Audiences return to Sydney and NT festivals, WA Prem’s award winners, BookPeople committee change
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Sydney Writers’ Festival audiences returned to this year's festival as a live event in larger than expected numbers, while NT Writers saw a box office record for its festival in...
BookUp early bird tickets closing soon
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Don’t miss your chance to pay early bird prices for the Australian Publishers Association’s BookUp Conference at the State Library Victoria in Melbourne on 16 August 2023. Join your colleagues in trade...
Serengotti
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
In the one tumultuous day, Ch’anzu loses hir job and finds wife Scarlet in bed with a stranger. As life unexpectedly spirals out of control, Ch’anzu turns to hir charismatic...
Media officer, Sydney
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Ultimo Press Ultimo Press is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic colleague to join our team. Ultimo Press is one of Australia’s most vibrant and exciting publishers, and is home to award-winning...
Change for University College Dublin Press
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Publisher: University College Dublin Press Old distributor: Central Books New distributor: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Changeover date: 1 August 2023 Contact URL: custservice@wiley.com
Change for Noel Whittaker
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Publisher: Noel Whittaker Old distributor: Woodslane Pty Ltd New distributor: Simon & Schuster Changeover date: 1 October 2023 Returns cut-off: 31 August 2023 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au/Contact
Program director, Queenscliff Vic
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Queenscliffe Literary Festival Queenscliffe Literary Festival is seeking a new Program Director for its 10th year to continue building on the festival’s ongoing success. Currently the festival takes place over...
BookTok drives UK export sales to Europe
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
In the UK, the Publishers Association’s (PA) Year in Publishing Report for 2022 showed the export market was a ‘huge’ factor in last year’s industry growth, with an 8% rise...
WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced
Monday, 26 June 2023
The winners of the 2023 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in May, the winners in each category are: The Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000) Tracy Ryan...
Changes to BookPeople committee
Friday, 23 June 2023
BookPeople, formerly the Australian Booksellers Association, has announced changes to its board. Tim Jarvis of Fullers Bookshop, Hobart, has been appointed president, replacing Jane Seaton of Beaufort Street Books, Mount...
New bid for S&S
Friday, 23 June 2023
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has received a buyout bid from investor Richard Hurowitz, with backing from Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing people familiar with...
Speech Pathology awards 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 22 June 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Age Category: Birth to three Baby Lou...
Australia Reads partners with Uni Melb to research events, announces reading symposium
Thursday, 22 June 2023
Australia Reads has announced a joint research project with the University of Melbourne, to investigate 'the ways Australian authors connect with communities through live literature events—from author talks to workshops,...
Ros, Zdung win Yoto Carnegie medals
Thursday, 22 June 2023
In the UK, the winners of the Yoto Carnegie medals for writing and illustration for children and young people have been announced. Welsh author Manon Steffan Ros won the Yoto...
Miles Franklin shortlist, Kellow steps down at Ultimo, BookPeople award winners
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced, Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow will step down from the position at the end of June, and...
Quaint Deeds: Unlikely Adventures in Teaching and Treasure-hunting
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow, comes a hilarious and heart-warming memoir of teaching, treasure hunts and finding your own way in life. A...
Editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Lake Press Lake Press publishes books that entertain and educate, specialising in illustrated books for children. An exciting job opportunity has arisen in our Hawthorn office for a highly creative,...
Pilson receives Steph Bowe mentorship
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Ella Pilson has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. Pilson, a recent graduate of RMIT's Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing,...
O’Keeffe wins 2023 UQP Quentin Bryce Award
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Angela O’Keeffe has been named the winner of the 2023 University of Queensland Press (UQP) Quentin Bryce Award for her novel The Sitter. In the novel, ‘two women stand staring...
Caldwell wins Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
In the UK, Lucy Caldwell has won the £25,000 (A$46,700) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel These Days (Faber), reports the Bookseller. These Days is set during...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The six longlisted novels, chosen from a longlist of 11 announced in May, are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak...
Crozier wins 2023 Text Prize
Monday, 19 June 2023
Lauren Crozier has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. Text said the novel was 'a dazzling adventure loaded with larger-than-life characters,...
ACT Notable Book Awards 2023 shortlists
Monday, 19 June 2023
The shortlist 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 shortlisted works...
BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year winners announced
Monday, 19 June 2023
BookPeople has announced the winners of the 2023 Book of the Year Awards, formerly the Booksellers Choice awards, and the Bookseller of the Year awards. The winning titles and booksellers...
HarperCollins, private equity firm KKR among bidders for S&S
Monday, 19 June 2023
HarperCollins and private equity firm KKR are among the bidders for Simon & Schuster (S&S), which owner Paramount Global is putting up for sale after the US government blocked Penguin...
Iltners wins 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award
Monday, 19 June 2023
Kirsty Iltners has won the 2023 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript for her entry Depth of Field. Iltners, a writer and freelance photographer living in Brisbane, receives a...
Menzies-Pike wins Pascall Prize, Hughes plagiarism coverage wins journalism award
Friday, 16 June 2023
Sydney Review of Books (SRB) outgoing editor Catriona Menzies-Pike has won the 2023 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism for two SRB book reviews, 'Critic Swallows Book' on Trent Dalton's Boy...
‘Immaculate’ wins 2023 Vogel
Friday, 16 June 2023
Immaculate by Meanjin/Brisbane-based actor and writer Anna McGahan has won this year's $20,000 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, for an unpublished manuscript by an author under the age of 35. Described by...
US children’s literature diversity on the rise
Friday, 16 June 2023
In the US, 40% of 2022 children’s book released had a Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) author, illustrator or compiler, a new report has found, reports Publishers Weekly. The...
Penguin Literary Prize 2023 winner announced
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced Jade and Emerald by Michelle See-Tho as the winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize. Jade and Emerald is the story of a...
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