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Adelaide Writers’ Week announces full 2022 program

Friday, 28 January 2022
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has announced the full program for the 2022 festival, which includes a total of 165 guests appearing across six days from Saturday 5 to Thursday 10...

Ockham NZ Book Awards 2022 longlists announced

Thursday, 27 January 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction A Good Winter (Gigi Fenster,...

Last chance to complete our Christmas survey

Thursday, 27 January 2022
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. This is the last week to complete the survey. We are accepting submissions until Monday, 31 January. Please take...

Tilsley, authors among Order of Australia recipients

Thursday, 27 January 2022
Long-time owner of Fullers Bookshop in Tasmania Clive Tilsley, writers Alice Pung and Lynne Kelly, and cookbook author Maggie Beer are among those to be recognised in the General Division...

US publishing sales up 12%: AAP

Thursday, 27 January 2022
US publishers have recorded a 12.2% increase in sales for 2021, according to the latest data from the Association of American Publisher’s StatShot program, reports Publishers Weekly. Sales from the...

Dominique Wilson on ‘Orphan Rock’

Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Dominique Wilson's third novel Orphan Rock (Transit Lounge, March) spans generations and continents, following the life of a young woman living in Sydney in the late 19th century. Reviewer Deborah Crabtree...

Dominique Wilson recommends

Tuesday, 25 January 2022
I've only just finished reading Kate Forsyth's Bitter Greens (Vintage), which is a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, combining a retelling of the fairytale Rapunzel with the story of...

Booktopia announces FAB shortlist, two new awards

Booktopia logo Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Booktopia has announced the 10 titles shortlisted in its Favourite Australian Book (FAB) Award, which according to the online retailer has already attracted more than 100,000 votes. Established in 2019,...

WBN published Thursday this week

Tuesday, 25 January 2022
The Weekly Book Newsletter will be published Thursday this week, due to the public holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, 26 January.

Newbery, Caldecott 2022 winners announced

Tuesday, 25 January 2022
In the US, the American Library Association (ALA) has announced the winners of its Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery and Caldecott medals, reports Publishers Weekly. Donna Barba Higuera’s middle-grade novel The...

UK book sales by value set new record: Nielsen

Monday, 24 January 2022
In the UK, Nielsen BookScan has recorded 2021 as the biggest ever year for print book sales by value, reports the Bookseller. In 2021, there was a total of £1.82...

Lawrence wins 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

Friday, 21 January 2022
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Anthony Lawrence as the winner of the 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize for his poem ‘In the Shadows of Our Heads'. Lawrence receives...

ABA announces ICYMI 50 campaign details

Thursday, 20 January 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has released details of its February campaign, Your Booksellers' ICYMI 50—Must-read new Australian books you might have missed. The campaign, which received $20,000 Copyright Agency...

Forging Silver into Stars

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Discover the world of Brigid Kemmerer’s New York Times bestselling Cursebreaker trilogy through new eyes in this irresistible, standalone companion series. 'A world that you will never want to leave.'...

WBN published Thursday next week

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Next week’s Weekly Book Newsletter will be published Thursday, 27 January, due to the public holiday on Wednesday, 26 January.

UK government delays decision on copyright changes 

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
The UK government has decided not to make changes to copyright exhaustion laws following a consultation period, reports the Bookseller. The Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which launched a consultation last...

Vale Keri Hulme

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Aotearoa New Zealand writer Keri Hulme, author of The Bone People, the first New Zealand novel to win the Booker Prize, died in December 2021 aged 74. First published by...

Indie Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Leading Edge Books has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Indie Book Awards. Chosen from longlists announced in December 2021, the shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Treasure and...

Please complete our Christmas survey

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey online. We are accepting submissions until Monday, 31 January. Booksellers...

Staff moves at Text

Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Text Publishing farewelled Stef Italia at the end of 2021, after five wonderful years. Stef will be much missed, and we wish her every success in her new career path....

Magabala announces recipients of 2021 scholarships

Tuesday, 18 January 2022
Magabala Books has announced the six recipients of its 2021 Creative Development Scholarships. The scholarships provide recipients with the support to complete creative development projects throughout 2022. The six recipients...

Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship 2022 shortlist announced

Monday, 17 January 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The 10 shortlisted writers and their...

Taylor wins 2021 T S Eliot Prize

Monday, 17 January 2022
In the UK, Joelle Taylor has won the 2021 T S Eliot Prize, worth £25,000 (A$47,360), for her collection C+nto & Othered Poems (The Westbourne Press), reports the Bookseller. C+nto & Othered...

The Wheeler Centre receives $6.1m Creative Vic funding

Monday, 17 January 2022
Creative Victoria has announced the 113 arts and cultural organisations that will share in $85 million in grants as part of the state government's new multi-year Creative Enterprises and Creative Ventures programs. Among...

Americans reading fewer books: Gallup poll

Friday, 14 January 2022
A new Gallup poll shows Americans read an average of 12.6 books during the past year, fewer than the average of 15.6 in 2016 and the smallest number Gallup has...

 

 

 

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