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Waterstones buy Blackwell’s

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
In the UK, Waterstones has bought former family-owned chain Blackwell’s for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. The funds for the purchase came via Waterstones owner Elliott Advisors, which also...

Stella Prize 2022 longlist announced

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
The longlist for the $50,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: Coming of Age in the War on Terror (Randa Abdel-Fattah, NewSouth)...

The Book Orchard takes over Just Books Bairnsdale 

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
The Book Orchard has taken over Just Books Bairnsdale in East Gippsland, Victoria. The Book Orchard owner Annemieke Jongsma took over the business from Just Books owner Elaine Medhurst on...

Booktopia profits halved after Covid lockdowns 

Booktopia logo Monday, 28 February 2022
Online retailer Booktopia’s profits halved in the six months to 31 December compared to the same period last financial year, despite a 15.5% revenue rise for the same period. In...

Hardie Grant acquires Micallef memoir 

Monday, 28 February 2022
Hardie Grant Books (HGB) has acquired world rights to the memoir Tripping Over Myself by Australian comedian, actor and writer Shaun Micallef. Micallef has appeared on Australian television since 1994,...

Books in the media this weekend 26–27 February 

Friday, 25 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Ethical Investor (Nicole Haddow, Black Inc.) The Keepers (Al Campbell,...

‘Love & Virtue’ wins 2022 MUD Literary Prize

Friday, 25 February 2022
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid (Ultimo) has won the fifth annual MUD Literary Prize. Presented each year for the best debut literary novel by an Australian writer, the $5000...

Scribner launches in Canada

Thursday, 24 February 2022
In Canada, Simon & Schuster (S&S) has announced it is launching Scribner Canada, reports Publishers Weekly. Scribner Canada will publish literary fiction and nonfiction from Canada, as well as titles...

Dirt Lane to become WestWords imprint 

Thursday, 24 February 2022
Not-for-profit picture book publisher Dirt Lane Press, founded by publisher Margrete Lamond in 2016, will become an imprint of Western Sydney arts organisation WestWords. The Orange-based publisher, which has been...

How international book markets performed in 2021

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Through the PubMagNet initiative, a collaboration between book industry trade magazines from around the world, representatives from publications in Italy, Spain, the UK, Russia, Norway and the German-language markets have...

Australia Council announces 2022 leadership programs participants

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the participants of its three leadership programs—Arts Leaders, Future Leaders and International Leadership—for emerging, mid-career and established creative practitioners in Australia and...

CBCA 2022 Notable Books announced

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2022. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....

Opposition grows as Vivendi files Lagardère takeover bid

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
In France, media company Vivendi has filed its proposed takeover bid for Hachette Livre parent company Lagardère Group amid growing opposition to the merger, reports the Bookseller. In December Vivendi—which...

Hardie Grant ‘Innovate’ RAP endorsed 

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Hardie Grant has announced the next level of its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), the ‘Innovate’ RAP, has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. The Innovate RAP commits Hardie Grant to ‘creating...

Tablo Tales acquires Eckermann verse novel 

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Tablo Tales, the new literary imprint of Tablo Publishing led by creative director Jemma Birrell, has acquired world rights to a new book by South Australian poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, via...

Lana Spasevski on ‘A Sprinkle of Sadie’

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Sadie loves to bake, but sometimes things don't go to plan. In her new junior fiction series, A Sprinkle of Sadie (Affirm, April), Lana Spasevski explores the power of food...

Lana Spasevski recommends 

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
I have just finished The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor (Affirm) with my daughters. The fast, cinematic pace of the text, the magical setting of all the...

‘The Bluffs’ optioned for screen 

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Kyle Perry’s debut novel The Bluffs (Penguin) been optioned for screen adaptation as a limited TV series by First Option Pictures. Executive producer Mark Morrissey, associate producer Piper Morrissey and...

Wild shortlisted for 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Australian children’s author Margaret Wild has been shortlisted for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award, administered by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Wild is among the...

S&S reports local sales up 27% 

Monday, 21 February 2022
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has confirmed its local total sales grew 27.2% in 2021, as Simon & Schuster US reported its operating income was up 52% year-on-year. S&S Australia...

Cassim appointed ILF program manager 

Monday, 21 February 2022
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has appointed Zoe Cassim as program manager. Cassim, a Widjabul/Wia-bul woman from Bundjalung Country in northern New South Wales, is a high-school teacher with more...

Books in the media this weekend, 19–20 February 

Friday, 18 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Grass Hotel (Craig Sherborne, Text) A Terrible Kindness (Jo Browning...

Record earnings, profits for Lagardère in 2021

Friday, 18 February 2022
Lagardère Publishing grew its revenue by 9.4% in 2021 while increasing profits by 42.7%, reports Publishers Weekly. Lagardère Group reported revenue from its publishing division totalled €2.6 billion (A$4.11b) with...

Inaugural Open Book interns announced

Friday, 18 February 2022
Bohdi Byles and Maya Hodge are the two successful applicants for the inaugural Open Book Internship pilot program, now underway in Sydney and Melbourne. Byles, a ‘vocal queer person, a...

Walker acquires Daley picture book about bees 

Friday, 18 February 2022
Walker Books Australia has acquired Native Bees, a new title in the publisher’s Nature Storybook series, by Brisbane teacher librarian Megan Daley. Daley is the author of Raising Readers (UQP),...

S&S revenue grows 10% in 2021, profit up 52%

Thursday, 17 February 2022
In the US, Simon & Schuster's (S&S) revenue grew 10% and its operating income was up 52% year-on-year in 2021, on the back of strong performance from its distribution and...

Greder’s ‘Diamonds’ longlisted for Kate Greenaway Medal

Thursday, 17 February 2022
In the UK, Swiss-born long-time Australian resident Armin Greder has made the longlist for the 2022 Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding achievement in children’s illustration, announced along with the longlist...

 

 

 

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