Change for Koa Press
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Publisher: Koa Press Old distributor: John Reed Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 July 2023 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Publicity coordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia is seeking a Publicity Coordinator to provide administration support to our Publicity department and work on select campaigns across all imprints. This is an excellent opportunity...
Digital & online coordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia is currently seeking a Digital & Online Coordinator to join our Sales team. You will be responsible for providing administrative support to the National and Online...
Chandran wins 2023 Miles Franklin for ‘Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens’
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Shankari Chandran has won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (Ultimo). Chosen from a shortlist of six announced in June,...
Publishers flock to Threads
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Meta, the owners of Instagram and Facebook, launched the new app Threads—a very similar platform to Twitter—on 5 July, gaining 100 million users in only five days, as those frustrated...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2023 finalists announced
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
The finalists for the 2023 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Finalists were announced in 10 categories including: Best Illustrated Book Cape to Bluff (Simon...
Scholastic revenue up 4%
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Scholastic revenue grew 4% in the year ending 31 May, according to its fiscal 2023 report. Scholastic report revenue of US$1.7 billion (A$2.5b), up from US$1.6 billion (A$2.4b) in 2022....
NZ book trade awards: Lamplight wins Bookshop of the Year, A&U wins Publisher of the Year
Monday, 24 July 2023
The winners of the Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards, held 24 July in Rotorua, have been announced. Auckland bookstore Lamplight Books won the Bookshop of the Year award. Judges described...
UK six-month book sales sets record on back of price rises
Monday, 24 July 2023
In the UK, book sales in the first six months of 2023 represented the best-ever first half of a year results since accurate records began, reports the Bookseller. According to...
Shaw wins 2023 Michael Gifkins prize
Monday, 24 July 2023
Author and editor Tina Shaw has been awarded the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer. Chosen from a shortlist of five, Shaw wins...
Classification Review Board upholds determination on ‘Gender Queer’
Friday, 21 July 2023
The Australian Classification Review Board has rejected an appeal to the classification of the graphic novel Gender Queer: A memoir (Maia Kobabe, Oni Press), upholding its determination that the book...
HarperCollins US shuts down YA imprint
Friday, 21 July 2023
HarperCollins US will shut down its YA imprint Inkyard Press, with a number of staff to be laid off on 1 August, reports Publishers Weekly. Inkyard Press, which operated under...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2023 longlist announced
Thursday, 20 July 2023
The longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $30,000 and is administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James...
ByteDance’s new publishing arm begins approaching authors
Thursday, 20 July 2023
8th Note Press, the new publishing arm of TikTok parent company ByteDance, has begun approaching authors with publication offers, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, ByteDance filed a...
Hodge awarded 2023 Marion fellowship
Thursday, 20 July 2023
Lardil and Yangkaal writer Maya Hodge has been awarded the inaugural Marion fellowship for 2023, the ACT writing organisation has announced. Marion said Hodge’s ‘writing practice is not just a...
Additional funding for Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter program
Thursday, 20 July 2023
The Wheeler Centre has received $30,000 in funding for the Next Chapter writing development program from the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. The funding will specifically support Australian poets and poetry, allowing...
Layoffs at PRH US
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has confirmed in a letter to staff it has made a number of layoffs in addition to its previously announced voluntary redundancy plan,...
Vale Richard Parslow
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Richard Parslow, former HarperCollins sales and marketing director, died on Sunday, 9 July. All are welcome to attend a celebration of his life to be held at the Patonga Community Hall...
Publishing manager, Canberra
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
AIATSIS The role of Publishing Manager is available for immediate start up to 30 June 2024 and will be filled via a labour-hire arrangement through a recruitment agency. The Publishing...
Green Dot
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Win a copy of Green Dot—the Australian debut that was the talk of the London Book Fair. ‘I am obsessed with this book. This book is about love, and how...
Shop manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Readings Readings is looking for a passionate Shop Manager to work on a full-time, permanent basis. The incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day operation of the store...
Editor/ senior editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Smith Street Books Smith Street Books is an indie publisher based in Collingwood, Melbourne. We are seeking an experienced editor or senior editor to work in-house alongside our small team...
Chief executive officer, Broome WA
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Magabala Books An incredible opportunity exists for a cultural leader and influential advocate to join Magabala Books, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Based on Yawuru Country in Rubibi...
Production editor, Sydney
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Currency Press Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, is currently seeking a Production Editor to join our small and busy team at our offices in Redfern. Working 21 hours a...
Marketing co-ordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Text Publishing Text Publishing is looking for an organised and energetic Marketing Co-ordinator, a team player with excellent written and communication skills, a great reader who loves publishing. Book marketing...
Buyer, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Collins Booksellers About us Collins Booksellers is a 100 year-old, iconic book retail brand based in Melbourne. The retail group consists of 25 independently owned, locally operated and community driven...
Senior publicist, Melbourne or Sydney
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Melbourne University Publishing Australia’s oldest university press is seeking an experienced publicist to join our small and dynamic team. Melbourne or Sydney locations preferred. The Senior Publicist is responsible for...
Local authors affected by late cancellation of Asian American Literature Festival
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
A delegation of 10 Australian and New Zealand writers that were due to attend the Asian American Literature Festival in the United States in August have been informed the event...
Inaugural UK BookTok awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
In the UK, the shortlists for the inaugural TikTok Book Awards UK and Ireland have been announced, reports the Bookseller. In contention for BookTok book of the year are Honey...
Hore wins inaugural Marilyn Lake Prize
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Academic Jarrod Hore has won the inaugural $2000 Marilyn Lake Prize for Australian Transnational History for Visions of Nature: How landscape photography shaped settler colonialism (University of California Press). Judges...
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