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Publicist, Melbourne

Thursday, 30 March 2023
Pitch Projects Are you a book publicist looking to expand your horizons? Love books but also excited by culture, the arts and advocacy? Pitch is hiring and wants to hear...

Bolinda titles shortlisted in British Book Awards

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Two titles by Bolinda have been shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year: Fiction at the 2023 British Book Awards. The Seven Moons of Almeida (Shehan Karunatilaka, narrated by Shivantha Wijesinha)...

Bookings closing for Think Australian London

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Bookings are closing Friday 31 March for Think Australian's London issue out 6 April. The London issue includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. See...

Read Independent Publishing’s March newsletter

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
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. Independent Publishing newsletter contains:...

Senior editor, Melbourne

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Insight Publications Insight Publications is an Australian-owned educational publishing company with more than 50 years of experience publishing English resources for secondary school teachers and students. We’re currently looking for...

Marketing coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Echo Publishing (imprint of Bonnier Books UK) Echo Publishing Australia is looking for an enthusiastic Marketing Coordinator to join our team. Reporting to the Publicity Manager, the position is responsible...

Sales coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Penguin Random House Sales Coordinator Children’s At Penguin Random House Australia, we strive to be the best home for our authors and people, the most service-oriented partner for our customers...

Change for ACTFL

Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Publisher: ACTFL ISBN prefix: 978-0-9705798; 978-1-942544; 978-0-9896532 New distributor: Eurospan Changeover date: 1 April 2023 Contact URL: eurospan.co.uk

CBCA Awards 2023 shortlists announced

CBCA shortlist Tuesday, 28 March 2023
The shortlists for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Older readers Ask No Questions (Eva Collins,...

Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced

Tuesday, 28 March 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000 (A$162,360), has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr, Scribner) Em (Kim Thuy, trans by Sheila...

IPEd conference program announced for May

IPED logo Tuesday, 28 March 2023
The program for the 11th Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference, will take place as an online event in May under the theme ‘Where editing and the future meet’, has...

De Kretser wins 2023 Folio Prize

Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Australian author Michelle de Kretser has won in the fiction category of the Rathbones Folio Prize, for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). In the award's first year under a new prize...

BookTok drives about 3% of UK book sales: Nielsen

Friday, 24 March 2023
Consumers inspired by BookTok accounted for 90 million book purchases in the UK last year, according to Nielsen’s latest Books & Consumers survey, reports the Bookseller. The monthly survey asks...

Auckland Writers Festival reveals 2023 program

Friday, 24 March 2023
Auckland Writers Festival has revealed its full 2023 program, featuring over 25 international guests alongside 200 New Zealand writers across 160 events running 16–21 May. This year’s festival marks the...

Arnott shortlisted for Dylan Thomas Prize

Cover of Limberlost Friday, 24 March 2023
Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott has been shortlisted for Swansea University's Dylan Thomas Prize, awarded for the best literary work published in English and written by an author aged 39 or...

MWF announces 2023 program

Thursday, 23 March 2023
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced its 2023 program, which will run from 4–7 May 2023 and be held predominately at State Library Victoria (SLV) and the Capitol theatre. Opening...

Buckley, De Marcken win 2022 Novel Prize

Thursday, 23 March 2023
Publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions have announced UK author Jonathan Buckley and US author Anne de Marcken as the joint winners of the 2022 Novel Prize, for their...

ASAL announces pilot fellowship program recipients

Thursday, 23 March 2023
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the recipients of a pilot program of Copyright Agency-funded writers’ fellowships. Luisa Mitchell and Fiona Murphy are the winners...

Mikhail wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Wednesday, 22 March 2023
In the UK, Nadia Mikal has been named the £5000 (A$9160) overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel, The Cats We Meet Along the Way...

Vale Ross Gibson

Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Filmmaker and author Ross Gibson has died. Gibson was the author of several books including The Summer Exercises (2009), 26 Views of the Starburst World (2012), Changescapes (2015) and Memoryscopes (2015), all...

Yellowface

Wednesday, 22 March 2023
The explosive literary debut from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca F Kuang THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY IT’S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL  ‘Razor-sharp’ —TIME ‘Hotly tipped...

Marketing manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books Australia is an award-winning publishing house. For nearly 30 years, we have published outstanding children’s books for readers of all ages. We have...

‘Runt’ wins 2023 Indie Book of the Year

Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin) has been named Book of the Year at the 2023 Indie Book Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Horse (Geraldine...