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Bookselling in a pandemic: 18 months later 

Monday, 23 August 2021
Brunswick Bound manager Ellen Cregan travelled to the United States in March 2020 as part of Melbourne City of Literature’s Bookseller in Residence program. Although her trip was cut short...

Amazon reportedly plans to open US department stores

Monday, 23 August 2021
Amazon is planning to open large department-style stores in the US, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to the WSJ, the retail spaces will be around 30,000 square feet...

CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced

Friday, 20 August 2021
The winners of the 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The winning titles and honour books in each category are: Older...

Sharjah Book Authority launches pro-reading campaign

Friday, 20 August 2021
In the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has launched a new pro-reading campaign with the slogan ‘If you’re into something, you’re into books’, reports Publishing Perspectives. The...

Morrow appointed Murdoch Books publishing director 

Thursday, 19 August 2021
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced that Murdoch Books publisher Jane Morrow has been appointed publishing director of the company, replacing Lou Johnson in the role. A&U said Morrow's 'well-honed...

MWF cancels live events, brings forward MWF Digital

Thursday, 19 August 2021
The organisers of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF), which was scheduled to run from 3–12 September at various locations across the city, have cancelled the live components of its program....

Aotearoa Booksellers NZ conference postponed 

Thursday, 19 August 2021
The 2021 Aotearoa Booksellers NZ conference, which was due to be held at the Park Hyatt in Auckland this weekend, 21–22 August, has been postponed due to the country’s current...

Corey Tutt recommends 

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
My dear friend Terri Janke has just released a book called True Tracks (UNSW Press), which features a number of friends and distant relatives. I loved it because IP in...

Corey Tutt on ‘The First Scientists’

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Kamilaroi STEM advocate and founder of Deadly Science Corey Tutt is the author of The First Scientists (illus by Blak Douglas, Hardie Grant, October), which explores early and contemporary First...

S&S to expand local editorial team 

simon & schuster logo Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) is expanding its local editorial team, with two new full-time editorial positions intended to streamline the publisher’s production.  S&S managing director Dan Ruffino told Books+Publishing...

Queensland literary projects funded

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
The University of Queensland will receive $20,000 ‘to provide time and space to emerging writer Ellen van Neerven for their creative development of new work enhanced by access to unique...

US half-yearly bookstore sales up 30%

Wednesday, 18 August 2021
In the US, bookstore sales in the first half of 2021 rose 30.3% compared to the same period last year, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstore sales rose from US$2.82 billion (A$3.9b)...

Nielsen launches local ebook sales tracking service 

Tuesday, 17 August 2021
Nielsen Book Australia has launched a new ebook sales tracking service. Collecting ebook sales data directly from publishers, PubTrack Digital Australia & New Zealand is, according to Nielsen, ‘the first...

Hachette Book Group to acquire Workman Publishing

Tuesday, 17 August 2021
In the US, Hachette Book Group (HBG) will acquire independent publisher Workman Publishing in a US$240 million (A$327m) deal, reports Publishers Weekly. Workman Publishing, which has about 300 employees across...

SLQ 2021 Young Writers Award winner announced

Tuesday, 17 August 2021
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced that Ellen Vickerman is the winner of the 2021 Young Writers Award. Vickerman wins a $2000 cash prize for her story 'Sun...

NZ Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize shortlist announced

Monday, 16 August 2021
Hachette Aotearoa NZ and the Margaret Mahy estate have announced the shortlist for the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize. The shortlisted illustrators are: Elizabeth Knowles Tara Southgate Sarah Trolle Jessica Twohill...

Lockdowns hit print book sales 

Monday, 16 August 2021
Simultaneous lockdowns across several states have led to year-on-year declines in both value and volume of print books in recent months, according to Nielsen Book Australia. While the print book...

PANZ 2021 conference program announced

Friday, 13 August 2021
The program for the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) International Conference, to be held in Auckland on 20 August, has been announced. The program of...

Hardie Grant North America appoints publisher 

Friday, 13 August 2021
Jenny Wapner will join Hardie Grant North America in the newly created role of publisher. She will be based in San Francisco, where the publisher’s North American marketing team is...

Larrikin House acquires Freeman picture book 

Thursday, 12 August 2021
Larrikin House has acquired worldwide rights to children’s picture book The Heartbeat of the Land by Cathy Freeman. The publisher says the book is ‘a poignant call for environmental action...

Giramondo partners with RMIT to launch Speculate Prize

Thursday, 12 August 2021
RMIT University has announced it will partner with Giramondo Publishing to launch the Speculate Prize, a new trans-Tasman award for an unpublished speculative fiction manuscript. The biennial prize aims to...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2021 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 11 August 2021
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2021 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 each. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian history prize...

 

 

 

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