Hill wins 2020 Stella Prize for ‘See What You Made Me Do’
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Jess Hill has won the 2020 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her investigation of domestic violence See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc.). Judging panel chair Louise Swinn said See...
S&S acquires debut women’s fiction ‘Grace Under Pressure’
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to debut women’s fiction novel Grace Under Pressure by Sydney-based food and travel writer Tori Haschka. Rights were acquired from Catherine Drayton...
HarperCollins UK puts staff on furlough
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
HarperCollins UK is placing a number of its staff on furlough, reports the Bookseller. The number of staff to be put on furlough is unconfirmed, but it includes those from...
Bookshops adapt to change: tell us your story
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
We know the situation for retailers is changing daily amid Covid-19 restrictions. We also know that many booksellers, in finding new ways to connect with customers, are experiencing wonderful community...
Andrew’s Bookshop closes permanently
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Andrew’s Bookshop in Ivanhoe, Melbourne, has closed permanently. The store, which has operated for 36 years, was due to close this month, but shut earlier due to Covid-19. In a...
Redundancies expected as Lonely Planet reduces global publishing operations; Melbourne office to close ‘almost entirely’
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Lonely Planet will reduce its publishing operations with immediate effect, including essentially shuttering its Melbourne and London offices, due to the economic impact of Covid-19. In an email to staff...
Debut novel ‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ to be reprinted in first week
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Affirm Press will reprint Pip Williams' debut novel The Dictionary of Lost Words after impressive sales in its first week of publication. Published on 31 March, The Dictionary of Lost...
APA, ASA make agreement with schools for virtual storytime
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Teachers are able to continue to read stories to students learning from school or at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, following an industry arrangement for school storytimes. For the duration...
No ‘Daily’ until Tuesday
Thursday, 9 April 2020
The Daily newsletter will not be published tomorrow, 10 April, or on Monday, 13 April, due to the Easter public holidays. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 14 April. Next week's Weekly...
European markets and Covid-19: Consumers brace for quarantine with ebooks
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
European members of PubMagNet—a network of publishing and bookselling trade publications from across the globe—have shared with Books+Publishing summaries of how their book markets are faring, and how each country's...
Redundancies at Hardie Grant, Scribe; T&H reduces staff hours temporarily
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Australian publishers have begun taking measures to reduce staff costs in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, with redundancies announced at Hardie Grant and Scribe. Hardie Grant, Scribe confirm redundancies Hardie...
‘WBN’ published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Please note that, due to the Easter break, the next Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 16 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements is therefore 12...
UK publishers furlough staff
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) UK, Hachette UK and Bonnier UK are furloughing a number of their workers, reports the Bookseller. For furloughed workers, the UK government is providing grants for...
Barker launches rights agency for children’s and YA
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Former rights director and managing director at Hardie Grant Egmont Annabel Barker has launched a literary and rights agency, specialising in children’s writing and illustration. Annabel Barker Agency will sell...
Dylan Thomas Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
The shortlist for the £30,000 (A$60,000) International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Surge (Jay Bernard, Chatto & Windus) Flèche (Mary Jean Chan, Faber) Inland (Téa...
ABDA Awards shortlists announced
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Australian Book Design Awards. Chosen from longlists announced in February, the shortlisted titles in each category are:...
SWF among first recipients of $375k Copyright Agency funding, Cultural Fund grants brought forward
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The Copyright Agency will use $375,000 from its Future Fund to offer new initiatives in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The agency has also announced it will bring forward its...
Shaw launches Shaw Literary
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Martin Shaw, formerly agent-at-large at Alex Adsett Publishing Services and book buyer for Readings, has launched his own literary agency. Shaw Literary will represent Shaw’s current list of authors, including...
NT Writers Festival postponed until October
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
The NT Writers Festival has been postponed due to Covid-19 and is now scheduled to take place from 1 to 4 October in Darwin. Festival director Fiona Dorrell said the...
Kristoff longlisted for Glass Bell Award
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
Jay Kristoff’s Darkdawn (Harper Voyager) has been longlisted for the UK’s Glass Bell Award. Presented by London bookstore Goldsboro Books, the prize celebrates the best storytelling across all genres of...
OzCo announces four-year funding; 49 unsuccessful orgs to receive extensions
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Australia Council has announced 95 arts organisations will receive Four Year Funding for 2021–24. Forty-nine currently-funded organisations that were unsuccessful this round will have their funding extended for 12...
James Patterson spearheads fundraising effort for US bookshops
Monday, 6 April 2020
In the US, author James Patterson is leading a group that is seeking to raise millions of dollars to help save US bookshops from closing permanently due to the Covid-19...
ALIA announces Covid-19 Relief Fund
Monday, 6 April 2020
The Australian Library and Information Service (ALIA) has announced it will set up a relief fund ‘specifically to help members who are experiencing a reduction in income as a result...
A&U to reduce working hours and salaries by 20%
Friday, 3 April 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has made the 'precautionary' decision to seek a temporary 20 percent reduction in working hours and salary from all staff for the duration of the Covid-19...
Pan Mac Australia parent company begins ‘cost-saving’ initiative; layoffs, wage cuts in US
Friday, 3 April 2020
In the US, Macmillan Publishers has laid off an undisclosed number of employees across all divisions, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The publisher has also temporarily reduced pay for select employees and...
Australian trade publishing revenue up 15%, unit sales up 36% year-on-year
Friday, 3 April 2020
The Australian trade publishing market has been experiencing Christmas-like sales growth as consumers purchase books for entertainment in isolation. However, international data suggests a drop off may be on its...
‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ shortlisted for International Booker
Friday, 3 April 2020
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Australian author Shokoofeh Azar (Wild Dingo Press) has been shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. This is the first time an Australian...
Korean artist Baek Heena wins 2020 Astrid Lindgren award
Thursday, 2 April 2020
In Sweden, Korean artist Baek Heena has been announced as the winner of the five million krona (A$820k) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). Baek has published 13 picture books, including...
HarperCollins to acquire Egmont Books UK
Thursday, 2 April 2020
HarperCollins has announced its intention to acquire Egmont Books UK, as well as Egmont’s book businesses in Poland and Germany, reports the Bookseller. The transaction is for an undisclosed sum...
EWF 2020 to take place ‘entirely online’
Thursday, 2 April 2020
The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which runs from 16–23 June, usually in Melbourne, will take place online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Festival organisers ‘made the proactive decision...
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