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Tanner wins 2022 Albert Ullin award 

Monday, 17 October 2022
Illustrator and author Jane Tanner is the recipient of the 2022 Albert Ullin Award. The $10,000 biennial award was created with a bequest from the late Albert Ullin, a co-founder...

Queer YA novel wins 2022 Ampersand Prize 

Monday, 17 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced Adelaide teacher and writer Elisa Chenoweth has won the 2022 Ampersand Prize for her young adult novel Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything...

FNPOC Count report released 

Monday, 17 October 2022
The First Nations and People of Colour (FNPOC) Count, led by Victoria University senior lecturer Natalie Kon-yu, has released a report of its findings. The count took in a sample...

T S Eliot Prize shortlist announced

Friday, 14 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s T S Eliot Prize for Poetry, worth £25,000 (A$45K), has been announced. The 10 shortlisted poetry collections are: Quiet (Victoria Adukwei Bulley,...

Books in the media this weekend, 15–16 October 

Friday, 14 October 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  Hard Labour: Wage theft in the age of inequality (Ben Schneiders,...

Greenwood wins Varuna-NEWC Fellowship

Friday, 14 October 2022
The New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) in partnership with Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced Anne Greenwood as the winner of the 2022 Varuna-NEWC Fellowship. Greenwood receives a week’s...

Fair Work approves Readings EBA 

Friday, 14 October 2022
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has approved the enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) negotiated between Readings and the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) on behalf of staff at the...

Faber Writing Academy appoints editor-in-residence 

Friday, 14 October 2022
Faber Writing Academy has announced the appointment of Ellen O’Brien as editor-in-residence. A Garigal/Walkeloa writer, O'Brien is a junior editor at the Sydney Review of Books and the 2022 program...

S&S acquires Prak debut thriller 

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to Michelle Prak’s debut thriller The Rush, via literary agent Melanie Ostell. The Rush is described by the publisher as a...

Ultimo to establish UK publishing team 

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Hardie Grant and Ultimo Press have announced that Ultimo managing director James Kellow will set up the imprint in the UK next year. Kellow said, ‘After an exciting time establishing...

Marketing staff to be covered in proposed PRH EBA 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union has announced that a proposed changed Enterprise Agreement at Penguin Random House (PRH) will cover marketing staff for the first time. ‘Solidarity...

Reflections on work and the future: Book industry survey 2022 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In July 2022 Books+Publishing (B+P) surveyed more than 300 people about their employment in the Australian book industry, following up on similar surveys in 2013 and 2018. This report focuses on the qualitative data collected...

QBD opens Ipswich store 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
QBD Books has opened a new store in Ipswich, Queensland. The new store, located at the Ipswich Riverlink Shopping Centre, celebrated its opening on Love Your Bookshop Day, Saturday 8...

A&U acquires Scholte sequel 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ and Oceania rights to Shadows of Truth by Astrid Scholte, the sequel to her 2022 YA fantasy League of Liars. Shadows of Truth...

US print sales down 4.8% YTD

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
In the US, unit sales of print books were down 4.8% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2021, reports Publishers Weekly. According...

ABA rebrands as BookPeople 

Book people logo Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association has rebranded as BookPeople. CEO Robbie Egan told Books+Publishing: 'The new name is a masterbrand for the association, which will support all activities from Reading Guides...

Richell Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Richell Prize. The six shortlisted authors, chosen from a longlist of 20 announced in September, are:...

Campion acquires Insight 

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Campion Group has acquired Insight Publications, an independent publisher of English resources for secondary schools. According to Campion, Insight will continue to operate independently with the support of the...

Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Legacy of Violence: A history of the British Empire...

SPN 2022 conference program announced

Monday, 10 October 2022
The program for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) annual Independent Publishing Conference, which runs from 24–26 November, has been announced. The conference, which will run as a hybrid event...

Anatolitis appointed Meanjin editor

Monday, 10 October 2022
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has announced Esther Anatolitis as the next editor of Meanjin. Anatolitis has two decades’ experience working in arts and media leadership roles. She is the former...

Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Friday, 7 October 2022
The Swedish Academy has announced French writer Annie Ernaux as the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, worth 10 million Swedish krona (A$1.4m). Ernaux, whose work is mostly...

Books in the media this weekend, 8–9 October 

Friday, 7 October 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  Against Disappearance (ed by Leah Jing McIntosh & Adolfo Aranjuez, Pantera) A Kind...

 

 

 

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