German author Oskamp wins Dublin Literary Award
Friday, 26 May 2023
German author Katja Oskamp has won the 2023 Dublin Literary Award for Marzahn, Mon Amour (trans by Jo Heinrich, Peirene Press), reports the Bookseller. Oskamp receives €75,000 (A$123,700) and Heinrich, as...
Caffè Nero to fund major new UK book awards
Thursday, 25 May 2023
In the UK, coffee chain Caffè Nero has launched a new set of book awards, worth a total of £50,000 (A$94,500), a year after Costa Coffee announced the end of...
Gospodinov, Rodel win 2023 International Booker
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
The novel Time Shelter by Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov, translated by Angela Rodel and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has won the £50,000 (A$93,900) International Booker Prize. Time Shelter was chosen...
TikTok to launch new book awards
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Social media platform TikTok is launching its own book awards for the UK and Ireland, aiming to celebrate ‘titles, authors, content and creators of BookTok’, reports the Bookseller. The awards...
PRH, Pen America file suit over Florida book bans
Thursday, 18 May 2023
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH), together with PEN America, a group of authors and a group of parents, have filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida school district...
‘Menopausing’ wins Book of the Year at the British Book Awards
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Davina McCall and Naomi Potter’s Menopausing (HQ) has won book of the year at the British Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. McCall and Potter’s book, which also won the nonfiction lifestyle and...
Anaxagorou wins Ondaatje prize
Monday, 15 May 2023
In the UK, British-Cypriot poet Anthony Anaxagorou has won the Royal Society of Literature’s (RSL) £10,000 (A$18,730) Ondaatje prize for his collection Heritage Aesthetics (Granta), reports the Guardian. Heritage Aesthetics...
Ifeakandu wins Dylan Thomas Prize
Friday, 12 May 2023
In the UK, Nigerian author Arinze Ifeakandu has been awarded the £20,000 (A$37,350) Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut God’s Children Are Little Broken Things (W&N). Judges praised the...
TikTok owner flags move into publishing
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
TikTok owner ByteDance has filed a US trademark application for a book-publishing entity called 8th Note Press, reports Business Insider. The company has also begun recruiting staff for publishing roles,...
Pulitzer Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
In the US, the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was jointly awarded to Hernan Diaz and Barbara Kingsolver for Trust (Picador)...
PRH US reportedly offers redundancy to older works
Monday, 8 May 2023
Penguin Random House US (PRH) is offering redundancy packages to employees aged 60 or older with 15 years of service or more, reports Publishers Lunch. Eligible employees have until 20...
Record quarter at S&S; sale could be made this year
Friday, 5 May 2023
In the US, Simon & Schuster (S&S) recorded a 17% and 85% jump in sales and earnings respectively in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same period in...
B&N workers at flagship store launch union drive
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
In the US, workers at the flagship Barnes & Noble (B&N) shop in New York City’s Union Square have requested a union election with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store...
Shapiro named Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners
Friday, 28 April 2023
In the UK, James Shapiro has won the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award—being held to celebrate the prize’s 25th anniversary—for his book 1599: A year in the life of...
Women’s Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 April 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 International Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. The six titles shortlisted for the award are: Black Butterflies (Priscilla Morris, Duckworth Books) Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver, Faber) Fire...
UK survey of debut authors finds lack of support from publishers
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
In the UK, a survey by the Bookseller has found more than half of debut authors (54%) report that publishing their book had a negative effect on their mental health....
Record year in 2022 for UK publishing: PA report
Monday, 24 April 2023
The UK publishing industry had a ‘record breaking’ year in 2022, according to a new report by the Publishers Association, reports the Guardian. The ‘Year in Publishing’ report found publishing...
French foreign rights manager questioned by London police
Friday, 21 April 2023
Éditions La Fabrique foreign rights manager Ernest Moret, who was arrested on his way to London Book Fair, was interrogated about ‘anti-government’ authors in the catalogue of the French publishing...
Jhalak Prize 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 20 April 2023
The shortlists for the UK’s Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children’s and Young Adult Prize for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) writers have been announced. The titles shortlisted for...
International Booker 2023 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$90,950), has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist announced in March, are: Still Born (Guadalupe Nettel, trans by...
Survey finds self-published author income increasing
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
A survey conducted by UK-based organisation the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) has found that self-published authors earn more than those who are published by traditional presses, with average incomes...
Hachette UK introduces neurodiversity policy
Monday, 17 April 2023
Hachette UK has introduced a neurodiversity policy to ‘support and nurture’ neurodivergent colleagues, contributors and publishing, reports the Bookseller. The framework provides Hachette UK staff with an outline of what...
Hachette US diversity increases among workforce, stalls in senior positions
Thursday, 13 April 2023
In the US, Hachette Book Group (HBG) has published its latest report on how its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are progressing, reports Publishers Weekly. Of HBG’s new hires in...
Istanbul bookshop wins LBF Bookstore of the Year 2023
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced the winners of its annual International Excellence Awards. The winners in each category, chosen from shortlists announced earlier this month, are: Bookstore of the year...
London Book Fair 2024 rescheduled for March
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced its 2024 fair will be rescheduled from April to March 12–14, reports Publishers Weekly. The move to March was prompted when Bologna Children’s...
Windham-Campbell Prizes 2023 recipients announced
Thursday, 6 April 2023
In the US, the recipients of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$175,000 (A$258,000) each, have been announced. For fiction, the prize recognises US author Percival Everett for over 30 works...
Book Depository to close
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
UK-based online bookseller the Book Depository will close on 26 April. In a letter to vendors, the Book Depository said it will be winding down its business over the coming...
Quarto revenue drops 7% in 2022
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
In the UK, the Quarto Group reported a 7% drop in revenue for the year ending 31 December, reports the Bookseller. Despite revenue falling from £122.5 million (A$224m) in 2021...
Faber reports record revenue, profit
Monday, 3 April 2023
In the UK, Faber recorded its best ever revenue and operating profit results in the year ending 31 March 2022, reports the Bookseller. The publisher’s turnover came in ‘well ahead...
PRH revenue up, profit down in 2022
Friday, 31 March 2023
Penguin Random House’s revenue grew 5% in the 2022 financial year, however its profit was down 12% over the same period, according to parent company Bertelsmann’s financial report. PRH revenue...
