Sheldrake wins 2021 Royal Society Science Book Prize
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
In the UK, Merlin Sheldrake has won the £25,000 (A$46,600) Royal Society Science Book Prize for Entangled Life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures...
SPN Book of the Year 2021 winners announced
Monday, 29 November 2021
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the joint winners of the 2021 SPN Network Book of the Year Award (BOTY). The winning books, both essay collections, are: Echoes (Shu-Ling...
‘Still Life’ named Dymocks 2021 Book of the Year
Monday, 29 November 2021
UK author Sarah Winman’s novel Still Life (Fourth Estate) has been named Dymocks Book of the Year for 2021. In 1944, over one night in a ruined wine cellar of...
UK PA data find growth in audiobook, fiction sales
Monday, 29 November 2021
In the UK, data from the Publishers Association (PA) shows substantial growth in audiobook and fiction sales, reports the Bookseller. The figures show audiobook sales in the first six months...
Walkley Book Award 2021 longlist announced
Friday, 26 November 2021
The Walkley Book Award longlist for 2021 has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Toxic: The rotting underbelly of the Tasmanian salmon industry (Richard Flanagan, Penguin) Red Zone: China’s challenge...
Aus picture books chosen for IFLA catalogue
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Ten Australian picture books have been selected for the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Picture Books exhibit, which will be launched at...
HarperCollins UK book found to have defamatory claims
Thursday, 25 November 2021
A UK high court judge has ruled that numerous passages in Catherine Belton’s book Putin’s People, published in the UK by William Collins, are defamatory of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich,...
‘Amnesia Road’ wins 2021 Nib Literary Award
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Luke Stegemann's book Amnesia Road: Landscape, violence and memory (NewSouth) has won Waverley Council’s $20,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. Amnesia Road is a literary examination of historic violence...
Costa Book Awards shortlists announced
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2021 Costa Book Awards have been announced. Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award are: Unsettled Ground (Claire Fuller, Fig Tree) The High House...
NZ book sales up, National Book Award winners
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Since Auckland and Waikato emerged from lockdown, New Zealand print book sales are up 4% on value on the same time in 2020, while year-to-date sales are up 17%. The...
APA, UniMelb funding ‘baseline’ survey on diversity and inclusion in publishing workforce
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the University of Melbourne are jointly funding a research survey to provide data on diversity and inclusion in the publishing industry workforce in Australia....
Vale Brian Wilder
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Leading Australian publisher Brian Wilder has died in Sydney, aged 82. Wilder's career in the Australian publishing industry spanned almost 40 years. He was the former managing director of Harper...
Vale Wendy Giese
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Former Hardie Grant sales rep Wendy Giese has died. The team at Hardie Grant write: 'At Hardie Grant we had the pleasure of knowing and working with Wendy Giese for...
Vale Stuart Macintyre
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Australian historian Stuart Macintyre has died, aged 74. Macintyre edited Cambridge University Press's The Cambridge History of Australia and was the author of books including Cambridge's A Concise History of...
Change for Clan Destine Press
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Publisher: Clan Destine Press ISBN prefix: 978064 Old distributor: Booktopia Publishing Services New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 18 November 2021 Returns cut-off: 30 November 2021 Contact URL: https://bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au
Last chance: book today for the 10th annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
The Small Press Network’s Independent Publishing Conference is turning 10 this year, and we’re celebrating double digits with discounts and a stellar lineup. IPC 2021 will be held online over...
Change for Bermingham Books
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Publisher: Bermingham Books ISBN prefix: 978064 Old distributor: Bermingham Books New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 1 September 2021 Returns cut-off: 19 November 2021 Contact URL: https://tinyurl.com/bs7rkuyj
Receive support for your poetry and prose
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Apply now for the Marten Bequest Scholarship for young and emerging artists supported by Australia Council for the Arts and Perpetual as trustee. The Marten Bequest Scholarships provide financial support...
UQP brings forward publication of award-winning memoir ‘Punch Me Up to the Gods’
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
UQP is rushing out Brian Broome’s extraordinary memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods (Nov 30, 9780702265686) after it won the Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction last month. A coming-of-age story...
UQP reprints in-demand ‘Another Day in the Colony’ twice in first 10 days of publication
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Within 10 days of publication on 2 November, UQP hit the reprint button twice on Prof. Chelsea Watego’s Another Day in the Colony (9780702263163). There will soon be 10,000 copies...
Vale Stuart Macintyre
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Everyone at UNSW Press is saddened to hear of the passing of Stuart Macintyre. He was a phenomenal scholar, generous supporter and author of one of the most significant books...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Barcelona’s Laie
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Meet Barcelona's beloved,...
‘The lost dog poster’: designers on book covers in 2021
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
As we move towards an increasingly visual world, book covers play a vital role in enticing readers and showcasing what a book is about, and in 2021 we saw bright...
Ober wins 2021 French HiP prize
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Jules Ober has won the 2021 Histoires Photographiques (HiP) prize for best photography book in the youth category with the French version of Jacqueline: A soldier’s daughter (Le Seuil Jeunesse)....
Wheeler Centre to host free series on representation in publishing
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
The Wheeler Centre, Spread the Word and the Melbourne City of Literature Office have partnered to created a free online event series exploring power, representation and diversity in publishing in...
Publishers accuse Internet Archive of ‘stonewalling’ discovery
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
In the US, lawyers representing publishers in a copyright lawsuit against the Internet Archive over the scanning and lending of print library books are claiming that the Internet Archive is...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist
Monday, 22 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced this Friday, 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday,...
O’Hanlon wins Varuna/NEWC Fellowship
Monday, 22 November 2021
James O’Hanlon has won the 2021 Varuna/New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) Fellowship for his manuscript ‘I Love Spiders’. O’Hanlon receives a one week writing residency at Varuna, The National Writers’...
McDermid, Weiden to headline Terror Australis festival
Monday, 22 November 2021
The program has been announced for this year’s Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, which is running as a digital event from 27–28 November under the theme ‘CSI: Tasmania’. Among...
National Book Awards 2021 winners
Friday, 19 November 2021
In the US, the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Hell of a Book (Jason Mott, Trapeze) Nonfiction All...
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