New Frontier to launch baby and early years imprint
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Children’s publisher New Frontier will launch a new baby, pre-school and early years imprint called Bright Star in July 2018. Publisher Sophia Whitfield told Books+Publishing that the imprint will include...
‘The Shortest History of Europe’ sells over 300,000 copies in China
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Sales for the Chinese edition of Australian historian John Hirst’s The Shortest History of Europe (Black Inc.) have hit over 300,000 units in China. While Black Inc. originally sold simplified...
FNAWN condemns HSC students’ abuse of van Neerven
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) has condemned the online abuse of writer Ellen van Neerven after a poem from her 2016 collection, Comfort Food (UQP), appeared on the...
RB Media launches Audiobooks.com in Australia
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Audiobook publisher and digital media distributor RB Media, which owns Australian audiobook provider Wavesound, has launched its streaming and downloading service Audiobooks.com in Australia today. RB Media is offering new...
Copyright Council publishes new report on economic contribution of copyright industries
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Australian Copyright Council (ACC) has published a report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers on the economic contribution of Australian copyright industries from 2002-2016, the fifth report of its kind commissioned by...
MidnightSun acquires debut novel ‘Beneath the Mother Tree’
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to playwright and radio dramatist D M Cameron’s debut novel Beneath the Mother Tree for publication in 2018. Beneath the Mother Tree is a ‘fast-paced’...
Burch wins inaugural Victorian Premier’s History Award for ‘Returning the Kulkyne’
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
John Burch has won the inaugural Victorian Premier’s History Award, worth $5000, for his book Returning the Kulkyne, announced as part of the Victorian Community History Awards in Melbourne on...
Australian bestsellers in September: Harper straight to the top of fiction, Pape holds on as bestselling nonfiction
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Jane Harper’s second novel Force of Nature has debuted at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in September, despite being released in the final week of the month. Harper’s debut...
Feminist Writers Festival receives state government funding for 2018 event
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Feminist Writers Festival (FWF) has received $45,000 in funding from the Victorian Government to stage its second festival in 2018. The four-day festival will be held in Melbourne and...
ABA to hold 2018 conference in Canberra
Monday, 16 October 2017
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will hold its 2018 conference in Canberra on 17-18 June. The conference and trade exhibition will be held at the QT Hotel and the gala...
Oz, NZ authors and illustrators on 2017 White Ravens list
Friday, 13 October 2017
Several books by Australian and New Zealand authors and illustrators have been included in the 2017 White Ravens list for international children’s and youth literature. The Australian titles on the...
A&U acquires feminist ‘little inventor’ picture book
Friday, 13 October 2017
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Melbourne-based illustrator and designer Sher Rill Ng’s debut picture book, Our Little Inventor via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. The...
ABC to end ‘The Book Club’ after 11 years
Friday, 13 October 2017
The last episode of The Book Club will air on the ABC on 19 December, with Jennifer Byrne announcing she’s leaving the broadcaster after 11 years as host of the...
Herrmann shortlisted for FutureBook Awards
Friday, 13 October 2017
Bolinda founder and co-CEO Rebecca Herrmann has been shortlisted for the 2017 FutureBook Awards, run by the Bookseller in the UK. Herrmann is shortlisted for FutureBook Leader of the Year,...
Brow Books sells world rights to Prescott’s ‘The Town’
Friday, 13 October 2017
Brow Books has sold world rights to Shaun Prescott’s debut novel The Town to Faber. Faber will publish The Town in the UK in August 2018 and is ‘actively selling...
Australians nominated for 2018 Astrid Lindgren Award
Friday, 13 October 2017
Nine Australian authors and illustrators and one Australian organisation have been nominated for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Australian nominees are: Randa Abdel-Fattah Ursula Dubosarsky Mem Fox Morris...
Hardie Grant to distribute new cookbook series by Noma chef René Redzepi
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant has signed a deal with US publisher Artisan for Australian distribution of a new three-book series by the founder and head chef of Copenhagen restaurant Noma, René Redzepi....
Scribe pre-empts UK and Commonwealth rights for ‘major book about honesty’ from US podcaster
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to a nonfiction book by US podcaster Anna Sale, creator and presenter of the podcast ‘Death, Sex and Money’, just...
HGE sells UK rights to ‘Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds’
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Hardie Grant Egmont (HGE) has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia and Canada) to Jeremy Lachlan’s middle-grade adventure novel Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds in a...
Davis appointed COO of Hardie Grant
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Andrew Davis, former deputy CEO Asia Pacific at Penguin Random House and former vice president of the Australian Publishers Association, has joined Hardie Grant as its chief operating officer. The...
Finch Publishing celebrates 25th Anniversary
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Finch Publishing is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Founder Rex Finch said he is ‘pleased (and slightly amazed)’ to be celebrating the occasion. The company launched in 1992. Finch,...
Tynan wins CHASS Australia Book Prize 2017 for ‘Atomic Thunder’
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Elizabeth Tynan has won the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) 2017 Australia Book Prize, for her book Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story (NewSouth). Tynan’s book was...
PRH to publish ‘a heartfelt tribute’ to Australian women
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced it will publish Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women, a hardcover children’s nonfiction book dedicated to notable Australian...
Echo to publish Jabour’s debut novel ‘The Way Things Should Be’
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Bonnier Publishing Australia’s Echo imprint will publish Guardian Australia journalist Bridie Jabour’s debut novel in May 2018. The Way Things Should Be centres on four adult siblings in the lead-up to...
New Varuna fellowship program announced for Indigenous writers
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
A three-year, $30,000 grant from the Copyright Agency will fund a new fellowship program for Indigenous writers at Varuna. The Copyright Agency Fellowships for First Nations Writers are open to...
Hardie Grant Books to publish Yumi Stynes’ debut cookbook
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Hardie Grant Books has announced the acquisition of broadcaster Yumi Stynes’ debut cookbook, The Zero F*cks Cookbook: Best Food Least Effort. The cookbook includes 60 ‘inventive, delicious and nutritious recipes...
IBBY Australia selects two refugee stories for 2018 Honour List
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
IBBY Australia has selected two refugee stories for the 2018 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List. The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Hachette) was selected for the...
Schrader wins 2017 CLNZ Writers’ Award
Monday, 9 October 2017
Freelance historian Ben Schrader has won the second annual Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Writers’ Award for nonfiction, worth NZ$25,000 (A$22,720), to help support his project Won and Lost: Saving New...
Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers shortlist announced
Friday, 6 October 2017
Scribe and Express Media have announced the shortlist for this year’s Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Sian Campbell, for ‘Harriet and the...
The rights stuff 2017: Healthy year for Australian rights sales
Friday, 6 October 2017
For the 15th year in a row, Books+Publishing has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall and...
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