Layoffs at PRH US
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has confirmed in a letter to staff it has made a number of layoffs in addition to its previously announced voluntary redundancy plan,...
Kate Mildenhall on ‘The Hummingbird Effect’
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Kate Mildenhall is a Melbourne-based writer whose first book, Skylarking, was longlisted for the Voss Literary Prize and Indie Book Awards. Her second novel was the widely lauded The Mother Fault. Her latest, The...
‘Paper Cage’ sells to UK, US
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Rights to Michael Gifkins Prize-winning novel Paper Cage (Tom Baragwanath, Text) have been sold to the US and UK, reports the Bookseller. In the UK the book will be published...
Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway on ‘Country Town’
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Historian and novelist Isolde Martyn and First Nations author Robyn Ridgeway have collaborated on a history of an imagined Australian country town, decade-by-decade from 1922 to the present day, illustrated...
Lonely Planet’s ‘blue spine’ guidebooks reimagined as publisher celebrates 50 years
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
As the travel category recovers from its pandemic low-point, Lonely Planet is celebrating 50 years. The publisher's senior director, trade sales & marketing Chris Zeiher talks to Books+Publishing about the...
Affirm signs Tuohy memoir
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a memoir by AFL Geelong Cats defender Zach Tuohy, to be co-written by ABC sports journalist Catherine Murphy. Tuohy, who has played 120...
Books in the media this weekend, 8–9 July
Friday, 7 July 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper...
Hachette Australia acquires Armstrong picture book series
Thursday, 6 July 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to the first two picture books in a new series by Gamilaroi man, ABC television presenter and former AFL player Tony Armstrong. The George...
Christmas 2023 all wrapped up: Local fiction
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local fiction titles releasing in time for Christmas 2023. Also see our features for nonfiction as well as children’s and YA titles. Familiar names...
Johnstons announce sale of Collins Booksellers
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Duncan and Diana Johnston have announced the sale of the Collins Booksellers franchise, with 25 franchised outlets sold to owners of the Moonee Ponds Collins store, Will and Laura Smith....
Ash Barty on ‘Ash Barty: Champion’
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Ash Barty is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer from Queensland. Those who pick up the new Young Readers edition of her memoir, Ash Barty: Champion (HarperCollins), ‘will...
Yellowface enters top 10
Monday, 3 July 2023
Top 10 Bestsellers RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Love Theoretically (Ali Hazelwood, Hachette) Cross Down (James Patterson, Century) The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Thomas Mayo & Kerry O’Brien, HG Explore) Fourth Wing (Rebecca...
ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 winners
Friday, 30 June 2023
The winners for the ACT Notable Book Awards, which highlight and celebrate the excellence and talent of writers in and around the ACT region, have been announced. The winning works...
Christmas 2023 all wrapped up: Local nonfiction
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local nonfiction titles releasing in time for Christmas 2023. Politics and culture Two books for those ready to read about the pandemic lockdowns: Life as...
Gabbie Stroud on ‘The Things That Matter Most’
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Gabbie Stroud is a self-professed 'recovering teacher' and author of the bestselling Teacher (2018, A&U) based in Merimbula, NSW. Her new adult novel, The Things That Matter Most (A&U, August), is an...
Books in the media this weekend, 24–25 June
Friday, 23 June 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Comforting Weight of Water (Roanna McClelland, Wakefield) The Days Toppled...
Christmas 2023 all wrapped up: Local children’s and YA
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local children’s and young adult titles releasing in time for Christmas 2023. Tis the season Among the children’s and YA titles coming in time for...
Literature Structural Investment fund recipients announced
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the recipients of the most recent round of the Literature Structural Investment fund which includes the three streams of translation, rights travel,...
Maree Coote on ‘Letters for Lunch’
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Maree Coote is a celebrated Melbourne-based publisher, author and illustrator known for her captivating and intricately detailed illustrations. She won the coveted Bologna Ragnazzi 2017 Special Mention Prize for her...
Kellow to step down at Ultimo
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Hardie Grant has announced that Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow will step down from the position at the end of June. Kellow spent 14 years living and working in...
The APA on a new ‘clean and modern’ TitlePage and future potential
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
The APA's Titlepage and supply chain manager Cat Colwell spoke to Books+Publishing about some recent changes to book pricing and availability service TitlePage, as well as its potential to provide more real-time...
Former Hill of Content employee files federal court suit
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
A former employee of the Hill of Content Bookshop has filed a claim against the employer in the federal circuit court, alleging that her dismissal from employment at the bookshop...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Sales Fiction Melanie Ostell has sold world English (ex ANZ) and French rights to Michelle Prak’s debut thriller The Rush (S&S) on behalf of the author. French rights were sold to HarperCollins...
Booksellers, publishers, authors recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Booksellers and authors were among those recognised in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours. Avid Reader owner and former Australian Booksellers Association president Fiona Stager was recognised with a medal in...
‘The Rush’ sells to US, France
Friday, 9 June 2023
Melanie Ostell has sold world English (ex ANZ) and French rights to Michelle Prak’s debut thriller The Rush (S&S) on behalf of the author. French rights were sold to HarperCollins in...
Creative Vic latest Creators Fund recipients announced
Thursday, 8 June 2023
The latest round of the Creative Victoria Creators Fund has been announced. Among the 25 recipients across various artforms are: Susan Anderson ($28,950) Poet and nonfiction author Susan Anderson will undertake...
Wendy Orr on ‘Honey and the Valley of the Horses’
Tuesday, 6 June 2023
Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born writer who now calls Australia home. She is the author of over 40 books but is perhaps best known for her beloved novel Nim's Island...
MidnightSun acquires Brewin YA
Friday, 2 June 2023
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired world rights to a new YA novel by Melbourne author Emily Brewin. The Two Sides of Grace tells the story of 16-year-old Grace who’s living alone...
ABIAs: This year’s winners on their books, and the industry that produced them
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
At this year’s ABIA awards Books+Publishing digital producer Andrew Wrathall spoke with some of the winners about their books, bookshops and the trends affecting the industry. From BookTok, to paper...
Alice Wood on HarperCollins’s ABIA-shortlisted marketing campaigns
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
HarperCollins, under head of marketing communications Alice Wood, has received three of the five nominations for the inaugural Marketing Strategy of the Year award in this year's Australian Book Industry...
