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APS3 – administration officer bookshop, Canberra

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
The National Library of Australia Full time, ongoing role at the National Library of Australia. An opportunity exists to join a small and dynamic team at the National Library Bookshop...

Marketing manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books Australia is an award-winning publishing house. For nearly thirty years, we have published outstanding children’s books for readers of all ages. We have...

Senior publicist, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our high-performing and collaborative publicity department as a senior publicist. This is a permanent full-time position based in our Sydney...

Bookseller, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Potts Point Bookshop Potts Point Bookshop is looking for an experienced bookseller to join our small team. The position is part-time for three or four days a week including one...

B&N sales up in 2022

Tuesday, 14 February 2023
In the US, sales at chain bookseller Barnes & Noble (B&N) in 2022 were ‘very comfortably’ above pre-pandemic levels, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). CEO James Daunt told PW 2022 was...

Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlists announced

Friday, 10 February 2023
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2023 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Illustrated books The Fairy Garden (Georgia Buckthorn, illus...

BolognaBookPlus 2023 program announced

Thursday, 9 February 2023
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) has announced its line-up of events and services for its BolognaBookPlus 2023 program, which takes place alongside the children’s book fair from 6–9 March. BCBF...

Chinese market down 12% in 2022

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Overall book sales in China decreased 12% in 2022 according to Beijing OpenBook, reports Publishing Perspectives. While sales via short video ecommerce, such as on TikTok and other platforms, were...

Tanya Plibersek

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Elected to federal parliament aged twenty-eight, Tanya Plibersek is the longest-serving woman in Australia’s House of Representatives and one of Australia’s most popular, trusted and respected politicians. Fiercely private, much...

Designer, Melbourne

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Black Inc. Black Inc. is seeking a designer to join their team. This is a part-time position (3–4 days per week, negotiable) with a combination of remote and in-office work....

Change for Hunter Publishers Australia

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Publisher: Hunter Publishers Australia Old distributor: Simon & Schuster New distributor: New South Books Changeover date: 1 March 2023 Contact URL: https://www.hunterpublishers.com.au

Senior editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Penguin Random House Our talented and successful young readers publishing department invites applications for a senior editor to join our brands and partnerships team based in the Sydney office. The...

Learning consultant secondary (QLD), Brisbane

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Cengage Learning Pty Ltd About us Cengage is a leading educational content, technology, and services company for the higher education, vocational, school, professional and library markets. We provide superior content,...

Bookseller, Sydney

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Potts Point Bookshop Potts Point Bookshop is looking for an experienced bookseller to join our small team. The position is part-time for three or four days a week including one...

Change for ACER Press

Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Publisher: ACER Press Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: ACER Press Changeover date: 1 March 2023 Contact URL: shop.acer.org

Doris Brett on ‘Philomella and the Impossible Forest’

Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Philomella and the Impossible Forest is Doris Brett's first fiction book for children. A 'playful take on the classic quest story' the middle-grade novel follows Philomella who stumbles upon a forest...

IndieBound joins Bookshop.org

Tuesday, 7 February 2023
In the US, the American Bookseller Association’s consumer-facing online bookselling and marketing platform, IndieBound.org, will switch to using Bookshop.org for sales and fulfilment, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookshop.org founder Andy Hunter...

UK publishers’ ebook sales fall

Monday, 6 February 2023
In the UK, sales of ebooks from the ‘Big Six’ publishers fell 8.3% in 2022, reports the Bookseller. The publishers’ ebook volume to 43.6 million units in 2022, the lowest...

Clunes 2023 program announced

Monday, 6 February 2023
Clunes Booktown festival has announced its ‘biggest program yet’ for the 2023 event to take place on the weekend of 25 and 26 March in Clunes, Victoria. Sessions programmed include...

Arnott longlisted for 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize

Cover of Limberlost Friday, 3 February 2023
Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott has been longlisted for Swansea University's Dylan Thomas Prize, awarded for the best literary work published in English and written by an author aged 39 or...

NBCC Awards finalists announced

Friday, 3 February 2023
In the US, the shortlists for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards have been announced. The finalists include: Fiction Dr No (Percival Everett, Graywolf) A New Name (Jon Fosse, trans...

ANZ authors among Dublin Literary Award longlistees

Friday, 3 February 2023
Several books by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the €100,000 (A$155,000) International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work...

Au wins 2023 Victorian Prize for Literature at VPLAs

Thursday, 2 February 2023
Jessica Au has won Australia’s single richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, for her novel Cold Enough for Snow (Giramondo), at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards...

Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023 longlists announced

Thursday, 2 February 2023
The longlists for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction Better the Blood (Michael...