PRH, S&S deal scrapped
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann won’t appeal a US court’s decision to block its acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S). In a statement, Bertelsmann said it will ‘advance...
Black Inc. sells ‘One Hundred Days’ to HarperVia
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to One Hundred Days by Alice Pung to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia. The deal was made by Black Inc. international director Sophy...
National Trust WA INSPIRE residency recipients announced
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
The successful applicants to the 2022 INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative, offered by the National Trust of Western Australia in partnership with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural...
TikTok Shop UK launches books category
Monday, 21 November 2022
TikTok Shop UK has launched a new books category to enable users to buy titles from partner organisations via the social media platform, reports the Bookseller. Partner organisations at launch...
Cramond, Burbidge named BookPeople reps of the year
Monday, 21 November 2022
BookPeople, the newly rebranded Australian Booksellers Association, has announced the recipients of its Rep of the Year awards for 2022. The reps of the year are: NSW Rep of the...
QBD 2022 Books of the Year announced
Monday, 21 November 2022
QBD has announced the chain’s 2022 Books of the Year. The winning titles are: Fiction Lying Beside You (Michael Robotham, Hachette) Nonfiction My Dream Time: A memoir of tennis and...
Books in the media this weekend, 19–20 November
Friday, 18 November 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Liberation Day (George Saunders, Bloomsbury) Salonika Burning (Gail Jones, Text) The...
Erese wins final Deborah Cass Prize
Friday, 18 November 2022
Anneliz Marie Erese has won Writers Victoria’s 2022 Deborah Cass Prize for her story ‘International’. Erese’s story was chosen from a shortlist of 11. She receives $3000 to assist in further development...
‘Currowan’ wins Walkley Book Award
Friday, 18 November 2022
Bronwyn Adcock has won the 2022 Walkley Book Award for Currowan: The story of a fire and a community during Australia's worst summer, published by Black Inc. Chosen from a...
National Book Awards 2022 winners announced
Friday, 18 November 2022
In the US, the winners of the 2022 National Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Rabbit Hutch (Tess Gunty, Oneworld) Nonfiction South...
‘Signs and Wonders’ wins 2022 Nib Literary Award
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Delia Falconer has won the Waverley Council’s 2022 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $20,000, for her book Signs and Wonders: Dispatches from a time of beauty and...
BookPeople conference 2023 to be held in Adelaide
Thursday, 17 November 2022
The 2023 BookPeople conference and trade exhibition will be held in Adelaide on 18–19 June. The conference will take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre. It will begin on the...
Hamilton appointed S&S marketing and publicity director
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Simon and Schuster Australia (S&S) has appointed Fleur Hamilton to the role of marketing and publicity director. Hamilton, who replaces Ace Mamun in the role, joins S&S from Allen &...
Send us your Christmas closing dates
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
To be included in Books+Publishing's annual list of publishers’ and distributors’ trade closing dates for the holiday period, please complete our Christmas closing dates survey by noon, Tuesday, 29 November....
Taylor, Zmith win 2022 Polari Prizes
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
In the UK, writers Joelle Taylor and Adam Zmith have won the 2022 Polari Prizes for work that explores the LGBT experience, reports the Bookseller. Taylor won the £2000 (A$3642) Polari Prize...
Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Young readers and children ($25,000) Aster’s Good, Right Things (Kate Gordon, Yellow...
True story: 2023 nonfiction preview
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
From a multitude of memoirs to deep-dives into sex and gender, from biographies of public figures to guides on coping with an uncertain future, here's a sneak peek at some...
Christmas predictions 2022: Petrarch’s Bookshop
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this instalment,...
National Cultural Policy consultation: literature ‘underdone and overlooked’ for too long
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
As Kate Grenville put it in her submission to the National Cultural Policy consultation, ‘Behind every published writer stands an army of others employed as a result of what they...
Earp joins Affirm sales team
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Melbourne bookseller Michael Earp will join Affirm Press as the publisher's Vic/Tas account manager. Earp comes to the role with almost two decades of industry experience, including seven years in...
UK audiobook sales growth slows
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
In the UK, a Nielsen BookData report has found audiobook purchasing growth slowed in the first half of 2022, but sales are still expected to improve, reports the Bookseller. Nielsen’s...
Clunes Booktown announces first guests, new dates
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Regional Victoria's Clunes Booktown Festival has revealed an extended program, as well as new dates. The festival, which usually runs in May, will be held next year on the weekend...
A&U acquires debut novel ‘Search History’
Monday, 14 November 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Search History, the debut novel by Melbourne writer Amy Taylor. A&U publisher Jane Palfreyman acquired rights from associate agent Benjamin Paz at...
Pham wins 2022 Heyman Mentorship Award
Friday, 11 November 2022
Kim Pham is the winner of the 2022 Heyman Mentorship Award for her novel manuscript ‘Bird Hands Beaver a Fishmint Bouquet’. Set in the suburbs of Western Sydney, the book...
Books in the media this weekend, 12–13 November
Friday, 11 November 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Dandelions (Thea Lenarduzzi, Fitzcarraldo) The Successor: The high stakes life of...
Ultimo acquires Finkemeyer debut novel
Friday, 11 November 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Melbourne-based writer Pip Finkemeyer’s debut, Sad Girl Novel, in a two-book deal via Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management. The publisher describes Sad Girl...
Inaugural Tas Writers and Illustrators Mentorship program recipients announced
Friday, 11 November 2022
Arts Tasmania and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) have announced the recipients of the inaugural Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship program. The 20 recipients are: Children’s Amy Genford Nicole...
Soobramanien, Williams win Goldsmiths Prize for ‘Diego Garcia’
Friday, 11 November 2022
In the UK, Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams have won the £10,000 (A$17,700) Goldsmiths Prize for their ‘extraordinary’ novel Diego Garcia (Fitzcarraldo). Soobramanien and Williams are the first duo to win...
‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ to be adapted for TV
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Screen rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams have been acquired by South Australian production houses Highview Productions and Closer Productions, in a deal made by Anonymous...
‘Telling Tennant’s Story’ wins inaugural Aus Political Book of the Year
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Dean Ashenden has won the inaugural $10,000 Australian Political Book of the Year Award for Telling Tennant’s Story: The strange career of the great Australian Silence, published by Black Inc....
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