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B+P employment survey 2022

Monday, 4 July 2022
Books+Publishing's 2022 employment surveys will close at midnight, Friday, 15 July. If you are currently employed by a company in the book industry (e.g. publisher, bookshop, rights agency), please complete our employees’ survey here....

Ned Kelly Awards 2022 shortlists announced

Monday, 4 July 2022
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best debut crime fiction Sweet Jimmy (Bryan...

Mortimer wins 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize

Monday, 4 July 2022
Maddie Mortimer has won the Desmond Elliott Prize for a first-time novelist for Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies (Picador), reports the Bookseller. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a ‘coming-of-age...

Inaugural Deep Creek residency recipient announced

Monday, 4 July 2022
Matilda Bookshop in the Adelaide Hills, in partnership with Writers SA and Ultimo Press, has announced Corrie Hosking as the winner of the inaugural Deep Creek Residency Fellowship for a...

Celestin wins Gold Dagger for ‘Sunset Swing’

Thursday, 30 June 2022
In the UK, the winners of the Crime Writers’ Association Daggers awards for crime writing have been announced. Ray Celestin won the Gold Dagger, awarded to the best crime novel...

CWF 2022 program announced

Thursday, 30 June 2022
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced the full program for the 2022 event, which runs 10–14 August. After being cancelled in 2021 and held with a reduced number of events...

Complete our 2022 employment survey

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Books+Publishing is conducting research on wages and working conditions in the Australian book industry for a series of feature articles. We last conducted this survey in 2018 and received an...

Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter program funding ends

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
The Wheeler Centre (TWC) has announced its Next Chapter program will not open for applications in 2022, following the end of the organisation’s partnership with the Aesop Foundation, which had...

Vale Frank Moorhouse

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Frank Moorhouse, the author of 18 books including the 'Edith Trilogy', has died aged 83. Penguin Random House Australia writes: Born in Nowra, Frank Moorhouse worked in newspapers and arts...

Career bookseller, Melbourne

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Dymocks Melbourne Dymocks Melbourne is looking for a full-time bookseller to join our big, busy bookshop team in the heart of Melbourne CBD. About you: Passionate about reading and all...

CEO, Fremantle

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Fremantle Press Inc. The board of Fremantle Press is looking for a new CEO to lead our experienced and high-performing team of publishers and creatives into an exciting new era...

A new book by Niki Savva

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Scribe has acquired world rights in a new book by author and political commentator Niki Savva. The new book will be the third of Savva’s covering the last three Coalition...

Senior editor, Sydney

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books is looking for a new senior editor. We are searching for an experienced full-time senior editor to join our innovative team of outstanding...

Paper Cage (Tom Baragwanath, Text)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Paper Cage is a thrilling whodunnit and the winner of the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize. The story centres on Lorraine, a records clerk at a small-town police department. She’s bright...

Tobias Madden on ‘Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell’

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Tobias Madden's Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell (Penguin, September) is a Ballarat-set coming-of-age rom-com that follows teens Eli and Noah as they bond online and navigate meeting in person. Featuring...

New report on global digital book sales

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
A new report from Austrian publishing consultant Ruediger Wischenbart has analysed recent digital book sales trends in markets including Brazil, Italy, Spain, German-speaking countries and Latin America. Data in the...

MWF announces first guests for 2022 festival

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has announced the first guests for the 2022 event, which will take place over four days spanning 8–11 September. Mohsin Hamid, author of the Booker-shortlisted novels...

Miles Franklin 2022 shortlist announced

Friday, 24 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The five shortlisted novels are: The Other Half of You (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) Scary Monsters (Michelle de...

Jackson wins £50k Wolfson History Prize

Thursday, 23 June 2022
In the UK, Clare Jackson has won the Wolfson History Prize for Devil-Land: England under siege, 1588–1688 (Allen Lane), reports the Bookseller. Devil-Land is described by judges as ‘a masterpiece of historical...

Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards announced

Thursday, 23 June 2022
The winners of the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winners, who each receive $10,000, are: Fiction Return to Dust (Dani Powell, UWAP) Nonfiction Peace Crimes: Pine Gap,...

Australia Council latest funding announced

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
The Australia Council has announced its latest round of funding, with $11.9 million going to 283 creative projects and activities. 'This investment will support diverse, impactful projects for the benefit...

Hydra

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
‘From the treacherous auction houses of Melbourne to the sun-struck islands of Greece, Hydra took me places I never expected to go. Adriane Howell writes with the dreamy precision of Marguerite...

Rights and licensing coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Art Gallery of New South Wales We are seeking a highly motivated person to license and/or source artwork images and other content (such as text, film and music) for art...

 

 

 

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