Griffin joins IPEd
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Peter Griffin has been appointed membership director on the board of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). Griffin is general manager of the Real Estate Institute of NSW and a...
Beyer joins ABA
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Claire Beyer has joined the Australian Booksellers Association, replacing Anne Johnston in the role of administration and social media.
Cullity joins Scribble
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Tess Cullity has joined Scribble as an editor. Cullity, previously an editor at Hardie Grant Egmont, began in the role on 10 September.
Vale Ross Burgess
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Ross Burgess, owner of Mary Ryan's Noosa, has died after an illness. Burgess and his wife Susan took over the franchise in 2010, which had been in operation since 2000....
QBD, Dymocks petition Vic premier to reopen Melbourne stores; Hachette to boost ADS capacity
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Bookselling chains QBD and Dymocks have each written to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews asking that bookstores be allowed to open in Melbourne, which has been under stage four lockdown since...
UK, North American bodies form green book supply chain alliance
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
The UK’s Book Industry Communication (BIC) has formed an international green book supply chain alliance with Canada’s BookNet and US body the Book Industry Study Group, reports the Bookseller. Under...
Change for Trans Pacific Press
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press ISBN prefix: 9781920901; 9781925608; 978164966 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 October 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Change for NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Publisher: NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English ISBN prefix: 97808141 New distributor: XL Express Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.eurospan.co.uk
Congratulations Emma Viskic
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
A very special congratulations to Darkness for Light author Emma Viskic on being the joint winner of the Readers’ Choice Award for Sisters In Crime’s 20th Davitt Awards. This marks...
Australian Short Story Festival 2020 cancelled
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
The organising committee of the Australian Short Story Festival (ASSF) has announced the 2020 festival will not go ahead in October in Adelaide as planned, due to the Covid-19 pandemic....
Little Pink Dog Books announces Authorstrator Prize
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Independent children's publisher Little Pink Dog Books has announced a new annual prize for picture book author/illustrators. The Authorstrator Prize recognises picture book creators who 'work their magic with both...
New $10.2m Arts Recovery Fund for SA
Monday, 28 September 2020
South Australian premier Steven Marshall has announced a new $10.2 million funding package for the state’s arts and culture sector. The Arts Recovery Fund, which is focused on creating employment...
Davitt Awards 2020 winners announced
Monday, 28 September 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult crime...
Eye of a Rook
Saturday, 26 September 2020
In Victorian London, Arthur Rochdale’s wife, Emily, is struck down by a pain for which she can find no words. In desperation, Arthur seeks the aid of Isaac Baker Brown...
Tussaud
Saturday, 26 September 2020
‘Thrilling, eerie, fun, and psychologically compelling, Tussaud cleverly blurs the line between history and the fantastical to create a Gothic delight of mysterious mansions, grimy London streets, stage magicians, wax-work...
Night Blue
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Potent, haunting and lyrical, Night Blue is a debut novel like no other, a narrative largely told in the voice of the painting Blue Poles. It is a truly original...
Nikolai the Perfect
Saturday, 26 September 2020
While post-communist Moscow deals with political transition, Vassili is descending into despair at his wife Anna’s chronic infertility. Following his father Sergey’s footsteps, he travels to Melbourne to teach Russian...
The Place Between
Saturday, 26 September 2020
Sarah used to know who she was—a doctor, a wife, a mother—but as she prepares for the birth of her second child, she feels set adrift from the life she...
Wolfred
Saturday, 26 September 2020
A mesmerising new story about Wolfred, an endearing elevator operator, from the beloved author of the best-selling ‘Very Cranky Bear’ books. Fancy Pants Tower is the biggest, shiniest building in...
Children’s nonfiction sales boom in UK
Friday, 25 September 2020
In the UK, Nielsen data shows sales of children’s books have boomed during 2020 due to nonfiction sales, reports the Bookseller. According to Nielsen media manager Philip Stone, children’s nonfiction...
Vic Prem’s History Award 2020 shortlist announced
Friday, 25 September 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Victorian Premier’s History Award and Community History Awards has been announced. A total of 48 projects and publications have been shortlisted for prizes ranging from...
WestWords, Booktopia launch ‘Booktober’ fundraiser
Friday, 25 September 2020
In partnership with Booktopia, WestWords has launched Booktober, a new annual event ‘to encourage people in reading more books’ and raise funds for WestWords’ work providing books and literacy programs...
Rabble takes Rowling off the shelf
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
'Whilst stocking a book isn't an endorsement (good grief, that would be a minefield), and we will always take orders for books that aren't in stock, there are more worthy...
Fend for yourselves: Katrina Nannestad on ‘We Are Wolves’
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Katrina Nannestad's new middle-grade novel is based on the real-life Wolfskinder, East Prussian children who were left to survive on their own in the aftermath of World War II. We Are...
Oz YTD bestsellers, Rabble to no longer stock J K Rowling, latest awards
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Books by Trent Dalton, Scott Pape and Bluey have topped Nielsen BookScan’s Australian charts for the year to the end of August. Perth bookshop Rabble Books and Games will no...
Varuna Writing NSW 2020 fellowships announced
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
The recipients of the annual Varuna Writing NSW fellowships have been announced. Kylie Boltin was awarded the general fellowship for her novel Snake Bite. Writing NSW said, ‘With striking prose...
Police procedural ‘Flood Debris’ wins 2020 Banjo Prize
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
HarperCollins Australia has named Dinuka McKenzie the winner of the 2020 Banjo Prize for her 'gripping, pacy police procedural' Flood Debris. McKenzie's manuscript was chosen from a shortlist of four announced...
Crispin awarded 2020 Blake Poetry Prize
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
The Blake Poetry Prize 2020 has been awarded to Judith Nangala Crispin for the poem 'On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record'. Crispin, a poet and visual artist of Bpangerang...
‘The White Girl’ optioned for film
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Tony Birch’s novel The White Girl (UQP) has been optioned for feature film by Typecast Entertainment. Birch's Miles Franklin-shortlisted novel follows Odette Brown, who is raising her granddaughter on her own and...
ABA to host Love Your Bookshop Day Facebook Live event
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) will host a Facebook Live event for this year's Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) on Saturday, 3 October. Starting at 11am AEST, the KidLit Club...
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