Ingram’s David Taylor on POD
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
David Taylor is senior vice president at Ingram Content Group and has responsibility for Ingram’s print-on-demand (POD) activities outside Ingram’s US base. These include the Ingram-owned Lightning Source businesses in...
Unmaking Angas Downs
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Some stories dominate how we see and interpret a place, while others are obscured from view. Angas Downs is a pastoral station in Central Australia, but pastoralism is only a...
Vaillant wins Baillie Gifford Prize
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
In the UK, John Vaillant has won the £50,000 (A$95,350) Baillie Gifford Prize for Fire Weather: A true story from a hotter world (Sceptre). Judges said Fire Weather is a ‘meticulously researched,...
Inaugural Hope Prize seeks submissions
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
A new Australia-based international writing prize, The Hope Prize, is seeking ‘stories of hope, courage, and resilience’. Fiction and nonfiction submissions between 2000 and 5000 words are sought, responding to...
National Book Awards 2023 winners announced
Monday, 20 November 2023
In the US, the winners of the 2023 National Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Blackouts (Justin Torres, FSG) Nonfiction The Rediscovery of America:...
A&U acquires Rodda junior fiction
Monday, 20 November 2023
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Landovel, a three-part junior fantasy adventure story from Emily Rodda. Publisher Eva Mills described the work as ‘compulsive and engaging’, and...
Newcastle Poetry Prize 2023 winners announced
Monday, 20 November 2023
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2023 Newcastle Poetry Prize. The prize-winning pieces are: First prize ($15,000) ‘The Crossing’ by Kevin Smith Second prize ($5000) ‘Lines...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2023 winners announced
Thursday, 16 November 2023
The recipients of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been announced. The winners in each category receive $80,000, and the shortlisted writers each receive $5000. All prizes are...
Colin Simpson Keynote, ASA Medal presented, O’Donnell Essay Prize announced
Thursday, 16 November 2023
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) held the Colin Simpson Memorial Keynote on 14 November at State Library Victoria, where it awarded the ASA Medal, and the Australian Copyright Council...
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...
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