Hardie Grant announces new parental leave policy Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Hardie Grant will introduce changes to its parental leave policy in 2020 that will mean secondary carers will receive the same paid parental leave benefits as primary carers—13 weeks of...
What we’ll be reading in 2020 Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Books+Publishing editors Sarah Farquharson and Kelsey Oldham share the books they're most looking forward to reading in 2020. Sarah Farquharson: Like many others, I was beside myself to learn that...
Book bites: Starting 2020 on the right note Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Mischa Parkee, teacher and children’s specialist at Sydney’s Better Read Than Dead, shares her top children's picks for the new year. What better way to bring in the new year...
Sun wins KYD New Critic Award Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Sydney-based writer and designer Michael Sun has been named the winner of the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) New Critic Award. Sun receives a $1000 cash prize, plus a regular...
Inaugural Writing WA Literary Lions Medal shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Writing WA has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Literary Lions Medal. The new award recognises individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the vitality and success of Western...
Peri Wilson appointed A&U publicity director Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Peri Wilson has been appointed publicity director at Allen & Unwin (A&U). Wilson has worked across media, arts and advertising industries, within companies including Random House, Yahoo7, Sensis, PwC and...
Lebeter wins Horne Prize 2019 for essay on climate change and biodiversity Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Rachael Lebeter has won the the $15,000 Horne Prize for her essay ‘Diary of a Wildlife Carer’, on the plight of native fauna in the face of climate change and...
Staff at NYC bookshop chain McNally Jackson ‘likely’ to unionise Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
In the US, employees at New York City bookshop and stationary store chain McNally Jackson are voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) this...
HQ Fiction acquires Fiona Lowe novels in two-book deal Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
HarperCollins imprint HQ Fiction has acquired ANZ rights to two new novels by Victoria-based author Fiona Lowe in a 'substantial' deal. A Home Like Ours, the first novel in the...
Final ‘WBN’ for 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) is the last for 2019 and the newsletter will return on Wednesday, 15 January. The Daily Newsletter will return on Monday, 13 January. The Books+Publishing...
Copyright Agency announces recipients of $455k in funding grants Archive
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Twenty-one projects and six new initiatives have received a total of $455,691 in the latest round of funding from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Literary organisations and projects that received...
Winton wins 2019 Voss Literary Prize for ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’ Archive
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Tim Winton has won the 2019 Voss Literary Prize, worth $5000, for his novel The Shepherd’s Hut (Hamish Hamilton). Now in its sixth year, the Voss Literary Prize is awarded...
Melbourne City of Lit announces Quebec City exchange recipients Archive
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
The Melbourne City of Literature has announced the six Victorian-based book-industry professionals who will spend a week in Quebec City, as part of a new exchange program between the two...
‘Bridget Crack’ wins 2019 Tasmania Book Prize Archive
Friday, 6 December 2019
The winners of the 2019 Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes have been announced. The winning works and their authors are: Tasmania Book Prize for the best book with Tasmanian content in...
Arts to be merged into new government ‘super-department’ Archive
Friday, 6 December 2019
From 1 February 2020, the Department of Communications and the Arts (DCA) will be incorporated into the new Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, meaning the arts will...
Booton appointed Stella Prize executive director Archive
Friday, 6 December 2019
The Stella Prize has appointed Jaclyn Booton as its new executive director, replacing previous ED Michelle Scott Tucker, who in July left the role after less than a year to...
Chen wins Deborah Cass Prize 2019 Archive
Friday, 6 December 2019
Writer Janette Chen has won the 2019 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for her manuscript extract ‘Wall of Men’. Chosen from a shortlist of 10, ‘Wall of...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2019 Archive
Friday, 6 December 2019
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2019. The Daily will return on Monday, 13 January 2020. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best...
Aman, Brabon named joint winners of the David Harold Tribe Fiction Award Archive
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Writers Claire Aman and Katherine Brabon are the joint winners of the 2019 David Harold Tribe Fiction Award, worth $12,000. The award is offered by the University of Sydney’s Department...
MidnightSun acquires Steve Heron picture book Archive
Thursday, 5 December 2019
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to the picture book Ling Li’s Lantern, by Steve Heron and illustrated by Benjamin Johnston. Ling Li’s Lantern follows Ling Li on a quest that...
Big Sky sells six children’s titles to US imprint Windmill Books Archive
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Big Sky Publishing has sold North American and US territories rights to six children’s titles to Windmill Books, an imprint of independent educational publishing house Rosen Publishing. The deal, which...
‘The Dirt Hole and its Variations’ wins 2019 Diagram Prize Archive
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Charles L Dobbins' self-published title The Dirt Hole and its Variations has won the 2019 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year presented by the Bookseller. Dobbins, who was...
SPN conference 2019: ‘Extremely positive’ feedback from delegates Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
The Small Press Network’s (SPN) eighth Independent Publishing Conference was held at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne on 21–23 November. SPN general manager Tim Coronel said that 180 tickets were...
Christmas closing list 2019 Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
We have collated company closing dates for the Christmas period below. (more…)
To market, to market: Jane Curry on marketing Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Ventura Press publisher Jane Curry argues that despite the dominance of multinational publishers, there are still opportunities for small presses to flourish—and sell plenty of copies. This is my final...
Marchetta’s ‘On the Jellicoe Road’ to be adapted for drama series Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Melina Marchetta’s 2006 young adult novel On the Jellicoe Road (Penguin) is being adapted for a young adult drama series, reports Deadline. The project is a co-production by the US’s...
Hardie Grant Travel acquires Steffensen’s book on Indigenous fire management Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Hardie Grant Travel has acquired world rights to Fire Country, the memoir of Indigenous fire practitioner Victor Steffensen. Steffensen is a Tagalaka descendant from Far North Queensland who is dedicated...
‘The Book Ninja’ optioned for film Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus’ novel The Book Ninja (S&S) has been optioned for film by producers Chris Brown of Pictures in Paradise and Veronica Fury of Fury Film Co....
Beasley wins inaugural OzCo Arts and Disability Award for an emerging artist Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Tennant Creek-based artist and illustrator Dion Beasley was one of three winners at the Australia Council’s inaugural Arts and Disability Awards, presented at a ceremony at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery...
Van Zweden wins 2019 KYD unpublished manuscript award Archive
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Literary journal Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced Sam van Zweden as the winner of its 2019 unpublished manuscript award for her manuscript ‘Eating with my Mouth Open’. Van Zweden...
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