Lana Spasevski on ‘A Sprinkle of Sadie’ Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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% Archive
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...
Affirm acquires ‘The Grandest Bookshop in the World’ prequel Archive
Monday, 21 February 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to The Bookseller’s Apprentice, the prequel to The Grandest Bookshop in the World, by Amelia Mellor. Set in 1871, The Bookseller’s Apprentice follows 12-year-old...
Cassim appointed ILF program manager Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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 Archive
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% Archive
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 Archive
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...
APA announces editors for 2022 Residential Editorial Program Archive
Thursday, 17 February 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the mid-career editors selected to attend the 2022 Residential Editorial Program (REP), to take place in Sydney from 21–24 February. The editors selected...
Five ANZ publishers shortlisted for Bologna Prize Archive
Thursday, 17 February 2022
Australian publishers Affirm Press, EK Books and Magabala Books, and Aotearoa New Zealand presses Huia Publishers and Beatnik Publishing have been shortlisted for the 2022 Bologna Prize for Best Children’s...
Booksellers’ high hopes for Christmas 2021 tempered by supply chain reality Archive
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of over 120 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. After ‘the best Christmas ever’ in 2020, booksellers were expecting good things for Christmas...
PANZ conference delayed until August Archive
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has announced the PANZ International Conference, which was due to be held in Auckland on Friday, 4 March, has...
Australian bookshop tour: Eltham Bookshop Archive
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Founded in 1997, Eltham Bookshop is a 'fiercely independent' bookstore located in Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs. Owned and run by Meera Govil, winner of the 2012 Australian Booksellers Association Bookseller of...
UQP acquires Elvery debut novel Archive
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to Brisbane writer Laura Elvery’s debut novel Nightingale. Elvery is the author of two short story collections published by UQP, Trick of the Light and...
All About Women of Colour mentorship recipients announced Archive
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
The Sydney Opera House has announced Yeena Kirkbright and Ayeesha Ash as the recipients of the All About Women of Colour mentorship program, presented in partnership with Sweatshop. This year’s...
Hachette announces ‘scouting partnership’ with Law Archive
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Hachette Australia has announced a ‘scouting partnership’ with writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law, beginning this month. Working with the Hachette team, Law will scout new writers for the Hachette Australia...
Ultimo acquires Cunningham novel in two-book deal Archive
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to a new novel by Sophie Cunningham in a two-book deal brokered by Jane Novak at Jane Novak Literary Agency. Cunningham’s first novel in...
Record year for Bonnier Books Archive
Monday, 14 February 2022
Bonnier Books reported a record year for sales in 2021, according to Swedish parent company Bonnier Group, reports the Bookseller. Bonnier Books’ 2021 sales totalled SEK 6.9 billion (A$1.04b), up...
ABA announces deal with ArtsPay Archive
Monday, 14 February 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced a new partnership with payment processing company ArtsPay. ArtsPay is a 'profit for purpose' payment processing company whose mission is to 'build a...
Hardie Grant acquires Barratt book on dating apps Archive
Monday, 14 February 2022
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to Tinder Translator: An A–Z of modern misyogyny by Aileen Barratt, via Jacinta di Mase at Jacinta di Mase Management. Based on Barratt’s...
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 11 February 2022
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2022 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced. Illustrated books Wolfboy (Andy Harkness, Bloomsbury Children’s) Alone! (Barr Falls, Farshore) The Viking Who Liked Icing (Lu...
ABA commissions bookselling sustainability report Archive
Friday, 11 February 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has commissioned a report on sustainability in the book industry. ABA CEO Robbie Egan said, 'The report will give an overview of current and planned...
Inaugural Sydney Muslim Writers’ Festival to run 12–13 February Archive
Thursday, 10 February 2022
The inaugural Sydney Muslim Writers’ Festival (SMWF) will be held this weekend, 12–13 February. A partnership between the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (ISRA) and the Canterbury Bankstown City Council,...
Folio Prize 2022 shortlist announced Archive
Thursday, 10 February 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for the £30,000 (A$57,000) Rathbones Folio Prize has been announced. The eight shortlisted titles are: Assembly (Natasha Brown, Hamish Hamilton) The Promise (Damon Galgut, Chatto & Windus) Men Who Feed Pigeons (Selima Hill,...
Liminal & Writers SA Editorial Mentorship 2022 recipients announced Archive
Thursday, 10 February 2022
The recipients of the inaugural Liminal & Writers SA 2022 Editorial Mentorship for emerging Asian-Australian editors in South Australia have been announced. Lyn Dickens will undertake a fiction mentorship with...
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