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Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 7 August 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 Sanam Maher (A...

RiP Toni Morrison

Wednesday, 7 August 2019
American author Toni Morrison has died, aged 88. US publisher Holt, Rinehart & Winston published Morrison's debut novel The Bluest Eye in 1970. Alfred A Knopf published Morrison's novel Sula...

Judging a book by its cover: Jane Curry on the influence of Instagram

Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Ventura Press publisher Jane Curry argues that the biggest influence on design trends this decade has been Instagram. With 5000 new titles a month released into the Australian market, what...

Book designer spotlight: Evi O

Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Evi O spent a decade working as a designer at Penguin Books Australia, where she specialised in illustrated books on food, design, art, architecture and gardens, before opening her own...

Program announced for 2019 Blak & Bright festival

Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The program for this year’s Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, to be held in Melbourne from 5-8 September, has been announced. More than 60 First Nations writers and...

Most Underrated Book Award 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 7 August 2019
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA). The shortlisted titles are: Brontide (Sue McPherson, Magabala) Antidote to a Curse (James...

A&U to publish Rodda’s new junior fiction series

Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired a new three-book junior fiction series by Emily Rodda. The Monty’s Island series, which is illustrated by Lucinda Gifford, is aimed at children aged...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 5 August 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 a focus on...

Colin Roderick Award 2019 longlist announced

Monday, 5 August 2019
The longlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Sun Music: New...

Charts this week

Monday, 5 August 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint RRP 1 The 117-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan $14.99 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons $29.95 3 4 Ingredients...

Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2019 Books at MIFF

Friday, 2 August 2019
The 13th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on 1 August. Representatives from publishing and...

Morris shortlisted for Glass Bell Award

Friday, 2 August 2019
In the UK, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) has been shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award. Selected from a longlist of 12, the shortlisted titles are: Our House (Louise Candlish,...

UWAP acquires On’s poetry collection ‘Turbulence’

Friday, 2 August 2019
The UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Thuy On’s debut poetry collection Turbulence. ‘It’s a really surprising first book by a sharp poetic mind with an acute sensibility...

Liminal Fiction Prize longlist announced

Friday, 2 August 2019
Liminal magazine has announced the longlist for the inaugural Liminal Fiction Prize. The longlisted authors and their works are: Bryant Apolonio, for ‘Bad Weather’ Kasumi Borczyk, for ‘Cheese Me Please’...

‘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,...

Shortlists for 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards announced

Thursday, 1 August 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The shortlisted works in each category are: Australian history prize Taking Liberty: Indigenous...

ALA denounces Macmillan’s new ebook lending restrictions

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
‘When a library serving many thousands has only a single copy of a new title in ebook format, it’s the library, not the publisher, that feels the heat. It’s the...

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...

Taking control of your TBR pile: Mischa Parkee’s top picks for forthcoming children’s titles

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Mischa Parkee, primary school teacher and children’s specialist at Sydney’s Better Read Than Dead, shares her top picks for forthcoming children’s titles. There comes a time when any reader must...

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...