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Amazon breaks Atwood embargo in US

Thursday, 5 September 2019
Amazon has shipped hundreds of copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Chatto & Windus), the embargoed follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, to US customers ahead of its official release date...

‘The Trespassers’ TV adaptation in development

Thursday, 5 September 2019
A TV adaptation of Meg Mundell’s novel The Trespassers (UQP) is being developed by Triptych Pictures and production company Fremantle. The screen rights were optioned via Alex Adsett Publishing Services...

Educational Publishing Awards 2019 winners announced

Thursday, 5 September 2019
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2019 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA). For the second year in a row, Promoting Literacy Development was named Primary...

Noni, Black win 2019 Inky Awards

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Lynette Noni and Holly Black have won the 2019 Inky Awards, presented by State Library Victoria (SLV). Noni’s dystopian YA novel Whisper (Pantera) won the Gold Inky Award for an...

Place of exchange: Jane Stratton on Lost in Books

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Lost in Books is a multilingual children’s bookshop in Fairfield, Sydney. A project of the Think+Do Tank Foundation, the shop’s mission is to celebrate and support multilingual literacy and creativity....

Book designer spotlight: Andy Warren

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Andy Warren began his career at Hardie Grant before moving exclusively into children’s books at Five Mile. His recent designs include an award-winning range of publications celebrating Barbie’s 60th birthday....

Booker Prize 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$88,875) prize are: The Testaments (Margaret Atwood, Chatto & Windus, September) Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann,...

Hachette appoints Adler publisher at large 

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Hachette Australia has appointed former Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) CEO Louise Adler as publisher at large. On Adler's appointment, Hachette also acquired world rights to new works by Mick Warner...

Affirm signs White for third and fourth novels 

Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to two new novels by Christian White. Affirm Press publishing director Martin Hughes said: ‘Christian has worked so hard over the past 18 months, promoting...

Cappielli, Mostafa win Viva La Novella VII

Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Seizure has announced New South Wales writers Carly Cappielli and Joshua Mostafa as the joint winners of its seventh annual Viva La Novella competition. Cappielli won for her novella Listurbia,...

Sorensen named 2019 Judy Harris Writer in Residence

Monday, 2 September 2019
The University of Sydney has announced that Tracy Sorensen is the recipient of this year's $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence at its Charles Perkins Centre.  Sorensen will use the...

Finalists announced for Queensland people’s choice award

Monday, 2 September 2019
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the finalists for the People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. The finalists are: Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) Requiem...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2019 winners announced

Monday, 2 September 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000)  The Bible...

‘The Ruin’ wins best novel at 2019 Davitt Awards

Monday, 2 September 2019
Dervla McTiernan’s novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) has won the award for best adult novel at the 2019 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. The...

Audible halts Captions on major publishers’ titles

Friday, 30 August 2019
In a New York district court stipulation, Audible has agreed to exclude works from a group of major publishers from its Captions program until permission and licensing issues are resolved,...

Collins to waive franchise fee for independent bookstores 

Friday, 30 August 2019
Collins Booksellers is waiving its usual franchise fee for independent bookstores that want to join the group while keeping their independent identities. Under the arrangement, Collins will waive the initial...