Booktopia reports EBITDA up 506%
Friday, 29 January 2021
Online bookseller Booktopia has reported a 506% increase in its earnings (before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation: EBITDA) for the six months to the end of December 2020 in its...
Publishers, agencies to run their own digital rights fairs
Friday, 29 January 2021
In the UK, Hachette, Pan Macmillan and a number of literary agencies will run their own digital rights fairs in March, following the rescheduling of the London and Bologna book...
S&S acquires Lyons cookbook
Friday, 29 January 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to a book by Nathan Lyons, ‘the Australian TikTok sensation behind Kooking With A Koori’. Lyons, a Wiradjuri man, is a...
New Zealand market down 0.3% in 2020
Thursday, 28 January 2021
New Zealand’s book sales fell by less than 1% in 2020, despite a sustained hard lockdown for almost five weeks from late March, in which the nation’s booksellers were unable...
Full Adelaide Writers’ Week program announced
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The full program has been announced for Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW), which features a total of 147 guests and runs from Saturday, 27 February to Thursday, 4 March 2021. In...
Saleh wins 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Sara M Saleh as the winner of the 2021 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘A Poetics of Fo(u)rgetting’. The judges said of...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 longlists announced
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The longlists for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Nothing to See (Pip Adam, Victoria University Press) Bug...
Starting small: Emily Riches on Aniko Press
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Sydney-based writer and editor Emily Riches started Aniko Press—a new literary small press that includes a biannual print magazine and online book reviews—in early 2020, and has plans to begin...
S&S acquires Allira Potter nonfiction title
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to a book by psychic Allira Potter. Potter, a Yorta Yorta woman, incorporates Indigenous practices and First Nations knowledge into her...
Roffey wins Costa Book of the Year 2020
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
In the UK, Monique Roffey has won the £30,000 (A$53,000) Costa Book of the Year for her novel The Mermaid of Black Conch: A Love Story (Peepal Tree Press). The Mermaid...
Kapil wins T S Eliot Prize 2020
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
In the UK, Bhanu Kapil has won the £25,000 (A$44,330) T S Eliot Prize for Poetry for her collection How to Wash a Heart (Pavilion Poetry). Drawn from a performance...
McDougall wins NZ Sunday Star-Times short story prize
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Wellington author Kirsten McDougall has won the NZ$5000 (A$4672) New Zealand Sunday Star-Times short story competition open category for her story ‘Walking Day’. McDougall, a publicist and literary manager whose...
Book industry figures among 2021 Australia Day honours recipients
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Several book industry figures have been recognised in the annual Australia Day honours. Writer, editor and academic Robyn Sheahan-Bright was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the...
The Book Cow opens in Canberra
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
New independent bookstore The Book Cow has opened in Kingston in Canberra's inner south. The shop opened in early December as a pop up, but has permanent shelving and a...
Dymocks Tuggeranong to close
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
After more than 20 years operating in the Canberra suburb, Dymocks Tuggeranong is set to close at the completion of its current lease. ‘This has not been an easy decision...
No ‘Daily’ on Tuesday
Monday, 25 January 2021
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Tuesday, the next Daily newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 27 January. This week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on...
Create NSW announces new $30,000 SLNSW Aboriginal Creative Fellowship
Monday, 25 January 2021
A new fellowship with the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) is among four new fellowship programs worth up to $30,000 each being offered by Create NSW in partnership...
UK print market up 5% in volume, value
Monday, 25 January 2021
In the UK, Nielsen BookScan has estimated the 2020 print book market rose 5.2% in volume and 5.5% in value compared to 2019, reports the Bookseller. BookScan used its Books...
UK indies struggle with Brexit costs, delays
Friday, 22 January 2021
In the UK, indie publishers are struggling with increased costs and delays caused by Brexit, reports the Bookseller. Among the most pressing is the extra costs from increased bureaucracy, while...
Full Perth Festival Literature & Ideas program announced
Friday, 22 January 2021
The full line-up has been announced for the 2021 Perth Festival Literature & Ideas program, which will be spread across 12 days from 8–28 February 2021. Newly announced local authors...
The Book Dispensary opens in Forbes, NSW
Friday, 22 January 2021
A new independent bookshop has opened in the town of Forbes, Central West NSW. Owner Debbie Prior opened The Book Dispensary in early December and told Books+Publishing she 'welcomed the...
Lane, Murray awarded 2021 NZ Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowships
Thursday, 21 January 2021
In New Zealand, Chloe Lane and Lee Murray have been awarded the 2021 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowships. Lane and Murray will share a stipend of NZ$20,000 (A$18,500) and will each undertake...
Naver to acquire Wattpad
Thursday, 21 January 2021
South Korean internet platform Naver will purchase online social writing and reading platform Wattpad for more than US$600 million (A$775 million) in cash and stock, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Naver,...
Morrison appointed Echo publisher
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Echo Publishing has appointed publicist Emily Banyard and publishing assistant Rosie Outred in addition to promoting associate publisher Tegan Morrison to the role of publisher. The appointments bring the Bonnier...
Next ‘WBN’ to be published on Thursday
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Please note that, due to the public holiday on Tuesday, 26 January, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 28 January. The deadline for classifieds and job...
Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2021 Indie Book Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction All Our Shimmering Skies (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) The Living Sea...
Meet Pantera Press rights manager Katy McEwen
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
As the pandemic keeps rights sellers from meeting face-to-face, Books+Publishing is shining a regular spotlight on the work of Australian rights agents. Today, we hear from Pantera Press rights manager Katy McEwen. How...
Givney’s ‘Jane in Love’ optioned by ‘Little Women’ producer
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Rachel Givney’s debut novel Jane in Love (Michael Joseph) has been optioned for film by DiNovi Pictures for Amazon Studios, in a deal brokered by Jerry Kalajian at IPG and...
Chinese book market down 5% in 2020: Beijing OpenBook
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Beijing OpenBook has reported a 5% downturn on book sales in the Chinese market in 2020—the first drop in value since OpenBook began its tracking in 2001, reports Publishing Perspectives....
PRH acquires Goldberg debut
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Ashley Goldberg’s debut novel Abomination, from Akin Akinwumi at Willenfield Literary Agency. Shortlisted for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished...
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