Shortlist for inaugural Matilda Children’s Literature Prize announced
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
HarperCollins Australia has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Matilda Children’s Literature Prize. The three shortlisted manuscripts are: 'Exposed' by Sandy Bigna, about a teenager who starts having strange flashbacks...
Fuller, Woods win 2020 Readings YA, children’s book prizes
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Readings has announced the winners of its YA and children's book prizes for 2020. Lisa Fuller was named the winner of the Readings Young Adult Book Prize for her debut...
Change for Fairplay Publishing
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Publisher: Fairplay Publishing Old distributor: New distributor: Novella Distribution Changeover date: 28 June 2020 Contact URL: bookstores.novelladistribution.com.au
Pantera acquires Liminal anthology ‘Collisions’
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to Liminal magazine anthology Collisions: Fictions of the Future (ed by Leah Jing McIntosh, Adalya Nash Hussein, Cher Tan & Hassan Abul). The anthology...
Griffith Review Novella Project 2020 winners announced
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
The winners of the Griffith Review’s Novella Project competition have been announced. The winning writers are: Rhianna Boyle Claire G Coleman Mikele Prestia Kate Veitch. The four winners share the $25,000...
UK customers unsure about returning to bookshops
Monday, 20 July 2020
In the UK, a Nielsen survey has found 35% of regular bookshop customers are unsure about returning to bricks and mortar shops now that lockdown has eased, reports the Bookseller....
McGuire appointed MWF artistic director
Monday, 20 July 2020
Michaela McGuire has been appointed artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF). McGuire, who has been artistic director of Sydney Writers Festival (SWF) since late 2016, will take up...
Publishers donate books for children in Melbourne public housing towers
Friday, 17 July 2020
Not-for-profit organisation AMSSA Youth Connect has worked with Readings to facilitate the donation of more than 1000 children's books from publishers including Hachette, Hardie Grant and Walker Books to residents...
Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced
Friday, 17 July 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2020 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The titles shortlisted in each category are: Adult crime...
McKinty, Pomare shortlisted for US-based Macavity Award
Friday, 17 July 2020
In the US, Irish-Australian author Adrian McKinty and New Zealand author J P Pomare have been shortlisted for the Mystery Readers International’s Macavity Awards. McKinty was shortlisted for the Best...
Winch wins 2020 Miles Franklin for ‘The Yield’
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her second novel, The Yield (Hamish Hamilton). Winch, a Wiradjuri woman, is the fourth First Nations writer to...
KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award 2020 shortlist announced
Thursday, 16 July 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Kill Your Darlings (KYD) Unpublished Manuscript Award has been announced. The shortlisted writers and their works are: ‘Abomination’ by Ashley Goldberg (fiction) ‘The Dead Falls’ by...
Frankfurt reveals virtual program details
Thursday, 16 July 2020
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will run from 12–18 October, have revealed the details of the fair’s virtual program, reports the Bookseller. As previously reported, in May...
Book sales down 2% for year to June, ABA Booksellers’ Choice awards winners and more
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Nielsen BookScan data shows that strong sales during the second quarter of 2020 have largely cushioned the local book market from the effects of Covid-19, with sales down by just...
Representation is essential for arts orgs—even during Covid-19
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
'We acknowledge that Covid-19 continues to make the programming and delivery of events extremely challenging. However, the issue of true representation is the civic and professional responsibility of all arts...
Vale Elizabeth Harrower
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Novelist Elizabeth Harrower has died, aged 92. Harrower was the author of five novels, beginning with Down in the City, first published in 1957. Down in the City and Harrower's...
Title change for Barry Jones book—Scribe November release—9781925849912
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
The title of Barry Jones’s forthcoming new book, previously notified as Sleepers, Wake Now! has been changed to What Is To Be Done. Scribe’s publisher, Henry Rosenbloom, said, ‘We wanted...
Change for American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Change for Guilford Publications Inc
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: Guilford Publications Inc Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Change for University of Illinois Press
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: University of Illinois Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 July 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 July 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Change for New York University Press
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: New York University Press Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 August 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 August 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Change for Springer Publishing Co
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Old distributor: Footprint Books New distributor: Woodslane Changeover date: 1 September 2020 Returns cut-off: 1 September 2020 Contact URL: www.woodslane.com.au
Daina Peel joins Five Mile
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Daina Peel has been appointed to the newly created position of CFO at Five Mile in Melbourne.
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: 'Egg Timer' by C J Garrow (Vic) 'Hieroglyph'...
HarperCollins announces Books Bring Us Together campaign
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
HarperCollins Australia is launching Books Bring Us Together, a campaign aimed at celebrating 'the power of reading and the importance of local booksellers to our communities'. The campaign will include...
McKinty, McTiernan win 2020 Thriller Awards
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Adrian McKinty and Dervla McTiernan have won in their respective categories at the International Thriller Writers’ Thriller Awards 2020. McKinty's The Chain (Hachette) was named best hardcover novel, while McTiernan's...
BA welcomes Gardners expansion
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In the UK, the Booksellers Association (BA) has welcomed the news that wholesaler Gardners has bought assets of Bertrams, the book wholesaler that went into administration earlier this year. Last...
Yager awarded 2020 Reading Australia Fellowship
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
The Copyright Agency has announced Karen Yager, deputy head at Knox Grammar School in New South Wales, is the 2020 recipient of the Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English...
Booksellers establish new literary journal
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
In Victoria, Mornington Peninsula booksellers Celeste Deliyiannis and Emily Westmoreland have created a new annual literary journal in response to Covid-19. PENinsula will incorporate photography, short fiction, nature writing and...
US half-year print book sales up 2.8%
Monday, 13 July 2020
In the US, print book sales in the first half of 2020 were up 2.8% on the same period in 2019 according to NPD BookScan, reports Publishers Weekly. In the...
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