Gardners suspends new orders Archive
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
UK-based distributor Gardners has suspended taking new orders for physical products, citing the safety and wellbeing of its workforce as the reason for the decision. An announcement on the Gardners...
Add your Covid-19 response to our list of bookshops Archive
Monday, 30 March 2020
Things are changing rapidly as state and federal governments continue to update their advice regarding Covid-19 measures. We are continuing to update our list of bookshop responses to the outbreak,...
B&N closes 400 shops temporarily Archive
Monday, 30 March 2020
In the US, bookselling chain Barnes & Noble (B&N) has temporarily closed about 400 stores to the public, reports Publishers Weekly. The chain is working with state and local governments...
Bothroyd wins ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize Archive
Monday, 30 March 2020
Sally Bothroyd has won the inaugural ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize for her manuscript ‘Brunswick Street Blues’. Bothroyd, who is a director of the Northern Territory Writers Centre and former journalist,...
Hussein appointed Voiceworks editor Archive
Monday, 30 March 2020
Express Media has appointed Adalya Nash Hussein as editor of Voiceworks journal for a two-year period. Hussein—a writer, editor and co-editor at Liminal magazine—will replace previous editor Mira Schlosberg. Hussein...
PRH, BA back crowdfunding campaign for booksellers Archive
Friday, 27 March 2020
In the UK, Penguin Random House (PRH) and the Booksellers Association (BA) are backing a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for booksellers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the Bookseller....
Aurealis Awards 2019 finalists announced Archive
Friday, 27 March 2020
The finalists for the 2019 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced. The finalists are: Best science fiction novel The Subjects (Sarah...
Besliev joins Affirm Press as kids publisher Archive
Friday, 27 March 2020
Five Mile commercial director Tash Besliev will join Affirm Press in the newly created role of kids publisher, where she will oversee an expansion of Affirm’s children’s list. Besliev has...
Van Neerven wins inaugural UQP Quentin Bryce Award Archive
Friday, 27 March 2020
Ellen van Neerven has been named the winner of The University of Queensland Press' (UQP) inaugural Quentin Bryce Award, for their poetry collection Throat. The Quentin Bryce Award recognises a...
OzCo suspends grant programs to support arts sector during pandemic Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
The Australia Council has suspended many of its investment programs to concentrate on providing a response package to support artists, arts practitioners, arts groups and arts organisations coping with the...
US publishers consider moving pub dates Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
In the US, major publishers are struggling with whether or not to move publication dates of forthcoming titles in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Publishers are...
Brow Books to reissue Tumarkin’s ‘Traumascapes’ Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Brow Books has acquired world rights to Maria Tumarkin's nonfiction book Traumascapes, which was originally published by Melbourne University Press in 2005. Tumarkin recently won a Windham Campbell prize for...
Books Create Australia announces agreement for digital library storytimes Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Books Create Australia, the joint industry group comprised of the Australian Booksellers Association, the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Society of...
Dymocks reports over 300% rise in online sales of children’s nonfic Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Dymocks has reported a sharp increase in sales of education books and supplies as parents stock up on learning materials following advice to keep children home from school. Online sales...
Black Inc. postpones ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’ Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Black Inc. has postponed the publication of Growing Up Disabled in Australia (ed by Carly Findlay) from June this year until February 2021, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to...
Literary awards go digital Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Following the federal and state governments’ bans on mass gatherings in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers of literary awards are turning to live-streaming their ceremonies to replace their scheduled...
CYL may be gone but YA can still thrive through grassroots advocacy Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
In her first op-ed as Junior columnist for 2020, Adele Walsh investigates the vacuum left by the shuttering of the Centre for Youth Literature last year, and what can be...
PRH profits, revenue up 6.2% in 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) revenue and profit was up 6.2% in 2019, according to parent company Bertelsmann, reports the Bookseller. The publisher’s revenues increased 6.2% to €3.64 billion (A$6.6b), with...
PRH, Affirm, Abbey’s and BooksPlus awarded by Leading Edge Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Leading Edge Books (LEB) presented a number of industry awards last night. The annual awards were announced via social media this year, as the LEB Conference, where the awards are...
Hachette acquires Ferguson and Jones book on Catholic Church cover-up Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Hachette has acquired world rights to journalists Sarah Ferguson and Tony Jones’ book Revelation, the tie-in to their ABC TV series on the criminal priests and brothers of the Catholic...
A&U acquires Debra Oswald novel after ‘heated’ auction Archive
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Debra Oswald’s novel The Family Doctor after a ‘heated’ auction. Described as a ‘riveting moral thriller’, The Family Doctor tells the...
ADS, Ingram take precautions in response to Covid-19 Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) and Ingram have assured customers they remain open and operational following various mandated shutdowns across the country. In a letter to customers yesterday, ADS said it...
Luiselli becomes first woman to win Folio Prize Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
In the UK, Mexican novelist Valeria Luiselli has become the first woman to win the £30,000 (A$59,470) Rathbones Folio Prize for her novel Lost Children Archive (Fourth Estate). Lost Children...
McGaughey announced as KYD’s First Nations Editor-in-Residence Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced writer and editor Jasmin McGaughey as the publication’s new First Nations Editor-in-Residence. The First Nations Editor-in-Residence is a newly created role that has been...
‘There Was Still Love’ wins 2020 Indie Book of the Year Archive
Tuesday, 24 March 2020
Favel Parrett’s novel There Was Still Love (Hachette) has been named Book of the Year at the 2020 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books (LEB). The winning titles...
UK trade launches emergency funds for authors, bookshops Archive
Monday, 23 March 2020
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) has launched an Authors Emergency Fund, while the Bookseller’s Association (BA) will donate £30,000 (A$60,520) to the Book Trade Charity to support...
Retailers allowed to remain open as federal, state govts introduce lockdown measures Archive
Monday, 23 March 2020
Bookshops and other retailers can continue to trade under new lockdown measures announced by the federal government last night in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The NSW, ACT and Victorian...
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
The shortlists for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) The White Girl (Tony Birch,...
NewSouth acquires book on journalism for kids Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
NewSouth Books has acquired ANZ rights to children's nonfiction book Kid Reporter: The secret to breaking news from Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. Written by journalists Dhana Quinn and Saffron Howden,...
Tumarkin wins 2020 Windham Campell prize for nonfiction Archive
Friday, 20 March 2020
Melbourne-based writer and academic Maria Tumarkin is one of eight winners of the 2020 Windham Campbell Prize, the world's richest literary prize. Each winner receives a cash prize of US$165,000...
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