Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Image. Advertisement:

Free >

Change for The Jamestown Foundation  Archive

Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Publisher: The Jamestown Foundation ISBN prefix: 97809986660; 97817352752; 9780615 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 July 2022 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk

Scholastic sales up 26%  Archive

Tuesday, 26 July 2022
In the US, Scholastic’s revenue grew 26% to US$1.6 billion (A$2.3b) in the year ending 31 May. The company posted an operating profit of US$97.5 million (A$140.2m) after a loss...

Davitt Awards 2022 shortlists announced  Archive

Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult crime novel...

Kennedy wins 2022 Furphy Literary Award  Archive

Monday, 25 July 2022
The winners of the 2022 Furphy Literary Award have been announced. Cate Kennedy won first place in the open category for her short story ‘Art and Life’, receiving $15,000 and...

China book sales down 14%  Archive

Friday, 22 July 2022
Data from Beijing OpenBook has shown a 13.8% year-on-year decline in book sales in China for the first half of 2022, reports Publishing Perspectives. Compared to the same period in...

Help Me, Mumma  Archive

Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Baby elephant Willy gets stuck in the mud while swimming in the river, as do many members of his family, but an ancient relative comes to the rescue. Help Me,...

Batt awarded Reading Australia fellowship  Archive

Monday, 18 July 2022
The Copyright Agency has named Jantiena Batt, a deputy principal working within the ACT Education Directorate, as the 2022 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English Literacy. Batt receives a...

Orwell Prizes 2022 winners announced  Archive

Monday, 18 July 2022
In the UK, journalist Sally Hayden and novelist Claire Keegan have won the 2022 Orwell Prizes. Hayden was awarded the Orwell Prize for Political Writing for My Fourth Time, We...

Sidnam wins 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize  Archive

Friday, 15 July 2022
Wellington-based poet and student Emma Sidnam has been awarded the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer. Chosen from a shortlist of four,...

Last chance to complete our 2022 employment survey  Archive

Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Books+Publishing‘s 2022 employment surveys will close at midnight tonight, 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...

Vale Suzanne Bellamy  Archive

Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Artist, writer and scholar Suzanne Bellamy died on 20 June in Braidwood, NSW. Spinifex Press publisher Susan Hawthorne writes: Spinifex Press is saddened by the death of artist, writer and...

Vale Jean Ferguson  Archive

Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Book industry leader Jean Ferguson OAM passed away aged 90 on Sunday, July 3. Angus Dalton, Ferguson’s grandson, writes: ‘If you are looking for a fascinating, compulsive industry where one...