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Aus publishers’ latest acquisitions

A photo of Maxine Beneba Clarke. She stand in front of a bookshelf. Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Among the latest children's and YA acquisitions by Australian publishers: Children's Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has acquired two books by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Releasing in June 2023, It’s the...

Australian titles with international appeal

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Discover the latest rights opportunities from Australian publishers and literary agents participating in the Australian Collective Stand at Bologna. View the Stand Catalogue here, featuring over 50 children’s and YA...

Award winners

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Lystra Rose has won the $25,000 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing for her YA debut novel The Upwelling (Hachette Australia), while We Who Hunt the Hollow (Kate Murray, HGCP)...

Spotlight on Annabel Barker

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
The launch of your own agency was quickly followed by the pandemic; how did that affect what you were pitching and how you were making deals? Like others, I had...

Spotlight on Jess Racklyeft

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Melbourne-based author and illustrator Jess Racklyeft has been awarded a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) International Bologna Scholarship to attend this year’s Bologna book fair. Here she...

Australian creators recommend

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Australian creators tell us the most recent book they have read and loved, and why.   Illustrator and author Jess Racklyeft will attend this year's Bologna Book Fair as the...

Acquisitions help boost Lagardère Publishing sales

Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Hachette parent company Lagardère Publishing’s revenue grew 5.8% in 2022 to €2.75 billion (A$4.2b), though earnings fell 14% to €302 million (A$467m), reports Publishers Weekly. The revenue growth was attributed...

McFarlane, Serong longlisted for 2023 Walter Scott Prize

Monday, 20 February 2023
Two Australian authors have been longlisted for the UK’s £25,000 (A$43,750) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Fiona McFarlane was longlisted for her second novel The Sun Walks Down (A&U),...

US online sales up 5.6% 

Monday, 20 February 2023
In the US, a report from Bookstat found online sales of print books, ebooks and audiobooks grew 5.6% to US$12.13 billion (A$17.7b) in 2022, reports Publishers Weekly. Bookstat covers an...

Racklyeft wins 2023 SCBWI Bologna Scholarship

Friday, 17 February 2023
Melbourne-based author and illustrator Jess Racklyeft has been awarded a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) International Bologna Scholarship to attend this year’s Bologna book fair. Racklyeft and...

US bookstore sales rise 6%

Friday, 17 February 2023
In the US, bookstore sales rose an estimated 6.2% last year over 2021 according to preliminary estimates from the US Census Bureau, reports Publishers Weekly. According to US Census Bureau...

Paramount reportedly exploring sale of S&S

Thursday, 16 February 2023
Simon & Schuster (S&S) parent company Paramount is working with a financial adviser to explore a sale of the publisher, reports Reuters. Reuters reports that, according to people familiar with...

National account manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Murdoch Books Murdoch Books, Australia’s market-leading lifestyle publisher and a division of Allen & Unwin, is looking for a national account manager to join our sales team based in Crows...

Dinalie Dabarera on ‘Quiet Time with My Seeya’

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Dinalie Dabarera's debut picture book Quiet Time with My Seeya tells a gentle story of the relationship between a young child and her Sinhalese grandpa. 'This mutual love and tenderness...

I’d Rather Not

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
‘I was sleeping in what might reasonably be described as a ditch, though I tried not to think of it in those terms for morale reasons …’ From one of...

Bookings closing for Think Australian Bologna

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Bookings are closing Thursday 16 February for Think Australian's Bologna issue out 23 February. The Bologna issue includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. See...

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...

 

 

 

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