Hachette acquires Terakes short story collection
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to a debut short story collection from Australian actor Zoe Terakes, to be titled Eros: Queer myths for lovers. The collection, which will feature...
US market sales up 1.2% in first half of 2023
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
According to the Association of American Publishers’ (AAP) latest StatShot report, the US publishing industry’s revenues were up 1.2% in the first half of 2023, thanks largely to growth in...
Free trade agreement to extend NZ copyright term
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
A new free trade agreement (FTA) between the government of Aotearoa New Zealand and the European Union (EU), expected to come into force in 2024, will extend the term of...
Celebrating imperfections and connections at BookUp 2023
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
The annual BookUp conference for 2023, presented by the Australian Publishers Association (APA), was held at the State Library Victoria, Melbourne, on Wednesday 16 August, with wide-ranging sessions inviting participants to...
Giselle Clarkson on ‘The Observologist’
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Giselle Clarkson is an illustrator and comic artist based in Greytown, Aotearoa New Zealand, and is best known for her nonfiction comics on conservation and environmental topics. Books+Publishing reviewer Karys...
Full program announced for Ubud 2023
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full line-up for its 20th-anniversary festival program, which will run from 18–22 October 2023 in Ubud, Indonesia. Australian and New Zealand...
Allan among redundancies at PRHNZ
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRHNZ) had laid off three senior staff, including fiction publisher Harriet Allan, reports Newsroom.co.nz. Allan had worked for PRHNZ and its earlier incarnations for over...
Beauman wins 2023 Arthur C Clarke Award for ‘Venomous Lumpsucker’
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Ned Beauman’s Venomous Lumpsucker (Sceptre) has won the 2023 Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction, reports the Guardian. Described by the publisher as a ‘zoological thriller for the age...
Stubbs wins 2023 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award
Monday, 21 August 2023
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Jenny Stubbs as the 2023 recipient of the Nan Chauncy Award. Named after the Tasmanian children’s author, the biennial Nan Chauncy...
Big Issue fiction edition returns
Monday, 21 August 2023
The Big Issue has announced the authors chosen for its 19th annual fiction edition. The 2023 edition includes short stories from 12 writers including eight emerging talents, selected from more than 681 submissions...
Inaugural TikTok Book Awards winners
Monday, 21 August 2023
In the UK, Bolu Babalola's Honey & Spice (Headline Review) has won the BookTok Book of the Year prize at the inaugural TikTok Book Awards, reports the Bookseller. Babalola won...
KYD announces 2023 Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize shortlist
Monday, 21 August 2023
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced the shortlist for the 2023 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize. Eight essays appear in this year’s shortlist: ‘Here We Go Round’ (Anna Burns) ‘The...
Fremantle Press, Alphabet Soup Books to collaborate on new middle-grade poetry collection
Monday, 21 August 2023
Fremantle Press and Alphabet Soup Books will co-publish a collection of poetry for middle readers, Right Way Down and other poems. Alphabet Soup Books is a new independent publisher in...
CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced
Friday, 18 August 2023
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards. The winning books in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in...
Educational Publishing Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Friday, 18 August 2023
The titles shortlisted for the 2023 Educational Publishing Awards Australia (EPAA) have been announced. The shortlisted categories include: Primary: Student Resource—English (Literacy/Literature/Language) Australian Primary Oxford Integrated Dictionary & Thesaurus 4E...
Heath wins 2023 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Friday, 18 August 2023
Victorian writer Rowan Heath has won the 2023 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for their piece ‘The Mannequin’. Receiving a prize of $6000, Heath was shortlisted...
HarperCollins signs Drysdale in two-book deal
Thursday, 17 August 2023
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to the novel Hollywood Night by Pip Drysdale in a two-book deal brokered by publisher Roberta Ivers with Mollie Glick at Creative Artists Agency....
Books most popular product for new German cultural voucher program
Thursday, 17 August 2023
In Germany, the country’s new KulturPass for 18-year-olds has generated €3.2 million (A$5.4m) in revenue for cultural products events and services, with sales of book accounting for most unit sales,...
Adaptations to share Screen Australia funding
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Two book adaptations are among 47 projects to share $1.2 million of story development funding from Screen Australia. Funding will go towards adaptations of Jessie Tu’s novel A Lonely Girl...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced
Thursday, 17 August 2023
The shortlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $30,000 and is administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) at James...
Langshaw named 2023 Rising Star
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Pantera commissioning editor Tom Langshaw has been named the Australian Publishers Association (APA) 2023 Rising Star. Langshaw was chosen by the selection panel from a shortlist of five that also...
New agents at Zeitgeist, Alex Adsett Literary; High Spot agent in Australia
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Freelance writer, book critic and editor Samuel Bernard, whose monthly ‘Notable Books’ column appears in The Weekend Australian, has joined Zeitgeist Agency. 'It’s been fifteen years since Sharon Galant and...
US bookshop sales up 7% in first half of 2023
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
In the US, bookshop sales grew 7% in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2022, reports Publishers Weekly. According to preliminary estimates from...
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Kajal Narayan
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement at...
Byron Writers Festival ‘singing with joy’ in new Bangalow venue
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
The 2023 Byron Writers Festival, which ran from 11 to 13 August, was an 'overwhelming success' at its new Bangalow site, according to organisers. The 2023 festival took place on...
Pantera acquires Sharp nonfiction
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to Lost and Found: How to wander your way to a better life, a new nonfiction book by Tim Sharp, via Simone Landes at...
Publishers, Internet Archive submit negotiated agreement for judgement
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
In the US, publishers Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley, and the Internet Archive (IA), have submitted a negotiated agreement for a judgement in the Hachette Book...
HarperCollins acquires Gorman nonfiction
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to nonfiction work Flying Not Falling by Ginger Gorman, in a deal brokered by Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary Agency. Flying Not Falling...
RWA announces 2023 Ruby winners
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2023 Romantic Book of the Year awards, known as the Ruby Awards. The winners in each category are: Romantic...
Australian Short Story Festival announces new mentorship opportunity
Monday, 14 August 2023
The Australian Short Story Festival has announced a new opportunity for an emerging Australian writer to complete a three-month mentorship with award-winning Irish short story writer and playwright Paul McVeigh,...
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