schools...
Change for Larrikin House
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Publisher: Larrikin House Old distributor: NewSouth New distributor: Simon & Schuster Changeover date: 1 March 2024 Returns cut-off: 31 May 2024
Larrikin House to be distributed by Simon & Schuster from 2024
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Larrikin House has announced a partnership with Simon and Schuster for the sale and distribution of its titles from March 2024. Larrikin House publisher James Layton is excited to be...
National account coordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated person with an interest in books, retail and media for the...
SPN Independent Publishing conference to be held next week
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
The Small Press Network (SPN) 2023 Independent Publishing conference will be held from 23–25 November at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre and livestreamed online. The research day on Thursday, 23 November will...
Kochanski wins £50k Wolfson History Prize
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
In the UK, Halik Kochanski has won the £50,000 (A$96,280) Wolfson History Prize for Resistance: The underground war in Europe, 1939–45 (Allen Lane). Kochanski's book was chosen from a shortlist of...
Report shows continued growth in UK audiobook sales
Monday, 13 November 2023
In the UK, Nielsen BookData's Books & Consumers survey found there was 6% growth in volume and 12% growth in value of audiobooks in that market in the first seven...
Phillips wins 2023 Bragg Prize
Monday, 13 November 2023
Nicky Phillips has won the 2023 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay ‘Trials of the heart’. In the winning essay, Phillips ‘illuminates the scientific evidence presented...
Speech Pathology awards 2023 winners announced
Friday, 10 November 2023
The winners of the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Age Category: Birth to 3 years Snap!...
Bashford wins 2023 Nib Literary Award
Friday, 10 November 2023
Alison Bashford has won the Waverley Council’s 2023 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, for her book An Intimate History of Evolution: The story of the Huxley family...
Branigan wins 2023 Cundill History Prize
Friday, 10 November 2023
Guardian writer Tania Branigan has won the 2023 Cundill History Prize, worth US$75,000 (A$117,100), for Red Memory: Living, remembering and forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution (Faber). The book is an exploration...
Myers wins Goldsmiths Prize for Cuddy
Thursday, 9 November 2023
In the UK, Benjamin Myers has won the £10,000 (A$19,200) Goldsmiths Prize for Cuddy (Bloomsbury), a retelling of the story of the hermit St Cuthbert. Cuddy incorporates poetry, prose, play,...
Jennings, Graham nominated for 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
In the UK, several Australian authors and illustrators have been nominated for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medals. Paul Jennings has been nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing for...
New England Illustration Prize 2023 winners announced
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
The New England Writers' Centre has announced the winners of this year’s New England Illustration Prize for Children’s Picture Book Publishing. The winners of the 2023 award are: First prize...
Nature Writing Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia has announced the writers shortlisted for the 2023 Nature Writing Prize. The shortlisted writers are: Bonny Cassidy (Chewton Bushlands) for 'A Custodial Species', which 'draws...
Hobart named UNESCO City of Literature, Australian Reading Hour to end, Sawyer wins Richell Prize
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
The United Nations' cultural arm UNESCO has named Hobart a City of Literature, Australia Reads will retire its annual Australian Reading Hour event in favour of 'a practical, unified, and...
Handsel offers Hardie Grant books in gift packs
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Hardie Grant is selling books in gift packs through its new online gift-giving service Handsel. Created by HGX, the Hardie Grant–owned digital venture studio, Handsel is described as ‘reimagining the...
FTC files ‘long-awaited’ antitrust suit against Amazon
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
In the US, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on 26 September, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The FTC’s 172-page complaint—which is supported by 17...
Publisher—children’s and YA, Brisbane
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
University of Queensland Press UQP is looking for an energetic, innovative and experienced Children’s and Young Adult Publisher. This is a rare opportunity to lead and grow one of the...
Change for Pembroke Publishers
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers ISBN prefix: 978-0-921217; 978-1-55138 Old distributor: Hawker Brownlow Education New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 November 2023 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
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