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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...

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...

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.

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:...

Change for Imagine That

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Publisher: Imagine That New distributor: Affirm Press Changeover date: 1 January 2021

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...

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...