Rights round-up
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold the Swedish rights to The Italian Marriage (Jenna Lo Bianco, Macmillan), on behalf of Jacinta di Mase Management; Italian rights to Why Do... Read more
Publishing assistant, Sydney
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Jobs
Currency Press Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, is seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our small and busy team at our office in Surry Hills. Working three days a... Read more
Senior editor, Melbourne
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Jobs
Hardie Grant Publishing Senior Editor – Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne Join the editorial team at Hardie Grant Books, one of Australia’s leading independent publishers. Our books are conversation-starting, creative, intelligent,... Read more
New publisher Vitagraph launches literary journal
Date: 22 April 2024Category: Local news
New independent publishing house Vitagraph Publishing has launched Written Off, a new literary journal dedicated to Australian literature. Vitagraph said Written Off will highlight the work of writers with broad... Read more
Publishing assistant, Sydney
Date: 17 April 2024Category: Jobs
Currency Press Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, is seeking a Publishing Assistant to join our small and busy team at our office in Surry Hills. Working three days a... Read more
ISBN data: Pandemic slow-down in number of new publishers, number of new titles stable
Date: 15 April 2024Category: Local news
ISBN data shows there has been a deceleration in the number of new publishing entities entering the Australian market since the start of the pandemic, but the number of new... Read more
Hazard to leave Hachette
Date: 11 April 2024Category: Local news
Hachette Australia and New Zealand has announced group publishing director Fiona Hazard is leaving the role ‘to pursue other opportunities’. Hazard joined Hodder Headline in 1999 as publishing manager before... Read more
Ambrose joins HarperCollins
Date: 10 April 2024Category: Local news
HarperCollins Australia has appointed Sophie Ambrose to the role of publisher, commissioning nonfiction for the ABC Books and HarperCollins imprints. Ambrose replaces Georgia Frances King, who will leave HarperCollins on... Read more
Stager, Godwin to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; Vogel to end; Small Press Distribution closes
Date: 10 April 2024Category: This week’s news
Fiona Stager's and Jane Godwin’s inductions into the ABIA Hall of Fame—announced alongside the awards’ business and publisher shortlists—headline this week’s awards news, which also includes the shortlist reveal for... Read more
Puffin UK to launch graphic novel imprint
Date: 9 April 2024Category: International news
In the UK, Penguin Random House has revealed the logo and publishing program of its new graphic novel imprint, Puffin Graphics, reports the Bookseller. The new imprint is aimed at... Read more
Keeperton to acquire print rights to works by ‘established digital-first authors’
Date: 8 April 2024Category: Local news
Australian author T L Swan has announced the launch of new publishing venture Keeperton, to be distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. With staff based in the US, Australia and... Read more
S&S Aus launches Summit Books, appoints Palfreyman publishing director
Date: 3 April 2024Category: Local news News
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced that it will introduce imprint Summit Books in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, following the announcement late last year that the imprint would... Read more
Production manager, Sydney
Date: 3 April 2024Category: Jobs
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking to appoint an experienced Production Manager to take responsibility for the overall running of the Allen &... Read more
Spineless Wonders, AAWP announce new novella prize
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Awards Local news
Spineless Wonders has announced the inaugural Novella Prize, in partnership with the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). Spineless Wonders publisher Bronwyn Mehan said the collaboration with the AAWP on... Read more
Small Press Distribution closes in the US
Date: 2 April 2024Category: International news
In the US, independent book distributor Small Press Distribution (SPD) has closed, effective immediately, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). SPD executive director Kent Watson said SPD staff are in the process... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Rights round-up
Scribner acquires Beecher’s ‘The Men Who Killed the News’
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Award winners to look out for
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian awards
Good Thing Productions acquires ‘Cherrywood’ screen rights
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Woehlert and Lake list Imprint Booksellers for sale
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news News
Learning consultant primary (QLD), Brisbane
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Jobs
Learning consultant primary (WA/SA), Perth
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Jobs
Publishers ask court to uphold finding against Internet Archive
Date: 19 March 2024Category: International news
Yarros tops 2023 ebook charts
Date: 18 March 2024Category: Local news
Christmas Press acquires Kelleher SF novel ‘The Lastling’
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Hachette acquires Paris debut ‘The Unravelling’ in two-book deal
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
Cora Seen and Heard (Zanni Louise, Walker)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
Book publicity in the TikTok age: What moves the needle now?
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 28 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
Brooks wins 2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Awards Local news News
Zhang wins 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
Date: 26 February 2024Category: Awards Local news News
Rights round-up
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Rights round-up
Can ChatGPT edit fiction? Four editors put it to the test
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Features
HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime
Date: 21 February 2024Category: News Rights and acquisitions
Learning consultant, secondary, Melbourne
Date: 21 February 2024Category: Jobs
Bundyi acquires Stan Grant memoir
Date: 13 February 2024Category: Rights and acquisitions
Maas takes first, fifth and seventh spots
Date: 9 February 2024Category: Bestsellers
How international markets performed in 2023
Date: 7 February 2024Category: Features
Writers SA to launch national literary journal
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Local news
Fellowship prize added to City of Fremantle Hungerford Award
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Awards Local news
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize shortlist announced
Date: 5 February 2024Category: Awards
Craig leaves Ultimo
Date: 5 February 2024Category: Local news
Publishers on Christmas 2023: Black Friday changes buying patterns as fiction holds strong
Date: 31 January 2024Category: Features
Gecko Press acquired by Lerner Publishing Group
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Local news
Strong Christmas sales, local authors on Dublin longlist, Aus Romance Readers Awards finalists
Date: 24 January 2024Category: This week’s news
Trade & academic sales assistant, Sydney
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Jobs
Education resource consultant, NSW
Date: 24 January 2024Category: Jobs
Newbery, Caldecott, Printz 2024 winners announced
Date: 23 January 2024Category: International news
Explainer: Why did the costs of printing a book go up?
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Features
HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
S&S restructure, Gougoulis departs Text, Ferguson departs PANZ
Date: 17 January 2024Category: This week’s news
POD and the pandemic: How are publishers using print on demand now?
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Features
Marketing coordinator, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Senior editor, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Publicist—young readers, Sydney
Date: 17 January 2024Category: Jobs
Harper launches YA imprint
Date: 15 January 2024Category: International news
Rights round-up
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Rights round-up
Create NSW funding recipients, 2024 REP editors, Peter Porter Prize shortlist
Date: 10 January 2024Category: This week’s news
Inclusive publishing leaders at the Sharjah Publishers Conference
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Features
Explainer: What is accessible publishing?
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Features
Managing editor, Canberra
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
Production editor, Melbourne
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
Key account manager, Sydney
Date: 10 January 2024Category: Jobs
Hoover, Yarros buoy adult fiction as US print sales decline
Date: 8 January 2024Category: International news
Combined print and ebook bestsellers for third quarter 2023
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Bestsellers
Australian market down 3% in value YTD, adult fiction strong
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Local news
‘Heartstopper’, ‘The Secret’ top Christmas charts in Aus, Aotearoa NZ
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Bestsellers
UQP becomes ‘carbon positive’ through reduction and offsets
Date: 14 December 2023Category: Local news
Vale Shirley Barber
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Obituaries
New year, new books: Children’s and young adult stories from local publishers
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
Curry launches VenX self-publishing business, partners with IPEd
Date: 11 December 2023Category: Local news
HarperCollins acquires Grace illustrated ‘great sex’ handbook
Date: 6 December 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Reading into the year ahead: 2024 fiction and poetry preview
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
Five key insights from Nielsen BookScan’s SPN market report
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features
Independent Publishing Conference 2023: Conversations and communities
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features
Lynch wins Booker, Arnott wins Voss, Loewenstein wins Walkley
Date: 29 November 2023Category: This week’s news
Bloomsbury Australia congratulates Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Classifieds
Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for ‘Prophet Song’, Aus reprint available from Friday
Date: 27 November 2023Category: International news
AI: The next, best editorial tool?
Date: 22 November 2023Category: Features
Ingram’s David Taylor on POD
Date: 22 November 2023Category:
Inaugural Hope Prize seeks submissions
Date: 21 November 2023Category: Local news
AI and AR at the Sharjah Publishers Conference
Date: 15 November 2023Category: Features
Vale Kevin Weldon
Date: 15 November 2023Category: Obituaries
SPN conference program, consistent Black Friday sales boost, Bashford wins Nib Literary Award
Date: 15 November 2023Category: This week’s news
‘I wanted to make a meaningful impact’: Reflections from the 2023 Open Book interns
Date: 15 November 2023Category: Features
A Dance with Murder (Elizabeth Coleman, Pantera)
Date: 14 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Nielsen reports consistent Black Friday sales boost
Date: 13 November 2023Category: Local news
Report shows continued growth in UK audiobook sales
Date: 13 November 2023Category: International news
Explainer: What are the costs and considerations of making audiobooks?
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
Listen up: How booksellers are getting in on the audiobook boom
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
Production assistant, Melbourne
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Jobs
Senior editor/editor, Sydney
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Jobs
Cathro to leave Campion in 2024
Date: 6 November 2023Category: Local news
Britney memoir debuts in top spot
Date: 3 November 2023Category: Bestsellers
AI, Spotify, high/low fiction: Australian impressions of Frankfurt
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
New S&S imprint Bundyi acquires Walton historical novel
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions