‘The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name’ sells to North America Archive
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has sold North American rights to The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran and Michelle Pereira to Abrams Books. The deal,...
Booker Prize 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$94,300) prize are: A Passage North (Anuk Arudpragasam, Granta) The Promise (Damon Galgut, Chatto & Windus)...
US investment fund becomes largest WHSmith shareholder Archive
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
A US-based investment fund has become the largest shareholder of WHSmith after it upped its stake in the company to around 9%, reports the Times. ‘We are firm believers in...
Hachette acquires Burr crime debut in two-book deal Archive
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Hachette has acquired world rights to two crime novels by Canberra debut author Shelley Burr in a ‘hotly contested’ international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck between Hachette Australia...
Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021 winners announced Archive
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2021 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Selected from shortlists announced in June, the winning titles in each category are: Picture fiction...
Bourke wins 2021 Stanner Award Archive
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Sarah Bourke has won the 2021 Stanner Award, presented biannually by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) to the best academic manuscript written by an...
Booktopia secures new Enfield facility Archive
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Booktopia has secured an additional 13,500 sqm of warehousing and distribution space at Enfield in Sydney’s South West. The new facility will complement Booktopia’s existing major distribution centre in Lidcombe,...
Ingram announces local name change Archive
Monday, 13 September 2021
Ingram has announced that its local operation Lightning Source Australia has been renamed Ingram Content Group Australia. The company said the name was changed in order to ‘create a more consistent...
Canongate revenue up 16% in 2020 Archive
Monday, 13 September 2021
In the UK, Canongate Books recorded a turnover of £13.9 million (A$26.1m) in 2020, up 16% on its 2019 result, reports the Bookseller. The company’s pre-tax profit totalled £2.6 million...
NZ awards news: Kake wins NZ Writers’ Award, Yang wins Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Archive
Monday, 13 September 2021
Jade Kake has won the 2021 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Writers’ Award, worth NZ$25,000 (A$24,150)....
Awards this week Archive
Friday, 10 September 2021
In awards news this past week, Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron won the revived Age Book of the Year award; the winners of the $10,000 ACU Poetry Prize and NSW...
Books in the media this weekend Archive
Friday, 10 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 11 September Beautiful World, Where...
EPAA 2021 winners announced Archive
Friday, 10 September 2021
The winners of the 2021 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The winners in each category are: Secondary publisher of the year Jacaranda Primary publisher of the year...
Amazon, Big Five seek to dismiss indie booksellers’ price-fixing claim Archive
Friday, 10 September 2021
In the US, Amazon and the Big Five publishers have made separate filings asking a federal court to dismiss the latest iteration of a price-fixing claim filed against them on...
Queensland Literary Awards 2021 winners announced Archive
Friday, 10 September 2021
The winners of the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. Visual artist Fiona Foley was awarded the $25,000 Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for her...
Ghosh to headline Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Perth Archive
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Writing WA has announced the program for the inaugural Ubud Readers & Writers Festival (URWF) Perth, running from 8–10 October at the Rechabite Hall in Perth's CBD. UWRF Perth will...
UQP opens bookshop Archive
Thursday, 9 September 2021
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has announced the opening of UQP Bookshop, an on-campus bookshop at the university's main campus in St Lucia, Brisbane. The shop will exclusively stock...
Clarke wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for ‘Piranesi’ Archive
Thursday, 9 September 2021
In the UK, Susanna Clarke has won the £30,000 (A$56,100) Women's Prize for Fiction for her second novel Piranesi (Bloomsbury), reports the Bookseller. Clarke’s novel, published long after her award-winning...
$100k Historical Novel Prize longlists announced Archive
Thursday, 9 September 2021
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlist for the second annual ARA Historical Novel Prize and the inaugural longlist for its children's and young adult (CYA) category....
Monica McInerney recommends Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
I’ve been reading so many brilliant books by Australian authors in the past 18 months, but I’d like to shine a spotlight on two debut novelists I worked with through the Australian...
#BookTok 101: Your guide to a major new force in publishing Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
TikTok's #BookTok hashtag recently saw backlist titles It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid, S&S) make their way into the...
Lonely Planet announces staff changes, looks to ‘inevitable rebound’ Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Lonely Planet has announced the appointment of Chris Zeiher to the newly created role of senior director, trade sales and marketing, in which he will lead the travel publisher's global...
Wainwright Prizes for nature, conservation writing winners Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
In the UK, the winners of the Wainwright Prizes for nature and conservation writing have been announced, reports the Bookseller. James Rebanks won the nature category for English Pastoral (Allen...
Banjo Prize 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
HarperCollins Australia has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘My Father the Whale’ (Gina Perry) ‘The Wishbone...
Monica McInerney on ‘Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat’ Archive
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat (Puffin, November) is Monica McInerney's first book for children. Set in South Australia, it follows Marcie Gill as she tackles family troubles with...
Auckland booksellers remain in level four lockdown, unable to sell online Archive
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Booksellers in Auckland remain under level four lockdown, with guidance from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to the Publishers Association of New Zealand, Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ)...
Chinese book market up 11% Archive
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Books sales in the Chinese retail book market in the first half of 2021 are up 11.45% compared to the same time last year, according to Open Book Data. Sales...
Murchison wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize Archive
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Hobart-based poet Anna Murchison has won the 2021 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Poetry Prize, Australia's richest poetry award. Murchison receives $10,000 for her poem ‘Child of Gath-hepher’. Carolyn Masel was...
Australian Short Story Festival 2021 program announced Archive
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
After being cancelled in 2020, the Australian Short Story Festival (ASSF) will be held in Adelaide from 5–7 November 2021. The 2021 program features established authors including Maxine Beneba Clarke...
‘The Rain Heron’ wins Age Book of the Year Archive
Monday, 6 September 2021
Robbie Arnott has won the 2021 Age Book of the Year for his novel The Rain Heron (Text). It's the 40th time the award has been presented following a nine-year hiatus....
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