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Morris-Marr’s ‘Fallen’ wins 2020 Walkley Book Award

Monday, 23 November 2020
Investigative journalist, writer and broadcaster Lucie Morris-Marr has won the 2020 Walkley Book Award for Fallen: The inside story of the secret trial and conviction of Cardinal George Pell (A&U)....

National Book Award winners announced  

Monday, 23 November 2020
In the US, the winners of this year’s National Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu, Europa Editions) Nonfiction The...

Pan Mac, Nosy Crow among FutureBook Awards winners

Monday, 23 November 2020
In the UK, the winners of the FutureBook Awards: Best of Lockdown have been announced, reports the Bookseller. The winners include publishers Nosy Crow and Pan Macmillan, Bath-based bookshop Mr...

Stuart wins Booker Prize for ‘Shuggie Bain’

Friday, 20 November 2020
Scottish author Douglas Stuart has won the £50,000 (A$91,100) Booker Prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain (Picador), reports the Bookseller. Stuart’s novel, based on his own childhood, tells the...

Voss Literary Prize 2020 shortlist announced

Thursday, 19 November 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted novels are: Crossings (Alex Landragin, Picador) The Rich Man’s House (Andrew McGahan, A&U) The Palace of Angels...

Pearson creates direct-to-consumer division

Thursday, 19 November 2020
Pearson has announced the creation of a new direct-to-consumer division, focused on direct-to-consumer products and channels. 'With the accelerating interest in digital learning across the globe, we need to meet...

Treloar wins 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award

Thursday, 19 November 2020
Lucy Treloar has won the 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award for her novel ​Wolfe Island ​(Picador). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), is presented...

Bobbermein joins Murdoch Books

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Dymocks PR manager Sue Bobbermein has left the company to take up the role of head of communications and marketing at Murdoch Books as a maternity leave contract. Bobbermein begins...

Wilson joins Bookgrove

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Kirsty Wilson has joined Ocean Grove's Bookgrove as a bookseller. Wilson previously worked at Text Publishing for 14 years and at Berbay Publishing earlier this year. Publishers can add her...

Hynes joins S&S

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Toni Hynes has joined Simon & Schuster Australia in the newly created position of executive assistant. Hynes begins the position on Monday, 23 November.

Pan Mac cuts ties with Evans, PMLA shortlists announced

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Pan Macmillan is finalising its contractual relationship with Pete Evans, following a social media post by the cookbook author that included a symbol appropriated by Nazis and recognised as a...

Giggs shortlisted for ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Australian writer Rebecca Giggs has been shortlisted for the American Library Association's (ALA) 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for nonfiction for Fathoms: The world in the whale (Scribe). Giggs's consideration of whales...

Christmas closing list: Reminder to submit dates

Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Publishers and distributors are asked to submit their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Friday, 20 November. A full list will appear in the Weekly Book Newsletter on Wednesday, 25 November. This...

UQP Writing Mentorship inaugural recipient announced

Tuesday, 17 November 2020
UQP and the University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Communications and Arts have announced that Martine Kropkowski is the inaugural recipient of the UQP Writing Mentorship. Kropkowski will receive editorial...

The Next Chapter 2020 recipients announced

Tuesday, 17 November 2020
The Wheeler Centre has announced the recipients of the 2020 Next Chapter grants for developing writers, worth $15,000 each. The 10 recipients are: Sharlene Allsopp (fiction, QLD) Bigoa Chuol (poetry,...

UK book sales down 11% for first half

Monday, 16 November 2020
In the UK, stats from the Publishers Association (PA) show that total book sales across the industry fell 11% in the first six months of the year, reports the Bookseller....

New Amplify Bookstore to specialise in BIPOC books

Friday, 13 November 2020
A new online-only bookshop, launched by masters of publishing and communications students Marina Sano and Jing Xuan Teo, will specialise in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC)...

WHSmith posts £69 million loss

Friday, 13 November 2020
UK book chain WHSmith has recorded a £69 million (A$125m) headline loss in preliminary results announced for the year ended 31 August. The company made a £31 million (A$56m) group...

 

 

 

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