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‘Too Much Lip’ optioned for screen adaptation

Thursday, 1 August 2019
Melissa Lucashenko’s Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel Too Much Lip (UQP) has been optioned for screen by production company Cenozoic Pictures. The deal, which was negotiated by Lucashenko’s agent Alex...

Ngaio Marsh Award 2019 shortlist announced

Thursday, 1 August 2019
The shortlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best crime novel This Mortal Boy (Fiona Kidman,...

Publicity round-up 

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction Memoir & biography David Glasheen (Millionaire...

All hands on deck: Inside The Little Bookroom with Michael Earp

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Situated in Melbourne’s inner north, The Little Bookroom is Australia’s oldest dedicated children’s bookshop. In his bookseller’s diary, children’s literature specialist Michael Earp reveals how a combination of experience, new ideas...

Book designer spotlight: Mark Campbell

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Mark Campbell got his break in the book industry at Hardie Grant Books, where he worked in marketing before moving over to design. He is currently head of design at...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Sales Fiction Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell of Dancing Road Productions have optioned the screen rights to Bitter Wash Road (Garry Disher, Text) via Jenny Darling & Associates (see news). Children’s Scholastic has sold...

NT Literary Awards 2019 winners announced

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: Short story award ($1000) ‘Centring’, by Glen Hunting Poetry award ($1000) ‘Lyapirtneme/No...

Lindfield Bookshop & Children’s Bookshop to close 

Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Lindfield Bookshop & Children’s Bookshop in Sydney’s North Shore will close at the end of August after 46 years of operation. Owner Scott Whitmont said it’s with ‘considerable sadness’ that...

Disher’s ‘Bitter Wash Road’ optioned for screen

Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Producers Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell of Adelaide-based production company Dancing Road Productions have optioned the screen rights to Garry Disher’s Bitter Wash Road (Text), via Jenny Darling & Associates. First published in 2013,...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 29 July 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition features an investigation into...

WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced

Monday, 29 July 2019
The winners of this year’s Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an emerging writer ($15,000) The Sky Runs...

Berbay to expand publishing program in 2020

Monday, 29 July 2019
Melbourne-based children’s publisher Berbay Books will double its publishing list from eight to 16 titles in 2020, as well as publishing its first graphic novel, chapter book and junior fiction...

Charts this week 

Monday, 29 July 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 One Good Deed David Baldacci Macmillan 2 Under Currents Nora Roberts Hachette 3 The World's Worst Teachers David Walliams HarperCollins 4 Boy...

RiP Margaret Fulton

Friday, 26 July 2019
Scottish-born Australian cookery author, journalist and commentator Margaret Fulton has died, aged 94. First published by Paul Hamlyn in 1968, The Margaret Fulton Cookbook became an important reference for cooking...

Baskin wins industry recognition award at ORIAs

Friday, 26 July 2019
Booktopia deputy CEO and CTO Wayne Baskin has won in the industry recognition category at the 2019 Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs). Booktopia was nominated for the best pureplay retailer...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2019 winners announced

Friday, 26 July 2019
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced the winners of the 2019 Book Design Awards. Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing (Sean Mallon & Sébastien Galliot, Te Papa Press),...

PRH acquires debut thriller in two-book deal

Friday, 26 July 2019
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired world rights to Tasmanian author Kyle Perry’s crime/suspense thriller debut, The Bluffs, in a two-book deal with the Nash Agency. Set in the Tasmanian...

Ned Kelly Awards 2019 longlists announced

Thursday, 25 July 2019
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the longlists for this year’s Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writing. The longlisted titles in each category are: Best first fiction...

UK Booksellers Association urges shops to go green

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
‘Booksellers can take the lead in their communities, and in the trade—where there is already a high awareness of the challenge—and the green manifesto is designed as a key step...

Publicity round-up 

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction History, politics & business Bastian Obermayer...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Sales Fiction Jenny Darling & Associates has extended the screen option taken by Generator Pictures for The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood, A&U) until November 2021. Nonfiction HarperCollins has...