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Court blocks PRH acquisition of S&S

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House, will appeal a ruling by a US federal court blocking its proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S). In a two-page order,...

Erskine receives 2022 Lady Cutler Award

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Gail Erskine is the recipient of the 2022 Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service to...

Vale Tony Horgan

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Tony Horgan, co-owner with his wife Barbara of Shearer's Bookshop, has died. His funeral will be held today, Wednesday 2 November at 3pm AEST/12 pm AWST, and can be viewed...

Cannon Fire: A life in print

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Michael Cannon is best known as the author of landmark and popular works of Australian history, including The Land Boomers (1966), and as the founding editor of Historical Records of Victoria. Cannon's account...

Bookseller, Sydney

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Constant Reader Constant Reader Bookshop has been in operation for 40 years making it one of the oldest and most respected independent book stores in Australia. We are currently looking...

Sales representative, Sydney

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Currency Press Currency Press, Australia’s performing arts publisher, is seeking a sales representative for three days a week to manage all aspects of selling our books across Australia. We are...

Campaign manager publicity, Sydney

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
HarperCollins Publishers Do you love to read? Do you love to work within a great team working on new projects and ideas every day? Do you excel at creating high...

Rights executive, Melbourne

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing is an award-winning specialist kids and YA publisher who values storytelling and creative thinking. We are seeking a rights executive to join...

Change for Agenda Publishing Ltd

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Agenda Publishing Ltd Old distributor: Footprint New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 27 October 2022 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for Kaplan Publishing Ltd

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing Ltd New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 1 September 2022 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for Summit University Press

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Summit University Press New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for Canelo

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Canelo New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 1 July 2022

Change for Combined Academic Publishers

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Combined Academic Publishers Old distributor: About3 New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 1 September 2022 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for Twelve Panels Press

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Twelve Panels Press New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 27 October 2022 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for Thought Catalog Books

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Thought Catalog Books New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 27 October 2022 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Change for Baker Book House Company

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Publisher: Baker Book House Company New distributor: Booktopia Publisher Services Changeover date: 27 October 2022 Contact URL: www.publisherservices.com.au

Children’s & YA book designer, Melbourne

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Allen & Unwin Children’s & YA book designer Allen & Unwin is Australia’s leading independent publisher, and home of award-winning and bestselling books for all ages. We are seeking a...

Sales assistant, Sydney

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Simon & Schuster Welcome to Simon & Schuster Australia, part of Paramount Global, one of Australia’s fastest growing publishers bringing an extensive range of locally published and international books to...

No Daily tomorrow

Monday, 31 October 2022
Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, there will be no Daily newsletter tomorrow, Tuesday, 1 November.

Kirkus Prize 2022 winners announced

Monday, 31 October 2022
The winners of the 2022 Kirkus Prize, worth US$50,000 (A$78,000) in each category, have been announced. Hernan Diaz won the fiction category for his novel Trust (Picador), which follows a...

Bitto wins 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Award

Monday, 31 October 2022
Emily Bitto has won the $20,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for her second novel Wild Abandon (A&U). 'A lot of very good books just didn’t make the shortlist. But...

Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist announced

Friday, 28 October 2022
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced the shortlist for its annual Book of the Year award. The 10 shortlisted titles are: The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press) Heartstopper Volume...

Fuge wins 2022 Bragg Prize for Science Writing

Friday, 28 October 2022
Lauren Fuge has won the 2022 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay ‘Time travel and tipping points’, originally published in Cosmos Magazine. Fuge's story transports the...

Au, Burton, Archbold win 2022 Readings Prizes

Thursday, 27 October 2022
The winners of the three Readings Prizes for children’s, young adult and new Australian fiction have been announced. The winners are: New Australian Fiction Prize Cold Enough for Snow (Jessica...

‘When Women Kill’ wins British Academy Book Prize

Thursday, 27 October 2022
In the UK, Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán has won the £25,000 (A$44,770) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for When Women Kill: Four crimes retold (trans by...

McGaughey wins Nakata Brophy prize

Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Jasmin McGaughey has won the Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for 'Sweet Anticipation'. McGaughey receives $5000 and a three-month writing residence at Trinity College at the University of...

Torney appointed Wheeler Centre chair

Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Kate Torney has been appointed chair of the Wheeler Centre board. She takes on the board leadership from former chair Julie Ligeti.

Reflections from an Open Book intern: Maya Hodge

Wednesday, 26 October 2022
The Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship is a six-month internship program aimed at increasing cultural diversity in the Australian publishing workforce. Maya Hodge was this year’s Melbourne-based intern; she shares her...