Marketing coordinator (junior), Sydney
Thursday, 16 June 2022
James Bennett Due to recent growth, a fantastic opportunity exists for a junior marketing coordinator to join Australia’s most exciting and innovative library supplier. Qualifications & experience New graduates or...
Communications and marketing manager, Sydney
Thursday, 16 June 2022
NewSouth Books See the difference you can make through the work you do with an innovative university press Collaborate with high-performing, creative teams at a leading book publisher, book distributor...
Technical support analyst (TitlePage), Sydney
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Australian Publishers Association The Australian Publishers Association is looking for a technical support analyst to support our industry’s supply chain database, TitlePage. If you’re a tech-savvy quick thinker who’d like...
Digital product support, Sydney
Thursday, 16 June 2022
James Bennett We are seeking an enthusiastic individual eager to support and extend the reach of our digital products and services within libraries. James Bennett is Australia’s most innovative library...
The Only Child (Kayte Nunn, Hachette)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
The Only Child is historical fiction-cum-murder mystery by Kayte Nunn. The novel follows two timelines and the reader is tasked with piecing together the connection between them. In the first...
This Devastating Fever (Sophie Cunningham, Ultimo)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Alice Fox has been struggling for years with her novel. Her agent, Sarah, has misgivings. Does anyone really want to read about Virginia Woolf’s husband, Leonard Woolf? Alice claims that...
Sophie Cunningham on ‘This Devastating Fever’
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
This Devastating Fever (Ultimo, September) is Sophie Cunningham's first novel in more than a decade. The novel interweaves the story of Leonard and Virginia Woolf and their friends in the Bloomsbury...
Varuna announces 2022 Writer’s Space fellows
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of the 2022 Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability or who are D/deaf. The fellowship program is open to writers...
Penguin Literary Prize 2022 winner announced
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Sydney-based writer Annette Higgs as the winner of the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize for an unpublished...
New Craig novel ‘Wall’ sells to US
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold US rights to Sydney author Jen Craig's third novel Wall to Zerogram Press. The narrator of Wall is a London-based Australian visual artist (with 'a...
UTA to acquire Curtis Brown
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
US-based company United Talent Agency (UTA) has signed an agreement to acquire literary agency Curtis Brown for an undisclosed sum, reports the Bookseller. Curtis Brown, which is based in the...
Authors, industry figures recognised in 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
A number of Australian authors and industry figures were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sophie Blackall was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of...
Costa announces end to Costa Book Awards
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
In the UK, Costa Coffee has announced the end of the Costa Book Awards, reports the Guardian. According to the Guardian, Costa has not yet given a reason for closing the...
‘Love & Virtue’ wins Booksellers’ Choice adult fiction book of the year 2022
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of its annual book and bookseller of the year awards. The winners in each category are: Adult fiction Love & Virtue (Diana Reid,...
No Daily on Monday
Friday, 10 June 2022
The Books+Publishing Daily newsletter will not be published on Monday, 13 June due to the Queen's Birthday public holiday. The next Daily will be published Tuesday, 14 June.
Hughes apologises for plagiarism in Miles Franklin-longlisted novel
Friday, 10 June 2022
In an exclusive article, the Guardian Australia reports it has found multiple instances of plagiarism in John Hughes’s novel The Dogs (Upswell), recently longlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary...
‘Love & Virtue’ wins ABIA book of the year 2022
Friday, 10 June 2022
The winners of the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. Diana Reid's debut novel Love & Virtue took out the overall ABIA book of the year as well as...
Canada’s Indigo Books sales up 17.4% in 2022
Thursday, 9 June 2022
Canada’s largest bookshop chain Indigo Books & Music increased its sales by 17.4.% for the year ending 2 April, reports Publishers Weekly. The chain reported total sales of C$1.06 billion...
George Robertson Award 2022 winners announced
Thursday, 9 June 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2022 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry. The 2022 recipients are: Pam...
Text Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The shortlist for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000, has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘Bellamy Jones and the Lost Treeheart’ by Emily Beck...
WBN published Thursday next week
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Due to the Queen's Birthday public holiday on Monday, 13 June, the Weekly Book Newsletter will be published on Thursday, 16 June next week. The deadline for classifieds and job...
Lindop joins Jenny Darling & Associates
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Anyez Lindop, most recently brand, marketing and partnerships manager for Australia Reads, has joined literary agency Jenny Darling & Associates as creative strategist. See classified.
Neilma Sidney Travel Fund 2022 recipients announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the seventh round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, which has opened up to international travel again after pandemic-related travel restrictions in 2021....
Open Book intern Bohdi Byles on cracking open the book industry
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship is a six-month internship program aimed to increase cultural diversity in the Australian publishing workforce. This year’s pilot program offered two paid placements, one...
Grace Heifetz: insights from the Open Book pilot program
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The inaugural Open Book internship program received over 200 applications, with two successful applicants undertaking paid six-month internships this year, each with three different publishers and supported by an industry...
US audiobooks grow by double digits for 10th straight year
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The US audiobook market recorded its 10th straight year of double-digit growth in 2021, with data from the Audio Publishers Association (APA) showing the market grew 25% compared to 2020,...
Change for Ethicool
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Publisher: Ethicool ISBN prefix: 9780648 Old distributor: Brumby Sunstate New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 June 2022 Contact URL: novelladistribution.com.au
Anyez Lindop joins Jenny Darling & Associates as creative strategist
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Jenny Darling & Associates has engaged book industry communications and marketing professional Anyez Lindop as a creative strategist. In this newly created role Anyez will collaborate with Jenny Darling on...
Electric and Mad and Brave (Tom Pitts, Picador)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
In Tom Pitts’ debut novel, 28-year-old Matt slogs through painful memories while living in a mental health facility. The story of why he is unwell unfolds through diary entries, which...
Desmond Elliott Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
In the UK, the shortlist for this year’s £10,000 ($17,400) Desmond Elliott Prize, presented to the best first novel from UK and Ireland, has been announced. The shortlisted novels are:...
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