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Vale Josie Wowolla Boyle

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Josie Wowolla Boyle, Wonghi storyteller and artist, died peacefully on 7 December 2020, surrounded by family. Boyle was a Wongutha Elder, acclaimed storyteller, singer and artist who was born in...

Cregan appointed Brunswick Bound manager

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Ellen Cregan has been appointed manager of Melbourne bookshop Brunswick Bound, replacing Megan O'Brien in the role. Currently marketing and events coordinator at Readings, Cregan's last day at Readings is...

Vale Barbara Ker Wilson

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Children's author and editor Barbara Ker Wilson died in September 2020, aged 90. Margaret Hamilton AM writes: 'Vale Barbara Ker Wilson AM 1929–2020. Barbara Ker Wilson was a writer and...

Debut fiction you might have missed in 2020

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
For all those readers who spent this year's lockdowns catching up on classics or re-reading comforting favourites, never fear—Australia’s independent booksellers have voted for the best debut fiction of 2020...

A Christmas message to European bookshops

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Dearest bookshops of Europe, This time last year I was sitting on the train in the dark en route to the cosiest place in London. I feel the only way...

Bodleian Library Publishing Partners with NewSouth Books

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
NewSouth Books is delighted to announce that they will be distributing Bodleian Library Publishing titles in Australia and New Zealand from 1 December 2020. Bodleian Library Publishing has a diverse...

StoryBoard seeks published authors and illustrators

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Byron Writers Festival’s free creative writing program for school children StoryBoard is broadening their team of workshop facilitators. If you are a published children’s author or illustrator and local to...

ALIA to run digital storytime pilot in 2021

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Australian publishers can opt to have new or backlist titles included in an Online Storytime pilot being run by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in 2021. The one-year...

Indie Book Awards 2021 longlists announced

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Leading Edge Books has announced the longlists for the 2021 Indie Book Awards. The longlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Tolstoy Estate (Steven Conte, Fourth Estate) All Our...

Final ‘WBN’ for 2020

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Today’s Weekly Book Newsletter is the last for 2020 and the newsletter will return on Wednesday, 13 January. The final Daily newsletter for 2020 is this Friday, 11 December. It will...

‘Fireflies’ establishes book publisher

Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Film magazine Fireflies has announced the creation of independent publishing house Fireflies Press, which aims to 'champion under-represented and stylistically diverse films and film writing'. The inaugural project for the publisher...

BA, Bookshop.org respond to criticism from booksellers

Monday, 7 December 2020
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) and Bookshop.org have responded to criticism about how effective the website will be at supporting indie bookshops, as well as the BA’s role...

SWF announces two-day January event

Monday, 7 December 2020
Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) and Sydney Festival have announced Something to Talk About, a series of four events to take place at Carriageworks over the weekend of 16–17 January 2021....

Rannard, Burbidge named reps of the year

Friday, 4 December 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association has announced the NSW and Victorian reps of the year. The reps of the year are: NSW Sales Rep of the Year: Simon Rannard (Penguin Random...

Song wins inaugural Spark Prize

Friday, 4 December 2020
Youjia Song has won the inaugural Spark Prize for her book proposal, ‘The Pursuit of Impossible Dreams’. Song’s proposal was chosen from over 200 entries for the biennial developmental prize...

Mukherjee wins Deborah Cass Prize 2020

Friday, 4 December 2020
Anith Mukherjee has won Writers Victoria's 2020 Deborah Cass prize for his story 'I Am Full of Love'. Chosen from a shortlist of nine, Mukherjee's story was described by the...

‘Hamnet’ named Waterstones book of the year

Thursday, 3 December 2020
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has named Maggie O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet (Tinder Press) as its book of the year, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones fiction buyer Bea Carvalho said Hamnet­—which is inspired...

Final WBN next week

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Please note that next week's Weekly Book Newsletter will be the final one of the year. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisement submissions is 12 noon Tuesday, 8 December.

Christmas closing list 2020

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. (more…)

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Sales Children’s Era Publications has sold digital German-language translation rights to the ‘Wings’ series in Turkey, Germany, Spain, Greece and Egypt. Scholastic has sold UK rights to Fartboy: The First Sniff...

Garcia joins Kill Your Darlings

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Suzy Garcia will join Kill Your Darlings (KYD) in the newly created role of deputy editor, in which she will work on projects including the book reviews column and KYD's...

Baker joins Copyright Agency board

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Oxford University Press Australia managing director Arthur Baker has joined the Copyright Agency board as an Australian Publishers Association–appointed director, replacing David Barnett.

 

 

 

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