A Room Called Earth (Madeleine Ryan, Scribe)
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
In the light of a full moon on a sweltering December night—Christmas Eve eve—a nameless young woman drapes herself in a silk kimono and goes to a party, alone. Singularly...
UK supply chain hit by border delays, Brexit issues
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
In the UK, booksellers are facing issues with goods coming into and out of Europe due to border delays and Brexit red tape, reports the Bookseller. Waterstones has suspended deliveries...
Hachette announces two-year partnership with Future Women
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Hachette Australia has announced a new ‘two-year publishing and entertainment partnership’ with Future Women, a ‘premium content-led community of professional women’ founded in 2018 and designed to help its membership...
German book market down 2.3% in value
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
The German book market was down 2.3% in value and 5.3% in volume in 2020, reports the Bookseller. The market was hit by two Covid lockdowns, the second of which...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing adds children’s category
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced a new category in the 2021 Russell Prize for Humour Writing, aimed at a younger audience. The new $5000 Humour...
ABR announces Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2021 shortlist
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Australian Book Review (ABR) Peter Porter Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: 'The Vernal Equinox Story' by Danielle Blau (USA) 'A Poetics of...
Magabala announces winner of inaugural fellowship
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Magabala Books has announced Tristan Michael Savage as the recipient of the inaugural Magabala Fellowship for a mid-career author. Savage, a Brisbane-based, Kalkadoon man who grew up in Townsville, is...
Limprecht awarded 2020 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship
Monday, 11 January 2021
Eleanor Limprecht has been awarded the Australian Society of Authors' (ASA) 2020 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship, worth $20,000. The scholarship is offered annually to an Australian author to provide them with...
‘Forgotten Corners’ named SPN Book of the Year 2020
Monday, 11 January 2021
Tasmanian writer and activist Pete Hay has been awarded the inaugural Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year for his essay collection Forgotten Corners: Essays in search of an...
US print book sales up 8% in 2020
Monday, 11 January 2021
In the US, NPD BookScan has reported that print sales in the US rose 8.2% in 2020, making it the bestselling year for print in a decade, reports Publishing Perspectives....
Scribe & Varuna Residency 2020 fellows announced
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
The recipients of the 2020 Scribe & Varuna Residency have been announced. The writers and their projects are: Lauren Fuge for 'Voyagers' Jessica White for 'From the Miniature to the...
Final ‘B+P Daily’ for 2020
Friday, 11 December 2020
This issue of the Books+Publishing Daily will be the last for 2020. The Daily will return on Monday, 11 January 2021. The Books+Publishing team wishes our subscribers all the best...
Spineless Wonders launches audio production stream
Friday, 11 December 2020
Spineless Wonders has launched its new audio production stream with the release of two audiobooks, My Name Is Revenge by Ashleigh Kalagian Blunt and Siarad by Caroline Reid. Siarad, named...
PRH Canada to split Knopf, Random House divisions
Friday, 11 December 2020
Penguin Random House (PRH) Canada has announced it is dissolving the Knopf Random House Canada Group, to allow the two imprints, Knopf Canada and Random House Canada, to operate independently...
UWA Publishing to become ‘hybrid’ press, management to be ‘re-aligned’
Friday, 11 December 2020
The University of Western Australia (UWA) has announced the university’s publishing arm will become a ‘hybrid’ publisher, and ‘internal management of UWA publishing will be re-aligned to the Library’. Of...
Final ‘Daily’ for 2020 tomorrow
Thursday, 10 December 2020
The final Daily newsletter for 2020 is tomorrow, Friday, 11 December. The Daily will return on Monday, 11 January 2021.
Australia Council, Create NSW, WA arts funding latest rounds announced
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Writing NSW will receive $100,000 from the Australia Council to ‘assist writers to navigate the ongoing disruption caused by Covid-19 that will enable $200,000 in payments to around 300 writers’....
Centre for Stories receives funding for new journal
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Perth's Centre for Stories has received funding for a new online journal and two-year project to support and develop writers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The Centre received $42,465...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2020 winners announced
Thursday, 10 December 2020
The winners of the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each category are: Fiction The Yield (Tara June Winch, Hamish Hamilton) Nonfiction (joint winners) Songspirals:...
Wild, Riddle nominated for 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Margaret Wild and Tohby Riddle have been nominated by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Wild...
Change for Imagine That
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Publisher: Imagine That New distributor: Affirm Press Changeover date: 1 January 2021
Decolonising Australian publishing is an ongoing project
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
‘Having First Nations editors in mainstream publishing houses, especially for those that are putting out a lot of work by our mob, it goes without saying. If they’re publishing books...
Open Book publishing internship to launch in 2021
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
A new paid internship aimed at increasing cultural diversity in the Australian publishing workforce will launch in 2021 with funding support from the Australia Council and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural...
Clode, Cunningham, Gardiner, Lucashenko join ASA board
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Writers Danielle Clode, Sophie Cunningham, Kelly Gardiner and Melissa Lucashenko have joined the Australian Society of Authors as board directors.
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...
White launches new imprint, Booktopia lists on ASX, VPLAs shortlists
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Former UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White has launched a new not-for-profit imprint, Upswell, to be distributed within the Black Inc. list. In other news from the past week, online bookseller...
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